Multnomah County Republicans

The Executive Committee of the Multnomah County Republican Party has issued its recommendations for the nonpartisan races in Multnomah County (below).  Party bylaws bar us from favoring any Republican candidate in a contested Republican primary.  In some races, the Committee could not bring itself to recommend anyone.

Mr. Patrick Castles, the Republican candidate for House District No. 38, has kindly provided this essay.  Other Multnomah County Republican candidates who want to supply material for this website should contact James Buchal, MCRP Chair and Webmaster. 

Who am I?

My name is Pat Castles and I am running for the office of state representative in District 38. My district lies on the west side of the Willamette River and includes part of southwest Portland and much of Lake Oswego—a...

The Multnomah County Republican Party (MCRP) is pleased to report that over 1,000 people have signed its online petition to re-open Oregon for business (available here:  https://www.multnomahgop.org/covid_19_petition).  While Oregon has failed to report results from random antibody testing of the population to confirm the percentage of Oregon’s population that has already acquired immunity to the virus, there is ample data available from tests throughout the country to confirm that the fatality rate of the virus is a fraction of...