Well, you can make the argument. You might be right. I’d rather him have run for statewide office again (AG), but watching him get screwed out of it time and time again by the Democrat/Loonytarian cabal, I can hardly blame him for jumping into a race that he could win. McClintock did the same thing down in CA (and that in a district he doesn’t even reside in).
I can blame him, he’s spoiling the race when he could have helped guaranteed a Republican win. Typical boomer selfishness. He’ll lose to Kurt Schrader this fall.
I’m no fan of Mannix. He’s a former Dem that switched over to the GOP. The Oregon GOP is a very dysfunctional group of incompetents. It’s been infiltrated by liberals and loony moonbat snake handlers.
The Oregon Rat party on the other hand is a well organized cutthroat bunch of goose-stepping eco whackos. The news media, unions, and schools, are firmly in on the whole crooked mess. Portland and Salem are starting to make Tammany Hall look like a convent.
In spite of this Oregon consistently smacks down any attempts at raising taxes. Both political parties in Oregon are beyond help. Oregonians need to dump both parties and start over.