Kate Brown was just pandering to the Portlandia fans on that bisexual thing but Oregon has been woman and queer run politics in the population centers because those people figured out how to bring the money in and spread it around. The byword real speak meaning of "family values" has as often as not, meant someone is taking care of their family first and screwing yours into the gutter. You get in the company of "conservatives" and it's like check your wallet to make sure it's still there, and peek out the window to make sure nobody has brought in a tow truck to remove your ride in.

They tend to go largely "conservative" on law enforcement, and "progressive" on administrative government. They know that when they need thuggery to take place, they can hire that out. It is rarely work performed in house in Oregon. I am sure it can happen, like in theory conservative western farmers picking their own vegetables, but it's rare. Progressive liberals hire out the violence in Oregon, unlike California where they train up and use their own people.