Race · November 3, 2026

Governor · Oregon

3 candidates on the ballot.1,2,3

§1Candidates

Why this matters: Every candidate the state lists for this race on the November ballot, in the state's own order.

Brett Smith
Pacific Green · Challenger
Tina Kotek
Democrat, Working Families · Incumbent
Christine Drazan
Republican, Libertarian · Challenger

§2Side by side

Why this matters: The same facts for every candidate, in the same order. Where we found nothing for a candidate, the cell says so — that means we didn't find it in public sources, not that it doesn't exist.

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Brett SmithTina KotekChristine Drazan
Party on the ballotPacific Green1,2,3Democrat, Working Families1,2,3,4Republican, Libertarian1,2,3
StatusChallengerIncumbentChallenger
MoneyCandidates for governor file campaign-finance reports with the state, not the FEC, so this guide doesn't include their fundraising. Search the state's reports: ORESTAR candidate and campaign filing search — Oregon Secretary of State, Elections Division.5
Data centers and electricity costs
Pause or limit new data centers
His campaign website and voters' pamphlet statement call for a permanent moratorium on data centers.6,7
Pause or limit new data centers
Her campaign website says she would bar new data center development until statewide standards are in place to prevent electricity rate hikes, require clean energy for new facilities and protect air and water, and says she signed a law to make data centers pay their share of energy costs.8,9		Her campaign website says data centers have received special tax treatment while Oregon families and businesses face high taxes, and that she would use the governor's authority to protect communities from unwanted data center development, require community benefit agreements, ban blanket nondisclosure agreements and protect farmland.10
Help for first-time homebuyersNot found in the public sources we checkedHer campaign website says she would expand housing options for first-time buyers, including down payment assistance programs.8Her campaign website says she would expand first-time homebuyer programs, including tax credits and down payment assistance using existing funds.10
HomelessnessNot found in the public sources we checkedHer campaign website says she declared a homelessness state of emergency on her first day as governor and has added shelter and treatment beds.8,9,11Her campaign website says she would audit homeless services spending, focus state money on addiction recovery, sobriety and mental health treatment, end funding for programs it says enable addiction, and let local governments clean up public spaces.10
Zoning and new housingNot found in the public sources we checkedHer campaign website says she would cut red tape to speed new construction and build more starter homes.8,9Her campaign website proposes a 120-day maximum decision period for qualifying housing projects, limits on repeated appeals, objective approval of code-compliant housing, and standard rules for accessory dwellings, modular, manufactured and tiny homes.10

Issues only one candidate has addressed

By candidate, in ballot order. We found nothing public from the other candidates in this race on these issues.

Brett Smith — 3 issues
  • Campaign finance rules
    Limit spending by outside groups, including by amending the Constitution to overturn Citizens United
    His campaign website proposes a state constitutional amendment that would bar corporations and other entities, other than registered political committees, from spending in Oregon elections.6
  • Who decides on military action
    His campaign website supports Defend the Guard legislation to bar sending Oregon's National Guard into combat without a formal declaration of war by Congress, and his voters' pamphlet statement calls for a constitutional amendment so no Oregonian is drafted into a war Congress has not sanctioned.6,7
  • Health insurance system
    Add a government plan that anyone can choose to buy
    His campaign website proposes expanding the Oregon Health Plan into a public option open to every resident, free for those below the median income and with capped premiums for others, while keeping private insurance as a choice.6,7
Tina Kotek — 13 issues
  • Abortion medication
    Her campaign website says she secured a three-year supply of mifepristone after the 2024 election and strengthened Oregon's shield law protecting patients and providers.8,11
  • Government funding and abortion
    Her campaign website says she created a plan to keep funding Planned Parenthood and would protect access to abortion, birth control and gender-affirming care from federal restrictions.8
  • National Guard troops in cities
    Her voters' pamphlet statement says she blocked what it calls President Trump's unlawful attempt to deploy the National Guard on Portland's streets.9
  • Tariffs
    Her campaign website says she would defend Oregonians against what it calls President Trump's tariff taxes.8
  • Voting by mail
    Mail a ballot to every registered voter
    Her campaign website says she would safeguard Oregon's vote-by-mail system against federal overreach.8
  • Selling or transferring federal lands
    Keep federal lands in federal ownership
    Her campaign website says she has opposed attempts to sell off public lands.8
  • Child care costs
    Her campaign website says she would expand access to infant and toddler child care and create a path to universal preschool statewide.8,9
  • Food assistance (SNAP)
    Her voters' pamphlet statement says that during the federal shutdown she declared a food emergency and went to court to restore food assistance, and her campaign website says she would fight federal cuts to SNAP.8,9
  • Paid family and medical leave
    Her campaign website says that while she was House speaker, Oregon passed paid family leave.9,11
  • Federal Medicaid funding
    Her campaign website says she would defend the Oregon Health Plan from federal Medicaid cuts.8
  • State and local role in immigration enforcement
    Her campaign website says she would oppose ICE detention facilities in Oregon, keep license plate readers and cameras from being used for immigration enforcement, and has directed state agencies to uphold Oregon's sanctuary protections.8
  • State minimum wage
    Her campaign website says that while she was House speaker, Oregon raised the minimum wage.9,11
  • Children and social media
    Her campaign website says she would limit social media access on school-issued devices, and says she issued an executive order banning cell phones during the school day.8
Christine Drazan — 6 issues
  • Mandatory minimum sentences
    Her campaign website says she would increase penalties for drug traffickers.10
  • Police funding
    Increase police funding, for example to hire more officers
    Her campaign website says she would fully fund the state police.10
  • Vouchers and education savings accounts
    Her campaign website says she supports school choice and would opt Oregon into a federal scholarship tax credit program to help students pay for tutoring, after-school programs and special education services.10
  • Conservation and development on federal lands
    Her campaign website says she would improve forest management and work with federal partners to increase sustainable timber production.10
  • Property taxes
    Her campaign website says she would lower property taxes for veterans, disabled veterans and seniors over 65.10
  • State income tax
    Her campaign website says she would cut taxes by raising Oregon's standard deduction, veto new tax and fee increases, and veto attempts by the Legislature to take Oregonians' kicker.10

Issue statements are drafted by AI from the public sources cited, and only cover what each candidate has said publicly.