DeFazio and Robinson spar from afar
by Don Jenkins
October 19, 2012
Art Robinson and Peter DeFazio haven’t made one joint appearance this campaign season, but their rematch in the 4th Congressional District still packs theatrics.
The candidates have exchanged insults and accusations from afar and battled over debate formats and the definition of “scholarships.”
“It’s just about the same level of vitriol (as in 2010), maybe a little more,” Douglas County Democratic Party Chairman Dean Byers said Monday.
DeFazio and Robinson went through a bruising campaign two years ago that included attack ads and the candidates muttering insults to each other at a Roseburg Area Chamber of Commerce forum.
Defeated but unbowed, Robinson, a Cave Junction Republican, promised on election night to run again to unseat DeFazio, a Springfield Democrat who has been in Congress for 26 years.
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