Drazan concedes Oregon governor’s race to Kotek, tells supporters to ‘stay engaged’

In a video assertion launched Friday afternoon, Republican Christine Drazan acknowledged Democrat Tina Kotek because the winner within the election for Oregon’s subsequent governor.

“It was a hard-fought battle, and this isn’t the end result we hoped for. However I’m grateful to have been part of this course of,” Drazan stated within the recording, launched three days after Election Day.

As of Friday afternoon, Kotek was almost 4 proportion factors forward of Drazan in official election outcomes. Unaffiliated candidate Betsey Johnson was a distant third.

She inspired her supporters to “keep within the combat and keep engaged.” Drazan stated she had spoken with Kotek, clearly calling her the governor-elect within the video. “I want her and our state solely one of the best.”

Drazan additionally made a degree that Kotek didn’t obtain over half the vote because it was a 3-way race with Johnson, stating “a majority of Oregonians voted for somebody apart from the individual that will function our governor the following 4 years. And that was going to be true irrespective of who gained this race.”

She closed with remarks supporting bipartisanship and accountability. View the full video message here.