NOT TRUE, NOT TRUE ! We came within a hair of electing a Republican Gov. and he was a poor candidate running against the Dem machines insider guy. We have one Republican Senator. The vote for Gore/Bush was tied at 47% each. Sure Nader got a lot of votes (77,000 or 10X the margin of victory) but the Libertarian and Buchanan go 7,000 each.
Oregon is a classic tossup state. Very evenly divided. The state legislature is controlled by ... the GOP.
Only Portland (not even Metro Portland) and Eugene and Salem are liberal. The rest of the state goes from moderate to conservative to Goldwater country. One county here is a "United Nations Free" and has signs saying so when you drive in.
Real totally lib / Dem states are Mass and NY and most of the New England area. That's Kerry country, not Oregon.