Statesman Journal mini-questionnaire for 2012 General Election Thank you for responding to this questionnaire, which is for

use by Statesman Journal Editorial Board members in evaluating candidates for potential endorsements in the Nov. 6 General Election. Your answers also will be shared with reporters and may be published in the print newspaper and on StatesmanJournal.com. If you completed our questionnaire for the primary season, youll notice that some requested information is similar. We ask you to provide it again in case any of your previous data or answers have changed. (If you cant find a copy of your previous answers, let us know and well gladly send one.) Please answer each question and return this questionnaire to the Editorial Board via email as an attached Word document. The boards email address: Salemed@StatesmanJournal.com Deadline for submitting your questionnaire: 9 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 12, or earlier.
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Your name: Age: 53

James Buchal

(If your age will change before the Nov. 6 election, please indicate your birthday. We want to make sure we use accurate ages in editorials and news coverage. )

Political party (if this is a partisan office): Republican Position you are seeking (name of position, district number): Attorney General I plan to attend the editorial board meeting scheduled for: 10/5/12, at 11:00 a.m. Number of years living in the area you seek to represent: 21 years Do you affirm that you are a full-time resident of that area? Yes City/town of residence: Portland, Oregon

Family (name of spouse/partner, number and ages of children if at home, number of grown children): In a relationship with Heike Radler, 2 grown children Education: A.B. Harvard 1981 (physics), J.D. Yale 1985, M.B.A. Yale 1985 Current occupation and employer: Self-employed, partner at Murphy & Buchal LLP Military service: None Employment history: Attorney since 1986 Community involvement/volunteer history: Not significant; I do a lot of work pro bono on an informal basis. Please list all public offices to which youve been elected, and when: None Please list any unsuccessful candidacies for public office, and when: 2004 and 2006 Candidate for Oregon House, candidate for Canby School Board in that time frame. Other prior political and government experience: Special Prosecutor, Multnomah County How much your general election campaign will cost: Not sure; currently estimated at $20,000 Key endorsements you have received: Oregonians in Action PAC, Oregon Family Farm PAC

How the public can reach your campaign (remember that this information may be published): Mail address: 3425 SE Yamhill, Suite 100, Portland, OR 97214 E-mail address: buchaljames@gmail.com Web site URL: www.buchal.com Phone: 503-227-1011 Fax: 503-573-1939 Please limit your response to each of the following questions to about 75 words but be specific. 1. Have you ever been convicted of a crime, been disciplined by a professional licensing board/organization or had an ethics violation filed against you? If so, please give the details. No. 2. Have you ever filed for bankruptcy, been delinquent on your taxes or other major accounts, or been sued personally or professionally? If so, please give the details. No. 3. Why should people vote for you? What separates you from your opponent(s)? I will promote very significant change, and not work to defend the status quo. 4. What are the three most important issues you would address if elected? How? (75 words for each
issue)

A. Accountability: Oregon deserves statewide leaders who will dare to take action against agency and official misconduct, and against powerful financial institutions destroying our futures. I will do that. My opponent, however, has proven her willingness to bend the law to protect officials from the People. Oregon also deserves an Attorney General with sensible views on the criminal justice system. I will not stretch the law to invent new rights for criminalslike my opponent. B. Simplification: Red tape is strangling Oregon businesses and killing jobs. Many state lawyers see their role as winningat any costby defending agency overreach. I will confine agencies to their proper roles under the law, helping to make investing in Oregon business and hiring employees safe again. Electing another lifelong government employee as Attorney General would just make things worse.

C. Decentralization: We can no longer afford multiple layers of government in charge of the same thing. Excessive federal powers are crippling Oregons future by borrowing us into financial oblivion, burning down Oregons forests, locking away natural resources, and even micromanaging Portlands water supply. As Attorney General, I will fight excessive federal power with every tool available, and help set Oregon free to determine its own future. 5. What do you see as other important issues? Nearly all of them can be put within the three foregoing categories. 6. How would you describe your political style or for judicial candidates, your judicial temperament? No nonsense. 7. If you are an incumbent, what have you achieved during your current term? If you are not an incumbent, how have you prepared yourself for this position? I have spent a lifetime litigating against the Attorney Generals office. 8. What is the largest budget you have handled, and in what capacity? A couple hundred thousand dollars as partner in two-person law office. 9. What is the largest number of employees youve supervised, and in what capacity? Three. Law office employees. 10. Who is your role model for this office the person/people you would most like to emulate? Robert L. Jackson. 11. Any skeletons in your closet or other potentially embarrassing information that you want to disclose before it comes up in the campaign? Not that I can think of. 12. As a public official, your views on public issues are relevant to voters and potential constituents. Please indicate whether you support or oppose each of these statewide measures on the Nov. 6 ballot. (This question does not apply to judicial candidates.) Measure 77, catastrophic disaster Measure 78, separation of powers No Yes

Measure 79, real estate transfer taxes Measure 80, marijuana legalization Measure 81, gillnetting ban Measure 82, allows private casinos Measure 83, authorizes Wood Village casino Measure 84, eliminates inheritance tax Measure 85 shifts corporate kicker to K-12 schools

Yes No No No No Yes No

Thank you. Again, please submit your questionnaire as an attached Word document to Salemed@StatesmanJournal.com no later than 9 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012.