James Buchal

James Buchal was chair of the Multnomah County, Oregon Republican Party.[1] He won the Republican nomination for Oregon Attorney General in 2012 on a write-in campaign,[2] but lost in the general election.[3] He ran unsuccessfully for the United States Congress in 2014.[4] He has spoken strongly in favor of U.S. president Donald Trump.[3] He has served as a lawyer for the far right group Patriot Prayer[5][6] and against gun control walkouts at Portland Public Schools,[7] has spoken on national television against Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt,[8] A statement Buchal made on a campaign website in 2014 has been rated "false" by PolitiFact.[4]

He earned degrees from Harvard College (BA), Yale Law School (JD), and Yale School of Management (MBA).[9]

References
  1. Bernstein, Maxine (2020-10-12). "Man firing gun in SE Portland drew officers from Sunday night's downtown protest, Portland's police chief says". The Oregonian. Retrieved 2020-10-28.
  2. "Attorney General Candidate: James Buchal » Radio » OPB". www.opb.org:80. Archived from the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  3. "Portland Republican says party should use militia groups after racial attack". TheGuardian.com. 29 May 2017.
  4. Tims, Dana; Dc 20036 (June 27, 2014). "Is the government 'stockpiling' hundreds of millions of rounds of ammunition for domestic use?". PolitiFact. Retrieved 2020-10-29.
  5. "Patriot Prayer leader sues Multnomah County DA". The Seattle Times. Associated Press. September 11, 2020.
  6. "Chair of the Multnomah County Republicans Will Represent Patriot Prayer Leader in Civil Lawsuit".
  7. Campuzano, Eder (2019-03-14). "Pro-gun parents say Portland schools violated their civil rights". The Oregonian. Retrieved 2020-10-28.
  8. Kaplan, Talia (2020-08-13). "Portland attorney blasts DA for violating 'equal protection under the law' by refusing to prosecute protesters". Fox News. Retrieved 2020-10-28.
  9. https://kval.com/archive/oregon-us-representative---3rd-district-james-buchal


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