Scott Swanson
Gubernatorial challenger Dennis Richardson last week accused Gov. John Kitzhaber of being “aloof, out of touch” for the past three years as Oregon has climbed out of the recession.
Kitzhaber and Richardson squared off Friday, July 18, in their first face-to-face debate, at the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association annual convention in Salem.
Richardson, a state representative from Central Point, won the Republican gubernatorial primary in May and will face Kitzhaber, aiming for his…