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In Springfield, running's a shoo-in.

Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Publication Date: 29-APR-08 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: In Springfield, running's a shoo-in.(City/Region)(Candidates for City Council, as well as the mayor, find themselves with no opposition)

Article Excerpt
Byline: Jack Moran The Register-Guard

SPRINGFIELD - Welcome to the City Council, Terri Leezer.

And welcome back, Mayor Sid Leiken, and councilors Dave Ralston and Joe Pishioneri.

It's a no-contest kind of election season in Springfield, where all four of the aforementioned candidates find themselves running unopposed for volunteer city posts.

That means that unless someone mounts a successful, last-minute write-in campaign, Leiken, Leezer, Ralston and Pishioneri are guaranteed of winning four-year terms in the May 20 primary.

"It certainly makes for a very inexpensive campaign," said Leezer, a city planning commission member who is poised to take over the council's Ward 3 seat. The position has been occupied since 1997 by Anne Ballew, who opted not to...

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