Oregon GOP Senate Candidate Backs Gay Marriage In New Ad

Dr. Monica Wehby greets supporters at the headquarters in Oregon City, Oregon after winning the Oregon Republican Primary race for Senate on Tuesday, May. 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Steve Dykes)
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Oregon candidate for Senate Dr. Monica Wehby (R) announced her support for same-sex marriage in a new ad released Tuesday.

The ad is meant to rebuff attacks by her opponent, Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) that she’s an ultra conservative Republican.

In the new ad, Ben West, who was a plaintiff in the lawsuit that helped strike down the state’s ban on same-sex marriage in 2014, describes how marrying his now husband was “the happiest day of my life” and that Wehby has “the courage to do what’s right.”

West is a Republican and his husband Paul Rummell is a Democrat, according to Politico, which first reported the ad. Watch the ad below:

The TPM Polltracker average gives Merkely a 19 point advantage over Wehby.

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  1. Hey look, LBJ acted like a total homophobe while Lincoln shared a bed with a male bodyguard, so Republicans have always been the pro-gay rights party. That’s how the right-wing logic will go a decade from now, right?

  2. Another TP nut changing messages in mid-stream. The GOP senate candidates across the country are trying to mobilize voters outside the insane bubble.

    The only problem, the messages are very later or lacking in tone. For instance, a guy named Ben, a media outlet named Politico and a quack named Monica.

  3. Sorry, nutter. It doesn’t take a squirrel to figure out what’s under your camouflage.

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