Coin toss used to decide Republican primary race — and the victor is a Democrat

A tied primary election in Oregon was allowed to be decided by a coin toss.

The Oregon Capital Chronicle revealed that on Thursday, a heavily Democratic district in the northwest of the state in Eugene came down to a 50/50 chance. The Eighth House District didn't even have a Republican officially in the race, but there were about 103 Republican names listed as write-in candidates.

Technically speaking, the two highest vote-getters from Republican write-in votes were for Democrats Lisa Fragala and Doyle Canning...