Upcoming priorities for Conservatives in Oregon 2026:
In regard to what conservatives need to focus on in Oregon in the upcoming year, I would like to get suggestions and ideas from people. Below is a list I started to work on if anyone has suggestions or thoughts….
State Level:
Governor election in 2026: We must focus on selecting a candidate that has the best chance of winning. All our time and energy to go into ensure this person wins.
State House and State Senate: I have heard there is a reasonable chance of securing enough wins in the house and senate to “maybe” take away the democrats “super-majority” which would help a great deal in reining in some of these horrific policies that are destroying our state.
State Legislation:
Ongoing “End Vote by Mail”
Repeal or have the referendum of HB 3991 the gas tax.
Repeal HB 3115 (Homeless Objectively Reasonable): This would stand a good chance if we take away the super majority and especially win the governors seat. I do have other ideas on this I will put out later.
Repeal SB 48 (pretrial release in Oregon): How and when people charged with crimes may be released before trial, and under what conditions). This is one of the reasons why we have so many criminals on the streets all the time.
Josephine County:
Ensure our current commissioners are not recalled.
Commissioner’s position is up in 2026, Andreas Blech seat will be up for election in 2026. Andreas Blech did file as a candidate for filling the seat in 2026. There is a good possibility that John West may enter the election for his old commissioner seat. I suspect there will be many other candidates, we need to ensure it remains in conservative hands.
Grants Pass City: Focus on reducing the homeless population and removing the encampments located in the middle of the city.
In order to accomplish any of this, it will call for unity among conservatives – not division but unity.
Any suggestions for realistic priorities in the upcoming year?
In my opinion, not nearly enough conservatives in Southren Oregon get off their ass to vote, to care, to get involved, when you do nothing, they win, wake up folks, I’m a precinct capt. and I has been knocking on doors for years, way too many folks don’t even vote, very sad!
Agreed, we must make progress in getting republicans to show up for voting. We will never make any progress on anything till that happens. You can’t ask for any easier way to vote so I do not understand what the problem is.
As far as HB3115 and homeless – it has become a big business much like fighting wildfires these days. The results are disgusting and are clearly a result of money making schemes in my opinion. Put a bounty of fighting fires and stop enabling the homeless with money making schemes.
When it comes to HB3115, the word homeless is a bottomless pit of $$$$$$$
Turn off the NGO, stop all enabling, they come to Oregon because everything is free, get into recovery, get a job, live a responsible life,
How about a constitutional amendment to change the way our senators are elected? instead of combining house districts and creating super representatives, we allow each county to select their own senator
I have heard about this, using counties to select our senators. I have to check further into this and see what this is all about. Thank you for the insight. – Bill