Saxton seeks distance from national GOP in Oregon governor's race

[Judi Lynn]

Saxton seeks distance from national GOP in Oregon governor's race
10/30/2006, 4:55 p.m. PT
By BRAD CAIN
The Associated Press

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Republican gubernatorial hopeful Ron Saxton has launched a new TV ad promising to reject "mindless partisanship" and to vote against the Republican Party "when it's wrong."

Gov. Ted Kulongoski's campaign and state Democratic Party officials assert that Saxton has been philosophically in tune with President Bush and that Saxton now is trying to distance himself from the national GOP's electoral woes.

In a recent statewide survey of Oregon voters, Portland pollster Tim Hibbitts found that 54 percent said they had an unfavorable impression of Bush. The telephone poll of 600 voters had a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.

Saxton, in his new TV ad, acknowledges Oregonians' discontent with the way things are going in Washington, D.C.
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http://www.oregonlive.com/newsflash/regional/index.ssf?/base/elections-0/1162257000264050.xml&storylist=orlocal

[Klapaucius]

1. Nice try....

But I'm still voting Dem.

I'm just thankful that I don't have cable or anything like that, the political ads would drive me nuts.

K.