Oregon Governor’s Race Between Kotek and Drazan Too Close to Call

The Oregon governor’s race, which has been a cakewalk for the Democratic candidate for the past 40 years, is too close to call.
With polls closed and 63 percent of the votes counted, Democrat Tina Kotek and Republican Christine Drazan are in a dead heat, with unaffiliated candidate Betsy Johnson failing to break 10 percent.
Drazan hopes to become the state’s first Republican governor since the original Top Gun was in theaters.
She blames Democrats for homelessness, crime, and inflation in the state and said that electing Kotek would be the same as re-electing Kate Brown, who regularly polls as the nation’s least-popular governor….