{"id":1677679,"date":"2022-10-07T08:23:40","date_gmt":"2022-10-07T12:23:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1677679"},"modified":"2022-10-07T08:25:17","modified_gmt":"2022-10-07T12:25:17","slug":"poll-gop-candidate-leads-governors-race-by-2-points-in-deep-blue-oregon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-gop-candidate-leads-governors-race-by-2-points-in-deep-blue-oregon\/","title":{"rendered":"Poll: GOP Candidate Leads Governor&#8217;s Race by 2 Points in Deep Blue Oregon"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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%2Fpoll-gop-candidate-leads-governors-race-by-2-points-in-deep-blue-oregon%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=1677679&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><\/div>\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody\">\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Deep-blue <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/oregon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oregon<\/a> could elect a Republican as its next governor in November thanks to a particular set of circumstances that have lined up in the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GOP\u2019s<\/a> favor.<\/p>\n<p>Republican candidate Christine Drazan led her Democratic opponent, Tina Kotek, by 2 points in an <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/emersoncollegepolling.com\/oregon-2022-republican-christine-drazan-with-two-point-lead-over-democrat-tina-kotek-for-governorship-sen-wyden-holds-19-point-lead-in-re-election-bid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Emerson College poll<\/a> this week. It was the latest sign that the party in control of Oregon for decades is struggling to convince voters to give <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democrats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Democrats<\/a> more time at the helm.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think this is maybe the most fascinating and surprising governor\u2019s race in the country,\u201d Jessica Taylor, the Senate and governors editor for the <i>Cook Political Report<\/i>, told the <i>Washington Examiner<\/i>. \u201cYou have kind of a confluence of different things that are giving Republicans a unique opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/republicans-lead-ballot-nevada\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NEVADA REPUBLICANS LEADING IN STATEWIDE RACES: POLL<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>No Republican has won an Oregon gubernatorial race in 40 years, giving Oregon one of the longest unbroken streaks of Democratic control in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the decidedly liberal bent of the state, however, Drazan has a few advantages this cycle.<\/p>\n<p>Oregon\u2019s current leader is the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.heraldandnews.com\/news\/oregon\/poll-oregons-kate-brown-is-most-unpopular-u-s-governor\/article_130ce099-5d97-553f-9e61-3e738e46cee2.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">least popular governor<\/a> in the country, complicating Kotek\u2019s job of selling a similar platform to voters. Democratic Gov. Kate Brown\u2019s approval ratings have plummeted due to her perceived leniency on crime and the aggression of her pandemic-era mandates.<\/p>\n<p>An independent candidate, Betsy Johnson, has also chipped away at some of Kotek\u2019s support among Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>While Johnson has pulled voters from both parties, she\u2019s taken more Democrats than Republicans, according to the Emerson poll.<\/p>\n<p>Nine percent of Oregon Republicans said they planned to vote for Johnson, but 17% of Oregon Democrats said they would back the independent.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson\u2019s straight-talking style and deep-pocketed campaign donors have given her a significant share of support in recent polls.<\/p>\n<p>Phil Knight, co-founder of Nike, has <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kgw.com\/article\/news\/politics\/elections\/phil-knight-nike-2-million-betsy-johnson-campaign\/283-b57e2e1f-c6e4-4ffe-b4b8-624b50f871ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">poured<\/a> millions of dollars into Johnson\u2019s campaign, helping her to outraise both Drazan and Kotek in a rare feat of fundraising prowess for a third-party candidate.<\/p>\n<p>Crime has put Kotek on defense from both of her opponents.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson has <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/yorknewstimes.com\/news\/national\/govt-and-politics\/oregons-3-major-gubernatorial-candidates-debate\/article_3809a2f2-0ae7-522d-b5d9-63a17be7679d.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mocked<\/a> Kotek as \u201ctent city Tina\u201d and complained the streets of Oregon are \u201ca mess.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A Democrat during her years in the state legislature, Johnson has adopted more centrist positions as an independent candidate this year that have popularized her with Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you have voters that are looking at sort of the status quo and not liking where things are, they\u2019re more likely to blame Democrats or seek a third option, which would be Johnson,\u201d Taylor said.<\/p>\n<p>Drazan has struck a strident tone on crime throughout the race. She\u2019s focused intensely on the violence that Portland city leaders have failed to contain over the past two years, which likely strikes a chord with the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/politics\/2022\/10\/vast-majority-of-oregonians-view-portland-negatively-the-oregonianoregonlive-poll-finds.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">72% of Oregonians<\/a> who say they have a negative view of Portland.<\/p>\n<p>Business owners have <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/scenes-from-the-anarchy-in-portland\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">closed up<\/a> shops and <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/portland-residents-flee-homeless-fill-parks-neighborhoods-infinite-final-straws\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">residents have fled<\/a> since crime and homelessness have mushroomed through the streets. The vacancy rate of office space in downtown Portland has <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.opb.org\/article\/2022\/08\/29\/why-some-businesses-are-leaving-downtown-portland-and-why-others-choose-to-stay\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">roughly doubled<\/a> since 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Drazan has suggested she would send state troopers to the city to crack down on crime in the absence of action from Portland Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Portland leaders do not step in, specifically around riots, specifically around unrest that engages in property damage and criminal activity, if Portland leaders don\u2019t step in and resolve that, as governor, I will,\u201d she said in March.<\/p>\n<p>Taylor noted that Republicans are only able to benefit from the combination of dissatisfaction with Oregon Democrats\u2019 handling of crime and the spoiler role of Johnson\u2019s campaign because Drazan is such a strong candidate herself.<\/p>\n<p>Formerly the state legislature\u2019s Republican leader, Drazan made a name for herself in part by orchestrating a <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.opb.org\/article\/2022\/07\/07\/think-out-loud-oregon-ballot-measure-lawmaker-walkouts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">walkout<\/a> of GOP caucus members in 2020 that denied state Democrats the ability to vote on climate change legislation.<\/p>\n<p>Republican state Rep. Daniel Bonham, a former colleague of Drazan\u2019s in the legislature, said Drazan \u201cwas like a Michael Jordan in the caucus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s the person who needs the ball at the end of the game,\u201d Bonham told the<i> <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wweek.com\/news\/2022\/10\/05\/christine-drazans-rapid-ascent-poises-her-on-the-brink-of-the-governors-office\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Willamette Weekly<\/a><\/i>. \u201cShe\u2019s just that exceptional.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kotek has run on a fairly standard progressive platform that avoids calling for tougher policing or harsher punishments for lawbreakers.<\/p>\n<p>She has continued to <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tinafororegon.com\/priorities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">advocate<\/a> community violence prevention programs and racial justice training for police officers rather than an increase in police budgets or the empowerment of prosecutors.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deep-blue Oregon could elect a Republican as its next governor in November thanks to a particular set of circumstances that have lined up in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1677681,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1677679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1677679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1677679"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1677679\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1677681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1677679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1677679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1677679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}