Jamie McLeod-Skinner defeats incumbent Kurt Schrader in Oregon 5th District


Jamie McLeod-Skinner, an attorney from Terrebonne, defeated incumbent Rep. Kurt Schrader in the 5th Congressional District. (Campaign photo)
Seven-term moderate Kurt Schrader’s congressional career will end in January after a primary election loss to central Oregon attorney Jamie McLeod-Skinner.
The final margins might change as Clackamas County, Schrader’s home, continues processing almost 35,000 damaged ballots, but McLeod-Skinner received almost 57% of the votes counted in the 5th Congressional District, which spans Portland to Bend. A…





