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Nike co-founder and Oregon's richest man Phil Knight says he will do whatever it takes to end Democrats' 40-year hold on the state as he throws his $35.9b fortune behind Republican Christine Drazan
Daily Mail ^ | 10.16.2022 | Rob Crilly

Posted on 10/16/2022 4:34:13 PM PDT by libh8er

Oregon's richest man said he would do whatever he could to end Democrats' 40-year hold on the state and prevent its nominee Tina Kotek winning the race to be the next governor.

Last week, Phil Knight, the billionaire co-founder of Nike, donated $1 million to Republican candidate Christine Drazan after bankrolling the campaign of an independent who has turned the election into a toss-up.

Analysts said his two-horse strategy suggested Knight was intent on keeping the Democrat out of the governor's mansion.

A swath of the electorate in this liberal state has turned on the outgoing Democratic governor, blaming her for woke policies that have allowed an explosion of crime, drug use and homelessness.

In a rare interview, Knight, 84, said he would do whatever it took to end the Democrat's stranglehold on power and described himself as 'an anti-Tina person.'

'One of the political cartoons after our legislative session had a person snorting cocaine out of a mountain of white,' he told the New York Times.

'It said, "Which of these is illegal in Oregon?" And the answer was the plastic straw.'

Before that, he had given $3.75 million to Betsy Johnson, running as an independent.

His money has turned the race into a close-fought contest.

Voters are flirting with electing the state's first Republican governor since 1982 -when Men at Work were at number one and the year Diet Coke was launched.

The most recent polls give Drazan a slight lead over Kotek, with Johnson, a former Democrat, attracting enough support to act as a significant spoiler.

A poll published on Wednesday by Clout Research, a GOP-linked firm, reported that Drazan held a five-point lead over Kotek.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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To: sit-rep
#15: "Next thing to quickly do is cancel all the sponsorships of all the WOKE athletes under your wallet!!"

Yep. Starting with this loser:


41 posted on 10/16/2022 4:59:11 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: kosciusko51

It could be…


42 posted on 10/16/2022 4:59:28 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: libh8er

Bout time...he is 84...I guess he finally figured it out..sheesh. I hope it helps...and I hope he puts money into the voter fraud problem...


43 posted on 10/16/2022 5:04:21 PM PDT by goodnesswins (The Chinese are teaching calculus to their 3rd graders while ours are trying to pick a pronoun.)
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To: VAFreedom

I have not bought Nike in over 30 years...and I live in Oregon, and used to walk on their campus with hi tech friends in the a.m.


44 posted on 10/16/2022 5:06:32 PM PDT by goodnesswins (The Chinese are teaching calculus to their 3rd graders while ours are trying to pick a pronoun.)
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To: libh8er

Yeah. He started Nike in Oregon thinking it would be a great place for business

Found out otherwise


45 posted on 10/16/2022 5:07:00 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds )
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To: libh8er

“Phil Knight, the billionaire co-founder of Nike, donated $1 million to Republican candidate Christine Drazan”

A measly $1 million? Zuckerberg coughed up $420 million to steal the election form Trump.


46 posted on 10/16/2022 5:07:37 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“I used to be nothing but a Deplorable Clinger, but I've been promoted to Brigadier Ultra-MAGA”)
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To: libh8er
donated $1 million to Republican candidate

Campaign finance laws are just for little people.

47 posted on 10/16/2022 5:14:53 PM PDT by T Ruth (Mohammedanism shall be destroyed.)
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To: Dan in Wichita

Will do. There will be BBQ, a band, other Republican candidates and Drazan will speak. Republicans can hardly believe we have a chance to win in Oregon. Spoiler candidate Betsey Johnson (20 years a Democrat in Oregon legislature) has dropped out and is running as an Independent. We have been close to winning in the past with a Trail Blazer player (name recognition helped).

Cross your fingers and give us a prayer. If she wins it will break up the West Coast governor cartel.


48 posted on 10/16/2022 5:16:13 PM PDT by WHATNEXT?
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To: libh8er

He knows the GOP will take the House.
Maybe even the Senate.
He is seeking favorable by the GOP.
Nothing more.


49 posted on 10/16/2022 5:22:28 PM PDT by tennmountainman ( Less Lindell CONS, More AZ Style Audits)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

He might not be a fan of Colin Kaepernick but he knew he had to play the game and appeal to the urban audience who buys all the Air Jordan’s


50 posted on 10/16/2022 5:25:50 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

He’s for wokeness until he’s directly affected by it. Like the people at Martha’s Vineyard.


51 posted on 10/16/2022 5:31:02 PM PDT by lasereye ( )
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To: libh8er

52 posted on 10/16/2022 5:31:16 PM PDT by SmokingJoe ( )
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To: WHATNEXT?
Thank you! Millions of us are praying Oregon can at long last rid themselves of Democrat governorship.

Looking forward to hearing how the BBQ goes! If you're so inclined, maybe you can start a new FR thread with your report.
53 posted on 10/16/2022 5:39:51 PM PDT by Dan in Wichita
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To: libh8er

I wonder if Phil laughs at felonated peoples killing each other for his sneakers.


54 posted on 10/16/2022 5:43:28 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes.)
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To: libh8er

Knight backing an R? Wow.


55 posted on 10/16/2022 5:50:14 PM PDT by RinaseaofDs
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To: thinden

Agreed. WHether she wins or not depends on how stolen the elections are. OR is extremely corrupt, stolen elections for more than 20 years. All mail in, they admitted recently that the machines that count votes (I think Dominion or Smartmatic) are connected to the interent.


56 posted on 10/16/2022 5:55:32 PM PDT by little jeremiah (Never worry about anything. Worry never solved any problem or moved any stone.)
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To: libh8er

When you have lost Uncle Phil in Oregon you have lost everybody.


57 posted on 10/16/2022 6:00:43 PM PDT by bray (The Vax is fake and deadly)
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To: little jeremiah

OR better come to jesus quick or half the state is moving to idaho …. Literally.


58 posted on 10/16/2022 6:35:22 PM PDT by thinden (buckle up....)
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To: moovova

This is not Nike


59 posted on 10/16/2022 6:40:28 PM PDT by TexasGator (!!!)
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To: libh8er

Interesting...Very interesting...


60 posted on 10/16/2022 6:55:23 PM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (Defund the FBI, the American Stasi..)
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