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Kate Brown Shakes Up Management Team

Secretary of state replaces top aide

Kate Brown

Secretary of State Kate Brown won a decisive victory over GOP challenger Knute Buehler last week, 51 percent to 43 percent. But she's wasted no time in shaking up her staff.

Brown took a drubbing during the election from critics. Thirteen papers, including The Oregonian, WW, and the Eugene Register Guard endorsed Buehler, as much for what Brown failed to do or botched during her first term as for the potential Buehler, a first-time candidate, displayed.

Today, Barry Pack, Brown's deputy and a long-timer adviser, announced he'll leave the office on Friday, Nov. 15.

Pack writes in a staff email:

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