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Sid Leiken tearfully admits to bogus transaction report
blueoregon.com - 8/25/2009
Sid Leiken tearfully admits to bogus transaction report
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Trying to stave off a criminal investigation, OR-4 congressional candidate and Springfield Mayor Sid Leiken tearfully admitted failing to properly document a $2000 transaction from his campaign to his mother. From the Register-Guard: “Rather than try to justify or prove my innocence, I will ...

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Daily Kos — ... There was a time, not very long ago, when Springfield Mayor Sid Leiken was seen as a sleeper for 2010--a Republican who could seize a traditionally Democratic district (in his case, Peter DeFazio's Oregon 4th district). Then, he had a less-than-stellar fundraising quarter, and then he got caught up in a campaign finance scandal. He admitted to errors late last week, but his response is not going to inspire much confidence, as he got unusually emotional about admitting a campaign finance irregularity. Cameras were rolling, and caught what Politico immediately labelled Leiken's ...

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