Governor

Would freeze new regulations, create a "Small Business Bill of Rights" and set up a recurring $200 million site readiness and infrastructure fund.

Proposes a new state Department of Commerce and enforceable statewide permitting timelines.

Proposes a surcharge on employers with 50 or more employees who pay below a living wage, with the money going to the Oregon Health Plan, food assistance and workforce grants.

Would repeal the Climate Protection Program, which she says raises utility and gas prices, and supports technology-neutral energy development and more timber production.

Would end special treatment for data centers, require them to sign community benefit agreements and protect farmland from data center development.

Supports prohibiting new data center development until statewide standards exist and requiring clean energy for new data centers; signed a law to keep data center energy costs off household utility bills.

Supports a permanent moratorium on data centers.

Supports requiring third-grade reading proficiency before promotion, school choice, curriculum transparency and opting into the federal scholarship tax credit program.

Supports raising instructional time to the national average, stronger graduation requirements, high-dosage tutoring and limits on social media on school-issued devices.

Says she will defend the Oregon Health Plan from federal Medicaid cuts, fight insurance rate increases and strengthen mental health and addiction care.

Supports a universal public option that expands the Oregon Health Plan, with no premiums below median income and capped monthly premiums above it.

Supports a 120-day maximum decision period for qualifying housing projects, a Housing Permit Command Center and bringing more buildable land into production.

Supports speeding up construction approvals and expanding starter homes, rental options and down payment help for first-time buyers.

Would fully fund state police, increase penalties for drug traffickers and declare a state of emergency on addiction and mental health.

Opposes unconstitutional surveillance and supports strengthening the Oregon Civil Defense Force.

Supports protecting access to abortion, birth control and gender-affirming care from federal restrictions, and ensuring Planned Parenthood can continue providing care in Oregon.

Supports subsidies for local businesses and ranchers rather than corporations.

Proposes a constitutional amendment removing political spending rights from corporations and similar entities, with exceptions for registered political committees.

Supports barring deployment of Oregon National Guard units into combat without a congressional declaration of war, and a constitutional amendment so no Oregonian is drafted into a war Congress has not sanctioned.

Opposes ICE detention facilities in Oregon and the use of license plate readers and cameras for immigration enforcement.

Signed the 2025 transportation funding law (HB 3991), which raised the gas tax, vehicle fees and the transit payroll tax. After opponents referred those increases to the ballot, she asked the Legislature in January 2026 to repeal the law and start over; voters rejected the increases as Measure 120 in May 2026.

Would veto new tax and fee increases, reform the Corporate Activity Tax, raise the standard deduction and veto efforts to keep the "kicker" tax rebate from Oregonians.

Proposes lower property taxes for veterans, disabled veterans and seniors over 65, and restoring the Disabled Veteran Camping Benefit at state parks.