Carlos Fuentes

The coroner in Yakima County, Washington, is accused of multiple crimes after he claimed he was poisoned with drugs and then admitted he had been snorting illicit substances he took off corpses, the Yakima Herald-Republic reported Wednesday.

“Everybody in the country who follows politics is watching that district,” said one pollster.

| In Oregon, a state known for progressive voting reforms, voters this fall will determine whether the state will join just two others in using ranked-choice voting for federal and statewide elections.

The two candidates running to be Oregon's next secretary of state say they would take vastly different approaches to leading an office that has seen high turnover and increased public scrutiny in recent years.

| The secretary of state's investigation into whether candidates for Portland City Council and mayor broke Oregon campaign finance law by

The Oregon Secretary of State’s Office shut down its phone lines Thursday after being swamped by calls from individuals asking about former President

Kotek has so far failed to gain widespread support in the state's most Democratic-leaning region.

| With just under two weeks until Election Day , political groups are doling out big checks to Republican and Democratic candidates in hopes of helping them defend or flip key seats in the Oregon Legislature.

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The effort has received widespread support from Oregon groups, but has received most of its funding from national organizations.