Two Democratic primaries for U.S. House seats in Oregon could help reveal whether the party’s voters are leaning more toward progressive or establishment factions. Candidates running in the state's 3rd and 5th Congressional Districts largely share similar policy platforms. Political experts say voters may have to choose based on style.
A sign is displayed at the Clackamas County Democratic party building, which is in Oregon ’s 5th Congressional District, on Friday, May 17, 2024, in Oregon City, Ore. Two Democratic primaries for U.S. House seats in Oregon could help reveal whether the party’s voters are leaning more toward progressive or establishment factions. Candidates running in the state’s 3rd and 5th Congressional Districts largely share similar policy platforms.
“This is one of the big swing districts nationally that both parties are really looking for to hold on to, or recapture, the House,” Ben Gaskins, associate professor of political science at Lewis & Clark College, said of Oregon’s 5th District.
The U.S. House Democrats’ fundraising arm, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, named Bynum to its “Red to Blue” program, noting Bynum previously defeated Chavez-DeRemer in legislative elections. The program provides organizational and financial support to Democrats running to flip GOP districts.about whether Republicans are trying to tilt the scales in favor of a more progressive candidate whom they see as easier to beat in a general election.
McLeod-Skinner, an attorney who has served in multiple local governments, lives in central Oregon with her wife and pitches herself as someone who can bring together rural and urban voters. Her campaign website says that while attending high school in southern Oregon, she helped support her family “by mucking horse stalls and bucking hay.” This is her third time running for Congress.
A PAC called Mainstream Democrats has spent nearly $380,000 in support of Bynum and the same amount opposing McLeod-Skinner, federal campaign finance filings show.
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