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Tina Kotek’s Top 6 Moments from Tonight’s Debate


[Bend, OR] – Tonight, Tina Kotek showed Oregonians exactly why she is the best candidate to tackle our state’s biggest challenges. 

Here are some of Tina’s best moments of the night:

OPENING STATEMENT: “I will always — always put people over politics.”

VIDEO on standing up to the gun lobby and passing gun violence prevention: “Both of my opponents, Senator Johnson and Representative Drazan, have ‘A’ ratings with the NRA.” “Enough is enough — we must keep our communities safe.”

VIDEO on defending and expanding access to reproductive health care: “It’s not enough to say you’re pro choice. You have to be a champion on this issue. And that’s why I’m the only one on this stage endorsed by the Planned Parenthood PAC of Oregon, Pro-choice Oregon, the Mother PAC and other organizations who are focused on health care for all Oregonians right now, regardless of what the Supreme Court does.”

VIDEO on standing up to corporate polluters and combating climate change: “We cannot stop doing our part to reduce carbon pollution, to reduce climate change … and I’m the only one on this stage that is committed to doing that and that has a plan to do that.”

VIDEO on tackling the homelessness crisis: “Senator Johnson and Representative Christine Drazan fought me in the pandemic when we were trying to protect people from getting evicted. And, month after month, we said, we need to keep people safe from eviction in the pandemic and they were saying ‘no.’”

CLOSING STATEMENT

“Senator Johnson and Representative Drazan are really good about complaining about the issues, but very, very light on the details of how they would actually solve these problems. We need plans. We need specifics and I’m frankly just not hearing them. 

“Senator Johnson has a long record of siding with Republicans. She voted against increasing the minimum wage. She voted against paid sick leave for all Oregonians. She has refused to vote for background checks for gun sales and like Donald Trump won’t even reveal her taxes. 

“Representative Drazan supports banning abortion. And that is a major issue for women in our state today because of what the Supreme Court has done.”

Communications Director Katie Wertheimer released the following statement on tonight’s debate: 

“Tina Kotek demonstrated her strength and knowledge tonight, showing Oregonians exactly why she is the best candidate to tackle our state’s biggest challenges. Betsy Johnson and Christine Drazan demonstrated that they are too right-wing for Oregon.”

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