AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Oregon’s primaries

WASHINGTON (AP) — Oregon has multiple hotly contested primaries on Tuesday, as well as some that will set the stage for high-profile races in November.

Oregon’s 5th Congressional District is home to one of the top Democratic primaries in the country. It pits Jamie McLeod-Skinner against Janelle Bynum. McLeod-Skinner defeated longtime Democratic Rep. Kurt Schrader in the 2022 primary by running as a progressive. However, she lost the seat to Republican Lori Chavez-DeRemer in the general election.

Some top Democrats believe that Bynum, who represents Portland’s southeast suburbs in the state House, is more likely to win in a general election. Democratic Gov. Tina Kotek and three Democratic members of Oregon’s U.S. House delegation have endorsed Bynum.

The district will be key to Republicans’ efforts to defend their narrow majority in the U.S. House. Chavez-DeRemer is unopposed in the Republican primary.

Democrats are competing for a rare opening in the Portland-based 3rd Congressional District, a safe Democratic seat for decades. Democratic Rep. Earl Blumenauer, who was first elected in 1996, is retiring, leaving an opening in a district that Joe Biden carried with nearly three-quarters of the vote in the 2020 presidential contest.

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