(D) Key Race Projected
ABC News is also reporting that Democrat Tina Kotek is projected to win Oregon’s governorship. The former state House speaker looked to be in some trouble earlier in the campaign against Republican state Rep. Christine Drazan and independent Betsy Johnson, who previously served in the state legislature as a Democrat. The three-way race appeared to leave open the possibility that Kotek might be the first Democratic candidate to lose an Oregon governor’s race since 1982. But polls taken just ahead of Election Day found Kotek in a better position, and she leads by close to 4 points now as Oregon works to finish its count.