#ORLeg
The Oregon Legislature has a choice next year:

Do we fix our state’s crumbling roads and bridges, restore transit service and make streets safer?

Or do we continue to write blank checks for the Portland-area megaprojects that continue to spiral in cost and don’t even fix congestion? #orleg #orpol
ODOT now concedes the I-5 Rose Quarter freeway widening will cost $3.6 billion, fully eight times more than the $450 million it told the Legislature the project would cost when it was approved in 2017. www.oregon.gov/gov/policies...
November 10, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Footnotes facts for everyone's rage:
#2023HB5005 fast tracked freeway, no public comments session

#2026SB1501 fast tracked 330 million for sky boxes for Billionaire extortion and predatory expert

#ORLEG #ORPOL I went to Salem for both
November 11, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Democrats' electoral romp in Oregon has not insulated one of the state's most powerful politicians. Three House Democrats are expected to vie next week to unseat House Speaker Julie Fahey. #orpol #orleg

www.opb.org/article/2026...
Democrats are lining up to challenge Julie Fahey for powerful Oregon House speaker job
As many as three representatives are expected to challenge Fahey for their party’s nomination to lead the chamber.
www.opb.org
November 10, 2026 at 5:31 PM
It will be interesting to see if #ORDems & #ORLeg take up the issue & preempt jurisdictions from criminalizing in any way being homeless or survival behaviors associated with being houseless.

For so many reasons & on so many levels doing so would force needed changes to this approach.
November 10, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Van Hollen Calls Out Schumer for Siding With AIPAC and Crypto trib.al/AhJHbJS #msnow #cnn #bbcnews #seattle #waleg #orleg
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November 10, 2026 at 11:02 PM
She has no vision and is a political opportunist. Look at her continued claims that PPS can cut admin to avoid school closures. A fact-free pandering to the loudest, angriest voices instead of actually getting #orleg to properly fund schools ans acknowledging demographic realities of fewer kids.
November 6, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Drazan is the worst. She can't even respect our votes.

Drazan is anti-democracy. Just say it. @tinakotek.bsky.social won.

#orpol #orleg #oregon
November 5, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Whatever Oregon is doing right now (taxing bike purchases, cutting SRTS infrastructure money, doubling down on highway widening), do the opposite. Also, please shame #orleg when you're done with "even Texas is figuring this out".
November 7, 2026 at 7:38 PM
💪 OCPP deputy director Daniel Hauser went on Think Out Loud this afternoon to discuss closing Oregon’s tax gap!

🎤 Listen to Daniel on Think Out Loud: https://bit.ly/4eU3XT9

Read Daniel’s full analysis here: https://bit.ly/4yPKXfU

#thinkoutloud #opb #orpol #orleg
@opb.org
November 5, 2026 at 11:25 PM
a super PAC formed by the American Israeli Public Affairs Committee. It’s not clear which members were in attendance at the event. #waleg #orleg newrepublic.com/post/217861/...
Full List of Democrats Who Missed Hegseth Impeachment Vote—and Why
The Hegseth impeachment resolution failed after 11 Democrats didn’t show up to vote. Here’s where they say they were instead.
newrepublic.com
November 11, 2026 at 11:31 PM
Governor @tinakotek.bsky.social, we're thrilled to hear you're ready to prioritize funding for maintenance and preservation and restoration of Oregon's roads, bridges, and transit service over giving ODOT billions of dollars for massive freeway expansions!

#orleg #orpol
November 6, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Skyrocketing costs are hitting most people hard, except the richest 1 percent in America! And the poorer you are, the worse it gets!

Read our full analysis: https://bit.ly/3WRb08Z
#orpol #orleg #taxtherich #costofliving @itep.org

November 5, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Obviously that wasn't the case — our incumbents are all returning to Congress and Dems are on track to hold the governor's office and grow their existing supermajorities in the #orleg, though we're still waiting on AP to call some races.
November 4, 2026 at 7:22 AM
Drazan is the worst pol leader in Oregon. She can't even respect our vote. Drazan is anti-democracy. Just say it.

@tinakotek.bsky.social won. By a lot more votes than their last electoral contest.

#orpol #orleg #oregon
Republican gubernatorial candidate Christine Drazan issued her first post-election written statement Wednesday.

It was missing one key element of a traditional political concession: a direct acknowledgment of who won the race.

theoregonian.visitlink.me/0TDAF0

📷: Beth Nakamura

November 5, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Evicted!
14year reign
Republican #ORleg
#KevinManix made progresaive issues in committee seem radical, divisive. We coulda evicted Kotek in early days with the same stonewallling of progressive issues as she has done with local preschool, union strikes, freeway opposition and transit funding
November 4, 2026 at 5:14 AM
🤑 The rich need to pay up! For the most part, that’s the message voters sent this Election Day. In Washington, Colorado, and California, voters chose to raise taxes on the income of the rich.

Read our analysis here: https://bit.ly/4zdNpwY

#orpol #orleg #election2026 #fiscalpolicy #oregon
Signs That Voters Want the Rich to Pay Up - Oregon Center for Public Policy
Voters recognize the need to raise taxes on those who have captured most of the economic gains.
bit.ly
November 5, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Election day is November 3!! Remember to vote, Oregon!

#2026elections #vote #orpol #orleg #oregon
October 30, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Tina Kotek - way ⬆️ more trustworthy for Oregon.

Drazan stays super quiet, does nothing and hopes people do not link her to Trump and MAGA, despite the fact she is aligned with and getting support from the maga far-right. Does #Drazan think we do not see that?

#oregon #portland #orleg #kotek
My opponent says to take a risk on her. Look at what that risk would mean: your health care, abortion access, vote by mail, and no one standing up when the president wants to send troops into our cities. Oregon can’t afford that gamble.
November 1, 2026 at 1:22 AM
A good run down on why state legislatures matter under Trump's anti-democratic agenda.

It's why we need @tinakotek.bsky.social in Oregon.

#kotek #drazan #oregon #portland #medford #bend #orleg
State legislative races should be getting a lot more attention

Dems could flip 500 seats, pick up new majorities in 7 states & break up GOP majorities in 6 states

2026 could be 2010 in reverse
October 30, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Tina Kotek is way ⬆️ more trustworthy for Oregon.

Drazan stays super quiet, does nothing and hopes people do not link her to Trump and MAGA, despite the fact she is aligned with and getting support from the maga far-right. Does #Drazan think we do not see that?

#oregon #portland #orleg #kotek
@elizabeth-warren.bsky.social is a fighter – and so am I.

Thank you, Senator Warren, for joining me in this fight to protect Oregon.
October 30, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Our tax expert Daniel Hauser spoke at the annual RE:Conference in Salem yesterday! The panel took on Oregon's tax and revenue system - why are we in this budget crisis, and what Oregon should do about it!

#orpol #orleg #oregon @fafo @apano
#taxtherich
October 29, 2026 at 9:47 PM
October 30, 2026 at 4:50 PM
🚒 "We're all in survival mode," ~ Lora Edwards of Eugene, Oregon.
In this episode of Policy for the People, we unpack the painful struggle of single parent Lora Edwards, who works as a data analyst but still needs the food bank in Eugene.
Listen here: https://bit.ly/4yIgIY5

#orpol #orleg #oregon
October 29, 2026 at 12:11 PM