Jamie McLeod-Skinner ousted a seven-term incumbent—now comes the hard part.
Oregon
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Progressive Orgs Jump In for Jamie McLeod-Skinner
Led by Fight Corporate Monopolies’ new super PAC, progressive groups are making a late bid to support the populist House candidate running against a wealthy health care executive.
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Why Oregon’s Herschel Walker Could Win
After trouncing crypto’s golden boy, Andrea Salinas stares down scandal-plagued millionaire Mike Erickson.
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Will Progressives in Swing Districts Get the Cuellar Treatment From Democratic Leadership?
In recent House primaries, Nancy Pelosi saved Henry Cuellar but threw Kurt Schrader to the wolves. Now what?
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Dem Voters Want Dem Pols Who Do Things
The Joe Manchin wing of the party lost big on Tuesday.
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Biden Joins D.C. Establishment in Endorsing Corporate Democrat
Kurt Schrader not only got the president’s only endorsement thus far in the 2022 cycle. Local Democrats have accused the DCCC of surreptitiously helping him, too.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Gray Wolf Poaching Dismays Oregon Wildlife Conservationists
Removing the wolves from the federal list of endangered species may have imperiled animals that play a key role in mountain ecosystems.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Lobbyist-Led Dark-Money Group Buys Pro-Schrader Ads
Better Jobs Together, which previously ran ads for Henry Cuellar and Kyrsten Sinema, is on the air for Rep. Kurt Schrader in his tightly contested Oregon primary contest against a progressive challenger.
Posted inHousing
Want Affordable Housing? Strengthen Regional Governments.
Most Americans live in metropolitan areas, and it takes a metropolitan regional government to coordinate the growth in housing, transit, and employment that makes the region livable.
Posted inWorking in America
Why Most Kroger Workers Are Food Insecure
And what the company can do about it