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Apr
18
2024
PRESS RELEASE
Jayapal Issues Challenge to Competitors to Reject Republican Money in Democratic Primary
Jayapal Issues Challenge to Competitors to Reject Republican Money in Democratic Primary
Democratic Primaries Should Be Decided by Democrats
PORTLAND, OR -- Susheela Jayapal, candidate for Congress in Oregon’s Third Congressional District, is calling on Democrats in the race to condemn and refuse any spending from groups funded by MAGA Republicans.
In Democratic primary elections across the country, Republican-funded organizations have been spending millions of dollars funneled from Republican mega-donors with close ties to anti-choice politicians. And those same organizations have also been funding election-deniers and insurrectionists.
Oregon’s Third Congressional District has the first chance in nearly 30 years to elect a new representative to the U.S. House of Representatives. And because the district is historically around 70% Democratic, the winner of the primary will likely be the next Congressperson.
Oregon has closed primary elections, meaning only registered members of a party can vote for the candidates in that party’s primary. MAGA Republicans funding candidates in Democratic primaries not only is contrary to the spirit of our democracy, it is also contrary to the intended party rules in Oregon in which Democrats have the right to choose their Democratic nominee.
Will all candidates in the Democratic primary for Oregon’s Third Congressional District agree and promise to ensure Oregon Democrats can choose their nominee, free of the influence of MAGA Republicans?