A primary challenge to Representative Kurt Schrader would be outside the usual range of topics here, but one of Milwaukie Mayor Mark Gamba's hallmarks is that he bikes.
So I guess there's a three-fold choice:
- if you think that Schrader's "blue dog" style is too conservative, and that a more progressive candidate on transportation and climate change would be a good thing, you should read the BikePortland profile and start following Gamba's candidacy;
- if you think that primarying Schrader would lead to flipping the district to a Republican candidate and you desire to flip it, you might embrace the candidacy with even more gusto; or,
- if you think that primarying Schrader would lead to flipping the district to a Republican candidate and you prefer a Democrat, you might double-down on support for Schrader and his "blue dog" enthusiasms, however troublesome they might be.
Probably we'll not follow this race very closely - but if transportation becomes an issue in the race, it may be necessary to pay more attention!
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