Chris Dudley, a Republican and former member of the Portland Trail Blazers, on Monday launched a campaign for Oregon governor, his second bid for the job after a tight loss in 2010.
“The empty promises, the name-calling, the finger-pointing and fearmongering that has solved nothing must stop,” Dudley said in his election announcement video. “There are real solutions, and I have a plan.”
Dudley, who retired after playing for 16 seasons in the NBA, came within two percentage points of defeating Democratic Gov. John Kitzhaber in 2010. A Republican has not held the governor’s seat in Oregon since Victor Atiyeh’s term ended in 1987.