A lot can change in a campaign cycle.
For example, in November, Chris Dudley didn’t want to talk about his phone call with Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek.
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“I don’t think that’s right when you have a private conversation [to] talk about that publicly,” he told an OPB reporter in the fall when asked whether Kotek called him and tried to persuade him not to enter the race.
But with one week before the primary, the former Portland Trail Blazer and GOP gubernatorial candidate, who is trailing in the polls, has pivoted.
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