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Les AuCoin On His Life In Oregon Politics

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Les AuCoin in 1986.

Les AuCoin spent 18 years representing Northwest Oregon in the U.S. House, at a time when issues like the spotted owl and forest management were looming large. 

He ran for the Senate in 1992, lost to Bob Packwood, then watched as a sexual misconduct scandal swept Packwood from office three years later.  AuCoin had to let the painful loss go, a practice he used on other disappointments in life. 

AuCoin gives many details of his journey in the book Catch and Release: An Oregon Life in Politics.  We get an in-studio visit from the former legislator and broadcaster (he even hosted The Exchange a few times in the past).  

On the road: Les AuCoin has book events on Monday, Jan. 13 at 7 PM at Bloomsbury Books in Ashland, Tuesday, Jan. 14 at 5 PM at Barnes and Noble in Medford.

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