![]() “Some days it feels like the clock is being rolled back as books are banned and people are discriminated against for who they are. “We don’t just want to live, but to thrive in safe and healthy communities,” McLeod-Skinner added Monday in a post on Twitter. “Congress needs to focus on the basics – helping working people and small business owners make ends meet while protecting our democracy, our environment, our communities, and our fundamental rights,” she said. In a campaign announcement Monday, McLeod-Skinner, who also ran unsuccessfully for Oregon’s 2nd Congressional District in 2018, said she plans to bring a pragmatic problem-solving approach to Congress and “rise above partisan bickering to get the job done.” Kurt Schrader (D-Ore.) - a seven-term incumbent and President Biden’s favored candidate - in last year’s Democratic primary, would make history as Oregon’s first out LGBTQ member of Congress. ![]() ![]() If elected, McLeod-Skinner, 56, who defeated former Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-Ore.), whose narrow victory in last year’s midterm election flipped the state’s 5th Congressional District for Republicans for the first time since 1997. Oregon Democrat Jamie McLeod-Skinner is running for Congress again, teeing up a rematch with Rep.
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