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GOP Wrestles with QAnon Advocate Winning Primary

May 22, 2020 at 5:30 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Republicans in Oregon this week nominated a Senate candidate with a deep history of promoting and vowing support for the QAnon conspiracy theory, providing the fringe movement its largest electoral platform yet and roiling Republicans over having a candidate who openly embraces baseless conspiracy theories,” ABC News reports.

“Her primary win has forced Republicans to grapple with having a state-wide nominee who openly embraces the conspiracy theory.”

“When asked about supporting Perkins in the general election, the Republican National Committee did not comment. The Oregon state Republican Party issued a lukewarm and seemingly reluctant statement saying, ‘By virtue of being the GOP nominee, this is what we do – support them in winning the general election.'”

Filed Under: 2020 Campaign Tagged With: OR-Sen

QAnon Believer Wins Oregon GOP Senate Nomination

May 20, 2020 at 1:30 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Oregon Republicans nominated Jo Rae Perkins (R) for the U.S. Senate race, a candidate who believes in QAnon, the baseless conspiracy theory that has taken root among some far-right supporters of President Trump, the Washington Post reports.

In a video posted on Twitter Tuesday night, Perkins declared that she supports the conspiracy theory: “Where we go one, we go all. I stand with President Trump. I stand with Q and the team. Thank you Anons, and thank you patriots. And together, we can save our republic.”

Filed Under: 2020 Campaign Tagged With: OR-Sen

Merkley May Try to Run for Two Offices at Once

November 14, 2018 at 9:47 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) is quietly pushing to change an Oregon law that would prevent him for running for president and reelection to the Senate at the same time, the Willamette Week reports.

Filed Under: 2020 Campaign Tagged With: Jeff Merkley, OR-Sen

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goddard-bw-snapshotTaegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.

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Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.

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