Oregon
Democrat Andrea Salinas wins US House seat in Oregon’s 6th
Oregon State Rep. Andrea Salinas.
Andrea Salinas for Congress
Democrat Andrea Salinas has gained the U.S. Home seat in Oregon’s newly created sixth District.
The state consultant and former congressional staffer defeated Republican Mike Erickson, a businessman.
Salinas was considered one of two candidates in search of to be Oregon’s first Latina congresswoman, together with Republican Lori Chavez-DeRemer within the fifth District, who additionally gained her race.
A inhabitants increase made Oregon considered one of simply six states to realize a Home seat following the 2020 census. The state’s inhabitants jumped by greater than 10% previously decade to greater than 4.2 million folks, giving it a brand new congressional district for the primary time in 40 years.
Democratic incumbents held onto Oregon’s 1st, third and 4th Congressional Districts and the GOP holds Oregon’s sprawling 2nd District.
The newly created sixth contains components of Portland’s southern suburbs, together with the state capital, Salem, and extra rural areas. Impartial voters outnumber registered Democrats and Republicans within the district.
Democrats, who maintain a voter registration benefit within the district over Republicans, have been energized by the difficulty of abortion.
Salinas, who described herself on her marketing campaign web site as an “unapologetic champion for abortion entry,” attacked Erickson on his anti-abortion stance.
The difficulty of abortion proved tough for Erickson, who has been dogged by previous media studies from 2008 during which a girl he used up to now alleged that he gave her cash for an abortion in 2001. The studies harm his second marketing campaign for the Home that yr, which he misplaced to Democrat Kurt Schrader.
Erickson stated he gave the girl $300 for what he believed was medical assist and informed The Related Press in a pre-election interview that he had “by no means requested anyone to get an abortion.”
The GOP capitalized on stubbornly excessive inflation, crime and dissatisfaction with the occasion in energy — and that focus made it a better race than anticipated by many Democrats.