Two U.S. Senators to Raise Money in Portland This Weekend

Willamette Week:

Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) will appear at a trio of fundraisers in Portland, Salem and Eugene to stump for Dr. Monica Wehby, a pediatric neurosurgeon and moderate Republican. Wehby, who faces four opponents in the GOP primary, is a strong contender to win the Republican nomination and face the incumbent, Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) in the fall.

Wehby has said she doesn’t believe in abortion, but the choice should belong to each woman, not the government.

Yet Coburn is an anti-abortion Republican who has said "abortionists" should be sentenced to death.

Wehby's campaign manager, Charlie Pearce, said Wehby and Coburn, both doctors, have been friends for a long time.

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