To understand party politics in Oregon, it’s helpful to zoom out and see the longer timeline — at least in 70-year increments.
Democratic Gov. Tina Kotek was reelected to a second term this week as the nation saw a “blue wave” midterm election. Her win and her party’s expanded supermajority in the state legislature appear to suggest Oregon’s enduring status as a blue state is an immutable political fact.
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But Democratic power wasn’t always the case. It was the opposite.
“Oregon had essentially been a one-party state for more than half a century” led by the Republicans, said
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