Or, as the worm turns. This really shouldn't surprise anyone. Our "unaffiliated" candidate was strongly "affiliated" with Mr. Knight. He
put her in the race in the first place to give the Republican candidate
a shot.

"Nike co-founder Phil Knight is now backing Republican Christine Drazan
in Oregon’s tight governor race

By Dirk VanderHart (OPB)
Oct. 6, 2022 4:24 p.m.

The billionaire previously spent $3.75 million backing nonaffiliated
candidate Betsy Johnson, who has trailed badly in polls.

Rumors had circulated all week in Oregon political circles: Nike
co-founder Phil Knight was unimpressed by Betsy Johnson’s stagnant poll numbers in the race for governor and might be reconsidering his options.

On Thursday, Knight’s checkbook made it official.

Oregon’s richest man donated $1 million to Republican Christine Drazan’s campaign, all but guaranteeing Drazan will have the funding she needs to compete with Democrat Tina Kotek in an extremely tight race."

https://www.opb.org/article/2022/10/06/oregon-governor-race-christine-drazan-phil-knight-nike/

All of this proves what I've been saying all along. Oregon is not
nearly as liberal as the retrumplican idiots think it is. Between the Republican candidate and our "unaffiliated" Republican the two of them
are polling at over 50%.

Betsy's ads have been running in heavy rotation. It will be
interesting to see if she can continue doing that.

TB

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