Lauren Dake
Reporter & Producer | OPBLauren Dake is a political reporter and producer for Oregon Public Broadcasting. Before OPB, Lauren spent nearly a decade working as a print reporter. She’s covered politics and rural issues in Oregon and Washington. She’s spent time in a maximum-security prison in Bogota, Colombia (for a story!) and sat in a sweat lodge on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation.
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False claims of election fraud in the 2020 election put sparked voter interest in secretaries of state overseeing various state elections, but the real administrative work of democracy is usually done at the county level. -
Nineteen candidates were vying to be the Republican Party's nominee for Oregon governor.
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While the former president can ignore Oregon, it's hard for Republicans in Oregon to ignore him.
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A poll shows Oregon voters are focused on housing affordability and homelessness.
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The chair of the Oregon Republican Party is stepping down due to “communist psychological warfare tactics” he believes are being used within his own party to “destroy anyone of true character.”
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The measure is the most divisive of the 2022 short legislative session. Lawmakers have largely been split along party lines, with Republicans echoing concerns of many farmers who say the legislation would devastate the state’s agricultural industry and force family farms to move toward automation or sell to large corporations.
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Oregon could ditch its status as one of the last states to prohibit self-service gasoline under a new bill state lawmakers are considering.
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Gov. Kate Brown delivered her final state of the state address Thursday, acknowledging the turmoil the state has faced under her tenure. But she also listed a number of tangible wins for the state.
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The former New York Times columnist, and critics of his gubernatorial candidacy, have made their final legal arguments to Oregon Supreme Court justices.
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Lawyers for former New York Times columnist Nick Kristof plan to make the case that not only does Kristof meet the state’s residency requirements to run for Oregon governor, but denying him the chance to run could lead to voter suppression in future Oregon elections.
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The Oregon Supreme Court will weigh in on whether former New York Times columnist Nick Kristof meets the state’s residency requirement to run for governor.
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Oregon Sen. Betsy Johnson, a longtime Democratic legislator running as an unaffiliated candidate, has raised more than $2 million in her bid to become the next governor of Oregon, according to new campaign finance reports.
