Nicholas Kristof Ineligible to run for Governor of Oregon - per SoS

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Les Zaitz
@LesZaitz


Oregon secretary of state: @NickKristof not eligible to run for governor in Oregon. Details coming soon on this decision. #orpol

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Secretary of State's Office: "The Oregon Elections Division notified the Nicholas Kristof campaign this morning that it is rejecting his filing for Governor because he does not meet the constitutional requirements to serve." #orpol

[Thunderbeast]

1. I am sorry to miss the opportunity to hear his case for election....

...but voting in New York in 2020 makes his case for three year Oregon residency pretty weak. I know he sees his legacy home to be Yamhill, Oregon. He owns property there. His decision, however, to choose another state as his political home so recently seems to fit outside the four corners of elegibility.

If Tucker Carlson claimed to be an Oregon resident for three years to run for Governor, I would want the same test applied.

[jmowreader]

2. The requirement is pretty simple

You must be an Oregon resident for three years. Kristof voted in New York in 2020. He owns a 100-acre orchard in Oregon so that’s not the problem, but he really should have planned ahead on this.

[msfiddlestix]

3. I'm really quite surprised Kristof didn't know better

quite puzzling.

[maxsolomon]

4. LOL, Kristoff

OR Dems will be fine without him swooping in from NY.