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| | Governor’s Race Unexpectedly Competitive | Democrats enjoy an 11 percentage point advantage over Republicans when it comes to voter registrations in Oregon, but statewide elections are often closer than that. This year, with voters dissatisfied with the direction of the state, there are signs the race for governor could be even more competitive than usual. [OPB / Oregonian] | - A key indicator: On Friday, the nonpartisan outlet Cook Political Report switched its rankings of the governor’s race from Solid Democrat to Likely Democrat. [OPB]
- Republican polling: The Republican gubernatorial candidate, State Sen. Christine Drazan, last week released the top line of an internal poll showing she leads Gov. Tina Kotek, the Democrat: 48% to 44%. [Oregonian]
- Still, experts expect a Kotek win: We’ve been here before. Polling in the last two gubernatorial elections predicted a closer race than it ended up being on Election Day. And Oregon hasn’t elected a Republican governor in four decades. [OPB]
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| | | Experience Portland Spirit's exhilarating "7 Wonders of the Gorge" and "Bigfoot Adventure'' cruises on the Explorer Jetboat. The Bigfoot cruise features narration by Cliff Barackman from Animal Planet’s “Finding Bigfoot." Both cruises run round-trip from Portland to Multnomah Falls now through September. Book your adventure now! |
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| What Portland's Talking About |
| ‘Portlandia’ Is Back | Carrie Brownstein and Fred Armisen — the creators and stars of the hit TV show that everyone around here loves to hate — are launching “Podlandia: A-O Rewatch,” a weekly podcast to reminisce about the show. [Oregonian] | | 31 Minutes for Police Response to Park Attack | Half a dozen women were left defending one another at Council Crest one sunny day in April as they waited 31 minutes for police after several of them were attacked by Ayman Elkholy, 31, of Beaverton. Elkholy later pleaded guilty to three counts of harassment and one count of attempted strangulation. “We just started hitting, punching, scratching, pulling his hair, pulling on his clothes — everything,” said a 74-year-old victim. “I didn’t feel in any danger because the sisterhood was there.” [Oregonian] | | Jim & Patty’s Coffee Closes Again | The longtime coffee spot reopened last year under new ownership. But it closed again as of yesterday. [KOIN] |
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🐦 Crows are coming to Portland: In this case, I’m talking about six-foot-tall sculptures, which are under construction in preparation for “Wildwood: Follow the Crows,” a public art trail that will beginning on Aug. 7. The 30 crow sculptures are inspired by LAIKA’s upcoming stop-motion film “Wildwood,” based on Colin Meloy’s novel. |
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