“I’m not running as a Republican or a Democrat,” Johnson says in her stump speech. She served many years in the state legislature as a Democrat, but said by being unaffiliated now, she can take the best ideas from both parties. “I have to tell you, the reaction I get almost every time is, ‘Wow, nonpartisan? We need somebody who is not going to be out on the edges of one of the two parties,'” Vial said.Īlso in Oregon, candidate for governor Betsy Johnson occupies the center lane in a three-way race. He said he is more comfortable positioning himself now as nonpartisan as he introduces himself to voters in a redrawn state Senate district on the outskirts of suburban Portland. Vial previously served one term in the Oregon House as a Republican before losing to a Democratic challenger in 2018. Take for instance, Oregon state Senate candidate Rich Vial, a land use attorney from Scholls, Washington County. Unaffiliated candidates are popping up around the nation too, with a common theme of being fed up with a divisive two-party system. A quartet of independent candidates on the ballot this November in Oregon and Washington state will test voter appetites for a centrist “third way.” They are experienced contenders running for state senate, Oregon governor and Washington Secretary of State.
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