DACA recipients protest at the Capitol in August. (Paris Achen/Portland Tribune) Knute Buehler, Republican nominee for governor, has staked inconsistent positions on immigration, a review of his public record establishes. The Republican legislator from Bend has voted against state legislation that protects immigrants but supported tighter controls over racial profiling.[Read More…]
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Poll shows Oregon governor’s race essentially tied
Republican Knute Buehler, running for Oregon governor. (FILE Portland Tribune/Jaime Valdez) The governor’s race between Democratic incumbent Kate Brown and GOP candidate Rep. Knute Buehler remains hair-raisingly close, according to a new poll by Clout Research. The phone poll of 679 likely voters between Sept. 20 and 23 shows that[Read More…]
Opponents claim grocer employees illegally pressing ballot measure support
Fred Meyer store in Astoria (File/Daily Astorian) SALEM — Opponents of a ballot measure to ban taxes on groceries contend that some grocers have illegally used their employees to distribute political material supporting the ban. The “Vote No on 103” campaign claims in a letter to Oregon grocers that such[Read More…]
Brown holds cash edge on Buehler as campaigns crank up.
Democrat Kate Brown and Republican Knute Buehler both have logged $500,000 single contributions for their campaigns. (Photo courtesy Kate Brown Committee) As the race to become Oregon’s next governor enters its late stretch and attack ads take a fiercer tone, financial donors have flocked to the action. Each candidate has[Read More…]