Ex-columnist Kristof ineligible to run for Oregon governor
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s secretary of state ruled Thursday that former New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof is not eligible to run for governor because he does not meet the state's residency requirement.
Questions about Kristof’s residency had dogged him even before he announced his candidacy in October. According to Oregon law, a candidate must have been a resident of the state for at least three years before an election.
Kristof voted in New York in November 2020, raising questions about his eligibility to run in the November 2022 election in Oregon. Oregon officials had asked him for more information.
The Oregon Elections Division said it notified the Kristof campaign Thursday morning that it is rejecting his filing for governor because he does not meet the constitutional requirements to serve.
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Oregon election officials rule Nicholas Kristof is ineligible to run for governor
Oregon's election officials said Thursday that Nicolas Kristof, a former columnist at the New York Times who launched a bid for the Democratic nomination in Oregon's governor's race, hasn't lived in the state long enough to be eligible to run for governor.
The Oregon Elections Division notified Kristof's campaign Thursday morning they rejected his candidate filing, after finding he failed to fulfill the state's constitutional requirement to be a "resident within this state" for at least three years before the election.
"The rules are the rules and they apply equally to all candidates for office in Oregon. I stand by the determination of the experts in the Oregon Elections Division," said Secretary of State Shemia Fagan, a Democrat. She added the state's election officials found "it wasn't a close call."
"The rules are the rules for everybody," she said. She said they have rejected six other candidacy filings for Oregon governor in 2022, though not all were due to the residency requirement.
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