Same story, two stages.
Christine Drazan's case statewide: Portland is failing under Democrats, and they'll raise your taxes. The committees backing Portland's conservative candidates tell the same story, with Democratic names on it.
Drazan, at a downtown Portland press event, promises to stop accepting failure.
Go Portland Go's main funder sends newsletters with satirical AI-made images of a city in decline, largely blaming the four DSA councilors.
Portland Mercury · Oct 15, 2026The Oregon GOP calls the Working Families Party, which canvasses with the progressive councilors, a far left group.
Chamber PAC director Doug Moore told Willamette Week the goal was to stop DSA from taking over the council,
as the Mercury reported.
Drazan: the governor's answer to every problem is a new tax.
Chamber-funded billboards tell voters a progressive councilor voted to raise their taxes.
Portland Mercury · Sept 24, 2026When Portland's own Democratic establishment says the city's progressive leaders are a radical takeover, that message doesn't stay in Portland. It can become evidence for the case Drazan is making against Democrats everywhere else in Oregon.