# Oregon’s Governor Race Is Everything Wrong With Politics | Tuesday Special

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Podcast: [Common Sense with Chad Law | Political Commentary](https://stenobird.com/podcast/common-sense-with-chad-law-political-commentary-4943048)
Published: 2026-08-26T01:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

Text the show! Oregon’s governor race may be one of the cleanest examples of what has gone wrong with American politics. Two candidates have roughly 70 pages of actual policy plans between them. Yet the campaign keeps drifting toward Washington, D.C., national political enemies, and issues increasingly removed from the job Oregon’s next governor will actually have to perform. So Chad asks a much simpler question: Are Oregonians better off? This Tuesday Special builds a scoreboard from Oregon...

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