Dear Fellow Klamath Democrats,

As we reflect on the midterm elections, we want to take a moment to express our heartfelt gratitude to Klamath Democrats who not only voted but worked so hard to support Democratic candidates in our nationwide effort to take back our country!

From those who knocked on doors, texted, and made phone calls to those who wrote postcards, organized events, encouraged voters, put yard signs out for our candidates, and contributed their time and resources, every effort mattered. Your dedication, enthusiasm, and determination helped make our voices heard and made sure Oregon knew KLAMATH DEMOCRATS were in it to win it!

The turnout of Democrats in the state topped 70% in 16 of our 36 counties. Klamath turnout was 59.6% which is impressive and sent a message that we planned to be part of the 2026 BLUE WAVE.

Chris Beck, our CD2 candidate who challenged MAGA Cliff Bentz, did not win but had a strong campaign and made strides and progress worth building on in 2028. Thank you, Chris, and his campaign workers, for all the hard work!

Sally-Ann Palcovich took on the non-partisan County Clerk position and fought hard against a TRUMP MAGA Republican and made us proud to have worked alongside her. Thank you, Sally-Ann, for your energy, hard work and time!

The hard-fought Governor’s race turned out to be a rebuke of the MAGA GOP and dedicated support for our Governor, TINA KOTEK winning 52.57% to 44.53%, a substantially larger margin of 3.42% against Drazen in 2022!

With that win, Oregon Democrats won 39 seats in a 60-member House and in the Senate, they gained one seat increasing their majority to 19 out of 30 seats which is a gain in the super-majority levels and reflects gains in competitive districts across the state!

And this revolt was felt across AMERICA in a BLUE TSUNAMI turning deep red states BLUE, flipping 42 GOP House and 7 Senate seats across the nation. (There are House and Senate seats still being counted.)

This success was a result of Klamath Democrats, Oregonians, and the rest of the country stepping up to fight against the MAGA TRUMP GOP intentional efforts to attack our democracy through illegal executive orders and actions too many to count including starting an illegal war that has killed our soldiers and innocent Iranians while costing America billions of tax dollars! All these actions the past 2 years were solidly rejected at the ballot box by Americans of both parties saying, ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!!

Another wonderful result from this BLUE TSUNAMI were more women/men of color were elected to positions of power in our government which is long overdue.

This election is a sigh of relief with the expectation that the focus will now be on fighting extreme wealth used to influence politics and center the Democratic platform on reviving the middle class and protecting all facets of our democracy.

We will be faced again with the actions of the TRUMP MAGA GOP party in the general election in 2028 but are in a better place to do so due to the activism of wonderful Americans who stepped up!

In Unity and Gratitude,

Nancy Sheehan

& the Klamath County Democrats

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