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FULL TITLE: Oregon Votes to Force Residents to Fund Abortions Up to Birth After Planned Parenthood Spends Millions Oregon voters voted today to force their fellow residents to keep funding abortions with their tax dollars. By a 2-1 margin, residents of the left-win state voted to keep killing unborn children with taxpayer funds — and the voted for that after a massive out of state spending campaign by the Planned Parenthood abortion business. Outside pro-abortion groups poured massive amounts of money into Oregon this fall to continue forcing state taxpayers to pay for elective abortions. Oregonians considered Measure 106, which...

"Will Oregon amend Constitution with ballot measures?", "Measures 102 through 106 deal with a number of issues", " "The measures -- with shorthand slugs of Affordable Housing, the Grocery Tax, 3/5 Vote Requirement, Immigration Law and Abortion -- touch on hot topics that revolve around culture, economics and how personal faith plays out in the public square.", PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) -- The statewide ballot measures Oregon voters will decide could amend the Constitution. As with any measure of this kind, big money supporters and opponents have dominated the conversation trying to make their argument more persuasive. The measures -- with...

PORTLAND, Ore.—To find enough votes to win the governorship in a state that last elected a Republican leader in 1982, Knute Buehler has focused on voters like Danielle Miller. A 47-year-old mortgage-loan officer, Ms. Miller voted in 2016 for Kate Brown, Oregon’s incumbent Democratic governor, but has since grown disenchanted with her on issues including education funding and homelessness. This year, Ms. Miller isn’t planning just to vote for Mr. Buehler, a two-term Republican state representative. She is campaigning for him and even appeared in one of his commercials. “This is the first candidate I’m crossing party lines for in...

Simply, the Oregon governor's race is about who can best lead Oregon in tackling the human and economic crises unfolding on our home turf. From the state's distressed K-12 education system to the critical need for pension reform to encouraging more affordable-housing construction, Oregon is running out of time to responsibly address these challenges. With little vision and no urgency by Brown in her nearly four years as governor, and insufficient experience from Independent Party nominee Patrick Starnes, voters fortunately have a strong alternative. Oregonians should vote for the candidate who is willing to take courageous action on these entrenched problems and...

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown positioned herself early on as a leader of the anti-Trump opposition, but the state’s never-ending panoply of protest activity has backfired on her re-election bid with voters suffering from resistance fatigue. Ms. Brown, who was expected to coast to victory in deep-blue Oregon, has found herself deadlocked in the latest polls with state Rep. Knute Buehler, an affable orthopedic surgeon whose moderate brand of Republicanism is attracting crossover voters. That includes Ben West, who supported Ms. Brown’s previous bid for office but was horrified by the mobs that shut down the Immigration and Custom Enforcement office...

It isn’t supposed to happen this way in Democrat Medialand. In deep blue Oregon and super nova blue Rhode Island Democrats are thought to be just so loved by the people that the governor’s race in both states should be donkey party walkovers. But that’s just not happening. The two Democrat damsels in distress, Governor Kate Brown of Oregon and Governor Gina Raimondo of Rhode Island aren’t supposed to be home campaigning to save their jobs, they are supposed to be out organizing fund raisers to bring Venezuelan socialism to all of America not just their states; but they aren’t....

Melania Trump is a “hoebag” who “works by the hour,” according to an Oregon congressional candidate via Twitter. Mark Roberts is an Independent Party candidate for Oregon’s 2nd Congressional District, according to Ballotpedia. And on Monday night, he made a tweet that he may yet wind up regretting (as of now, he hasn’t – but more on that in a few paragraphs).

OREGON CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE TAKES TASTELESS TWITTER SHOT AT MELANIA TRUMP, LIKENS HER TO A PROSTITUTE(Full title) Oregon Congressional candidate Mark Roberts insulted first lady Melania Trump on Twitter Monday, implying she works as a prostitute. Roberts, who is running as an independent for the second Congressional district, responded to a tweet from Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk and decided to bash the first lady. Kirk’s pointed out major differences between Melania’s White House staff and the staff of former first lady Michelle Obama and said the Trumps are getting by with a much smaller team. Kirk claimed Obama had...

Knute Buehler, a Republican State Representative, is likely to become the next governor of Oregon. It won’t be an easy job for him. Winning in a statewide election in Oregon is never easy for a Republican. Nevertheless, the numbers are there to see. They say Buehler is moving up and Kate Brown the current Democrat Governor is fading. In a just released Gravis Poll Buehler has pulled even at 45/45 with 10% undecided or third party. Brown is likely to lose in November because she is a weak candidate in a race with an energetic challenger that has gotten traction...

Here is a link to the Oregon Firearms Federation's 2018 Ratings of Oregon Candidates based on their support of the 2nd Amendment. There is a very serious threat to gun ownership in Oregon in the form of ballot initiatives 43 and 44. Initiative 43 bans any future sale or purchase of 'assault weapons'. Existing assault weapons would have to be registered with the state police. The definition of an assault weapon is so broad even a .22 semi-auto can fall under the ban. Example: The wording states any full or partial shroud meant to protect the non-trigger hand from being...