He was elected to his deep-blue seat in 1996.
Recognized around the Capitol for wearing bowties as well as a bike pin on his lapel, Rep. Earl Blumenauer will retire at the end of the term. | Francis Chung/POLITICO, a Democrat who has represented Oregon in the House for nearly 30 years, said Monday that he would not run for another term.
He was elected to his current seat representing Oregon’s 3rd Congressional District, which now spans from the heart of Portland eastward, in 1996 to fill a seat that fellow Democratleft to take his current spot in the Senate. Given that it has a deep lean toward Democrats — the Cook Political Report rates it as D +22 — the seat will almost certainly stay in the hands of his party next year.
“It was a difficult decision to not run for re-election,” he said in the release, which touted his accomplishments in restructuring the tax code in the face of climate change and reforming federal cannabis law. “Particularly after the amazing successes of the last several years. I’m proud of the progress we’ve made.”
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