Oregon Danielle Bethell, running for Oregon Gov

[nwslopoke]

Danielle Bethell is running for Oregon Governor as a republican. I get emails for support but have no other personal knowledge of her. I saw one KGW piece on her, but it was just jibba jabba. I didn't see any other "conservative" leaning candidates put out anything but I do get emails from democrats. It's never too early. Are there any other names in the conservative hat? The piece I saw wasn't serious and didn't cover much. That leads to the question, who is she? She isn't from my district so hoping to hear from some people that are from her district,

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[RVTECH]

If ya Google her name there is a fair amount of info about her.

TBO I had NO knowledge of her until reading your post but doing a little research now.

 

[spookshack]

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I know nothing of her either other than emails for support.

 

[nwslopoke]

If ya Google her name there is a fair amount of info about her.

TBO I had NO knowledge of her until reading your post but doing a little research now.

That's true but I was hoping to get a response from someone from her district. Everyone looks perfect on paper.

 

[1911Fanatic]

Well, I will take any Republican, over any Demoncrat.

 

[Stomper]

I'm in her county, she seems alright to me.

Watched this video interview a few days ago. She's WAY better than Drazan, IMHO.

View: https://www.youtube.com/live/z1sU2y_oo6w?si=CmHwqujXBR4471Fe

 

[CountryGent]

What is her stance on RKBA? I'm not seeing anything about that on her site.

 

[arakboss]

I consulted the 8 ball for her chances of winning.

 

[CountryGent]

I consulted the 8 ball for her chances of winning.

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Pretty much. The last GOP governor we had was Atiyeh and that was back in 79—87.

 

[arakboss]

Pretty much. The last GOP governor we had was Atiyeh and that was back in 79—87.

I wish it weren't so but Oregon has made a hard left over recent decades.

 

[AshWilliams]

If Republicans would just register and vote... Jebus... you just have to walk an envelope to your mail box. That's also why we're in this M114 mess.

 

[CamoDeafie]

If Republicans would just register and vote... Jebus... you just have to walk an envelope to your mail box. That's also why we're in this M114 mess.

24% of the registered voters and dwindling every time a conservative family moves out for better places.... While the Party of anti2A has 34+% of the registered voters pool.... With non-affiliated being another 34+% and various 3rd Parties making up the remainder.... Please excuse me for being pessimistic.

Edit as to Danielle? If... If she says she supports "women's choice", she will lose most of the base, and still not get enough of the moderates to defeat the D candidate. If she comes out as Pro-Life, she keeps the base but loses most moderate voters and won't win any of the left leaning moderates.

 

[nwslopoke]

24% of the registered voters and dwindling every time a conservative family moves out for better places.... While the Party of anti2A has 34+% of the registered voters pool.... With non-affiliated being another 34+% and various 3rd Parties making up the remainder.... Please excuse me for being pessimistic.

Edit as to Danielle? If... If she says she supports "women's choice", she will lose most of the base, and still not get enough of the moderates to defeat the D candidate. If she comes out as Pro-Life, she keeps the base but loses most moderate voters and won't win any of the left leaning moderates.

If she has the ability to argue her views, it's not an automatic loss. Too many candidates turn and run at that point in the debate. It's a skill that not many possess. Controlling the debate or what Trump had to suffer through, debating the moderator.

 

[CamoDeafie]

If she has the ability to argue her views, it's not an automatic loss. Too many candidates turn and run at that point in the debate. It's a skill that not many possess. Controlling the debate or what Trump had to suffer through, debating the moderator.

My point is .. what happened to the guy(Boquist?) before Drazan, against Kate the first time? He came out in support of the pro-choice stance and that cost him the race right then and there.

Edit. It's been pretty predictable.

Let's take Drazan for more recent example. She came out in support of some of the left/D platforms, and boom, she lost the race then and there; because she tried to win over some of the Left and moderates at the cost of maintaining the base

 

[roseburger]

Brownstain had the lowest approval of any governor, I believe in history, but instead Potland chose someone even further to the left. I thought for sure drazen had it.

 

[1911Fanatic]

I am pretty much a one or two issue voter. Taxes and 2A.

 

[CamoDeafie]

Brownstain had the lowest approval of any governor, I believe in history, but instead Potland chose someone even further to the left. I thought for sure drazen had it.

But Drazan went and tried to win those on the left, and lost the support she should have had.

I think I've said this before, if the next Gov race's Republican candidate simply stayed full right of center, say, opposite of everything the D/Left candidate supports... They may have a better, fighting chance at winning those non-affiliated voters who are right leaning. Forget trying to take voters away from the other side. That group generally vote D enbloc, usually because of the letter by the name, positions and opinions be damned. On the other hand, the Conservatives as a whole, tend to be either vote R in protest, or not at all because the candidate is "not far right enough" or "not perfect enough".

Perfect is indeed the enemy of good enough for the R voters

 

[Hotdog 7]

She doesn't have a chance. The Oregon Republican Party is a bunch of masochists who run candidates that have no chance of winning. If the party wants to have a future here, they need to shift to a more moderate platform. Trying to mirror the national GOP platform at the state level is a losing proposition here. The last time the Republican's got in spitting distance of the Governor's Office was 2010 with Chris Dudley, a non-conventional candidate. You don't have to be a high level political strategist to understand this. Until the ORP figures that out, they're going to keep being 2nd place for the foreseeable future.

 

[kmk1012]

My wife and I went to High School with Danielle and ran in the same circles of friends. I wasn't as interested in firearms back then, was more interested in my "gun" so I don't know her RKBA stance. She was a good person and had good upbringing from what I remember.

 

[kenboy]

Speaking of getting voters involved….
Today is the big push to get signatures on the petitions against Tina's bloated tax bill.

Go to No tax or.com to find the locations near you around the state.

The organizers are hoping to obtain enough signatures in one day to get this on the ballot.