Mortensen, in Prius, joins candidate's road trip
September 10, 2006


WATERTOWN, N.Y. (AP) _ Actor Viggo Mortensen. A 2006 Toyota Prius. A three-day, 450-mile fundraising tour.

It was an unusual campaign last week for a North Country doctor in his run for Congress.
Mortensen, a Watertown native, joined Robert Johnson on the campaign swing across 11 counties to speak out against America's dependence on Middle Eastern oil.

"People are still going to need cars," said Mortensen, star of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy. "It's not a question of making less cars, it's a question of making more fuel-efficient cars." ..

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