PORTLAND, OREGON (AP) — A millionaire former
boyfriend who’s now bankrolling ads against her opponent called the police last
year on Monica Wehby, the leading Republican candidate in Oregon’s U.S. Senate
race, and accused her of stalking him as their relationship broke up.
Timber company executive Andrew Miller
told a Portland police officer on April 4, 2013, that Wehby “had been
‘harassing’ his employees and ‘stalking’ him,” according to a report the
officer filed.
Wehby did not address the issue in a
debate with Conger in Portland on Friday, and she ignored questions from
reporters as she and her staff left out a side door.
Wehby has excited Republicans in
Washington, who are impressed by her resume and are hopeful she can raise
enough money to make her competitive against Democratic incumbent Jeff Merkley,
despite Republicans’ longstanding struggles to win statewide races in Oregon.
Authorities got involved when Miller
called police to say Wehby wouldn’t leave his house, according to the report.
An officer spotted Wehby’s Mercedes leaving Miller’s neighborhood and pulled
her over.
She told the officer she’d been in a
relationship with Miller for two years but that something changed over the
weekend and he’d stopped talking to her or returning her calls, according to
the police report. She said she’d visited his house, and when he didn’t answer,
entered through an unlocked back door.
The officer told her to go home and not to return to Miller’s home unless she
was invited.
Miller said he and Wehby remain
friends, but their relationship is over.
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