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Oregon State Of The State Comes Against Backdrop Of Campaign, Improving Economy

NWNews | By Chris Lehman,
Chris Lehman
Published April 6, 2016 at 5:30 PM MDT
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown file image from March 31, 2015.
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Oregon Gov. Kate Brown file image from March 31, 2015.

Oregon Governor Kate Brown will deliver the 2016 State of the State address this Friday in Portland. It's her second one since taking office last year in the wake of John Kitzhaber's resignation.

So far Brown's office has released few details about what the governor will talk about.

The Democrat has been touring the state this spring touting her legislative victories, including bills related to affordable housing, renewable energy and the minimum wage. With the legislature already gone for the year, any agenda the governor lays out could very well function as a campaign manifesto.

Brown filed last month to run for the remaining two years on Kitzhaber's term. Five other Democrats, along with five Republicans and two Independent Party members have also filed for the office and will appear on the primary election ballot next month.

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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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