christine drazen joins me now.e across this statistic and it shocked me and i thought i had seen it all but last year mexico city had a lower homicide rate per capita than portland oregon? so how do voters keep validating that type of leadership in this climate? >> well, here's the thing. it's not uncomfortably close for oregonians. oregonians are reaching change because it's not good enough. there is no universe where the murder rate in portland should be close to the murder rate in mexico city. and oregonians are done, they're done with it, they're done with the excuses and poor leadership and single party control. there is no amount of spin that can cover up what it's like right now in our urban centers and across our state. oregonians deserve better and are demanding better. >> laura: every time i look at sort of the news, you know, cycle for oregon now, it has something to do with some horrific crimes that are taking place. >> yeah. >> laura: like this morning it was a guy wielding some type of weapon, i guess

is trailing democrat tinlidemock by just four points. >> christine drazen joins me now christine.cros now, i came across this statistic and it shocked me and i thought i had seen itr all. but last year, mexic o city hadte a lower homicide rate peran capita than portland, oregon. >> so how do voters keep validate that type of well, leadership in this climate? >>ere' well, here's the thing. it's not uncomfortably close for oregonians. oregonians are reaching for change because it's not good enough. there is no universeus ie itn w. the murder rate in portland should be close to the murde r rate in mexico city. me xiand oregonians are done.e, they are done with it.done they're done wit with the excuss they're donehi with the poor pay leadership. they're done with single party control. e is no there is no amount of st can cover up what it's like right now. in our urban centers and across our state. oregonians deserve better l and they're demanding better. >> i mean, every time i look sort of the news cycle forthing oregon nowto, it has something to do with some horrific crimes that are tak

christine drazen almost flipped the state.hil knight is committed to fixing the lawlessness in his state. we have all seen it in portland where crime, drugs and homelessness are running rampant. phil, i know you like to win. you didn't win. it looks like co-tech holds on. is she going to ask you to leave the state? >> i don't know, she might. it was a disappointing night for me. but we'll muddle through. brian: what prompted you to say i don't care what anyone thinks in this case, i just have to take action. what prompted you to take action to get involved in this case? >> you said it. i'm an oregonian to my toes. born and raised here and lived virtually my whole life here. the oregon i grew up in, i lived? a suburb of portland and we left our doors open at night. it was a friendly and pretty place. for six months the last year portland, oregon was the murder capitol of the u.s. with a higher murder rate than chicago. how did we go from the portland of my childhood to the portland of today and the simple answer is leadership.

staying in the northwest we go to the state of oregon where republican gubernatorial candidate christine drazencan governor in oregon and 40 years. this comes as residents of the great state of oregon have been dealing with high crime, surging costs, christine jason joins us to explain more. i had an opportunity to look over your opponents record, this is a person who supported the 22020 portland protests which ae really riots. i look at the rest of her agenda and she is a radical green new dealer. i could see nothing that could warrant her being elected. how is it possible that a republican could win this? >> that oregon voters are seeing what you're seeing. her record is indefensible in the state of oregon right now. you know what oregonian's themselves know. were living in desperate times in our beautiful state with homelessness, crime, rising costs. all that is making our state less livable great art quality of life is plummeted. our schools, artists kids, have suffered on the outside covid. oregonians can't live with four more years of the same. were saying no to four more years of kate br

in liberal oregon, christine drazen is down 3% from radical leftist tina kotek in the governor's race there. obviously, there's more work that needs to be done. but from oregon to new york and of course in florida, we made big progress. since we know democrat policies are only going to drive crime and the cost of living higher in all of these states in the next few years, republican prospects and recruiting should just continue to improve in all of the states. third, there is no reason to believe that a more establishment approach would have done better in most of the senate races. now, while many trump-backed candidates did lose, mcconnell's favorite candidate in colorado, joe o'dae got annihilated. and think about this, mike lee, he fought off romney's candidate in utah, the trump hater edwin mcmuffen. murkowski is behind in alaska but j.d. vance won in ohio. fourth, the runoff in georgia could well decide who controls the senate and whether biden gets another supreme court nominee. so, anyone who thinks of himself or herself as a major player in the gop should be planning to go dow

