I’ve covered Christine Drazan, the Oregon GOP’s best shot at the governor’s mansion in recent memory, extensively in these pages. As I make a point of noting almost every time I write about Drazan, Oregon hasn’t had a Republican governor since Victor Atiyeh, a Syrian-American Reagan Republican who left office in . . . 1987. (In other words, Oregon voters haven’t elected a Republican governor since 1982). NR’s Dan McLaughlin shared a helpful graph on Twitter this morning that illustrates just how revolutionary a Drazan victory would be:

If you’re not up to speed with what’s happening in the Oregon governor’s race, here’s a quick primer from last week:

In the past few weeks, four consecutive polls have shown [Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tina] Kotek’s Republican opponent, Christine Drazan, leading the field by a narrow margin. Standard red-wave conditions, widespread dissatisfaction with a deteriorating quality of life after decades of one-party rule, an outgoing Democratic governor (and close Kotek ally) who has routinely polled as the least popular chief executive of any state in the country, and the presence of an unusually viable Democrat-turned-independent candidate have all made the Oregon governor’s race a potential Republican pickup for the first time in recent memory: “In August, the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics changed its assessment of the race from ‘Leans Democrat’ to ‘Toss-Up,’” NR’s editors wrote late last month. “In July, the Cook Political Report moved its rating from ‘Likely Democrat’ to ‘Lean Democrat’; in September, the group downgraded again, from ‘Lean Democrat’ to ‘Toss-Up.’”

Overdue is an understatement. As NR’s editors wrote: “A January poll found that 54 percent of Oregonians believe the state is on the wrong track, as opposed to just 33 percent who said things were headed in the right direction. If the Beaver State’s voters want a real alternative — a choice, rather than an echo — they’d do well to consider the one on offer from Christine Drazan.”