Obviously last Tuesday’s balloting in Massachusetts sent political shock waves across the nation. This Tuesday, voters in the state of Oregon will have their chance to make national news in a test of the strength of the grassroots anti-tax movement in a blue state.

Two tax increases are on the statewide ballot: Measure 66 would increase Oregon’s top income-tax rate while Measure 67 would jack up the minimum corporate-income tax bill. Intended to raise more than $700 million, the taxes will damage the state’s competitiveness and cost 70,000 Oregonians their jobs, according to a news release from the Cascade Policy Institute in Portland. You can read more about the underlying research here.

Oregon’s job market is already one of the worst in the country, posting an 11 percent unemployment rate in December. Spending lobbies such as teacher unions and government contractors are betting heavily on “yes” votes. We’ll soon discover if their propaganda machine succeeds.