PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Vic Atiyeh, Oregon’s last Republican governor who shepherded the state through a deep recession during two terms in the 1980s, died Sunday night, a family spokesman said.

PORTLAND — Vic Atiyeh, Oregon’s last Republican governor, who shepherded the state through a deep recession during two terms in the 1980s, died Sunday in Portland from complications from renal ...

On our latest edition of Take 3 For Politics, politics team member Bryan Denson and senior politis reporter Jeff Mapes reflect on the legacy of former Gov. Vic Atiyeh.

The last Republican to serve as governor was reelected in 1982, when I was a toddler. In the past four decades, Oregon has cemented a reputation as one of the most liberal states in the country.

The unexpectedly close race for governor in Oregon has environmentalists worried that a Republican win could roll back the state’s ambitious climate response, much of which could easily be ...

The last time Oregon voters elected a Republican governor, the top song in the U.S. was Men at Work's “Who Can It Be Now," E.T. was dominating the box office, and Diet Coke and Bud Light had ...

MONROE, Ore. — Democrats haven’t lost a governor’s race in Oregon in four decades. Two years ago, Joseph R. Biden Jr. won the state by 16 percentage points.The only Republican to win a ...

With the departing governor, Kate Brown, term-limited, handing off the seat to Tina Kotek — the longtime speaker of the Oregon House — would have been almost automatic in a typical election year.

Former House Republican Leader Christine Drazan has won the Republican primary for governor. Drazan, who served three years in the House before stepping down to run for governor last winter ...

PORTLAND Vic Atiyeh, Oregon's last Republican governor who shepherded the state through a deep recession during two terms in the 1980s, died Sunday night, a family spokesman said.

Vic Atiyeh, who as the last Republican governor of Oregon shepherded the state through a deep recession during two terms in the 1980s, died July 20 at a hospital in Portland. He was 91. The cause ...

Vic Atiyeh, Oregon’s last Republican governor, who shepherded the state through a deep recession during two terms in the 1980s, died Sunday in Portland from complications from renal failure, a ...