Ex-NY Times columnist ineligible to run for Oregon governor
SALEM, Ore. — The Oregon Supreme Court 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 three-year residency requirement.
The justices upheld a decision by Oregon election officials that Kristof did not meet the qualifications to run for Oregon’s highest office, citing in particular that Kristof voted in New York in the 2020 election.
Questions about Kristof’s residency had dogged him even before he announced his candidacy in October, the same month that The New York Times announced he had resigned. According to Oregon law, candidates for governor must have been a residents of this state for at least three years before elections.
Kristof in a tweet called the ruling “of course, very disappointing.”
Link to tweet
https://www.heraldnet.com/northwest/ex-ny-times-columnist-ineligible-to-run-for-oregon-governor/