Autopsy report on Representative Ed Diehl's failed campaign for Oregon governor. Op-Ed
Some Ed Diehl supporters on social media blame Truth in the Pacific Northwest editor for Ed's primary loss. An unrelenting four months of social media bashing by Diehl supporters towards anyone even trying to have a discussion about the race and other candidates, especially Chris Dudley, resulted in the editor doing a deep dive into the Diehl campaign. Looking into his campaign team led to the company Intellz founded by Mark Campbell with principals Jon Hollis and Bill Collier. 
November 13, 2023 as a new representative in the Salem legislature, Ed Diehl, began hitting it out of the ballpark in supporting constituent concerns about first amendment rights and the surveilling of Oregon citizens on social media by Logically AI by getting public records and putting them on-line for the public to see. It was a revolutionary act for a Salem legislator. Have any other legislators ever done that? From GROK AI:
"No widespread pattern emerges of many other current or recent representatives routinely filing and publicly archiving PRRs in the same proactive, citizen-facing way as Diehl on high-profile issues like Logically AI. Democrats and Republicans alike have pushed for or against records access reforms, but individual public sharing is uncommon."
Indeed, then TPNW praising Ed Diehl was warranted and deserved as a newbie representative in Salem.
After giving Ed Diehl high praise in January and in March 2024, why did Diehl block the editor from his X account site? As well in April 2024, representative Diehl and others drafted and floated a bill out to reverse HB 2002 passed in 2023. In 2024 their bill to stop the sexual mutilation of children's bodies died quietly in committee.Until May 2024, the editor was not aware the Diehl had taken blocking action. After numerous attempts to find out why thinking it was a mistake, Ed commented of being "offended" about the editor's 2022 article on Monkey Pox, an article he had not read. Finally June 12th, 2024 when pressed Ed wrote in an email: <rep.eddiehl@oregonlegislature.gov> wrote: Monkeyvirus related, with some video showing supposedly homosexual animal behavior."There is no such video in the 2022 article on Monkey Pox.
https://truthinthepacificnorthwest.blogspot.com/2022/08/why-oregonians-now-ignore-oha-cdc-and.html
The TPNW article was written in response to Oregon's Minnesotan Governor Kate Brown who issued a press release telling straight couples not to hug, cuddle and kiss when Monkey Pox is only about 99% in the demographic of men having anal sex with other men, and in that demographic those men are a minority, it's mostly those who in engage in orgy type activity for example like on Fire Island.
The article contained a screenshot from the CDC website showing CDC's
concern that humans could give Monkey Pox to their pets and wildlife.
Wildlife? Really? Which humans are licking wildlife?
The TPNW article was written in response to Oregon's Minnesotan Governor Kate Brown who issued a press release telling straight couples not to hug, cuddle and kiss when Monkey Pox is only about 99% in the demographic of men having anal sex with other men, and in that demographic those men are a minority, it's mostly those who in engage in orgy type activity for example like on Fire Island.
The article contained a screenshot from the CDC website showing CDC's
concern that humans could give Monkey Pox to their pets and wildlife.
Wildlife? Really? Which humans are licking wildlife? But how did that article become a factor in Ed Diehl blocking the editor when he'd never even read the article? Diehl unblocked on X and that was that. Water under the bridge. No grudge. Curiosity remained.
Fast forward to November and December 2025, the editor praised Jason Williams and Diehl for the successful organization in getting 250,000 signatures in just over a month. 
January 2026 Ed Diehl runs for office and attends the Western Liberty Network conference and training. Many Diehl supporters in attendance listened to the training on Get Out the Vote (GOTV) strategy. Diehl wins the straw vote handily. Diehl supporters never do GOTV, not for Diehl and not for "No tax on gas" measure before the primary.
Then as the primary got underway, with Chris Dudley now among the pack, immediate bashing comes from the Diehl group as well as with candidate Bethell. 
Conservative Facebook accounts were largely taken over by the Diehl group, not allowing conversation to happen, just immediate bashing. No amount or number of times shared about Chris Dudley's history and life makes any difference, the response not only bot farm like, but highly socialist in coming across as anti-family, anti-children, anti-millionaires, anti-business, anti-NIKE, anti-sports, anti-Portland, continuous wave of negative retorts, swarming mob like towards anyone deemed not on the Diehl Team. Quite angry about the Jane Fonda in North Vietnam photo. The issue wasn't about a dumb girl doing a dumb thing in 1972, but other events in her life as well including supporting the sexualization of young girls, "The Vagina Monologues", etc. Her and Oprah. The Diehl supporter responses seemed Liberal Left when the right typically does not like her. 
