Centrist Schrader ousted in Oregon primary

Rep. Kurt Schrader, a seven-term centrist Democrat from Oregon, has lost his primary to a progressive challenger, handing a massive win to the party’s left flank.

Jamie McLeod-Skinner, an attorney and business owner endorsed by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), benefited from the decennial redistricting process, which left Schrader running in a district that was largely new territory to him. And progressives turned their energy on the incumbent, in part, because they blamed Schrader and other Democratic moderates blocked the passage of two big party priorities on social spending and drug pricing.

Schrader is the third incumbent to fall in the 2022 cycle and the first Democrat, following Reps. David McKinley (R-W.Va.) and Madison Cawthorn (R-N.C.).