Oregon
“No one deserves to be forever saddled with the impacts of a conviction for simple possession of marijuana," the outgoing governor said.
The texts include ones the mayor sent after former President Donald Trump directed federal agents to the city to quell nightly racial justice protests.
Chavez-DeRemer was projected to defeat Democrat Jamie McLeod-Skinner, a progressive who unseated an incumbent Democrat in a primary.
The former state House speaker, who makes history as one of the nation’s first two openly lesbian governors, defeated Republican Christine Drazan.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Louisiana voters rejected Amendment 7 that asked whether they supported a constitutional amendment to prohibit the use of involuntary servitude in the criminal justice system.
Dowen Jones, the mayor of Rufus, allegedly opened fire on a car with two children, ages 5 and 8, inside.
Alex Skarlatos and Lori Chavez-DeRemer have long refused to say that Joe Biden won in 2020, as Mike Erickson scrubs his website of election fraud.
The wildfire near the Washington-Oregon border burned out of control on Sunday, growing from 156 acres to 2,000 acres in a matter of hours.
Christine Drazan is campaigning with a far-right militia leader and taking money from a guy who bankrolled one of the main organizers of the Jan. 6 rally.
“People are going, ‘Oh my gosh!' The areas we thought were safe, they’re realizing those are not immune to fire anymore."