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Last Updated on Friday, 4 September 2009 02:23 Written by rslcpol Friday, 4 September 2009 02:23
From StatesmanJournal.com:
State Sen. Jason Atkinson of Central Point said Thursday that like his hero Theodore Roosevelt, “my hat will be in the ring” for the Republican nomination for governor in 2010.
Atkinson has been suggesting for a while that he would enter the May 18 primary, filing for which opens Sept. 10 and closes March 9.
“Things got a little ahead of themselves with Kitzhaber’s announcement,” Atkinson said referring to the comeback bid of Democrat John Kitzhaber, who was governor from 1995 to 2003. “But there is a real hunger out there for a Republican to be in a contrast.”
He said he plans a formal announcement by the end of September.