The new leader of the Oregon House Republicans said she’s focused on elevating the voice of Oregon’s political minority and small business owners like herself. House Republicans last week elected Rep. Lucetta Elmer, R-McMinnville to serve as their leader after former leader Christine Drazan, R-Canby, stepped down as she seeks a Senate appointment. Drazan hopes […]
Rep. Cyrus Javadi of Tillamook announced on Friday that he will run as a Democrat in the 2026 election, leaving behind the Oregon Republican Party. Javadi has been the odd one out in his party several times throughout his term — voting alongside Democrats on bills related to LGBTQ+ rights, criticizing federal cuts to Medicaid […]
PACIFIC CITY—Backstabber. Leftist. RINO — short for “Republican in name only.” These are just a few of the labels given to Rep. Cyrus Javadi on his Facebook posts. The Tillamook Republican is in his second term in the Oregon House of Representatives, representing a politically split region along the north coast. While Columbia and Tillamook […]
Joe Yetter is the Democrat candidate in Oregon’s recently revised 2nd Congressional District. Yetter is running against the Republican incumbent, Rep. Cliff Bentz. He was interviewed at Cousin’s Inn and Restaurant in The Dalles as he concluded a road trip that included an appearance at the Pendleton Round-Up.
Rep. Cliff Bentz, R-Ontario, voted against impeaching President Donald Trump on Wednesday, joining most House Republicans in a losing effort to avoid a stinging rebuke to the president in his last week in office.
