Oregon elections

For many on both sides, the passage of Measure 114 feels deeply personal and will change day-to-day life.

Kotek, a former state House speaker, beat out Republican Christine Drazan, a former state lawmaker. The race was uncomfortably close for Democrats, who've held the governor's mansion for four decades.

A push in many parts of the Pacific Northwest to try ranked-choice voting is seeing mixed results in early returns.

The 2022 midterm elections have arrived. Follow KNKX’s Election 2022 live blog for digestible local election updates, live results and highlights from NPR’s national coverage.

A wave of voting reforms is washing up on the shores of the Pacific Northwest. What's driving cities and counties to consider ranked choice and approval voting?

Oregon voters are being asked to decide whether the state should be the first in the nation to amend its constitution to explicitly declare that affordable health care is a fundamental human right.

Oregonians voted to legalize the use of the psychedelic drug psilocybin in supervised facilities in 2020. But 27 of the state’s 36 counties now have the issue on their ballots again. The vote will have implications for residents seeking treatment across the Pacific Northwest.

The midterm elections are fast approaching, and in Oregon and Washington, Democrat candidates are filling the airwaves with ads about abortion. Republicans are focused on crime and inflation. But when voters get down their ballot to local races, which issue is going to be more important to voters?

A quartet of independent candidates on the ballot this November in Oregon and Washington state will test voter appetites for a centrist "third way." Unaffiliated candidates are popping up around the nation too, with a common theme of being fed up with a divisive two-party system.

The billionaire previously spent $3.75 million backing nonaffiliated Betsy Johnson, who has trailed badly in polls.