Phil Knight says he will do everything he can to prevent Democrats from taking the governor's office.

Knight has given money to the campaigns of the Democrats in the race for governor. Betsy Johnson, a former Democrat who is running as an independent, is having a major impact on the outcome of the race.

Johnson's candidacy is giving Republican Christinze Drazan the chance she needs in a liberal electorate that is no longer comfortable with the state's recent far- left policies.

Knight told the New York Times that a person snorted cocaine out of a mountain of white in a political cartoon. It asked which of these was illegal in Oregon. The answer was plastic straws.

He described himself as an anti-Tina person.

Democratic leaders in the first general election are targets by the GOP.

Phil Knight smiling
Phil Knight co-founded Blue Ribbon Sports, later Nike, with Bill Bowerman in 1964. Bowerman coached Knight on the University of Oregon track team. "If there was no Bill Bowerman, there would have been no me," Knight told Mens Journal.
Tina Kotek
Democratic Oregon gubernatorial candidate Tina Kotek, then the Speaker of Oregon's House of Representatives, speaks during the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., on Monday, July 25, 2016.

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Oregon hasn't elected a Republican governor in over 30 years, but polls show Drazan with a good chance. A polling average from FiveThirtyEight shows Drazan with a 3-point lead over Kotek. Johnson is supported by just 16.4%.

The Democratic Party's silence on pro-life attacks has been negatively impacted by the Oregon GOP GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES.

The issues of crime and homelessness are the focus of Drazan's campaign.

They have been driving Kate Brown's agenda for a long time. According to a recent ad, they've led Oregon down the wrong path. Tina and Betsy haven't made any changes. They've messed things up.

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A new direction is needed. My plan for Oregon is to clean up our streets, stop the tax increases, and make life more affordable. The stakes are high, but we can do this.