Keep this in mind and I posed this question in another thread. It's been since 2002 (Gordon Smith) since the GOP has won ANY statewide race there, which is pathetic. The state party is all but dead. The cupboard is bare and in states like CO, it's the same thing.
Considering the narrow margins by which Democrats control the legislature in both Oregon and Colorado (
based on 2012 results), one would think that the Republican Party in both states is still fairly potent. It needs only a handful of seats (or less) to win back control of either one.
