Two Democratic candidates backed by labor unions and the party’s left flank have pulled ahead in tight legislative elections in Washington County as local election officials continue processing and counting ballots. As of 5 a.m. Thursday, former elementary school principal Myrna Muñoz, the sister of current Rep. Lesly Muñoz, D-Woodburn, was leading Sen. Janeen Sollman, […]
The race to represent Oregonians living along the state’s central and southern coast and parts of the Willamette and Umpqua River Valleys in Congress will be a rematch of 2024. U.S. Rep. Val Hoyle, a Lane County Democrat representing Oregon’s 4th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives, was easily fending off her Democratic […]
U.S. Rep. Janelle Bynum, a Clackamas County Democrat, raised and spent more money in the month leading up to the May primary than any other candidate running to represent Oregon in the U.S. House of Representatives. Bynum represents Oregon’s 5th Congressional District, which stretches from the suburbs of southeastern Portland, across parts of the Willamette […]
Republican voters in Oregon’s 5th Congressional District will choose between a longtime Republican communications professional and a local elected official in the May 19 primary. Former legislative spokesperson Jonathan Lockwood and Deschutes County Commissioner Patti Adair are Republicans from opposite generations vying for the Republican vote. Both are seeking to flip a district that has […]
Voters will soon have a say in what’s been one of Oregon’s most contentious issues over the past year: funding state transportation needs. Measure 120 will let voters approve or reject a law Democratic lawmakers passed and Gov. Tina Kotek signed in 2025 that raises the gas tax and other transportation fees mostly to raise […]
Oregonians have until April 28 to register to vote or change their party affiliation for the upcoming primary election. That’s because Oregon law requires voters to be registered 21 days before an election. Most Oregonians are automatically registered as nonaffiliated voters when they obtain a driver’s license or state-issued ID card, and they can update […]
Two trends are noticeable in recent studies: The updated booster offers strong protection against hospitalization in those who get COVID-19, but few people have received the updated booster, according to North Central Public Health District.
A retired U.S. Army colonel from Douglas County, a conservative activist who switched from a race in Arizona and a 2020 candidate for the U.S.…
The final list of candidates competing for office in Klickitat County’s Aug. 3 primary has been released.
