Christine Drazan

Candidate for Governor of Oregon (2026)

Christine Drazan is a Republican state senator from Canby, Oregon, who previously served two terms in the Oregon House and led the House Republican caucus. She is the Republican nominee for governor of Oregon in 2026 after winning the May 19, 2026 primary, and she faces Democratic Governor Tina Kotek in a rematch of the 2022 race.

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Running for: Candidate for Governor of Oregon (2026)
Running in: Oregon
Public role: 2026 general-election candidate
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Current office: Oregon State Senate, District 26 (appointed October 2025)
Prior office: Oregon House of Representatives (elected 2018, two terms); House Republican leader from 2019
Prior candidacy: Republican nominee for governor, 2022
2026 general election opponent: Gov. Tina Kotek (D)

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Biography

Christine Drazan is a Republican state senator from Canby, Oregon, representing Senate District 26. She was elected to the Oregon House of Representatives in 2018 and served two terms there, becoming House Republican leader in 2019 after the caucus replaced its previous leader. In 2022 she won the Republican nomination for governor in a 19-candidate primary and lost the general election to Democrat Tina Kotek by about 2.5 percentage points, in a race where unaffiliated candidate Betsy Johnson also ran. In October 2025, county commissioners from Multnomah, Clackamas, Hood River and Wasco counties appointed her to the Oregon Senate to fill the District 26 vacancy left by Daniel Bonham, who had announced his retirement. On October 27, 2025 she announced a second campaign for governor. In the May 19, 2026 Republican primary she defeated state Representative Ed Diehl, who finished second, former Portland Trail Blazers player Chris Dudley, who finished third, and other candidates. She faces Kotek in the November 3, 2026 general election.

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Christine Drazan

Candidate for Governor of Oregon (2026)

Public record

Office and sources

Running for: Candidate for Governor of Oregon (2026)
Running in: Oregon
Public role: 2026 general-election candidate
Record includes: Source-linked checks, statements, and coverage
Current office: Oregon State Senate, District 26 (appointed October 2025)
Prior office: Oregon House of Representatives (elected 2018, two terms); House Republican leader from 2019
Prior candidacy: Republican nominee for governor, 2022
2026 general election opponent: Gov. Tina Kotek (D)

Background

Biography

Voting record

This office does not cast congressional roll-call votes.

Candidate for Governor of Oregon (2026) is an executive office. The Baseline will not manufacture a congressional voting score for it; sourced checks, statements, and coverage appear below.

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Biography

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Biography

This office does not cast congressional roll-call votes.

Published claim checks

Also from Oregon