The governor and the president: How Trump shapes Kotek’s reelection bid

The governor and the president: How Trump shapes Kotek’s reelection bid

Gov. Tina Kotek promised to protect Oregon values during her first press conference after the Nov. 5 election. (Photo by Julia Shumway/Oregon Capital Chronicle) Democrat Tina Kotek’s second television spot of her gubernatorial re-election campaign focused most directly on the unlikely subject of food banks. But the unsubtle subtext of the ad was the president. After noting that she had once worked at the Oregon Food Bank, the rest of her narrati…