OR-GOV: Republican Christine Drazan mounts 2026 bid for Oregon governor
Republican Christine Drazan will run for governor again in 2026, raising the possibility of a rematch with her Democratic rival Gov. Tina Kotek.
Drazan, R-Canby, announced her campaign Monday, days after county commissioners appointed her to fill a state Senate seat.
“Our governor may be in charge, but her state is out of control,” she told a thunderous crowd of dozens of workers at the Portland-based ship manufacturing company Gunderson Marine & Iron. “This place we love is so incredible and so beautiful, mountains, trees, our rivers, our ocean, abundant natural resources. So we have to stop and ask ourselves, why, despite all of this, are people leaving?”
Before facing Kotek, Drazan would have to convince Republican voters to give her another chance in the May primary. Oregon hasn’t elected a Republican as governor since the 1980s, and only two Republicans have won a statewide election since 2000.
https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2025/10/27/republican-christine-drazan-mounts-2026-bid-for-oregon-governor/