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Money fight
DEFAZIO AND ROBINSON RUN UP FUNDS FOR CAMPAIGNS IN CONGRESSIONAL BATTLE
By Daniel Simmons-Ritchie, The World
September 01, 2012 7:00 am
It's Round 2, and if the fight's anything like the last one, it could cost $4 million.
As November's election nears, Peter DeFazio and Art Robinson are rolling up their sleeves for another spending war for southwestern Oregon's congressional seat.
DeFazio beat Robinson in 2010 (54 percent to 45 percent), but victory didn't come cheap. His Republican challenger, aided by a New York investor, outspent the Democrat incumbent by 45 percent.
Each candidate predicts this election will rival the last for campaign donations. And, each candidate predicts, it will include a flood of special interest money.
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