Ed Diehl hopes to ride anti-tax momentum to the governor’s office

Ed Diehl hopes to ride anti-tax momentum to the governor’s office

Ed Diehl is as surprised as anyone to find himself running for Oregon governor. Until last fall, Diehl was the legislative equivalent of middle management — a two-term lawmaker from Scio who often spoke with fire about his conservative ideals, but who’d failed in 2024 to win enough support to be House Republican leader. He settled for a role as assistant leader instead.That trajectory changed Nov. 10, the day Diehl, 61, launched a campaign to bl…