Oregon state Rep. Knute Buehler has won the GOP gubernatorial primary, besting a crowded field vying to compete against incumbent Democrat Kate Brown in November. Buehler, who ran for secretary of state in 2012, was the most centrist of the Republican front-runners. Buehler defeated retired Navy pilot Greg Wooldridge and businessman Sam Carpenter in his party's primary. That's the largest GOP gubernatorial primary field in more than 50 years. The front-runners did have similarities, including a shared approach to the crisis surrounding Oregon's Public Employees Retirement System, known as PERS, which is running a $25.3 billion deficit.

Source: Fox News May 16, 2018 04:07 UTC