A Democratic congresswoman didn’t violate state law with a 2022 ad saying her Republican opponent faced felony drug possession charges because a reasonable person could interpret that statement as true, the Oregon Court of Appeals ruled.
The court’s ruling, issued this week, comes nearly a year after attorneys for U.S. Rep. Andrea Salinas and her former Republican opponent Mike Erickson argued their case to a three-judge panel of the appeals court in February 2024. Since…




