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rdfs:label	Ben Westlund
rdfs:comment	A small businessman, Westlund was elected to the Oregon House of Representatives as a Republican in 1996 and served until 2003, when he was appointed to fill the an empty State Senate seat. He was elected to a full term in 2004, winning both the Democratic and Republican nominations and clobbering a tenacious Constitution candidate 80% to 20%. On February 14, 2006, he announced that he was now a registered Independent and declared his candidacy for Governor
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abstract	A small businessman, Westlund was elected to the Oregon House of Representatives as a Republican in 1996 and served until 2003, when he was appointed to fill the an empty State Senate seat. He was elected to a full term in 2004, winning both the Democratic and Republican nominations and clobbering a tenacious Constitution candidate 80% to 20%. On February 14, 2006, he announced that he was now a registered Independent and declared his candidacy for Governor