Oregon Democrats Expected to Expand Legislative Majorities

Oregon voters returned Gov. Tina Kotek to office, and preliminary results pointed to Democrats expanding their majorities in both chambers of the state Legislature, though several races were still being counted. The results reflected a broader Democratic wave, while one Oregon political group argued that voters’ dissatisfaction with the state’s direction had not translated into a change in leadership. Around the same election, OPB released a documentary about Richard Neuberger, the Democrat who won an Oregon U.S. Senate seat in 1954, highlighting his political legacy and his early reporting on Nazi persecution in Germany.