UFC Legend Chael Sonnen Announces Plan To Run For Oregon Governor, Floats Deputizing Biker Gangs To Fight Crime

Don’t let him get close!

Former UFC light heavyweight Chael Sonnen says he plans on running for governor of Oregon at some point, he announced during a Thursday appearance on the PBD Podcast.

“From the time I was a little kid I wanted to be governor of Oregon. And I will be the governor of Oregon,” Sonnen said.

“You’re thinking about running, like here soon, like in the next couple of years?” podcast host Patrick Bet-David asked him.

“Yes, yes. I don’t know that I’m going to, but yes I’m looking at that right now,” Sonnen replied

Sonnen will likely run as a Republican, having previously described himself as a huge fan of former President Donald Trump.

He also explained that, despite Oregon‘s reputation as a blue state, outside of Portland it’s actually heavily Republican.

“Why we’re the second bluest state in the nation? It’s just one county, it’s Multnomah County and it’s Portland,” Sonnen explained. “And the Republicans come in every single cycle and they try to appease the people in Multnomah County, they try to win them over every time. I don’t know why they do that. I will annex Multnomah County. I will put it on Zillow and sell it to the state of Washington,” Sonnen said (maybe) jokingly.

https://www.yourdestinationnow.com/2024/03/ufc-legend-chael-sonnen-announces-plan.html

More than 100 officials died after the world's biggest single-day election

Last month, Indonesia held the world's biggest single-day election.

But shortly after more than 204 million citizens voted in the poll won by Prabowo Subianto, the country's health ministry reported that 115 election officials had died.

It's not the first time officials have died, but this year Indonesia had been hoping new technology would ease the workload for staff.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-08/more-than-100-indonesian-officials-died-after-election/103522018