Oregon Republican Party

10/15/2026

“The City Council has devolved into cliques and put-downs more suited to a high school cafeteria than a body that decides this city’s future.”

Read that again. This isn’t a conservative think tank or a business lobbying group delivering the criticism. It’s Willamette Week, a publication hardly known as a champion of Portland’s political right.

Yet even this left-leaning paper has delivered a sharp rebuke to DSA-aligned Councilors Mitch Green and Angelita Morillo.

https://brianowendoff380627.substack.com/p/even-willamette-week-has-had-enough

10/15/2026

Wesley steered public money to longtime friends without accepting competitive bids, using an exemption he himself approved for one of them. The second is what Prosper won’t say. An agency still recovering from a botched $7 million loan and a reckoning over urban renewal hired Wesley, who promised more accountability. Yet it has refused to tell taxpayers what they’re buying, invoking attorney-client privilege to shield even a basic description of the work.

https://www.wweek.com/news/city/2026/10/13/prosper-portland-executive-director-awarded-three-no-bid-contracts-to-his-college-friends/

10/15/2026

No Queens.

To be fair, the Independent Party didn't want major party status. That would mean they would have to comply with all the regulations and oversight we do!

PS: Most people don't realize that if they register as an Independent that does NOT mean that they aren't affiliated with a political party. The Independent Party of Oregon is an actual political party, and many (most?) of their members don't realize that they are a member.

https://oregoncatalyst.com/99815-kotek-blocked-voters-3x-year.html

10/14/2026

Oregonians are feeling pessimistic heading into the November election, with only 21% feeling that the state is heading in the right direction, according to a recent poll commissioned by The Oregonian/OregonLive.

In contrast, 59% of 600 registered Oregon voters recently surveyed by DHM Research said they felt the state was moving in the wrong direction, while the remaining 20% said they weren’t sure.

https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2026/10/oregon-voters-have-alarming-view-of-the-state-poll-reveals.html

10/14/2026

Even the left-leaning Willamette Week (that endorsed only TWO Republican legislative candidates this year) recognizes that there should be no contest in Oregon's House District 52.

In our endorsement interview, Sanders spent more time repeating Democratic talking points and attacking Hege with petty digs than he did talking about what his district needs. He…could not provide any specifics of how he thinks the state should address these issues. Sanders has lived in the district for just a little over a year, and when we asked him why he chose this homestead, his answer didn’t demonstrate much care for the place: He was working on a political campaign there at the time he decided to run for office.

Scott Hege, a 16-year Wasco County commissioner who has lived in the district for 35 years…by contrast, has a strong grasp on his district’s needs, and having a Republican voice in the Legislature that has deep knowledge of the industries and economics that buoy his district is a better bet than a slick Democratic scion who repeats party lines with little substance. Vote for Hege.

I've spent more than 35 years living, working, and serving right here in our district. I know our communities, understand the challenges facing local families and businesses, and have a proven record of getting things done.

The Willamette Week decided against endorsing my opponent, Hank Sanders, saying that it would be “doing a disservice to the constituents of District 52.”

Even this left-leaning newspaper recognized the importance of my understanding of the industries and economic issues that matter to our communities, and recognized his lack thereof. I believe experience, local knowledge, and a record of service matter, and I'm ready to put that experience to work for you in Salem.

10/14/2026

Although Tina Kotek has denied the ability of Oregon students to benefit from the scholarships, generous donors who care about helping students succeed can donate to scholarship granting organizations in other states and receive a federal tax credit for their generosity.


You can find scholarship granting organizations here: https://eftccredit.com/sgos

Parents deserve the freedom to choose the education that best fits their children’s needs.

Thanks to today's proposed rules from The U.S. Department of the Treasury the Education Freedom Tax Credit is closer than ever to delivering for millions of families.

30 states are already on board – 20 to go!

10/14/2026

Favors for friends and relatives—at taxpayers' expense.

Vote for Noemi Legaspi. Her only interest is representing the hardworking constituents in her district.

10/14/2026

And the only reason they can give is, 'But Trump'...

10/14/2026

A warning from France well worth heeding.


"I’m French. I want to talk to Americans who are about to vote Democrat. Not to insult you. To warn you.

I come from your future.

In France we did everything your progressive politicians promise. Free healthcare, free college, generous welfare, strong unions, heavy regulation, high taxes on the rich, a state that takes care of everything. Public spending close to 57% of GDP, one of the highest on the planet. On paper, it’s the dream.

Here’s what it looks like from the inside. France hasn’t passed a balanced budget since 1974. Our debt is above 3,300 billion euros. Interest on that debt is becoming one of the biggest items in the national budget. Our hospitals are collapsing despite record funding. Our schools rank lower every year. Young people with degrees can’t afford an apartment in the city they were born in. Our best engineers leave for London, Zurich and San Francisco. And the rich you wanted to tax? They left too, and took the jobs with them.

The promise was protection. The result is stagnation.

The worst part is that nobody in France voted for decline. Every single step sounded generous, compassionate, reasonable. One more program. One more regulation. One more tax to fund it. Each step alone makes sense. Fifty years of them, and you wake up in a country that can no longer build a nuclear plant on time or keep its streets safe.

I love America because it’s the one place on earth where people still believe they can build something from nothing. I came to Silicon Valley as a self-taught kid and it changed my life. That spirit is the most precious thing your country has.

Before you vote, ask yourself one question: is the program you’re voting for making America more like America, or more like France?

Trust me. You don’t want to be France."
https://x.com/brivael/status/2110023149064507674

10/14/2026

Dr. Naomi Wolf writes a scathing analysis of Oregon's homeless-industrial complex and how it is consuming more and more resources while growing the problem and enriching NGO recipients of public largesse. Every Oregonian concerned about the suffering on our streets should read this eye-opening look at the problem and how it is designed not to work. We have to stop this cycle of suffering.



"The Homelessness Industry: Oregon Version. Is the homelessness industry actually compassionate? Or is it in fact incredibly cruel? I argue the latter. NGOs now represent 10-12 per cent of the entire Oregon economy. And guess who is behind this ever-growing industry? That's right - hospitals and health care organizations." [from her X account - https://x.com/naomirwolf/status/2109468491325579507]

[And from her substack article -
https://naomiwolf.substack.com/p/the-homelessness-industry-oregon ]

"Nonprofits account for a staggering 10-12 per cent of the total Oregon economy.

Oregon nonprofits generate over $44 billion in annual revenue and hold $108 billion in assets.

[W]ithout visible homelessness, politicians and NGOs cannot justify a tax on hardworking Oregonians’ money, nor can they request funds from the Federal government, nor can they mop up state tax dollars, nor can they tap the ”pandemic" relief” money that is mystifyingly still flowing to homelessness...

This modern industry promoting mental illness and addiction creates this monstrous factory of misery and despair so as to deliver millions upon millions — billions — in money and real estate to "health care organizations", which are no longer satisfied with the profits they can earn simply from their historic mission of treating the sick."