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Kate Brown Tells Reporters She Wants To 'Put My Own Imprint On Oregon'

NWNews | By Chris Lehman,
Chris Lehman
Published February 20, 2015 at 3:54 PM MST
Kate Brown takes questions during her first press conference as Oregon Governor.
Chris Lehman
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Kate Brown takes questions during her first press conference as Oregon Governor.

Oregon's new governor promised continuity for the most part as she faced the press for the first time since taking the oath of office on Wednesday.

Governor Kate Brown didn't have solid answers for many of the questions lobbed at her by the room full of reporters, saying she's still getting oriented. The Democrat ascended from Secretary of State to Governor when John Kitzhaber resigned this week amid a pair of criminal ethics investigations.

"This has definitely been a bittersweet moment for me,” she said. “I really respected Governor Kitzhaber's leadership. I'm also excited about having an opportunity to put my own imprint on Oregon."

Brown did say she's extending at least one of Kitzhaber's policies: She'll continue a moratorium on carrying out the death penalty in Oregon. She also spoke in favor of raising the statewide minimum wage. Another priority for her is to improve high school graduation rates and lower class sizes.

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Chris Lehman
Chris Lehman graduated from Temple University with a journalism degree in 1997. He landed his first job less than a month later, producing arts stories for Red River Public Radio in Shreveport, Louisiana. Three years later he headed north to DeKalb, Illinois, where he worked as a reporter and announcer for NPR–affiliate WNIJ–FM. In 2006 he headed west to become the Salem Correspondent for the Northwest News Network.
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Chris Lehman
Chris Lehman graduated from Temple University with a journalism degree in 1997. He landed his first job less than a month later, producing arts stories for Red River Public Radio in Shreveport, Louisiana. Three years later he headed north to DeKalb, Illinois, where he worked as a reporter and announcer for NPR–affiliate WNIJ–FM. In 2006 he headed west to become the Salem Correspondent for the Northwest News Network.

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