Digital Exhibits

"Democratic Candidates Debate" from the 1992 Senate race in Oregon video recording

A video recording of C-SPAN's "Democratic Candidates Debate" during the 1992 Senate race in Oregon. Hosted at the City Club of Portland, the candidates in the debate included US Congressman Les AuCoin and scientist and businessman Harry Lonsdale. Topics featured in the debate included the decline of the timber industry, the House banking scandal, public school funding, unemployment, the healthcare system, middle income tax breaks, women's health and abortion rights, social security, the federal budget, defense spending, campaign spending, the B-2 program, the MAX light rail service in Portland, the Clarence Thomas and Anita Hill scandal, the Cold War, the Star Wars program, the issue of Lonsdale not releasing his tax returns, and the minimum wage. While AuCoin defeated Lonsdale in the Democratic primary, he ultimately lost in the general election against incumbent Bob Packwood.

This is a digitized version of an analog videorecording from the Les AuCoin Papers (MS.147) at the Pacific University Archives. AuCoin served in the Oregon House of Representatives (1971-1975) and in the United States House of Representatives from Oregon's 1st District (1975-1993).

C-SPAN

1992

PUA_MS147_vid_053

United States. Congress. House.

Legislators--United States

Political campaigns--United States.

Oregon--Politics and government.

Oregon

United States

(1 video file: 63 min, 50 s)

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/

Pacific University Archives

MP4