PORTLAND, OR -- Bend State Representative Knute Buehler has a new competitor in the Republican Primary race for Governor. Portland motivational speaker Greg Wooldridge told the Register Guard he’s launching a late run for the May primary after months of deliberation, because he believes Oregon is headed in the wrong direction. 

Click HERE to view his campaign ad released online earlier this month. 

The 70-year-old former Navy Pilot's conservative views put him farther right on the political spectrum then Republican front-runner Dr. Buehler. Wooldridge has been active in GOP circles since arriving in Oregon from Florida in 2006.