(Portland, OR)  --  Democrat Kate Brown is leading Republican Bud Pierce in a new statewide poll on the Oregon governor's race.  The Fox 12-DHM Research Poll shows Brown ahead of Pierce by a margin of 42 percent to 33 percent.  Brown is looking to be elected to the office she inherited after John Kitzhaber resigned in February 2015.  A Republican hasn't been elected to lead Oregon since 1982.