Oregon Candidates and Issues - Election 2022
Gubernatorial Candidate Profiles
Tina Kotek is a housing champion, a friend to labor and a foe to Phil Knight
Ever since she announced her intention to run for governor last year, Tina Kotek has been in a position of strength. But Kotek’s surefire position at the front of the pack has seemed less certain lately.
Christine Drazan is bent on restoring GOP influence in Oregon. She now has her chance
The former lawmaker and lobbyist looks like Republicans’ best hope to retake Mahonia Hall in more than a decade. Her rise to prominence has been swift and strategic.
Betsy Johnson: ‘I’m not going to surrender a place I love without one hell of a fight’
Betsy Johnson, the unaffiliated candidate for governor, is lagging in the polls behind Democrat Tina Kotek and Republican Christine Drazan. But she's not letting it stop her. “Sitting around watching Oregon in a death spiral, I have one last fight in me, and this is it,” Johnson said. “And I’m not going to surrender a place I love without one hell of a fight.”
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For many Oregon Republicans, this campaign cycle felt like a turning point. Republicans had viable, well funded candidates. And they were competitive in races that were normally dominated by Democrats. -
A new statue will be unveiled in Waldport on Saturday, honoring a prominent figure in Oregon’s Black history.
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Democrat Tina Kotek will be Oregon’s next governor.
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Voters across Oregon mostly voted against allowing the therapeutic use of the psychedelic drug psilocybin on Tuesday.
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Early returns show a race too close to call for Measure 111, which would amend the Oregon Constitution to create a new fundamental right for everyone living here: access to affordable health care.
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Voters appear to have picked civil rights attorney Christina Stephenson to serve as the next commissioner of the Oregon Bureau of Labor & Industries, a nonpartisan post.
