Oregon Republican gubernatorial candidate, Kerry McQuisten, has been given an official endorsement by Chris Barreto, former Oregon Republican Party (ORP) National Committeewoman.

Barreto and her husband, Greg, founded Barreto Manufacturing, Inc. in Keizer Oregon, later relocating the company to LaGrande.

A mother of eight, Barreto was an RNC delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Oregon. She was a delegate for Donald Trump, and served on the Rules Committee of the convention in July 2016 where she successfully helped defend his nomination. She also served on the Credentials Committee at the 2012 RNC Convention.

Barreto says, “I solidly endorse Kerry McQuisten for governor of Oregon. The governor’s office is an executive-level position, and we need Kerry’s management ability in that seat if Oregon is to be represented effectively on a national scale. She’s a real conservative, and I’ve seen her advocate for parents’ rights, including homeschooling, and our Second Amendment rights. She was raised on a cattle ranch with mining and timber; her heart is there. With this endorsement, I’m asking Oregon voters to unite behind her in the primary so that we have the strongest candidate in the general election.”

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McQuisten received endorsements from the Eastern Oregon Mining Association, Oregonians for Medical Freedom, and Restore Oregon NOW.

McQuisten has also been endorsed by Dr. Kelli Ward, who serves as Chair of the Arizona Republican Party, Union County’s constitutional sheriff Cody Bowen, Utah State Representative Ken Ivory who founded the American Lands Council, and dozens of businesses around the state.

If elected, McQuisten, who is the mayor of Baker City, a seventh generation Oregonian, and a business owner, would become Oregon’s first female Republican governor, and the first governor from eastern Oregon since the 1950s. She would also be Oregon’s first Republican governor in four decades.


--Staff Reports

Post Date: 2022-04-06 18:21:23

Last Update: 2022-04-06 18:34:13