GOP candidate’s big AG run (300K in bank)

By Oregon Campaign Watch,

Below is a press release from Republican candidate BillLathrop for State Attorney General, which will be an open seat in 2024.

LATHROP OFFICIALLY FILES TO BECOME OREGON’S NEXT ATTORNEY GENERAL WITH STRONG SUPPORT HEADING INTO 2024
Will Lathrop
Lathrop campaign Press Release

Newberg, Ore. – This morning human rights attorney, Will Lathrop, filed to become Oregon’s next Attorney General. While Lathrop began campaigning on January 2nd of this year, this filing highlights the strength and momentum his campaign has gained over the last 11 months. With nearly one year left until the election, Lathrop has raised an impressive $300,000, campaigned in 25 of Oregon’s 36 counties, and earned endorsements from over 70 elected leaders and law enforcement members from every corner of our state.

“I am running for attorney general because I have the vision and experience to lead our state towards a future with safe, healthy, and thriving communities,” said Lathrop. “It’s painful for me to watch the state that I love suffer. Oregon is a wounded beauty – a beautiful state marred by crime and addiction. I represent a dawn of new leadership that will bring lasting change and ensure a safer, healthier future for Oregonians.”

Lathrop, a human rights attorney, is a sixth generation Oregonian who has spent his career fighting for victims of crime and abuse, rebuilding criminal justice systems, and taking on corrupt politicians and governments. As a prosecutor in Yamhill County and child-abuse prosecutor in Marion County, Lathrop worked on protecting victims from violence. In Northern Uganda, Lathrop fought violent land grabbers and returned land to widows and orphans after a 21 year civil war in the region. In Ghana, Lathrop rescued victims of child trafficking and forced labor, and successfully prosecuted slave traders and masters in his project area.

“As Oregon’s next attorney general I’ll focus on reducing crime and restoring safety in our communities, limit harmful government overreach by ensuring state agencies follow the law, and restore trust in our government institutions by enforcing a zero-tolerance policy for public corruption,” added Lathrop.

Notable supporters include U.S. Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05) and 2022 Republican nominee for Governor, Christine Drazan.

“I’m proud to endorse Will Lathrop to be Oregon’s next attorney general, who I trust to combat drug trafficking, stand up for crime victims, and restore peace and safety in our communities. Will’s vast experience, from his work protecting victims at the county level in Oregon to the world stage as a human rights attorney, makes him uniquely qualified to serve Oregonians as our next attorney general,” said Rep. Chavez De-Remer.

“Oregon needs new and inspiring public safety leadership that isn’t driven by political agendas and partisan politics. Salem politicians have failed to repeal Measure 110 and have sided with defund-the-police radicals over the men and women in law enforcement,” said Drazan. “Will Lathrop is an experienced public servant who Oregonians can trust to stand up for victims of crime, work with law enforcement to protect our neighborhoods, and hold agencies and public officials accountable to the law.”

More about Will Lathrop, his priorities for a safer Oregon, and a full list of endorsements can be found at www.WillLathrop.com. Will, his wife Arminda, and son Lucky live in Newberg, Oregon.