Oregon, Republican primary
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NBC News projects Drazan, a state senator, emerged from a 14-candidate field to advance to the general election in the blue state.
Oregon Republicans chose their gubernatorial nominee from a crowded primary field, hoping to flip the governor's office held by Democrats since 1982.
A poll last month showed Christine Drazan leading in Oregon's GOP gubernatorial primary, with candidates Ed Diehl and Chris Dudley in a virtual dead heat for second.
Early returns show Christine Drazan and Ed Diehl as frontrunners in the 2026 Oregon GOP gubernatorial primary.
A fresh Oregon poll dropped Thursday, suggesting former NBA forward Chris Dudley would narrowly top Gov. Tina Kotek in a hypothetical November rematch for governor. The Hoffman Research Group survey has Dudley at 48% to Kotek’s 44%,
Turnout in Oregon’s primary election reached nearly 20% as of early Monday morning, the state reported. That figure includes ballots that arrived at election offices through Friday, along with a small number that were accepted by a few election offices early Monday before the state published its new data.
Oregon’s Democratic Gov. Tina Kotek and the nearly two dozen challengers hoping to defeat her are among the candidates who will seek their parties’ nominations for state and federal offices in Tuesday’s primary.