GOP isn't sweating minor parties in Oregon governor's race

After all, Libertarian Wes Wagner and Constitution Party candidate Greg Kord are promising much more dramatic reductions in government than Republican Chris Dudley -- and there's no comparable third-party candidate on the left to compete for votes with Democrat John Kitzhaber.

But neither Kord nor Wagner has the celebrity of some recent third-party candidates who have had an impact on statewide races in Oregon. A poll for The Oregonian shows Kord with support from 2 percent of voters and Wagner with backing from 1 percent.