Seven-term Rep. Kurt Schrader (D-Ore.) Is expected to lose the May 17 Democratic primary in his newly redesigned 5th Congressional District on Friday, handing over the party’s nomination to a left-wing rival and allowing Republicans dream of a possible collection. opportunity in November.
Associated Press call for victory for lawyer and former city planner Jamie McLeod-Skinner was delayed by more than a week after the vote count was halted by ballot papers with blurred barcodes in Clackamas County , the third most populous in Oregon, and was rejected by counting machines.
With 82.6% of the vote scheduled for Friday, McLeod-Skinner had 57.1% of the total compared to Schrader’s 42.9%.
Schrader, 70, was first elected to Congress in 2008 and was endorsed by President Biden last month, but alienated his party’s progressive members throughout his term.
He was one of two House Democrats to vote against a $ 1.9 trillion pandemic relief package, in part because he did not want the bill to include a minimum wage increase. He also voted in committee against a Biden-backed plan that would have allowed Medicare to negotiate the prices of outpatient drugs with pharmaceutical companies.
Deputy Kurt Schrader was first elected to Congress in 2008.AP / Jose Luis Magana
Such was the aggravation of the base with Schrader that McLeod-Skinner had the support of the local democratic parties in the four counties covered by the 5th district of the Congress. However, although Democrats have held the seat since 1997, some party members are concerned that a more progressive candidate will face a more difficult time to be elected after the redistribution of districts.
McLeod-Skinner will face Republican Lori Chavez-DeRemer, the former mayor of Happy Valley, in November.
With post cables