Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) seems on as Oregon Republican gubernatorial nominee Christine Drazan solutions questions at Portland’s Centrl Workplace coworking area on Tuesday. Photograph by Julia Shumway/Oregon Capital Chronicle.
In 2014, voters in deeply Democratic Maryland shocked the nation by electing Larry Hogan, solely the second Republican to carry that state’s highest workplace prior to now half-century.
Hogan, who visited Oregon this week to marketing campaign for Republican Christine Drazan, believes Drazan can do the identical in that state. The previous minority chief of the Oregon Home faces former Home Speaker Tina Kotek, a Democrat and the presumed frontrunner, and Betsy Johnson, a longtime conservative Democratic legislator operating as a nonaffiliated candidate, in her quest to change into the primary Republican governor for the reason that Eighties.
“You may change a state when individuals get to the purpose the place they’re fed up, and I believe that’s the place your state is now,” Hogan stated.
Drazan and Hogan joined a gaggle of Oregon enterprise house owners, crime victims and individuals who work with homeless Oregonians to debate legislation enforcement and homelessness on Tuesday afternoon. The 2 points are high issues for voters, surveys present. Drazan, the Republican with the most effective shot at Oregon’s governor’s mansion in many years, is leaning arduous on Oregonians’ frustration with homeless camps and rising violent crime charges in her pitch to Oregon voters.
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“Right here’s the factor I’m listening to from all you guys,” Drazan stated. “You like the town, you like the state, you wish to be protected, you wish to do proper by individuals since you see that they’re struggling.”
Drazan has provided few concrete insurance policies for a way she would handle homelessness or crime. Her “Roadmap for Oregon’s Future” lists objectives like restoring protected communities with few particulars.
One factor she stated she intends to do – with legislative assist – is refer 2020’s Measure 110 to the poll once more. The measure, which handed with greater than 58% of the vote, decriminalized the possession of small quantities of arduous medicine reminiscent of heroin or methamphetamines. As a substitute of legal expenses, individuals with small quantities of those medicine can face fines of as much as $100.
Together with decriminalizing medicine, the measure promised extra funding for dependancy remedy, utilizing income from marijuana gross sales taxes and financial savings from not implementing drug legal guidelines. That funding and people remedy applications have been gradual to look.
“Let’s completely handle this with Oregon voters and say, ‘We is not going to fail you once more in the case of entry to providers and assist,’” Drazan stated. “We’ll handle this disaster. You don’t need to take the legalization of arduous medicine to get this achieved.”
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Drazan additionally stated she would finish Gov. Kate Brown’s follow of frequent commutations. Brown used her clemency powers to launch round 1,000 individuals from jail earlier than the top of their sentences in 2020 and 2021.
As Drazan highlighted her ideas on legal justice and homelessness, Kotek will champion gun management at her personal occasion in Portland on Tuesday. A grocery retailer capturing in Bend two weekends in the past drew extra consideration to gun coverage, and Kotek has lengthy promoted her report of voting for stricter gun legal guidelines.
Johnson, in the meantime, touted her personal assist from district attorneys, legislation enforcement leaders and victims’ rights teams this weekend, and has criticized each Drazan and Kotek for supporting laws within the wake of the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests that restricted police from utilizing tear gasoline throughout protests and the circumstances by which they’ll cost protesters for interfering with a police officer.
Hogan visited Oregon as a consultant of the Republican Governors Affiliation, which has spent almost $1.6 million on Drazan’s marketing campaign. He stated he can see a path ahead for Drazan based mostly on his personal expertise in Maryland.
In Maryland, the place Hogan received re-election in 2018, Democratic President Joe Biden acquired 65% of the vote in 2020. Oregon was nearer, with 57% of the vote for Biden.
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“My state is greater than two occasions extra Democratic, and I’ve been elected overwhelmingly twice with simply as a lot assist from Democrats and independents as Republicans,” Hogan stated. “A lot of our plan was precisely what she’s speaking about doing for this state, so I imagine in her.”
A model of this text initially appeared within the Oregon Capital Chronicle, a part of States Newsroom.
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.
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— 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.
On Saturday morning at the Navy All-American Bowl in San Antonio, Texas, three-star prospect T’Andre Waverly announced his commitment to Oregon State over Washington and Notre Dame.
