OPB 1986 AuCoin and Meeker debate video recording

Title

OPB 1986 AuCoin and Meeker debate video recording

Description

A televised Oregon Public Broadcasting program featuring an interview between the two candidates of the 1986 congressional race for Oregon's 1st District, Democratic incumbent Les AuCoin and Republican challenger Anthony "Tony" Meeker. An intertitle at the beginning of the program states: "The following program is a debate between the candidates for the First Congressional District, recorded earlier today, Friday, October 24th, at the Westin-Benson Hotel." Topics discussed in the debate include economic opportunities for Oregon, nuclear energy, social justice issues, workers' rights, the federal and state budget, education, the Cold War and the Star Wars program, unemployment, crime and incarceration, handicapped parking legislation, and abortion.
This is a digitized version of an analog videorecording from the Les AuCoin Papers (MS.147) at the Pacific University Archives. AuCoin served in the Oregon House of Representatives (1971-1975) and in the United States House of Representatives from Oregon's 1st District (1975-1993).

Creator

Oregon Public Broadcasting

Date: Display

October 24, 1986

Identifier

PUA_MS147_vid_015

Subject

United States. Congress. House.
Legislators--United States
Political campaigns--United States.
Oregon--Politics and government.

Place

Oregon
United States

Extent

(1 video file: 57 min, 48 s)

Copyright

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/

Source

Pacific University Archives

Format

MP4

Collection