With less than half of Oregon’s registered voters, at 41.76 percent, accounted for just before 9 p.m. on Election Day, Tues., Nov. 3, Gov. Tina Kotek appeared on her way to remaining as Oregon’s governor for the next four years.
Through counts just before 9 p.m., she had more than 673,729 votes, 52.2 percent of the vote, against second-time Republican challenger Christine Drazan, who had 45.1 percent.
U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley, running for his fourth…