was also widely viewed as a drag on Kotek’s ability to win over voters, and the Democratic nominee attempted with increasing intensity to distance herself from Brown by criticizing the governor in debates and ads. Kotek also had to contend with an unusually well-funded unaffiliated candidate in Johnson, who polling showed was attracting more Democratic voters than Republicans.
Now, Kotek will get the opportunity that she said on the campaign trail she wanted: to follow through on initiatives that Democrats passed in the Legislature but the state hasn’t yet produced, such as the state’s family and medical leave program that is expected to launch eight months late while workers forgo as much asThe former longtime state House speaker also promised to demand more accountability from school districts to deliver results for the roughly $1 billion annually in new funding...
Drazan reported raising $22.5 million as of Wednesday afternoon and spending $22.5 million. She got significant funding from businesses and from Nike co-founder Phil Knight. The candidates’ campaign spending tells only a partial story of how much money various interests pumped into the Oregon governor’s race. For example, the Democratic Governors Association reported spending $523,000 on two political action committees that attacked Johnson and Drazan.
Oregon is the cesspool of Portland against the rest of the state. Imagine living in a land of beauty and then drive into Portland... The land of the lost.