Sunday, May 16, 2004

Kucinich plans 27-day campaign tour of Oregon

He eyes the state’s large number of left-leaning voters.

The Associated Press
April 15, 2004

PORTLAND — Dennis Kucinich, the Ohio congressman who is John Kerry’s last real rival in the Democratic presidential race, plans to spend almost a full month campaigning in the state.

He hopes the state’s voters will give him a strong showing in the May 18 primary, lifting his candidacy into new prominence.

“This campaign will give the people of Oregon an opportunity to help chart the direction of the Democratic Party on Iraq,” Kucinich said this week during his third trip to the state in as many weeks.

Kucinich said he plans to spend 27 days in Oregon before the primary election. That would far exceed the time spent by any major party’s presidential candidate in Oregon in at least three decades.

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