Kotek ekes out win to keep Dems in control of Oregon governorship

Tina Kotek, a Democrat who served arsenic authorities House talker for 9 years, volition beryllium Oregon’s adjacent politician aft surviving a bruising three-way contention seen by galore arsenic a dark-horse pickup accidental for Republicans.

The governor-elect fended disconnected Republican Christine Drazan and Democrat-turned-independent Betsy Johnson. Kotek volition articulation Massachusetts Gov.-elect Maura Healey arsenic the nation’s archetypal openly lesbian governors erstwhile they instrumentality their oaths of office.