Trump Nation: Oregon
A regular smokes outside Sportsman Tavern in Cave Junction, a small town in Oregon’s economically distressed Illinois Valley.
(Barbara Davidson / Los Angeles Times)Oregon’s politics are dominated by the Democratic Party machine in Portland and the capital of Salem -- the state hasn’t elected a Republican to statewide office since 2002. But this mountainous corner of southwest Oregon, just up the Redwood Highway from the California state line, has always leaned Republican.
Keven Jones greets daughter Emilee upon his return home from a trip to town.
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Carol Jones learns about health coverage options while her husband, a saw filer, is on unemployment.
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Keven Jones talks with his former boss, mill owner Link Phillippi, a month after being let go.
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Keven Jones, recently laid off from his job at a local mill, spends an afternoon riding his Harley-Davidson.
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Cory Wilhelm, a bartender at Sportsman Tavern in Cave Junction, Ore., shows her tattoos to patrons including Keven Jones, far left.
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Laid-off mill worker Keven Jones, left, takes a shot of whiskey with David Frokemke at Sportsman Tavern.
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Cave Junction residents on volunteer patrol check an abandoned home where meth users have taken up residence.
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Jimmy Evans patrols a neighborhood in Cave Junction, which can’t afford its own police force.
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Willow Worthington puts on her shoes after jumping on the Jones’ trampoline with their girls.
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Keven and Carol Jones outside their home in Oregon’s Illinois Valley.
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Keven Jones helps his kids get their bikes ready for a ride.
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Abbigail and Emilee Jones play on the trampoline in the family’s backyard.
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The Joneses adopted niece Alicia, playing here with the family’s pet snake, Joe, after Carol’s brother-in-law went to prison for driving drunk and killing one of his children in an accident.
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