More than 80 Republicans are vying for the party’s nomination for state representative or senator in the May primary in 65 districts across the state. Fewer than 20 are incumbents, and three are current or former members of the Oregon House who are instead going after Oregon Senate seats. The other three-quarters of Republican candidates […]

A longtime state representative who’s implicated in multiple ethics investigations secured a time waiver that will ensure officials won’t rule on one of those investigations at least until May primary ballots are out, and potentially not until after the election. The Oregon Government Ethics Commission was expected at its monthly meeting on Friday to share […]