ICYMI: “The GOP Latina who flipped a key Oregon district”
In case you missed it: A new story highlights how Congresswoman Lori Chavez-DeRemer has hit the ground running to represent Oregon priorities after her historic election.
The GOP Latina who flipped a key Oregon district
POLITICO
Rishika Dugyala
3/29/23
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/the-recast/2023/03/29/lori-chavez-deremer-recast-power-list-2023-00087421
Lori Chavez-DeRemer flipped the state’s 5th district, a longtime Democratic seat, in the November midterms. She won by a 2 percent margin, narrowly beating progressive Democrat Jamie McLeod-Skinner and was bolstered, in part, by national Republicans pouring millions of out-of-state dollars into the race.
In an August 2022 interview, Chavez-DeRemer told POLITICO that her ability to connect with Hispanic voters was an asset. The Latino population in Oregon, while small, is growing rapidly. She will be essential to the Republican Party’s strategy to win over Latino voters, harnessing a slow-but-steady shift to conservatism among this demographic.
“That balance of a woman, of a Hispanic woman, of a conservative, a business owner, a mayor, a mom, all those seem to be where the party was headed under this tent of diversity,” Chavez-DeRemer said in August.