Yesterday, we took a fairly deep look into the race for the office of District Attorney in Portland, Oregon. (Technically it’s Multnomah County, but that’s comprised almost entirely of Portland.) Mike Schmidt, the incumbent, has been a Soros-style, soft-on-crime DA who pushed efforts to defund the police, empty the jails, and legalize everything possible. He was being challenged by one of his own deputies named Nathan Vasquez. Vasquez promised to clean up the city and start locking up the bad guys, earning him the endorsement of the police unions. By the end of the evening, it became clear that the race wasn’t going to be a blowout in either direction, but Vasquez was carrying the day. Before midnight, the local news media had called the race for Vasquez because there weren’t enough outstanding ballots left to count to overcome his lead. (KPTV News)
Nathan Vasquez challenged his…
