OR-5: Schrader wraps up two more endorsements

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. – Fifth Congressional District candidate Kurt Schrader (D-Canby) snagged two more endorsements Wednesday in the OR-5 congressional race against Mike Erickson (R-Lake Oswego).

AG PAC and the Oregon Forest Industries Council said they would be backing Schrader, a state senator, for the general election in November. OFIC is a particularly noticeable endorsement for Schrader; the council actually backed former congressional candidate Kevin Mannix when he ran against Erickson in the Republican primary.

“Kurt Schrader has proven his ability to work across party lines to get things done for Oregon families,” said Ray Wilkeson of the OFIC. “His balanced approach to policy making will benefit all of us in the 5th CD.”

AG PAC, a political action committee representing natural resource users in the agriculture and timber industries, also tends to overwhelmingly endorse Republican candidates, but Roger Beyer, chairman of AG PAC, talked of Schrader’s legislative work and small business experience as the type of experience they wanted to back in Washington.

“I’m honored to have the support of organizations and individuals who have traditionally supported Republican candidates,” Schrader said.