An Air Force veteran who boasts of his national security experience has won the Republican primary for the U.S. House of Representatives in one of Oregon’s most competitive districts.
As Republicans hope to increase their slim majority in the House, lawyer and former Air Force colonel Monique DeSpain has announced that she will challenge incumbent Democratic Rep. Val, who represents Oregon’s 4th Congressional District, in the November general election. He will be competing against Mr. Hoyle.
The race is one of the few competitive races in deep-blue Oregon, but Democrats have a significant fundraising advantage, and national Republicans are funding more fringe races in other parts of the country. is likely to induce
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Former Air Force Colonel Monique Despain (right) will face incumbent Democratic Rep. Val Hoyle (left) representing Oregon’s 4th Congressional District in the November general election. (Getty Images, Monique for Congress)
Hoyle is no stranger to controversy.
Fox News Digital reported last year that she received congressional campaign contributions from several cannabis entrepreneurs who received taxpayer-funded subsidies she oversaw during her tenure as head of the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI) in 2022. Ta.
In April 2022, Federal Election Commission (FEC) Records It showed that Laura Vega, co-founder of the nonprofit ENDVR, donated $1,000 to Hoyle’s campaign. According to Portland-based Willamette Week, Vega “founded a cannabis products company and served on various cannabis advisory boards.”
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The donation to Hoyle’s congressional campaign by Vega, who co-founded ENDVR with La Mota CEO Rosa Casares in late 2021, came just one week after ENDVR received nonprofit status from the IRS and two weeks before the nonprofit submitted a grant application to BOLI to establish an apprenticeship program.
Hoyle was also among a group of Democrats who were showered with campaign contributions from colleagues who refused to condemn Hamas’ devastating Oct. 7 attack on Israel, a Fox News Digital investigation found last year.
Val Hoyle campaigning for the 2022 parliamentary election. (AP)
Many far-left progressives have funneled money from their committees into the campaigns of at least 33 other Democrats in recent years, with some receiving more than $15,000 from the group, the investigation found. did. Many Democrats who have received donations, including Mr. Hoyle, are embroiled in tough campaigns.
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Hoyle received $15,000 from the group at the time.
Election analysts say the race in Oregon’s 4th Congressional District is “likely to be Democratic.”
Fox News’ Kyle Morris contributed to this report.
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