Former Gov. Kitzhaber to run in 2010 election
Oregon’s 1995-2003 governor, Democrat John Kitzhaber, announced his intent to run in the upcoming 2010 race today. “I am running for governor because we need to fundamentally change how we engage with one another to solve our shared problems,” Kitzhaber wrote in the letter explaining his decision.
Kitzhaber, formerly a physician , currently serves as the Director for the Center for Evidence Based Policy at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland. In additions, Kitzhaber launched The Archimedes Movement, a program “committed to building a meaningful opportunity for engagement through which the growing concern over our health care system can be channeled into effective action”.
In his Sept. 2 letter, Kitzhaber highlighted the areas in which he aims to focus on as governor, including the increase of in-state jobs and employment, the improvement of state health care, and a development in pre-school to graduate school education.
“I believe Oregon’s best days still lie ahead. But to shape that future will require a new civility and a willingness to move beyond partisanship and stakeholder politics”
he wrote this morning.
Along with Kitzhaber, Democrat Brian Clem and Republican Allen Alley have also officially announced their intent to run in next year’s gubernatorial race. U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio is also expected to run.
“The most fundamental thing that I have learned from my terms as governor and over the last six years is that what we are doing now simply is not working: it’s not working for our kids; it is not working for our families; it is not working for Oregon”
wrote Kitzhaber.
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