Thursday marks the official start of the 2026 election season in Oregon, as candidates for state and local offices are finally able to file for office. Next November, Oregon voters […]
Oregon Capital Chronicle Staff
The Oregon Capital Chronicle was launched in October 2021 as part of the States Newsroom, a 501c3 nonprofit that has newsrooms across the country covering state politics, agencies and legislatures. None has a paywall and none takes corporate dollars or ads. We thrive entirely on public donations. In Oregon, Lynne Terry is editor-in-chief, Julia Shumway is senior reporter and Alex Baumhardt and Ben Botkin are staff reporters.