will happen at 6:00 local time, and that a will give us a much better idea if the republican, christine drazenking history. right now the democrat, tina coe tech, has about 14,000 more votes than drazen. unaffiliated candidate betsy johnson who many viewed as a potential spoiler is only getting around 9% of vote, she has conceded the lost. phrase doen still thinks she -- drazen still thinks he has a shot at being the first republican governor in 40 years, the only statewide elected office holder on the entire pacific coast right now. last night both candidates were upbeat. >> we need to be patient, and it will just take longer for all the votes to be counts. but i know that you're all patient people. because you believe in democracy. >> we knew-going to be a close race, and it turns out it is. but we know that when the results are all counted and all of the results are in, that we will, in fact, lead oregon in a few direction. >> reporter: this is a fail-in state, but turnout was very strong on election day as hundreds of thousands of voters held on to their ballots until the final hours. that

iing inn the north, we go to the state of oregon where republican gubernatorial candidat oe christine drazenis now leading and would be the first republican governor in and oregon in 40 years. >> now, this comes as residents of the great state of oregon, a fed with high crime, homelessness, surging costs.imer and christine dorasagingn joins us now to explain more . you know, i've had anha opportunity to look overponent your opponent's record when a person that supported the 20s 20 portland protests, which were really riots. ly rio i look atst the rest of our agenda and it's you know, she's a radicaf her agl new grew dealer. she has nothing really that i can see that would warrante no her to be elected. how is it possible to use a republican can win this?a >> because oregon voters areorev seeing what you're seeing, that heracles her record is indefensible in the state of oregon right now? you know what oregonians themselves know that we are kno. living in desperate times in bet our beautiful state, homelessness, crime, rising costs. all of it is making our state less livable. our quality of l

host: why did you pick tina kotek over christine drazen or ms. johnson? caller: i'm so glad you asked. when i go to look at what they tell us, what therefore, i check way back what they were doing before. i judge my candidates on their morals, character, honesty and the way they carry themselves. if i went into my job and started calling people names and doing things out of ordinary, out of disrespect, i would not have a job any longer. i think government people should be held to the same accountability if they are on tv putting people down. i also collect data i am a teacher and behavior specialist. i collect data. my data tells me when it say negative things about another candidate. that means they're trying to make themselves look good. i want the candidates that make themselves -- tell me what you're going to do and how you will do it. that's the way i do my thing. host: in your investigation, what made you choose ms. kotek? caller: mostly the way she carried herself. and the fact that she is -- she is for working families. i checked into some of the

tina kotek, christine drazen, and then independent betsy johnson. who has spent a lot in this race.ocratic legislature, she was taking votes away from co-tech allowed drazen to sleep -- slip in there. democrats are feeling a little better about that race, but it still could be very close. you had to send the president to oregon to help shore up some of this. the new york governor race is also one that has been tightening. the vice president and hillary clinton campaigning there yesterday. host: within tennessee, independent. >> thank you for taking my call. i have been finding interesting, to wrap this whole campaign year is that democrats took control of congress and everything. all the people that voted for them, it is almost like there is some voter remorse now, people going from a good economy to a bad economy. host: let's take that notion, voter remorse. >> i am hearing a lot of this. -- ♪ ♪

everyone said, you would ruin the democrats chances, and you would let esteemed drazen -- christine drazan, the republican is going to get past tina kotek, who is the democrat. and you are creating this opportunity. she is a very liberal, unabashedly, i will put it this way. if you saw her, you would not think she was from a state other than oregon. i mean that with a lot of love. no one would be like, you are probably from south florida. she is definitely from oregon. the trail mix is real. people are responding to her message which is, we shouldn't have to put up with these blowdried politicians and, it looks like she is taking more from the d band they are. i don't know. i will be watching. >> as a french-canadian, i appreciate your reference. >> we are turning to sean, sean will walk us through the senate races. >> it is always a homecoming coming back to aei. it can't be right i was a research assistant 25 years ago, that would mean that i only have two more months to get my 50 under 50, i don't think it will happen. seriously, further research, it takes like 30 seconds. you will neve