Oregon's Democratic gubernatorial candidate has thrown her weight
behind a state legislature candidate who did time for dealing drugs
and kidnapping his two-year-old son.
Tina Kotek this year endorsed Ramiro Navarro Jr. after he entered
the race for Oregon's 21st House district. In 2011, Navarro pleaded
guilty to dealing marijuana and to coercion after he threatened his
wife that it was "the last time" she would see their son before
abducting the child, court records show. Police later found a rifle
and drug paraphernalia in Navarro's car. He served 18 months in
prison and was charged with first-degree child neglect.