Gubernatorial Republican candidate Christine Drazan accepted the invitation to take part in a debate, at the annual convention of the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association on July 24.
Her opponent, sitting Gov. Tina Kotek, however, declined the invite, affording Drazan an opportunity to control the floor and share her vision for a better Oregon.
This is the second time in the past two decades that a gubernatorial candidate did not show for the debate hosted by…