The second-term state treasurer is searching for that spark to overtake Tina Kotek, the former Oregon House Speaker who some say is taking up all the oxygen in the Democratic primary race for governor.
Floyd McKay covered the state capitol during that period, and he shared his perspective in the book Reporting the Oregon Story: How Activists and Visionaries Transformed a State.Floyd McKay, one of the big names of Oregon journalism from the past half-century, died recently.