Christine Drazan
@ChristineDrazan • 21,620 subscribers
State Senator and Republican candidate for governor. Committed to finding common ground to better Oregon.
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Her bio says it all… Progressive Democrat first. Oregon Governor second. Tina Kotek is threatening to yank emergency funding for roads before Thanksgiving weekend because she didn’t get her way. We said no to your stinkin’ tax hike. Accept it. Balance the budget, use the billions you’ve got and govern within the will of the people.
Christine Drazan119,728 Aufrufe • vor 7 Monaten
Oregon has one of the shortest school years in the nation. Just over the river in Vancouver, the average K-12 student receives one year more of instructional time than students in our state. A recent poll showed that 80% of Oregonians support requiring local school districts to provide at least the national average of school days. Your kids deserve a world-class education, and on Day One I will work to increase classroom time and give teachers the resources they need so that all Oregon students and teachers can be successful.
Christine Drazan14,200 Aufrufe • vor 26 Tagen
Tina Kotek’s administration made $2.5 billion in accounting errors last year. That’s not a simple rounding mistake, that’s bureaucratic incompetence. And this isn’t just a one-off, it’s a pattern. In 2024, they made $1.8 billion in accounting errors. Tina Kotek wants to keep raising taxes on us, but her own administration can’t even keep its own books without billions of dollars in errors. It’s time to fire Tina Kotek. Read more:
Christine Drazan21,942 Aufrufe • vor 1 Monat
Let's be clear. Measure 120 failed because of failed leadership. Period. While Tina Kotek is skirting blame for soaring gas prices and leaning on outside experts to tell her how to run ODOT, I have a plan on day one to make ODOT accountable to Oregonians WITHOUT raising their taxes.
Christine Drazan20,996 Aufrufe • vor 2 Monaten
My plan to solve our homelessness crisis is centered on treatment, recovery and accountability. We can’t get folks off the street and into housing if we don’t address mental health and addiction. Under Tina Kotek’s leadership homelessness has increased by 35% statewide. Her outdated philosophy of housing first has resulted in billions spent on ineffective programs that fail to get people off our streets and into recovery and long-term sobriety. That changes on Day One when I’m governor. Watch my full interview on KOIN News here:
Christine Drazan14,303 Aufrufe • vor 1 Monat
Parents are pulling their kids out of public schools, that’s a red flag. We have some of the highest levels of education funding, but our children still aren’t learning and our schools are some of the worst in the nation. This is Tina Kotek’s Oregon, she’s been falling students and parents, for almost four years, and we’ve had enough. When I’m Governor, we’re going to fix our schools and make sure funding goes to helping kids learn, not failed agendas and ideologies.
Christine Drazan13,999 Aufrufe • vor 1 Monat
🚨WE’RE GOING TO FEDERAL COURT Once 250,000 Oregonians signed the petition referring Tina Kotek’s $4.3 tax to the November ballot, they took control of this measure and deserve their day in court. This is about continuing the fight to defend the rights of Oregonians. When the government creates rules that silence everyone but those with money or power, there must be a reckoning.
Christine Drazan22,349 Aufrufe • vor 4 Monaten
It’s the first day of the 2026 Session and Tina Kotek and her allies in Salem are already scheming to move the transportation tax referendum to the May ballot. The truth is that they are scared to be on the same ballot as their stinkin’ $4.3B tax and fee hike. We should respect Oregonians and let their voices be heard this November.
Christine Drazan20,161 Aufrufe • vor 5 Monaten
I grew up in Klamath Falls—a place where people work with their hands and their whole hearts. The politicians back then shut down timber, leaving my family and so many others behind, and they never looked back We spent Saturday’s at garage sales, ate pancakes three times a day, couch surfed when rent went up, and went without when the food stamps ran out. The politicians didn’t care. But we had faith and we found a way. We worked hard and we kept going. We never gave up. These are the values that shaped me and the ones I will bring to my work as your governor. My family deserved better. Your family deserves better. This is my Oregon Story. What’s yours?
Christine Drazan19,609 Aufrufe • vor 8 Monaten
Tina Kotek is afraid of what Oregonians can accomplish when we work together to push back against her bad policies and costly taxes. If she doesn’t like what voters have to say about her gas tax, she’s really not going to like what they have to say about her leadership this November.
Christine Drazan15,296 Aufrufe • vor 6 Monaten
The reckoning is coming. We successfully delayed SB 1599 in the Senate for weeks and now, if the Secretary of State holds to his word, the bill is close to being dead. No matter when Tina Kotek’s $4.3B gas tax makes it to the ballot, these greedy politicians will be held accountable. This is YOUR time.
Christine Drazan11,479 Aufrufe • vor 4 Monaten
It’s been over a month since Tina’s emergency $4.3B tax-and-spend bill landed on her desk. By refusing to sign the bill, the governor is acting like an entitled dictator willing to disenfranchise Oregonians who are ready to collect signatures and vote down this massive tax package they cannot afford. Watch more of my interview with KATU News here:
Christine Drazan16,229 Aufrufe • vor 8 Monaten
I am disappointed but not surprised that once again extreme ideology has prevailed over common sense and public safety in the Oregon Legislature. SB 1573 was a bipartisan bill to ensure that kids who walk to school don’t have to step over needles to get there. It would have stopped so-called harm reduction programs from handing out needles within 2,000 feet of a school or childcare facility. Tina Kotek’s allies in Salem killed the bill today. We shouldn’t misplace the burdens of addiction on kids. Oregon deserves better.
Christine Drazan11,351 Aufrufe • vor 5 Monaten
Costs in Oregon are through the roof and families can’t afford 4 more years of Tina Kotek’s failed leadership: 🚨 4th highest gas prices 🚨 48th in housing affordability 🚨 5th highest food costs 🚨 9th highest income taxes 🚨 5th worst state for jobs Just last week she wrote an executive order that will increase gas prices by $0.20/gallon, raise utility costs, and make it more expensive to build homes. I’ll tear it up on day one.
Christine Drazan12,159 Aufrufe • vor 7 Monaten
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Today I stood with survivors advocating for legislation that strengthens sex offender laws to keep victims safe. Governor Kotek on the other hand is proposing legislation that could let thousands of convicted sex offenders off the hook. There is absolutely no universe where a sex offender should have more rights than victims.
Christine Drazan19,715 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr
More taxes, more regulation, and more Tina Kotek is what’s blocking Oregonians from buying a home they love in a neighborhood they want to raise a family in. Tina Kotek set a goal of building 36,000 home/year. But she’s on track to reach less than half that amount, and by her own admission, it’s the best she can do. It shouldn’t take a permit just to get a permit. As your governor, I will cut taxes, not raise them. We will remove red tape, not add costly regulations. We will work to create jobs for home builders, not drive them away to Idaho. Our time is now. Let’s get to work.
Christine Drazan12,134 Aufrufe • vor 8 Monaten
