Current Position: Governor since 2015
Affiliation: Democrat
Former Positions: Secretary of State from 2009 – 2015; State Senator for District 21 from 1997 – 2009; State Delegate from 1991 – 1997

As an openly bisexual woman, Brown has made history several times through her electoral success.

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The best thing we can do this fire season is be prepared. What’s in your go bag?

Gov. Kate Brown gives updates on Oregon wildfire response

The 2022 Oregon gubernatorial election will take place on November 8, 2022, to elect the governor of Oregon. Incumbent Democratic Governor Kate Brown took office on February 18, 2015, upon the resignation of John Kitzhaber. She was subsequently elected in the gubernatorial special election in 2016and was re-elected to a full term in 2018. Due to term limits, she cannot seek re-election in 2022.

The Oregonian anticipated the election to have “the first competitive Democratic primary in more than a decade and potentially the closest such race since 2002.”Willamette Week anticipated a “wide open field of Democrats”, citing the lack of an incumbent. Almost 20 Republicans ran for the office, including two previous nominees for governor in 1998 and 2016, as well as 15 Democrats and some non-affiliates/third-party members.

Oregon is a solid Democratic state at the presidential level, and has not elected a Republican governor since 1982; however, recent margins of victory in percentage points in the state’s gubernatorial elections have been within single digits, and Republicans are predicted to do well nationally in the 2022 elections.

In the May 17 primary elections, former House Speaker Tina Kotek was declared the winner of the Democratic primary half an hour after the ballot deadline. The next day, former House Minority Leader Christine Drazan was determined to have won the Republican primary.Notably, the general election will feature three prominent female candidates, including former State Senator Betsy Johnson running as an independent.

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Current Position: State Delegate since 2018
Affiliation: Republican
Candidate: 2023 Governor

Christine Drazan (born Christine Renee Deboy) is an American politician who served in the Oregon House of Representatives from the 39th district from 2019 to 2022, as a member of the Republican Party. During her tenure in the state house she served as the minority leader from 2019 to 2021. She is the Republican nominee in the 2022 Oregon gubernatorial election.

Drazan was born in Klamath Falls, Oregon, and educated at Eagle Point High School and George Fox University. During the 1990s she worked for Speaker Mark Simmons. She was elected to the state house in the 2018 election and reelected in the 2020 election. During her tenure as minority leader, she engaged in legislative delaying tactics and quorum denial.

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