Oregon
Election 2022: How will Oregon governor candidates balance urban/rural needs?
Oregon voters on Nov. 8 will select from amongst 5 candidates to be the state’s subsequent governor: Republican Christine Drazan, unaffiliated candidate Betsy Johnson, Democrat Tina Kotek, Libertarian R Leon Noble and Structure Social gathering candidate Donice Smith.
The Statesman Journal requested the candidates about their place on a wide range of points, from weapons to abortion to forest administration. We’ll run their solutions, introduced of their phrases, over the following a number of weeks.
(Solutions could also be edited for readability and size. Data in italics was added by the Statesman Journal. The order of the responses might be rotated with every query).
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The urban-rural divide is a actuality for Oregon. How would you guarantee insurance policies and legal guidelines that work in Portland, Salem or Eugene aren’t overburdensome or irrelevant within the extra rural areas of the state?
Donice Smith:
Earlier than a blanket determination is made, they should take a greater have a look at ALL the communities, not simply the bigger. As governor, I might wish to sit down with every county and group and discover out what the issues are. What works in a single group is NOT going to work in one other. When urbanites discuss “tradition and variety” and ask/demand consideration of those … they should think about the cultural variations and day by day existence of these in rural to very, VERY rural areas. We should not permit insurance policies or legal guidelines to be pressure fed to these the place it’s each “overburdensome or irrelevant within the extra rural areas of the state.”Christine Drazan:
Native management is one in every of my core values. I’ll lead by respecting all Oregonians — rural, city, and suburban — by permitting native communities to resolve the most effective strategy to insurance policies as usually as potential, and by rejecting top-down mandates on the state stage.
Rural communities have distinctive challenges and strengths that can not be ignored.
Betsy Johnson:
I do know there’s Oregon east of Bend and south of Eugene. I grew up in central Oregon and for 20 years I’ve represented working folks on the North Coast.
The agricultural-urban divide has as a lot to do with our state politics as our geography. For too lengthy, one-party management of state politics and authorities has meant many voices throughout the state have been ignored and shut out of decision-making. That can change when I’m governor.
First, I’ll demand bipartisan assist for laws, budgets and appointments. Which means numerous voices might be listened to and heard — regardless of your politics or ZIP code.
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Second, I’ll assist Oregon’s pure useful resource industries and communities. Whether or not you make pc chips, wooden chips, potato chips or fish and chips, I might be in your facet. Oregon farmers, ranchers, loggers, millworkers and fishermen might be revered and concerned in my administration.
I’m proud to have the assist of former Democrat Governor Ted Kulongoski and former Republican U.S. Senator Gordon Smith. These two leaders love Oregon greater than any political get together and have united throughout the political divide as a result of they know that is step one towards bridging our rural-urban divide. That’s the energy of an impartial governor.
R Leon Noble:
I refuse to signal any legal guidelines that don’t embody the phrase “referred to the voters for approval,” and can veto any legal guidelines utilized to the whole state that don’t tackle the disparity.
Tina Kotek:
Too many rural Oregonians really feel left behind or not listened to, and the final two years of pandemicisolation actually haven’t helped. First, as a nonprofit advocate after which as a staterepresentative, I labored onerous to listen to all factors of view and perceive native variations in orderto implement good public coverage.
As governor, I’ll proceed that strategy and get out of Salem to take heed to Oregonians all overthe state. I’ll first give attention to some key points the place we have now widespread floor, like fixing ourhousing disaster and increasing entry to habit and restoration remedy. And I’ll alsocollaborate with native leaders to unravel the issues which might be particular to our rural communities.
For instance, drought and wildfire are main threats to pure useful resource industries, threateningthe high quality of life in lots of rural communities. We have to take heed to folks on the bottom, andthen do the precise work to handle these issues if we wish to heal the divide. I’ll take thatresponsibility head on.
Another Oregon Ducks transfer has found a new home in the portal as the 2024 college football season comes closer to an end.
