Senate · District 26 candidate · Oregon Legislature · November 3, 2026
Nicole Bassett
Business founder with experience in sustainable manufacturing and reuse.
Reach the campaign
- bassettfororegon.com (opens in a new tab)
- Volunteer form (opens in a new tab)
- Instagram (opens in a new tab)
- Facebook (opens in a new tab)
As published in their campaign site.
In their words
Said: Families, workers, and small businesses are being crushed by rising prices, tariffs, and taxes.
Voters’ pamphlet
Candidate statement · Filed for the November 2026 state voters’ pamphlet; extracted September 21, 2026
Oregon Secretary of State · filed candidate statement · PDF page 90 ↗First sentence of the filed statement; header fields skipped.
The verbatim opening of their voters’ pamphlet statement, the same rule for every candidate. We chose nothing.
What they say they would do
Our summary of their platform, in our wordsConnects rural economic opportunity with land-use protections, healthcare, affordable housing and climate resilience.
- Expand vocational training and local jobs; protect rural hospitals.
- Uphold farm and forest protections while addressing housing and energy needs.
- Invest in wildfire prevention, home protection and a cleaner energy grid.
Our reading
Our interpretation, not their wordsShe treats land-use protection and economic development as one project; the test is how the housing and energy growth she wants fits inside the farm and forest protections she would uphold.
Where they stand
Housing and homelessness
Homes within land-use law- What
- Said: Fight for housing working people can afford while upholding the land-use laws that preserve farms and forests, even as housing and energy demand grow.
- How
- Not in their sources
- Measured by
- Not in their sources
Crime, drugs and who responds
Not foundNot found in the sources we reviewed. That is a research gap, not a position.
Taxes, the kicker and the budget
Lower everyday costs- What
- Said: Address the rent, grocery and prescription costs stretching families, and prioritize a tax system that funds schools.
- How
- Not in their sources
- Measured by
- Not in their sources
Roads, transit and climate
Wildfire, clean grid- What
- Said: Invest in wildfire prevention, home hardening and emergency preparedness, protect watersheds, and build a clean energy grid with local manufacturing, recycling and reuse jobs.
- How
- Not in their sources
- Measured by
- Not in their sources
The choices this office faces
Every candidate in this race is asked the same 8 questions. Nicole Bassett is on record on 1, with 7 still open. A question without an answer is a research gap, not a position.
No answer we could findVote for a 2027 transportation package that raises the gas tax and vehicle fees again?
Nothing on this exact choice in the sources we reviewed.
Let the state keep part of a future kicker refund for wildfire or other one-time needs?
Nothing on this exact choice in the sources we reviewed.
Close the 2027–29 budget gap with new revenue, or with cuts alone?
Nothing on this exact choice in the sources we reviewed.
Make data centers pay their own way: separate power rates, an end to tax breaks, or a pause on new ones?
Nothing on this exact choice in the sources we reviewed.
Keep paying for state-funded shelter beds and the homelessness emergency after June 2027?
Nothing on this exact choice in the sources we reviewed.
Keep the 2024 approach of recriminalized possession plus county deflection programs, and fund them in 2027–29?
Nothing on this exact choice in the sources we reviewed.
Keep adding state limits on federal immigration enforcement, on top of Oregon's sanctuary law?
Nothing on this exact choice in the sources we reviewed.
Spend more state money on wildfire prevention and firefighting?
Said: Would prioritize wildfire prevention, support first responders and invest in proven solutions that keep people, land and homes safe.
A question the evidence leaves open
Which housing and energy changes would you permit, and how would rural services be funded?
Sources (6)
- Bassett · prioritiesCandidate statement · Undated campaign page; reviewed September 18, 2026
- 2026 qualified filing · DemocratElection authority · Checked September 18, 2026
- 2026 qualified filing · IndependentElection authority · Checked September 18, 2026
- 2026 qualified filing · Working FamiliesElection authority · Checked September 18, 2026
- Bassett · aboutCandidate statement · Website reviewed September 21, 2026Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified.
- Oregon Secretary of State · filed candidate statement · PDF page 90Candidate statement · Filed for the November 2026 state voters’ pamphlet; PDF printed September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026Written by the candidate or campaign for the state voters’ pamphlet, which is not published until September 29, 2026.