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Although members of Congress voting in favor of democracy issues has increased since 2020, the legislative filibuster stopped bills from becoming law.

With her commitment to the issue, the Democratic nominee for Oregon governor helped convince a third-party candidate to step out of the race. That's likely to help her.

Nonaffiliated voters in Oregon comprise the biggest voting bloc but that doesn't mean that they are nonpartisan.

If the two parties go off to the edges, there’ll be a ticket running up the center.

To help voters understand the differing visions of the three major contenders, we asked the three leading candidates to make their pitch as to why Oregonians should choose them as their next governor.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- People Not Politicians announced Wednesday that they have filed with the Oregon Secretary of State a proposed initiative petition for the November 2024 ballot to reform what it calls "Oregon’s dysfunctional and partisan redistricting process, and to replace it with an independent citizens’ commission for fair representation." Here's the rest of the

It’s that time again. Nov. 8, 2022 is election day and we have already been beaten down by the onslaught of political ads for several months now. With our current Governor Kate Brown on the way out, we in Oregon are about to be home to a gubernatorial race that will be watched by the rest of the cou

The leader who brought the suit, James Posey, failed to notify the city’s elections officer in writing that he’d filed a court petition seeking the rewording, as required by law.

Betsy Johnson paid a Washington-based signature gathering firm more than $200,000 to collect signatures for her campaign.

Multnomah Circuit Court Judge Stephen Bushong disclosed the self-imposed deadline Thursday during a hearing on a lawsuit filed by the Portland Business Alliance.

At unpublicized meetings in May, June and July, members of the party’s steering committee nominated candidates for Congress, governor and the Legislature

Oregonians should take back control of their elections by limiting campaign contributions and ensuring that candidates focus on the needs of the broader community - not just wealthy donors - write Khanh Le of Unite Oregon and Kate TItus of Common Cause Oregon.

The Portland Charter Commission aims to bring city in line with how other major U.S. cities do local governance.

The former Democratic gubernatorial candidate announced this week he will return as a columnist for The New York Times.

The proposal is among seven changes to the county charter that the volunteer charter review commission will put before voters this fall.

No one needs this.

A “multi-everything” city like Seattle needs proportional voting, not reform of the primary

The former Democratic state senator has been barnstorming the state in her nonaffiliated bid for Oregon governor — and has a sales pitch for every crowd.

The mailers, the website and the ads were all paid for by a new dark money group, the Coalition for Safe, Healthy and Prosperous Communities.

About a third of registered Oregon voters polled picked Tina Kotek, a Democrat, as their choice for governor, while 30% chose Betsy Johnson, a former Democrat who is running unaffiliated, in the poll conducted by Idaho-based GS Strategy Group. Christine Drazan drew 23% support.