Per reports from On3’s Pete Nakos, the Arizona State Sun Devils have landed a commitment and ensuing signature from Oregon defensive lineman transfer My’Keil Gardner. He entered the portal on Thursday and will have four years of eligibility left.
Gardner posted one total tackle in three games last year as a freshman but did not record a statistic with the Ducks in 2024 after sitting the entire campaign due to an undisclosed injury.
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Originally a three-star recruit in the 2023 class out of Liberty High School in Peoria, AZ, Gardner received offers from programs like Texas, USC, Washington State, UCLA, Arizona, Michigan, Wisconsin, Colorado State, Arizona State, Colorado, Iowa State, Nebraska and many more.
He took official visits to Michigan, Texas, Wisconsin, Cal and Oregon before committing to the Ducks on Aug. 3, 2022.
Gardner is now the seventh Oregon transfer to commit out of the portal since it opened last month. He joins safety Tyler Turner (Baylor), quarterback Jaron Keawe Sagapolutele (Cal), cornerback Khamari Terrell (Texas State), offensive tackle JacQawn McRoy (Arkansas), edge rushers Jaxson Jones (Utah), Emar’rion Winston (Baylor) and Jaeden Moore (Pitt) and receiver Ryan Pellum (undecided) as Oregon players that have entered the portal this offseason.
Despite the departures, the Ducks have also made some portal additions in running back Makhi Hughes (Tulane), receiver Malik Benson (Florida State), offensive tackle Isaiah World (Nevada), defensive lineman Bear Alexander (USC), cornerback Theran Johnson (Northwestern), safety Dillon Thieneman (Purdue), offensive lineman Alex Harkey (Texas State) and tight end Jamari Johnson (Louisville).
Gardner will now head to Tempe, where the Sun Devils are coming off one of the best seasons in program history. Under head coach Kenny Dillingham, Arizona State finished the year with an 11-3 record that was highlighted by winning a Big 12 Championship and earning a berth in the inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff. However, the Sun Devils’ season ended in heartbreak with a 39-31 double-overtime loss to the Texas Longhorns in the CFP quarterfinals at the Peach Bowl on New Year’s Day.
Oregon coach Dan Lanning talked about the talent out of the state of Arizona before the Ducks played in last year’s Fiesta Bowl, a game Gardner saw action in. Now, he’s headed back to his home state.
“There’s great football here in Arizona and I think it’s only getting better. There are certainly some great players who play here in Arizona. We want to be able to come to the state of Arizona and get the best players consistently. Having games like this gives us that opportunity,” Lanning said.
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State economists expect Oregon will add 170,000 jobs over the next several years, bolstered by strong growth in the construction and health care industries.
The pace of job growth is slowing, though, as the state’s population ages, the post-pandemic labor boom recedes and as migration into Oregon settles into a slower pace. The Oregon Employment Department’s latest forecast anticipates just 8% more jobs during the coming decade, down from prior 10-year forecasts that predicted employment would grow by as much as 13%.
No. 9 Oregon State put on a show in its first 2025 home gymnastics meet Saturday, scoring 196.40 points to easily beat Brigham Young at Gill Coliseum.
Senior Jade Carey, performing in a home meet for the first time since winning two Olympic gold medals last summer, scored 39.725 in all-around. Carey had scores of 9.95 on bars and floor, 9.925 on beam and 9.90 on vault.
Carey had the highest score in each event on either team. The best scores by a Beaver gymnast aside from Carey were 9.85s by Natalie Briones (bars), Sage Thompson (bars), Lauren Letzsch (beam), Savannah Miller (floor) and Sophia Esposito (floor and beam).
Brigham Young scored 194.2 points. Kylie Eaquinto led the way with an all-around score of 39.050.
— Nick Daschel covers the Oregon State Beavers. Reach him at 360-607-4824 or @nickdaschel. Listen to the Beaver Banter podcast or subscribe to the Beavers Roundup newsletter.
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