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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.
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...
Leslie "Les" AuCoin broke a Republican monopoly on Oregon’s First Congressional District in 1974 when he became the first Democrat since statehood to win the seat. AuCoin served nine terms in the U.S. House (1975-1993).
Oct 10, 2019 · Les AuCoin represented Oregon in the US House for eighteen years until 1992, when he gave up his seat to run for the Senate. He is an award-winning magazine editor and public radio commentator, and his articles have appeared in major newspapers throughout the country.
Author, Public Speaker, and Former US Rep in Portland, OR. 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). I’m a former 9-term US congressman, a husband of 58 years, a father, and a grandpa.
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.
The Les AuCoin Papers document AuCoin's 22-year career in public office, including his time in the Oregon House of Representatives (1971-1975) and the US House of Representatives (1975-1993).
