Liberals are planning to retake control of the U.S. House by launching an election campaign on the radio in the contending regions of Oregon and Southwest Washington.
As Democrats attempt to flip the state’s 5th Congressional District and defend Democratic incumbents in two swing districts in Oregon and Washington, the House Majority PAC ( HMP ) has announced it will spend nearly$ 10 million on broadcast ad time in Oregon.
The super PAC, which focuses on electing Democrats to the U. S. House, will spend nearly$ 9.5 million in Portland and$ 250, 000 in Bend, Oregon, in the 10 weeks before the November general election, the committee announced on April 8 in a press release. Portland, in addition to New York City and Los Angeles, received the third-highest amount of HMP funding, according to the report.
The House Majority PAC announced in a release that it will allocate more than$ 86 million to 58 areas for the 2024 election cycle’s first television and online advertising doubts, adding that these initial doubts are the largest in HMP story.
In 2022, the PAC’s first campaign doubts totaled$ 101.8 million, according to the release. In 2020, the doubts totaled$ 51 million.
HMP had$ 43 million cash on hand at the end of February, according to national campaign funding documents.
House Majority PAC has made it abundantly clear that it will do whatever it takes to elect Hakeem Jeffries as the next Speaker of the House, according to HMP President Mike Smith in a press release citing these historical television and online reservations.
Battle of the Freshmen
The HMP redistribution reflects Oregon and Washington’s increasing importance in the battle for control of the U. S. House.
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One of the most economical districts in the country is Lori Chavez-DeRemer, the rookie Republican in the 5th Congressional District, which spans from Bend to Portland.
Joe Biden won the 2020 city by nine items.
In the May 2022 elections, President Biden endorsed former Democrat Rep. Kurt Schrader, who had held the desk since 2009 but went on to reduce the key to progressive challenger , Jamie McLeod- Skinner.
Federal campaign finance records show that the Republican Party Super PAC spent$ 5.3 million to support Ms. Chavez- DeRemer in that race, while the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee spent only$ 1.4 million to support Ms. McLeod- Skinner.
Ms. Chavez- DeRemer prevailed by just 2 percent, Ms. McLeod- Skinner is again competing in the Democratic primary.
Democrats in the district are protesting the national Democratic PAC’s support of Janelle Bynum, a legislator also supported by former Oregon governor. Barbara Roberts,  , over Ms. McLeod- Skinner in the May Democrat primary without consulting local party officials.
Bynum is now included in the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s (DCCC ) coveted Red to Blue list of candidates running against resolutely Republican incumbents. The move got a response from Ms. McLeod- Skinner.
It’s wrong and undemocratic to write on X, formerly Twitter, on the day the list was released,” Whether the DCCC does n’t trust voters here in Oregon to make the best decision or they are determined to cover up their 2022 election mistake by allowing Chavez-DeRemer to win,” said Ms. McLeod-Skinner.
The Democrats ‘ “race to the left primary will leave their nominee broke and unpalatable for general election voters,” said Savannah Viar, a NRCC spokesperson.
Democrats also plan to defend first- term Reps. Andrea Salinas ( OR- 6 ) and Marie Gluesenkamp- Perez ( WA- 3 ).
Portland TV stations serve both those districts.
Both representatives appear on the NRCC’s list of seats that vulnerable House Democrats currently hold, which provide excellent pick-up opportunities for Republicans. Democrats from the list, including those in Ms. Gluesenkamp-Perez, were included in the list. Additionally, she appears on the list of 29 Republican candidates who are most vulnerable in 2024.
Ms. Gluesenkamp- Perez is described as the “most vulnerable House Democrat in the entire country,” according to ActBlue, a PAC and fundraising platform that serves left-leaning and Democratic nonprofits and politicians.
Ms. Salinas is a former legislative aide for the late Sen. Harry Reid ( D- Nev. ). Before launching a bid for the U.S. House in 2022, she served in the Oregon legislature since 2017 and was the minority whip of the House Democratic Caucus.
Ms. Salinas vowed to rule through an “equity and justice lens.”
She ran against Republican businessman Mike Erickson, who self- funded his campaign. Outside groups spent$ 3.88 million attacking Mr. Erickson, according to nonpartisan watchdog Open Secrets.
The Congressional Leadership Fund purchased an$ 800,000 late advertisement before it was too late to support him.
Republicans have a voice.
Dan Conston, president of the Republican Congressional Leadership Fund, spoke out about the fight for House control in 2024.
” We have incredibly strong Republican incumbents in the toughest races, far better recruits, and a political environment that seems to favor Republicans. If the resources are there, we will hold the Majority this fall”, wrote Mr. Conston in an email to The Epoch Times.
” The bill is coming due for extreme Democrats defunding the police, decriminalizing dangerous drugs, and letting homeless camps take over neighborhoods—policies Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, Andrea Salinas, and Jamie McLeod- Skinner aided and abetted”, NRCC spokesperson Ben Petersen told the Epoch Times.
The” tornado of lies and deception” that the Democratic Party plans to unleash “does not stand a chance against the lived experience of families in Oregon and southwest Washington concerned about the threat of border, fentanyl, and public safety crises”
