Christine Drazan on Housing Supply, Costs and the Limits of Executive Power

August 26, 2026


Oregon’s Republican nominee for governor sat down with GREA partner Greg Frick to talk housing production, regulation and what a governor can actually change. State Sen. Christine Drazan, R-Canby, won the Republican nomination for governor of Oregon in May and faces Gov. Tina Kotek on Nov. 3. In this Multifamily Marketwatch® conversation, she lays out how she would approach housing supply, the cost of building in Oregon, and where executive authority ends and the Legislature begins.