{"id":1618878,"date":"2022-08-22T11:47:27","date_gmt":"2022-08-22T15:47:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1618878"},"modified":"2022-08-22T11:48:06","modified_gmt":"2022-08-22T15:48:06","slug":"deep-blue-oregon-may-elect-a-republican-governor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/deep-blue-oregon-may-elect-a-republican-governor\/","title":{"rendered":"Deep Blue Oregon May Elect a Republican Governor"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdeep-blue-oregon-may-elect-a-republican-governor%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1618878&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"header\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">\n<p><span class=\"label\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">News Analysis<\/span> <span class=\"published\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">Aug 22, 2022 2:15 PM<br \/>\n                                    EST<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt mb-4\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">\n                                Democratic Governor Kate Brown is term-limited and according to the rating is &#8220;deeply unpopular, and there may be some desire for change in the Beaver State.&#8221;\n                            <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"body\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">\n<div class=\"content\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">\n<div class=\"reader-container\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">\n<section class=\"cover\" data-v-1408f321=\"\"><\/section>\n<section class=\"author\" data-v-1408f321=\"\"><\/section>\n<section class=\"show-sm\" data-v-1408f321=\"\"><\/section>\n<section id=\"story-body\" class=\"article\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">\n<div class=\"article-content\" data-v-f313b7e6=\"\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">\n<div class=\"html-content\" data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<article class=\"html\" data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/oregon-sees-massive-spike-in-overdoses-one-year-after-decriminalizing-hard-drugs\">Oregon<\/a> gubernatorial race in the historically blue state has gone from &#8220;Leans Democratic&#8221; to &#8220;Toss-Up,&#8221; according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/centerforpolitics.org\/crystalball\/articles\/the-gubernatorial-races-look-to-the-west\/\">Center for Politics at the University of Virginia Crystal Ball rating<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>The last time <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/breaking-rnc-arizona-republicans-slam-pinal-county-election-failures-in-joint-statement\">Republicans<\/a> won a gubernatorial race in Oregon was in 1982.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\"><\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Democratic Governor <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/kate-brown-welcomes-lgbtq2sia-kids-to-oregon-after-texas-classifies-medical-gender-transition-child-abuse\">Kate Brown<\/a> is term-limited and according to the rating is &#8220;deeply unpopular, and there may be some desire for change in the Beaver State.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Crystal Ball gubernatorial rating changes:<\/p>\n<p>OR-GOV Leans D > Toss-up<br \/>NY-GOV Likely D > Safe D<br \/>MD-GOV Likely D > Safe D<\/p>\n<p>Explanations for the changes and a look at the overall playing field here: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6vxsoYl0Oi\">https:\/\/t.co\/6vxsoYl0Oi<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jhyPjv3l16\">pic.twitter.com\/jhyPjv3l16<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kyle Kondik (@kkondik) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kkondik\/status\/1560256456829575168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 18, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>According to the Center, &#8220;the state is hosting an unusual 3-way race among a trio of women who are all recent members of the state legislature: former state House Speaker Tina Kotek (D), former state House Minority Leader Christine Drazan (R), and former state Sen. Betsy Johnson, an unaffiliated, former Democrat who is more conservative than most of the members of her former party and who has been backed by Nike co-founder Phil Knight.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>&#8220;The race sets up an unusual situation where the winner may not need to crack even 40%,&#8221; noted the Center. &#8220;Additionally, the 3 candidates all served concurrently in the state legislature, which should provide the campaigns ample opportunities to draw contrasts among the candidates.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>The rating added, &#8220;Johnson, the independent, would still be the most surprising winner, and Kotek and Drazan both will be working to try to prevent their voters from flocking to her banner. There\u2019s just enough uncertainty here that we\u2019re looking at the race as a Toss-up now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>The Center for Politics also <a href=\"https:\/\/centerforpolitics.org\/crystalball\/articles\/the-gubernatorial-races-look-to-the-west\/\">noted<\/a> that there are toss-up governorships in Arizona, Nevada, Wisconsin, and Kansas.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"revcontent-slot\" data-v-4da339e1=\"\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">\n<p>Ads by revcontent<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<section class=\"contributions-container\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">\n<div class=\"partial contributions-epic\" data-v-37b8bc14=\"\" data-v-1408f321=\"\">\n<div class=\"inner\" data-v-37b8bc14=\"\">\n<h2 data-v-37b8bc14=\"\">Join and support independent free thinkers!<\/h2>\n<div class=\"words\" data-v-37b8bc14=\"\">\n<p data-v-37b8bc14=\"\">\n                    We\u2019re independent and can\u2019t be cancelled. 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