from 2016 to 2021 according to the fbi. brown has been criticized for her handling of the portland riots back in 2020 when the city saw approximately 170 days of unrest from may 29th to november 16th. now oregon may be on the verge of electing its first republican governor in nearly 40 years. gop candidate christine drazan is leading her challengers in the latest trafalgar poll. joining me right now is oregon republican gubernatorial candidate christine drazan. christine, how are you feeling about this race? we are energized and excited. governor januaries have stood with me oregonians have stood with me throughout this general election, and they are asking for change. maria: well, there s a three-way race here. give us the ins and outs of what s going on. is it largely a democrat electorate? absolutely not. our electorate is very, very
independents then, and what are you going to do about it, christine? tell us some of your plans should you win the governor s mansion. yeah. i have christine for oregon.com, the road map for oregon s future. it is my plan to help turn our state around. it starts with a homelessness state of emergency. if you have had the opportunity to come to our beautiful state recently, you ll see that homelessness, in fact, has gotten out of control. my opponent, tina, he authored legislation to legalize tent cities. that has created an experience of homelessness in oregon that s different than other places. it has made it less safe. we have open air drug markets. i have committed to work with the legislature to send out a measure to repeal ballot measure 110 that we should never have made the decision to legalize hard drugs in this beautiful state. it s having devastating effects on families and communities, and we ve got to reverse it. i will support law enforcement, i will lower the cost of li
of congress, that has got to stop, and it will in nine days. maria: all really good points. of congressman, it s good to see you. thanks very much for become here, house minority leader kevin mccarthy, thank you, sir. the impact of the defund the police movement by democrats being felt nationwide as major cities are seeing a sharp rise in violet crime. democrats in one state could face the loss of the governor s mansion for the first time in nearly 40 years. christine braise zahn is here on how she plans to bring law and order back to the pacific northwest. that s next. no, he s seizing the moment with merrill. moving his money into his investment account in real time and that s. how you collect coins. your money never stops working for you with merrill, a bank of america company.