Kerry rally turnout may be state record

The fire marshal's office put the unofficial estimate at about 50,000 people.

Ken DuBois, spokesman for the Oregon Historical Society, did some quick research on the topic and said he could not find a bigger crowd for presidential candidates in Oregon.

The closest he found was 30,000 who turned out to see President Dwight Eisenhower at the dedication of McNary Dam in 1954
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