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Last Updated on Tuesday, 6 January 2009 12:30 Written by rslcpol Tuesday, 6 January 2009 12:30
From the Stateman Journal:
Kate Brown became secretary of state and Ben Westlund state treasurer in a Capitol ceremony presided over by former Gov. Barbara Roberts, who was secretary of state herself almost two decades ago. Gov. Ted Kulongoski administered the oaths.
John Kroger became attorney general in a separate ceremony at the Supreme Court. Chief Justice Paul De Muniz administered the oath, and Kulongoski, himself a former attorney general and Supreme Court justice, spoke briefly.
All the new officials are Democrats, and it’s the first time since 1977 that all three offices have new faces. Brown and Westlund are former senators, but Kroger is the first attorney general elected in more than 50 years without legislative experience.