The product of Kamiak High School in Mukilteo, Washington, is ranked as the nation’s No. 96 athlete and No. 18 player in the state in the 2025 class by 247Sports. Once he arrives in Corvallis, he’s expected to play tight end.
“I believe in [offensive coordinator Ryan] Gunderson for the future,” Waverly told 247Sports’ Brandon Huffman. “And I’m excited to get to know the new tight ends coach [Will Heck].”
“[Head coach Trent] Bray seems like a real get to business guy and I like that. I don’t want a coach who will pamper me. I want someone who will tell me what I need to do and what to do.”
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Despite seeing the in-state prospect going elsewhere, tight ends coach Jordan Paopao has pulled in a promising batch at the position after signing four-star Baron Naone and three-star Austin Simmons in December.
For an athlete, a loss can shake even the strongest mental foundation. For Ohio State quarterback Will Howard, those feelings bubbled up after losing to the Oregon Ducks 32-31 at Autzen Stadium in early October.
While interviewing with ESPN before Ohio State’s semifinal game against the Texas Longhorns for the College Football Playoffs, the quarterback reflected on that feeling of loss.
“It’s been a rollercoaster. Some of the ups and downs that we did go through are why we’re sitting here today in the semifinals and probably playing our best ball right now,” Howard said. “There have been some tough moments. I’d say that Oregon loss early on in the season was rough.”
Oct 12, 2024; Eugene, Oregon, USA; Ohio State Buckeyes quarterback Will Howard (18) walks off the field after losing 32-31 to Oregon Ducks during the NCAA football game at Autzen Stadium. / Adam Cairns/Columbus Dispatch / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images
Howard, who went 28-35 passing for 326 yards and two touchdowns, remembers what he did after that fateful quarterback keeper turned slide that sealed the fate of the Buckeyes during that regular season encounter with the Ducks.
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“Coming out of it I felt like I played a good game but it was really just the ending. I sat there and stewed over just how could I have done that differently. But when we got back here I think it was about six in the morning. I didn’t know what to do with myself. I was kind of at a loss. I went into the indoor and I just laid there for about an hour – hour and a half. I was in a dark place. I just wanted another crack at them so bad. I just couldn’t stop thinking about the next chance I could get,” Howard said.
It wasn’t too long before Howard got his second chance with Oregon. After winning the Big Ten Championship, the No. 1 ranked Ducks were seeded for the Rose Bowl. With the Buckeyes easily beating Tennessee at home the previous week, Ohio State faced the Ducks once more.
Ohio State Buckeyes quarterback Will Howard (18) motions at the line of scrimmage during the College Football Playoff quarterfinal against the Oregon Ducks at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif. on Jan. 1, 2025. Ohio State won 41-21. / Adam Cairns/Columbus Dispatch / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images
“Before every game, I listen to two voicemails that my late grandmother sent me and I’ve been doing that every game for the last three years now,” Howard said. “I listened to the voicemail and it just brought this immense peace over me. This year for the playoffs it actually probably got me going even more. It really helped.”
Those voicemails helped Howard correct his headspace before facing Oregon in the Rose Bowl. Howard went 17-26 in passing for 319 yards and three touchdowns. The Buckeyes completely shut out Oregon in the first quarter, with the Ducks only responding at the end of the second quarter with a touchdown and two point conversion. Howard reflected on the point in the game where the Buckeyes were up 34-0 against the No. 1 team in the nation.
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Ohio State Buckeyes quarterback Will Howard (18) holds a rose following the College Football Playoff quarterfinal against the Oregon Ducks at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif. on Jan. 1, 2025. Ohio State won 41-21. / Adam Cairns/Columbus Dispatch / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images
“Ecstatic. I mean, at that point it felt like it was almost not real. It was like ‘Man, are we really up on the No. 1 team in the country right now that we were in a dog fight with at their place?’” Howard said.
The Buckeyes won against Oregon 41-21, advancing to the Cotton Bowl Classic against the Texas Longhorns, where Howard and the Buckeyes are knocking on the door of a National Championship.
“You take a big National Championship ring and hoisting the trophy up. It takes a lot of the hardships and bad things that happened this year and kind of go out the window,” Howard said.
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