Posted on 08/23/2018 10:02:49 AM PDT by mandaladon
The major threat of the “blue wave” is that it might sweep over not only purple but even red districts and states, tossing control of the House back to the Democrats and threatening the Senate majority. But what about that “red wave” that the President keeps talking about? Here’s an interesting possibility I didn’t see coming. What if a partial red wave washed up on the shores of Oregon, flipping the governorship there to the Republicans? The current officeholder, Kate Brown, looked like a sure bet, particularly in the era of the Trump Resistance. But if that’s the case, why is she neck and neck with her GOP opponent in the latest polls?
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 in Portland for five weeks, leaving behind so much trash that the area was ultimately declared a biohazard.
Just how bad is the polling news for the formerly unsinkable Kate Brown? Back in January, an Oregon Public Broadcasting poll had her leading Knute Buehler by seventeen points and the race seemed to be all over but the shouting. But as the year wore on, while nobody was paying much attention, something began to change.
(Excerpt) Read more at hotair.com ...
She is bisexual and is the country’s first openly bisexual statewide officeholder and first openly bisexual governor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Brown#Personal_life
Oregon Gov. Brown’s Campaign Says Attack Ad Is Untrue, Illegal
https://www.opb.org/news/article/oregon-governor-race-attack-ad-kate-brown-campaign-response/
Kate Brown reacts to national pundits downgrading her re-election outlook
https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2018/08/kate_brown_reacts_to_national.html
hillary in a landslide
I hope that hard working Oregonians will go to the poles.
Is it possible that the Republican is but one Antifa Riot away from winning?
You mean go to the North Pole and the South Pole? ;)
I hope they go to the polls... I don't think they would be all that helpful in Antarctica or the Arctic come election day.
Red November.
“Ms. Brown, who was expected to coast to victory in deep-blue Oregon”
Out of the 36 Oregon counties, only the five counties centered around Portland are red, the rest are blue. Wish we had an electoral college.
Oregon is 100% mail in ballots, vote from home. Of course we can't really know if anyone counts our votes, but hey, we get to vote.
I hope they go to the polls...
There are no poles or polls in Oregon, 100% mail in ballots.
I think you mean the other way around...
A win for Buehler (R) isn’t really a win. The guy is pro-gay, pro-abortion, and says he’s OK with some gun control. I’ll vote for him, solely because 2020 will reset the voting districts.
“...five counties around...” are Red? You mean Blue?
“Out of the 36 Oregon counties, only the five counties centered around Portland are red, the rest are blue. Wish we had an electoral college.”
You mean 5 counties around Portland are communist...the rest are normal Americans. Same problem in criminalannoy with metro Chicago.
“Out of the 36 Oregon counties, only the five counties centered around Portland are red, the rest are blue. Wish we had an electoral college.”
Sheesh.. brain dead this morning
Out of the 36 Oregon counties, only the five counties centered around Portland are BLUE, the rest are RED. Wish we had an electoral college.”
Thanks, wow, I thought I was going nuts.
Thanks for the catch, I appreciate your thoughtfulness.
thanks for the correction, ya Portland is Blue, then it gradually turns Red as you pull away from the epicenter of craziness...
Life long Oregonian,
CD
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