The nonaffiliated Oregonian hoping to challenge Democratic U.S. Rep. Andrea Salinas in Oregon’s 6th Congressional District has ended his campaign. Jason Faler, a combat veteran and former healthcare executive based in Tigard, announced Monday that his campaign won’t have enough signatures to qualify for the November ballot.  Unlike the major party candidates who paid a […]
Congressional leaders, including Oregon’s U.S. Rep. Andrea Salinas, are demanding answers regarding recent high-profile deaths involving immigration agents. Salinas, a Tigard Democrat representing Oregon’s 6th Congressional District, joined Democrats in the Congressional Hispanic Caucus at the Harris County Commissioners Court in Houston last week to address the death of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a 52-year-old father […]
Jason Faler spends most of his weekends collecting signatures at the Salem Saturday Market. That’s usually when the 49-year old combat veteran and former healthcare executive pitches himself to registered voters living in Oregon’s 6th Congressional District, asking them to sign a petition supporting his spot on the November ballot. Unlike the major party candidates […]
The Oregon congresswoman who successfully spearheaded the release of several children from federal custody is pushing for more regulations to protect immigrant children from detention. U.S. Rep. Maxine Dexter, a Portland pediatrician representing Oregon’s 3rd Congressional District, introduced a bill Thursday to prevent federal immigration agents from detaining children without a parent present or from […]
PORTLAND — Oregon’s congressional Democrats on Wednesday warned that federal agencies tasked with helping prevent and fight fires in the Northwest could be understaffed and underprepared going into the 2026 fire season. Oregon’s U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden, Jeff Merkley, and Portland and Willamette Valley-area U.S. Reps. Suzanne Bonamici and Andrea Salinas left a Wednesday wildfire […]
