Pushback

As we work to get non-discrimination laws and healthcare the opposition is fighting back. In Oregon the Health Evidence Review Commission added health insurance coverage for low-income trans-people. I have to wonder if insurance coverage for us will be used against the Democrats in the next election.

Can Republicans take control of Oregon Senate?
Republicans hoping high turnout will trump Dems’ registration edge
By Taylor W. Anderson
The Bulletin
Published Aug 17, 2014

SALEM — Oregon Democrats are confident they can hold majorities in both houses of the state Legislature next session, despite the fact that they were a few hundred votes from sharing control of the Senate with Republicans during the election cycle four years ago.

Party leaders say they’ve singled out vulnerable Republican senators ahead of the November election, and they hope to build on their one-seat Senate majority and four-seat lead in the House.

Both parties can look at past elections, voter registration shifts and internal polling to predict what the next Legislature could look like. And while both parties have identified key close races, guessing how a growing number of Independent and unaffiliated voters will vote in November leaves plenty of room for error on both sides.

I can’t help thinking that in these tight races that the Republicans will use us to get out the “hate” vote?