Governor of Oregon
Christine Drazan
Oregon State Senator, District 26 (since October 2025)RLibertarian
- Race
- Governor of Oregon
- Election
- 2026-11-03
- Opponents
- Tina Kotek (D, Working Families); Brett Smith (Pacific Green)
- Research
- Basic
Party linenone
No recorded floor votes — not a current legislator in our records.
Said vs. did2 statements · 0 votes
I am in fact a pro-life woman.
Protect legal access to abortion
Compare statements with votes ›On the ballotGovernor
2026-11-03
| Tina Kotek DWorking Families | incumbent |
| Christine Drazan RLibertarian | challenger |
| Brett Smith Pacific Green | challenger |
Won the Republican primary with 41% of the vote; cross-nominated by the Libertarian Party of Oregon. Republican nominee for governor in 2022.
Said vs. did
Each documented position next to the recorded floor votes we map to the same issue. Votes are compared one at a time; no overall stance is inferred from them.
I am in fact a pro-life woman.
Has described herself as pro-life; in a 2022 interview said she would veto a bill to expand abortion access but did not plan to push new limits in a Democratic-controlled legislature. This statement is from her 2022 campaign; a 2026 statement was not found.[4]
No recorded floor vote in our key-vote set maps to this issue.
Pledged in the October 13 debate to cut building regulations and overhaul Oregon's land-use laws.
Documented position[5]
No recorded floor vote in our key-vote set maps to this issue.
Biography
Christine Drazan is an Oregon state senator and the 2022 Republican nominee for governor, who lost narrowly to Tina Kotek. She served in the Oregon House from 2019 to 2022, including as Minority Leader, and returned as Minority Leader in 2025 before being appointed to the Senate. Her campaign stresses cutting taxes, loosening building and land-use rules, and steering people experiencing homelessness into treatment.[1][2][3]
Basic profile — the most important sourced facts we found.
Drazan was born in Klamath Falls and raised in Southern Oregon, and she graduated from George Fox University with a bachelor's degree in communications.[6][7] In the 1990s she worked for House Speaker Mark Simmons, in a role Wikipedia describes as communications director and Ballotpedia as chief of staff.[6][7] She was later political coordinator for the Oregon Restaurant and Lodging Association from 2006 to 2011 and executive director of the Cultural Advocacy Coalition from 2011 to 2018.[7]
Drazan was elected to the Oregon House in 2018, representing District 39, and served as House Republican leader from 2019 to 2021.[6][7] She was the Republican nominee for governor in 2022 and lost to Tina Kotek.[1][6]
After winning the 2024 election for House District 51, she returned as Minority Leader in 2025.[6][7] In October 2025 county commissioners appointed her to Oregon Senate District 26 to fill the vacancy left by Daniel Bonham, and she announced her 2026 campaign for governor days later.[6][2][7] Ballotpedia lists her on the November ballot as both a Republican and a Libertarian Party candidate.[7]
On the record
Official actions: bills, executive acts, filings and court records.
- vote2026-03-05 · Voted no on House Bill 4088, a bill declaring state policy to protect reproductive and gender-affirming health care activities, which passed the Senate 18–12.[8]
- vote2026-03-06 · Voted no on House Bill 4127, requiring the Oregon Health Authority to pay certain nonprofit reproductive health providers with state funds, which passed the Senate 18–11.[9]
- vote2026-03-04 · Voted no on House Bill 4134, which increases the state transient lodging tax and passed the Senate 20–9.[10]
- vote2026-10-13 · Said she voted against a tax package that funds the Oregon Health Plan because it enacted new taxes.[5]
In their own words
Priorities
- Cutting taxes, speeding permitting and growing the economy.[11]
- Overhauling Oregon's land-use laws and cutting building regulations to increase housing.[5]
- Directing people experiencing homelessness into detox, treatment and long-term recovery; at the October 13 debate she said that movement, not the provision of housing alone, should be the measure of success.[5]
Campaign moneyNo FEC filing summary matched — state candidates file with their state, not the FEC.
Profile: /people/christine-drazan
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Sources cited in this profile
- 1.2026 Oregon gubernatorial election · Wikipedia · 2026-10-21 Reference
- 2.Christine Drazan running for Oregon governor in 2026: What to know · KOIN 6 · 2025-10-27 News report
- 3.Kotek, Drazan square off in final debate of governor's race · OPB · 2026-10-13 News report
- 4.Drazan: 'Pro-life woman,' aware of Oregon laws · KOIN 6 · 2022-07-18 News report
- 5.Kotek, Drazan square off in final debate of governor's race · OPB · 2026-10-13 News report
- 6.Christine Drazan · Wikipedia · 2026-10-21 Reference
- 7.Christine Drazan - Ballotpedia · Ballotpedia · 2026-10-19 Reference
- 8.HB 4088 (2026 Regular Session) · Oregon State Legislature · 2026-03-05 Official record
- 9.HB 4127 (2026 Regular Session) · Oregon State Legislature · 2026-03-06 Official record
- 10.HB 4134 (2026 Regular Session) · Oregon State Legislature · 2026-03-04 Official record
- 11.Christine Drazan running for Oregon governor in 2026: What to know · KOIN 6 · 2025-10-27 News report