I hope Oregon doesn’t elect a Republican governor or legislative majority this year. It’s not clear to me that Democrats can solve any of the problems around the state to much satisfaction (they are hard problems), especially given how demonized they are by Republicans who seem to attack the very notion of solving problems, but it’s clear the Republicans aren’t going to achieve anything outside of opening more loop holes for corruption and engaging in election denial. It feels like local Republicans are no different than national Republicans. Ugh.