{"id":1479648,"date":"2022-05-18T13:45:24","date_gmt":"2022-05-18T17:45:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1479648"},"modified":"2022-05-18T13:45:27","modified_gmt":"2022-05-18T17:45:27","slug":"kiss-of-death-bidens-first-endorsement-of-2022-is-down-big-in-oregon-primary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kiss-of-death-bidens-first-endorsement-of-2022-is-down-big-in-oregon-primary\/","title":{"rendered":"KISS OF DEATH: Biden\u2019s First Endorsement of 2022 Is Down Big in Oregon Primary"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkiss-of-death-bidens-first-endorsement-of-2022-is-down-big-in-oregon-primary%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1479648&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"article-category\"><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/\">Democrats<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-excerpt\">Democrat Kurt Schrader trails liberal challenger by more than 20 points<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-thumbnail-container relative lg:mr-24 w-full my-4 mb-8\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t<span class=\"text-gray text-xs md:text-lg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/author\/collin-anderson\/\" title=\"Posts by Collin Anderson\" class=\"author url fn text-red-700\" rel=\"author\">Collin Anderson<\/a> \u2022 May 18, 2022 1:40 pm<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>President Joe Biden&#8217;s first endorsed candidate in the 2022 cycle, Oregon Democrat Kurt Schrader, is down big in his primary fight against a far-left challenger.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>As of Wednesday afternoon, Schrader trails liberal challenger Jamie McLeod-Skinner by a whopping 23 points with 61 percent of the vote in. The result comes as an embarrassment for Biden, who rarely wades into primary fights but <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/kurtschrader.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/For-Immediate-Release.pdf\"><span>backed Schrader in April<\/span><\/a><span> in what was the president&#8217;s first endorsement in the 2022 midterms.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;Kurt Schrader has had my back from early on and played an important part in the progress we have made as a nation,&#8221; Biden said at the time. &#8220;That&#8217;s why I&#8217;m proud to endorse Kurt in his reelection campaign for Congress.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The White House did not return a request for comment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Schrader drew progressive ire in February 2021 when he voted against Biden&#8217;s American Rescue Plan. Months later, as he worked to separate Biden&#8217;s $2 trillion social spending plan from a bipartisan infrastructure package, he <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2022\/05\/16\/kurt-schrader-nancy-pelosi-build-back-better\/\"><span>reportedly called<\/span><\/a><span> House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) a &#8220;terrible person.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Still, Schrader secured both Biden&#8217;s and Pelosi&#8217;s endorsements, which helped him massively outspend McLeod-Skinner. Schrader has <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/elections\/house\/OR\/05\/2022\/\"><span>spent<\/span><\/a><span> $3.5 million to McLeod-Skinner&#8217;s $580,000, and the incumbent also benefited from <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2022\/05\/18\/kurt-schrader-oregon-election-jamie-mcleod-skinner\/\"><span>$2 million<\/span><\/a><span> in outside group support.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>McLeod-Skinner ran far to Schrader&#8217;s left\u2014the challenger backs both the Green New Deal and Medicare for All. Those positions helped McLeod-Skinner land endorsements from progressive Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.) and Our Revolution, a nonprofit political group founded by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Should McLeod-Skinner hold on against Schrader, the result could be damaging for Democrats as they fight an uphill battle to maintain their House majority in November. Schrader&#8217;s Fifth Congressional District <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/fivethirtyeight.com\/features\/12-democratic-primaries-to-watch-in-kentucky-north-carolina-pennsylvania-and-oregon\/\"><span>leans slightly Democratic<\/span><\/a><span>, and McLeod-Skinner&#8217;s progressive policies may alienate general election voters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Whoever emerges from the primary fight will likely face Republican Lori Chavez-DeRemer in November. The small business owner leads her closest competitor by 12 points with 62 percent of the vote in.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats Democrat Kurt Schrader trails liberal challenger by more than 20 points  Collin Anderson \u2022 May 18, 2022 1:40 pm President Joe Biden&#8217;s first endorsed candidate<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1479648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1479648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1479648"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1479648\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1479648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1479648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1479648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}