Endorsements
Endorsed candidates
Endorsements as provided by the Baker County Republican Central Committee.
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Christine Drazan
Governor of Oregon
www.christinefororegon.com/drazan-plan →
Office verified from christinefororegon.com, read 14 September 2026.
What Christine is for and against
For
- Direct state agencies to find and suspend rules that raise everyday costs
- Freeze new business regulations and require economic impact analysis before adopting them
- Fund addiction recovery and mental health treatment, and fully fund state police
- Set a 120-day decision deadline for qualifying housing projects and limit repeat appeals
- Reinstate graduation requirements and set reading proficiency by third grade as a target
- Create an Office of Government Accountability and publish an annual cost-of-government report
- Require community benefit agreements from data centers and keep them off farmland
Against
- The Climate Protection Program executive order, which the plan says she would repeal
- New tax and fee increases, which the plan says she would veto
- Legislative attempts to take the Kicker refund
- Taxpayer funding for programs the plan says enable addiction
- Blanket nondisclosure agreements in data center deals
Read the full plan on the campaign’s site →
Summarized from the campaign’s own site on 15 September 2026. The campaign speaks for itself; read the full plan there.
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Cliff Bentz
U.S. House of Representatives, Oregon's 2nd District
Office verified from cliffbentz.com and his official bentz.house.gov page, read 14 September 2026.
What Cliff is for and against
For
- Defending farmers' and ranchers' use of water, from eight years on the state water commission
- The United States-Mexico-Canada trade agreement, for local beef, onion and wheat producers
- Improved border security and completing the border wall
- Directing investment toward rural Oregon and reducing the regulatory burden
- A right-to-life position: that life begins at conception and should be protected
- Holding the federal government accountable for its management of federal forests
- Second Amendment rights, which the page says he has consistently voted to protect
Against
- Government-run healthcare and a single-payer system
- Cap-and-trade legislation; the page says he helped lead two Senate Republican walkouts
- Illegal immigration, which the page says he will work to stop
Each entry on the campaign’s issues page is a short opening passage with a "Read More" link, and several refer to earlier sessions of Congress and earlier campaign cycles. The full entries are on the campaign’s site.
Read the full plan on the campaign’s site →
Summarized from the campaign’s own site on 15 September 2026. The campaign speaks for itself; read the full plan there.
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David Brock Smith
U.S. Senate
www.davidbrocksmithfororegon.com →
Office verified from davidbrocksmithfororegon.com, read 14 September 2026.
What David is for and against
For
- Leadership focused on Oregon families, communities and local jobs
- Job growth incentives, more affordable homes, support for local businesses, eliminating fraud
- Backing law enforcement, holding repeat offenders to account, and bringing back consequences for crime
- Drug and mental health treatment, with accountability, to address homelessness
- Managing forests actively, reducing fuel loads, and partnering with landowners to protect homes from wildfire
Against
- New taxes
- Permanent street camping
- Unnecessary government spending
Read the full plan on the campaign’s site →
Summarized from the campaign’s own site on 15 September 2026. The campaign speaks for itself; read the full plan there.
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Kody Justus
Baker County Commissioner
His own site gives both a numbered commissioner seat and the commission chair; which seat he is seeking is his campaign's to state, and this page does not choose for him.
www.justusforbakercounty.com →
Office verified from justusforbakercounty.com, read 14 September 2026.
What Kody is for and against
For
- County leadership that safeguards residents’ lives, liberty and property
- Public meetings with agendas shared in advance, defined objectives and action steps
- Clear communication and decisions weighed for their long-term effect on the county
- Protecting taxpayers, focusing on core services, and keeping budgets transparent and balanced
- Standing with ranchers, farmers and small businesses
Against
The campaign’s site does not list positions it opposes.
The campaign site is a single page; the positions above are the ones it states.
Read the full plan on the campaign’s site →
Summarized from the campaign’s own site on 15 September 2026. The campaign speaks for itself; read the full plan there.