Oregon voters could see independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on the ballot in November after a petition received enough signatures to create a new minor political party in Oregon,

Democratic leaders in the Oregon House and Senate have come out swinging against a November ballot measure that would hike taxes on corporations to send checks to every Oregonian.

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during the Libertarian National Convention at the Washington Hilton in Washington, May 24, 2024. Kennedy's campaign has secured enough signatures to create a new minor party, the "We the People" party in Oregon. AP

Contenders in one of the country’s most competitive congressional elections are poised to meet on the debate stage three times over the course of a week in October. State Rep. Janelle Bynum, the Democrat challenging first-term Republican Rep.