Longtime Democrat 'embarrassed' by Oregon politics shakes up race for governor, runs as independent
PORTLAND, Ore. – Betsy Johnson is not running for Miss Congeniality.The longtime Democrat now running for governor of Oregon as an unaffiliated candidate is more likely to drop a swear word than a political platitude. When voters asked if she would repeal Oregon's drug decriminalization law, she responded, "Hell yes." On education, she declared, "Let's not worry about pronouns.