“Right Hand” highlights how Christine Drazan lines up with Donald Trump on banning abortion, cutting healthcare, and ending vote-by-mail
PORTLAND, OR – Today, Governor Tina Kotek’s re-election campaign launched a new ad highlighting Christine Drazan’s allegiance to Donald Trump over Oregonians. “Right Hand” shows Oregonians that Christine Drazan is in lockstep with the White House on abortion, healthcare, vote-by-mail, and the rest of Trump’s agenda.
“Christine Drazan can try all she wants to scrub her website and hide her record from voters, but the facts show that she is a MAGA extremist who has always sided with Donald Trump over Oregonians,” said Federico Araujo, communications director for Tina for Oregon. “If she were elected, she would open the floodgates to Trump’s agenda in Oregon – restricting access to abortion, healthcare, and vote-by-mail. Oregon needs a leader, not another stand-in for Trump.”
Christine Drazan’s long record of siding with Trump:
- In March, Drazan voted against using state dollars to backfill funding to Planned Parenthood.
- In 2025, Drazan sponsored a bill that would end vote-by-mail as Oregon knows it, eliminating it as the standard method for holding an election and requiring voters to show photo ID.
- Drazan failed to stand up to Trump’s tariffs that drove up prices for Oregonians.
- Drazan failed to stand up to Trump’s deployment of the National Guard.
- Drazan supported the federal military deployment in Portland, and even called anti-ICE protesters “domestic terrorists.”
- Drazan voted against preventing further federal overreach with the Oregon National Guard.
- Drazan failed to stand up to Trump’s attacks in Iran.
- Drazan downplayed the impact of Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill and its impact on Oregon families.
- Drazan voted against funding for the Oregon Health Plan.
- In 2022, Drazan said she would veto a bill if it expanded abortion access in Oregon.
- In 2022, Drazan celebrated the Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision.
“RIGHT HAND” TRANSCRIPT
DONALD TRUMP: Raise your right hand:
“I pledge allegiance to the greatest president in the history of the United States.”
NEWS VO: In Oregon, Trump’s right hand is Christine Drazan.
Donald Trump opened the door to banning abortion. Christine Drazan would do it here in Oregon.
CHRISTINE DRAZAN: “And will absolutely sign legislation that comes to my desk,”
NEWS VO: Trump and Drazan both went after Oregonians’ healthcare, and both tried to end vote-by-mail in Oregon.
Drazan’s allegiance is to Trump. Not Oregonians.
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ABOUT GOVERNOR KOTEK
Governor Tina Kotek has spent her career making history and fighting for others. Over the last three years, Governor Kotek has expanded access to affordable childcare, created thousands of new shelter beds, protected abortion access and vote-by-mail, and funded early literacy and summer learning programs. She has also been a national leader in pushing back against Donald Trump’s attacks on our communities, our healthcare, and our rights by blocking his illegal attempts to deploy the Oregon National Guard in our communities and working through the night to reverse his decision to strip food assistance from Oregonians by taking away SNAP benefits.
Governor Kotek is running for reelection to continue defending Oregon values and tackling the state’s biggest challenges – lowering costs, reducing homelessness, strengthening schools, expanding mental health and addiction care, and bringing affordable childcare to every corner of the state.
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