Letter from Governor Tom McCall to Representative Les AuCoin about party change · Les AuCoin Collection

Title: Letter from Governor Tom McCall to Representative Les AuCoin about party change
Description: Letter from Oregon Governor Tom McCall to Representative Les AuCoin regarding McCall switching political parties. In 1973, AuCoin helped pass Governor McCall's measure to reform the funding of public schools. When the bill failed to become law in the face of considerable opposition by the Republican party, there were rumors that McCall might switch parties and run as a Democratic candidate for the Senate. AuCoin wrote to McCall offering his support. In this response, written on June 16th, 1973, McCall thanks AuCoin for his support, but ultimately decides to remain with the Republican party. This is one of a collection of digitized objects from the Les AuCoin Papers (MS.147) at the Pacific University Archives.
Identifier: PUA_MS147_130
Creator: McCall, Thomas
Date Created: 1973
Date: 1973
Subject: Oregon--Politics and government; Legislators--United States; Governors; Correspondence
Spatial Coverage: Oregon
Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
Type: Text