PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A Lewis & Clark law professor and longtime conservative commentator has announced he will challenge U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, who is up for re-election this year.
The Oregonian reports that Jim Huffman will seek the Republican nomination to challenge Wyden, a Democrat who began his congressional career in 1980 in the House before he was elected to the Senate in the 1990s.
The 64-year-old Huffman criticized Wyden for backing the federal stimulus bill and the sweeping health-care reform legislation that passed the Senate in December.
Oregon Republican Chairman Bob Tiernan said he does not see any other major GOP candidates on the horizon and that he expects Huffman to be the party’s nominee in the fall.
