Mike Erickson was declared the winner of the crowded Republican primary in Oregon’s 6th Congressional District on Tuesday night and will face Democratic Congressman Andrea Salinas in November.
The Associated Press called Erickson’s race Tuesday night in a district that includes parts of Polk, Yamhill, Marion, Clackamas and Washington counties.
Erickson, the Tigard businessman who lost to Salinas in 2022, touted his record as a political outsider and said his top priorities in Congress were “securing the southern border, fighting inflation and improving law enforcement.” “Support,” he told the Statesman Journal.
David Russ, mayor of Dundee, Yamhill County, Oregon, lost to Erickson in the 2022 primary, but has an extensive track record in the private sector.
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David Russ on the left, Mike Erickson on the right (Fox News Digital)
David Birch, a Republican candidate for governor in 2022, told the Statesman Journal that his top priority is to “curtail homelessness and help people directly as much as possible.”
Conrad J. Herold, a retired contractor from Salem, Oregon, was also a candidate in the race.
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Rep. Andrea Salinas (D) speaks during a press conference with House Minority Whip Katherine Clark and other freshmen women in the 118th Congress during the House Democratic 2023 Issues Conference in Baltimore, March 2, 2023. , Oregon). (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc, via Getty Images)
Congressional Republicans maintain and aim to increase their slim majority in the House.
The Cook Political Report gives the following assessment of November’s 6th Congressional District election: “Lean Democrat.”
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Voters at the polling station (Tassos Katopodis/Getty Images)
Salinas defeated Erickson 2022 by less than three points and defeated primary challenger Cody Reynolds on Tuesday.
