2026: Patti Adair Was A “Fierce” Supporter Of President Trump And Refused To Disavow Her Strong Support For Him Despite His Deep Unpopularity In The 5th District

January 2026: The Oregonian: “Despite Trump's Deep Unpopularity In The 5th District, Adair Says She Won't Disavow Her Strong Support For The President.” “Adair acknowledges she must make huge inroads in Clackamas County to win the seat and said she has not yet been endorsed by any key political figures there. She points to her record, which she said includes helping save a Bend city park, secure two additional circuit court judges for Deschutes County and push for greater access to mental health care. Despite Trump's deep unpopularity in the 5th District, Adair says she won't disavow her strong support for the president.” [The Oregonian, 1/25/26]

November 2025: Oregon Capital Chronicle: Adair Had “Long Been A Fierce Supporter Of President Donald Trump.” “Adair, a former chair of the Deschutes County Republican Party, swept into elected office in 2018 by unseating a more moderate Republican, three-term incumbent Tammy Baney. She’s one of two Republicans on the three-person commission, which will expand to five members in 2027 after voters approved a charter change last year. Adair and her husband, Bob, have lived on a horse ranch near Sisters since they moved from California in 2014. She’s long been a fierce supporter of President Donald Trump, attending the 2016 Republican National Convention as an Oregon delegate for his nomination.” [Oregon Capital Chronicle, 11/18/25]

January 2021: Oregon Public Broadcasting: “Deschutes County Commissioner Patti Adair Has Mentioned Trump Through Her Personal Twitter Feed More Than 300 Times Since 2017.” “The pattern of extremist behavior, followed by the soft, or even supportive, replies from government officials, would repeat in the coming years in Oregon and across the country. Now, some Republican leaders - from county commissioners to a member of Congress - are trying to distance themselves from violent insurrectionists. Deschutes County Commissioner Patti Adair has mentioned Trump through her personal Twitter feed more than 300 times since 2017. She has served as Trump's Eastern Oregon political director, according to her Linkedin profile. In recent months, relatively few of the commissioner's tweets dealt with local issues; instead she repeatedly used the social media platform to spread misinformation about voting in the 2020 election. Many of Adair's retweets parrot the idea that the election was rigged, the Democrats cheated, or that widespread fraud somehow affected the results. Until more than a week after the Associated Press called the election for Biden, Adair kept it up. On Nov. 15, she retweeted a conservative talk show host: ‘Foreigners registered to vote.’ Later that same day, she shared a post from one of Trump's campaign advisors: ‘You won't be safe in Joe Biden's America.’” [Oregon Public Broadcasting, 1/17/21]