With Diehl not reining in his group, it caused the question as to who was running Diehl's campaign to find out it was Intellz.
A YouTube video from November 2025 was located, including highlighting his campaign manager Mark Campbell. Some of the highlights shared on social media pages included comments by Mark Campbell:
Mark said (about an hour, ten minutes in), "January 6th was not a tour guide." "2020 was not a stolen election." Mark was Cruz's campaign manager in 2016. Mark said it "was baloney that there is no list." Mark had a negative comment about ICE. Mark said "...illegals pay into social security; they saved social security...". Mark said the GOP will lose in 2026. Mark said he was "proud to be a Republican." Mark likes Liz Cheney. He said you had to be Trump supporter or you'd get primaried. He could not or would not name one person out of Trump's administration regarding the possibilities for 2028. Mark added, "Now GOP is a mean-spirited body." Another situation of where "By their fruits they shall be known"? " (574) Warschaw Conference 2025: "From The Off-Year to the Midterms" - YouTube
Mark said (about an hour, ten minutes in), "January 6th was not a tour guide." "2020 was not a stolen election." Mark was Cruz's campaign manager in 2016. Mark said it "was baloney that there is no list." Mark had a negative comment about ICE. Mark said "...illegals pay into social security; they saved social security...". Mark said the GOP will lose in 2026. Mark said he was "proud to be a Republican." Mark likes Liz Cheney. He said you had to be Trump supporter or you'd get primaried. He could not or would not name one person out of Trump's administration regarding the possibilities for 2028. Mark added, "Now GOP is a mean-spirited body." Another situation of where "By their fruits they shall be known"? " (574) Warschaw Conference 2025: "From The Off-Year to the Midterms" - YouTube
Jon Hollis of his team worked in Hollywood for fifteen years, seven of those years working closely with Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin. Posted on Facebook some of that Hollywood background that conservatives usually are concerned about:
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well the Diehl camp's closeness to PDXReal? The mean-spirited comments
from Diehl supporters? "By their fruits they shall be known."
his campaign manager, Mark Campbell said GOP will lose in 2026 because the GOP
is "mean-spirited." Diehl supporters take first place on that
observation. The campaign firm Ed hired is Hollywood connected including Jane
Fonda and Lily Tomlin, actresses who pushed the sexualization of girls with the
"Vagina Monologues" including it is better for girls that women rape
them instead of men. After backlash they changed the girl's age from 13 to 16.
Look at Diehl's go to "media outlet" sex offender friendly PDXReal
whose sex offender husband, Jeff Church, blocks anyone bringing up child sex abuse
and trafficking on that "news" site. In that Diehl orbit has anyone
ever spoken out or taken action strongly about the violations/trauma done to
children, to students? They've been quiet as mice about Tina Kotek being the
superintendent over ALL Oregon public schools."
But from Diehl supporters about those issues was crickets, but lots of anger towards those elements being brought up. In addition, Ed Diehl and state senator David Brock Smith showed up at meeting about the 2024 campaign strategy and told women at the meeting to hush up about babies and children that they knew the winning strategy for 2024. Which failed at election time.
But from Diehl supporters about those issues was crickets, but lots of anger towards those elements being brought up. In addition, Ed Diehl and state senator David Brock Smith showed up at meeting about the 2024 campaign strategy and told women at the meeting to hush up about babies and children that they knew the winning strategy for 2024. Which failed at election time.
The third principal of Intellz is Bill Collier who is a former Naval intelligence analyst. Naval Intelligence was part of Logically, AI.
It's an interesting juxtaposition of Ed taking strong action to protect our First Amendment and Fourth Amendment rights in late 2023 and then in early 2024 floating a bill to stop the mutilation of children to 2025 having these three principals on his campaign team as well as Diehl platforming PDXReal (owned/operated by a sex offender, Jeff Church) who blocks people on that X account who speak out against child sex rape and trafficking.
As many who fight to save and protect children would say, "Make it make sense."
What happened to that great warrior for the people Ed Diehl who emerged in 2023? Was it simple group pressure? Easily targeted and used? Easily compromised? Ego? Something more nefarious? Ed started out as a refreshing new Salem legislator, a Constitutionalist and protector of children.
"Make it make sense."
May 20, 2026
