Jan. 25, 2023 on The Story: Almost a month into 2023, Democratic Gov. Tina Kotek is now well into her new role as Oregon's chief executive. But for a few solid months during the governor's race in 2022, it was looking as if Christine Drazan had a real chance of becoming the first Republican governor of Oregon in decades. It was only on election night that things took a turn. Recently, The Story's Pat Dooris sat down with Drazan for a postmortem on the race — why she thinks she lost, what she learned and whether she'd ever try again. Watch more The Story videos: http://bit.ly/watchTheStory Follow The Story on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheStoryKGW Follow The Story on Instagram: https://instagram.com/thestorykgw