SALEM — Jeanne Atkins, a longtime Democratic staffer, is Gov. Kate Brown’s appointee to succeed her as Oregon secretary of state.
Atkins will be sworn in at 1 p.m. Wednesday in the governor’s ceremonial office at the Capitol.
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