Morning Digest: Why the GOP could flip a governor's race despite the building blue wave
Morning Digest: Why the GOP could flip a governor's race despite the building blue wave After 40 years in charge, polling suggests Oregon Democrats might finally lose their grip David Nir and Jeff Singer Oct 1 Billboard for Christine Drazan, Republican nominee for Oregon governor. (Credit: Christine Drazan) Leading Off OR-Gov A new poll finds that Oregon Republicans, despite an ugly national political climate, could end four decades of Democratic control of the governor’s office. That survey , conducted by the Oregon-based pollster DHM Research for Oregon Public Broadcasting, shows Republican challenger Christine Drazan leading Democratic Gov. Tina Kotek 47-46 in a race that has seen little polling . Brett Smith, a member of the state’s Green Party affiliate , takes 3%, a small but potentially decisive share in a rematch that could once again go down to the wire. Kotek defeated Drazan in a close race in 2022, but DHM finds that voters are anything but happy with the governor’s t...
