Ben Westlund, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetBen Westlund
American politician
Date of Birth: 03-Sep-1949
Place of Birth: Long Beach, California, United States
Date of Death: 07-Mar-2010
Profession: politician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Ben Westlund
- Bernard John "Ben" Westlund II (September 3, 1949 – March 7, 2010) was an American 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.
- In December 2006 he became a Democrat.
- Westlund worked as a business analyst, and ran businesses in mining, ranching, and agriculture.
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