A nice pick-up for Kurt Schrader:
State Sen. Frank Morse (R-Albany) crossed party lines and endorsed state Sen. Kurt Schrader (D-Canby) in the race for the 5th Congressional District seat Thursday.
Morse cited his history of having a positive working relationship with Schrader in the Oregon Senate, as well as a sense of trust he has for the Canby lawmaker as his reasons for crossing party lines.
“It’s a pretty easy call for me as a Republican to endorse Kurt Schrader,” Morse said at a press conference in the Oregon State Capitol. “I always like straight shooters, and that’s what I’ve found with Sen. Schrader. I don’t always agree with him, but I do trust him.”
Earlier this summer, Schrader also picked up the endorsement of the Oregon Farm Bureau, a group that normally backs Republicans. It sure seems that “humanitarian” Mike Erickson is unpalatable for a lot of self-respecting Oregon Republicans.
Funny considering OR-05 and AL-05 were supposedly our two most at-risk open seats. Not so much anymore.
I mean, is he in a tough reelection battle and doing this so he can look bipartisan? Or is he genuinely a good guy? (I rarely give a Republican the benefit of the doubt.)
that Schrader does better here than Hooley ever did?