Walter Kurt Schrader was born on October 19,1951 and is an American politician and veterinarian who served as the US representative for from 2009 to 2023.
34 Facts About Kurt Schrader
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Kurt Schrader's district covered most of Oregon's central coast, plus Salem, and many of Portland's southern suburbs, and a sliver of Portland itself.
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Kurt Schrader's district had undergone a major change after Oregon gained a seat, moving away from the coast and east of Salem, and taking in Deschutes County.
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Kurt Schrader was born in Connecticut and received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Cornell University in 1973.
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At Cornell, Kurt Schrader met Martha Northam and the two married in 1975.
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Kurt Schrader earned his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from the University of Illinois in 1977.
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Kurt Schrader served for 16 years on the Canby Planning Commission.
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Kurt Schrader served three terms in the Oregon House of Representatives.
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Kurt Schrader first ran for the office in 1994, losing by 38 votes to Republican Jerry Grisham.
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In 2002, Kurt Schrader ran for the Oregon State Senate seat vacated by the retiring Verne Duncan, representing the 20th district in southwestern Clackamas County, including the cities of Barlow, Canby, Gladstone, Johnson City, Oregon City and parts of Milwaukie.
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Kurt Schrader defeated Oregon House member Kathy Lowe in a contentious Democratic primary, then faced no Republican opposition in the general election.
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Kurt Schrader then served as a Clackamas County commissioner until 2009, when she was appointed by the same commission to replace her husband in the State Senate.
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In May 2008, Kurt Schrader won the Democratic nomination for for the seat being vacated by Darlene Hooley.
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Kurt Schrader was challenged by Republican nominee and Oregon State Representative Scott Bruun and Pacific Green nominee Chris Lugo.
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Kurt Schrader was absent from the Congressional swearing-in on January 3,2017, because he was on his honeymoon.
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Kurt Schrader was the only member of Congress not to be sworn in that day.
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McLeod-Skinner's victory was largely due to her support in Deschutes County, an area that Kurt Schrader had not previously represented.
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Kurt Schrader was the first sitting member of Oregon's Congressional delegation to lose a primary challenge since 1980.
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Commentary from The Wall Street Journal's editorial page, which called Kurt Schrader "Oregon's Joe Manchin", said that his loss was an example of how endangered conservative Democrats had become.
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Kurt Schrader was ranked the 50th-most bipartisan House member during the 114th United States Congress by The Lugar Center and McCourt School of Public Policy's Bipartisan Index, which ranks members of Congress by measuring how often their bills attract co-sponsors from the opposite party and how often they co-sponsor bills by members of the opposite party.
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In December 2016, Kurt Schrader criticized Nancy Pelosi's election as Minority Leader, saying, "I'm very worried we just signed the Democratic Party's death certificate for the next decade and a half".
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Kurt Schrader later apologized for his comments and supported the second impeachment of Donald Trump.
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In May 2012, Kurt Schrader voted against the Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act of 2012, introduced by Representative Trent Franks.
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Kurt Schrader's opposition was characterized as a threat to the passing of President Biden's social and environmental infrastructure package.
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Advocacy groups have criticized Kurt Schrader for "doing the backroom bidding of Big Pharma" because he has received $614,830 from the pharmaceutical industry since he became a Congressman, $144,252 of it during the 2020 election cycle.
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Kurt Schrader has denied that these donations influenced his vote, saying he opposed the bill because he thinks it could not pass the Senate and that he is working on a different bill that he thinks will get more support.
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In March 2017, Kurt Schrader told a district audience that the Trump administration seemed determined to deregulate agriculture.
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Kurt Schrader said that agriculture regulations "were a bit of an overreach", causing problems for both dairy and dirt farmers.
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In December 2017, Kurt Schrader was one of only six House Democrats to support legislation allowing concealed handgun licensees to carry their weapons in all 50 states.
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On June 8,2022, Kurt Schrader voted against the Protecting Our Kids Act, gun safety legislation the House passed in the wake of the Robb Elementary School shooting.
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In February 2021, Kurt Schrader was one of two House Democrats to vote against the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.
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In July 2019, Kurt Schrader was one of six House Democrats to oppose a bill that would incrementally increase the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $15 an hour by 2025.
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On December 31,2016, Kurt Schrader married former Pepco lobbyist Susan Mora.
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Kurt Schrader's residence is the Kraft-Brandes-Culberston Farmstead in Canby, known as Three Rivers Farm, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.