"2010-03-07Z"^^ . . "2009-01-05Z"^^ . "1949Z"^^ . . . . . . . . "2010Z"^^ . . "American politician" . . . "2010-03-07Z"^^ . "1949-09-03Z"^^ . . . . "Westlund, Ben"@en . "27thOregon State Treasurer" . . . "Ben Westlund (September 3, 1949 \u2013 March 7, 2010) was a politician in the U.S. state of Oregon. A Democrat, he was elected State Treasurer in 2008. Previously, Westlund served in both houses of the Oregon Legislative Assembly, as a Republican from 1996 to 2006, as an independent from 2006 to 2007, and then as a Democrat. Westlund dropped his Republican party affiliation to run for Governor of Oregon in the 2006 election, but dropped out of the race in August."@en . "Ben Westlund"@en . . .