Unemployment shot up because of the coronavirus emergency, as businesses in the state were shut down and layoffs occurred. The state's unemployment rate in February was just 3.4 percent; it crept up to 4.7 percent in March.
Oregon held its 2020 Democratic primary on Tuesday, May 19, and former Vice President Joe Biden, the party's presumptive nominee, won overwhelmingly, as expected, according to Siuslaw News.
But about one-third of the voters didn't vote for him.
