Oregon’s Top Court Asked to Decide Fate of GOP Senators Who Staged Walkout Over Abortion, Gun Measures

The Oregon Court of Appeals has asked the state's Supreme Court to decide whether Republican state senators who boycotted this year's legislative session will be barred from running for reelection again next year. Republican senators earlier this year began a walkout amid concerns over measures covering abortion, transgender health care, and gun rights, leading to key bills being held up for more than a month in the Democrat-led Senate. Todd Sprague, spokesman for the Oregon Judicial Department, confirmed the appeals court formally asked the Oregon Supreme Court to take the...