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Piercy keeps seat in Eugene mayor's race
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EUGENE (AP) — Eugene Mayor Kitty Piercy has held off former mayor Jim Torrey to win a second four-year term.
Piercy led Torrey by fewer than 1,500 votes with almost all the ballots counted Thursday.
Torrey led the state’s second-largest city from 1997 until 2004. He is a former Republican who last year switched to the Independent Party of Oregon.
Piercy is a registered Democrat.
The mayor’s race is officially nonpartisan, but party affiliation does influence voters. Torrey told The Register-Guard newspaper he could not overcome the “blue wave” of Democratic voting in this election.
Piercy led Torrey by fewer than 1,500 votes with almost all the ballots counted Thursday.
Torrey led the state’s second-largest city from 1997 until 2004. He is a former Republican who last year switched to the Independent Party of Oregon.
Piercy is a registered Democrat.
The mayor’s race is officially nonpartisan, but party affiliation does influence voters. Torrey told The Register-Guard newspaper he could not overcome the “blue wave” of Democratic voting in this election.
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