Leslie Graves
Editor – Ballotpedia
Both of the Oregon tax hike measures on today’s ballot in Oregon have won.
Oregon propositions 66 and 67 together represent a $733 million tax hike.
With 72% of the vote counted, “Yes on 66″ had 505,062 votes, and the “no” side had 396,697, with similar margins for Measure 67.
The vote on today’s ballot measures represents a victory for Gov. Ted Kulongoski and the Democratic supermajority in the Oregon State Legislature.
Campaign finance figures reported so far indicate that supporters of the tax hikes outspent opponents by about $6.8 million to $4.5 million.
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