Oregon voters headed to the polls Tuesday with much of the primary election drama centered not on candidate races but on a contentious referendum to repeal a recently enacted gas tax increase.
Measure 120 seeks to overturn a bill passed last fall by the Democratic-controlled legislature, which raised the state gas tax and various fees. The legislation was designed to bolster Oregon's transportation budget in anticipation of a decline in gas tax revenue from the shift to more fuel-efficient, electric, and hybrid vehicles.
