Democrat Tina Kotek will be the next governor of the U.S. state of Oregon after beating her rivals in the midterm elections, making her the second openly lesbian governor in the country, after Maura Healey, who won her election on Tuesday.
The former speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives defeated Republican Christine Drazan, a former state legislator, and Betsy Johnson, a former Democratic state legislator, who left the party and ran as an unaffiliated candidate, ‘The Washington Post’ reported.
Kotek will replace Oregon Governor Kate Brown in a state that has been governed by Democrats for more than 40 years.
With this victory, the former state Congresswoman has become, along with Democrat Maura Healey in Massachusetts, the first openly lesbian governors in the country.
