Democratic candidate for Oregon Secretary of State Brad Avakian stands with supporter Linda Campbell at a primary election night gathering in Portland, Ore. May 17, 2016. With a Republican threatening to take a state-wide office for the first time in many years in Oregon, the battle for secretary of state has become the hottest state race. (AP Photo/Steve Dykes, file)
Avakian has long civil rights record: Republican Richardson says he will neutral
READ MOREIn this Jan. 8, 2016, file photo, Ryan Bundy, one of the sons of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, walks through the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge near Burns, Ore. The leaders of an armed group that took over a national wildlife refuge in rural Oregon have been found not guilty of conspiracy and possession of firearms at a federal facility. A jury on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016, exonerated brothers Ammon and Ryan Bundy and five others of conspiring to impede federal workers from their jobs at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
A Portland jury acquitted all seven defendants involved in the armed occupation of a national wildlife refuge in rural southeastern Oregon
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