Democratic Gov. Tina Kotek has won her re-election bid in Oregon, NBC News projects, defeating Republican state Sen. Christine Drazan.
\n\nThe contentious race was a rematch from 2022, when Kotek beat Drazan by just 4 points in the solidly Democratic state.
\n\nKotek was burdened by low approval ratings, with polls showing voters were concerned with cost-of-living issues as well as homelessness in the state. Drazan in particular criticized Kotek’s policies on taxes and data centers. According to a Pew Research Center study earlier this year, Oregon was among the top 10 states with the most planned data centers. In September, Kotek announced she would back a statewide moratorium on new data centers.
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\n\nMeanwhile, Kotek sought to tie Drazan to President Donald Trump in a state he lost by 14 percentage points in 2024.
\n\n“So Christine Drazan has said, ‘Take a risk, vote for me.’ But if we look at her voting record and we look at who she listens to, that would be a risk that I don’t think we should take as a state,” Kotek said during their first debate. “That risk would entail banning abortion, cutting the Oregon Health Plan, eliminating…
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