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Author, Public Speaker, and Former US Rep in Portland, OR. Read my book. Greetings, I’m Les AuCoin, the author of "CATCH AND RELEASE: An Oregon Life in Politics" (a memoir published by the Oregon State University Press, 2019).
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Oct 14, 2022 · Read writing from Les AuCoin on Medium. Award-winning writer, US congressman (ret), LIBERAL, grand-pops , fly fisher, dog-lover, all around trouble-maker.
Walter Leslie AuCoin (/ oʊ ˈ k ɔɪ n / oh-KOYN; born October 21, 1942) is an American politician. In 1974 he became the first person from the Democratic Party to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Oregon's 1st congressional district, since it was formed in 1892.
Oct 10, 2019 · Today on our blog, AuCoin—first Democrat to hold a seat in Oregon’s First Congressional District—shares with OSU Press interns Isaiah Holbrook and Ashley Hay the purpose of memoir writing, the current state of mass media, and the search for balance between personal and political narratives.
Oct 16, 2019 · A longtime congressman, who also happens to be a former interim editor of the Spokesman, Les AuCoin has quite a story to tell. And he tells it in detail in “Catch and Release: An Oregon Life in Politics,” his 272-page memoir that was recently published by Oregon State University Press.
Sep 15, 2019 · Les AuCoin, Democratic senator from Oregon, in 1992. (Karen Willard/Oregonian file photo) In his lively memoir, former U.S. Rep. Les AuCoin details the major events that illuminated his...
