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Despite Drama, Oregon GOP Choice Comes Down To Purity, Practicality

By Chris Lehman / NPR
Published May 20, 2014 at 11:18 AM PDT
This story was published more than 10 years ago.

Despite Drama, Oregon GOP Choice Comes Down To Purity, Practicality

Two Republicans with compelling personal stories are vying for the chance to unseat Oregon's incumbent Democratic senator, Jeff Merkley. Monica Wehby is a doctor with a rare specialty: She performs brain surgery on kids. Her chief opponent, Jason Conger, rose from extreme poverty to attend Harvard Law School in just a few years. The Northwest News Network's Chris Lehman reports on the GOP primary as it unfolds. Copyright 2014 NWNews. To see more, visit http://www.nwnewsnetwork.org/.

Copyright 2014 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/

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