This isn’t a race that has been on the radar really at all because I think everyone really underestimated the challenger. Republican Ron Saxton is challenging incumbent Ted Kulongoski to be Governor of Oregon. For most of the campaign season the polls looked pretty dismal for Saxton as he consistently trailed by double digits, but suddenly for the past month his popularity seems to be spreading like wildfire. The latest Zogby had him down by only 3 and a Riley Research poll from the end of September had him up by 2.

Like everyone else, I really didn’t pay attention to this race until now so I don’t know much about Saxton. I checked out his Web site and he looks pretty good.

This race is now a toss up. Good luck, Ron!