Donors, digs and Donald Trump: Attacks in Oregon gubernatorial debate underscore a close race

States Newsroom · October 2, 2026

EUGENE — Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek and her repeat challenger state Sen. Christine Drazan, R-Canby, exchanged their fiercest swipes yet at one another on Thursday in their first televised debate, with both candidates painting the other as a political boogeyman who will further entrench the state’s deepest issues. The two…

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