I' m Betsy Johnson This is why I want Oregon' s vote in the midterm election HEAD TOPICS

I' m Betsy Johnson This is why I want Oregon' s vote in the midterm election

10/21/2022 6:55:00 AM

OPINION: I' m Betsy Johnson This is why I want Oregon' s vote in the midterm election

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OPINION: I'm Betsy Johnson: This is why I want Oregon's vote in the midterm election I'm running against Tina Kotek and Christine Drazan for governor of Oregon as an independent who will shake up a broken system and bring in big, bold change. NEWOregon isa mess. For the past decade, Gov. Kate Brown and House Speaker Tina Kotek have pushed through a failed, far-left agenda that has left our beautiful state in the ditch. A growing homeless crisis. Rising crime and violence. Failing schools. A soaring cost of living.  Today, our state is more divided than ever before with eight counties actually voting to leave the Oregon family for Idaho. We need big, bold change.  I’m running for governor to put the people back in charge of their government. I’m not running as a Democrat or as a Republican. I’m running as an Oregonian – loyal only to the people, not the entrenched partisan interests in Salem. You don’t have to leave your party to support me, you only have to want a better Oregon.  Read more:
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Yet the left calls the 2020 election the big lie. Well when you have an AG like JoshShapiroPA who fought every effort to prove the 2020 election was free and fair it really hurts people's confidence in elections. This is very frustrating because there are multiple safeguards in effect to ensure this doesn't happen. For instance, in DE the votes are recorded electronically AND paper, and each set of results are taken to headquarters by 2 different people in tamper-proof containers. New state law gives enhanced powers to partisan poll watchers - KRLD NewsYou can expect to see more eyes on you at polling places when voting in the upcoming mid-term elections as a new state law gives enhanced powers to partisan poll watchers. Oregon independent gubernatorial candidate Betsy Johnson said voters care more about having someone in office who will fight for them than who is a Republican or Democrat..Follow Us.Email article People wait in line to vote in Georgia's Primary Election on June 9, 2020 in Atlanta, Georgia. NEW Oregon is a mess. For the past decade, Gov. Kate Brown and House Speaker Tina Kotek have pushed through a failed, far-left agenda that has left our beautiful state in the ditch. A growing homeless crisis. Rising crime and violence. Capitol. Failing schools. A soaring cost of living.  Today, our state is more divided than ever before with eight counties actually voting to leave the Oregon family for Idaho. We need big, bold change.  I’m running for governor to put the people back in charge of their government. In a reversal from two years ago, Republicans are now more likely than Democrats to say democracy is not working well. I’m not running as a Democrat or as a Republican. I’m running as an Oregonian – loyal only to the people, not the entrenched partisan interests in Salem. You don’t have to leave your party to support me, you only have to want a better Oregon.  The two parties, dominated by their ideological extremes, would rather fight than find common ground. As Oregon’s independent governor, I will take the best ideas and best people from both parties to move us forward. Ronald McGraw Sr. Imagine a governor who would demand bipartisan support for legislation, budgets, and appointments to force the two sides to work together for Oregon. No longer will one-party run rough-shod over the other. Diverse voices will be included – no matter your politics or zip code. Betsy Johnson, who is running for governor of Oregon as an unaffiliated candidate, listens to outraged residents during a roundtable discussion Sept. 29, 2022, in Portland, Oregon. "I am paying attention now," he said. (Hannah Ray Lambert/Fox News) For me, leading independently is more than a talking point. During my service in the legislature, I frequently took on my own party to support jobs, law enforcement and common-sense taxation, spending and regulation. One Republican legislator regularly referred to me as a"BFD" – business friendly Democrat. In this campaign, I’ve been endorsed by former Democratic Governor Ted Kulongoski and former Republican U.S. Trump’s own attorney general, William Barr, called the claims bogus. Senator Gordon Smith – along with the former chairs of the state Republican and Democrat parties. As former elected officials, they know this state is in trouble if we don’t do something to stop the endless, unproductive partisan fighting. The next governor has a long to-do list to clean up the problems created by our inability to move Oregon forward.    Safety rising crime , violence, or lawlessness. I will not defund or demonize our police. An additional 31% feel neither. I will work to repeal the failed experiment to legalize hard drugs. I will end Kate Brown’s policy of releasing violent criminals from state prisons. I will not disarm law-abiding citizens but will do more to keep guns away from criminals, crazies, and kids – with a stronger background check and raising the age to purchase certain guns. I will boost funding for state police, training centers and crime labs. More than 90 law enforcement professionals and groups have endorsed my campaign because they trust me – and I trust them. rather than working for your constituency, having things that work for people rather than working for the party," said Coykendall, who described himself as an independent who leans toward the Democratic Party. I am the only candidate with such broad-based support from law enforcement. Police use chemical irritants and crowd control munitions to disperse protesters during a demonstration in Portland, Ore. (AP) .