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MINNEAPOLIS -- Oregon fifth congressional district delegate Wayne Brady winced when he heard the news Thursday morning that congressional candidate Kurt Schrader (D-Canby), not Mike Erickson (R-Lake Oswego), had wrapped up endorsements from AG PAC and the Oregon Forest Industries Council.

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Mike Erickson has problems.  Problems so serious they may likely preclude any Republican hopes of re-capturing Oregon's fifth congressional district currently held for the past 12 years by Democratic Rep. Darlene Hooley.

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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).

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Progressive robocaller Moses Ross said Thursday that the outcome of the 5th Congressional District race was probably not going to be impacted by a national organization targeting state Sen. Kurt Schrader (D-Canby) because Mike Erickson (R-Lake Oswego) was having trouble building momentum in his campaign.

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DENVER--U.S. Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Springfield) spoke enthusiastically on Wednesday about congressional nominee State Sen. Kurt Schrader’s (D-Canby) chances of holding onto outgoing Rep. Darlene Hooley’s (D-West Linn) seat because of a continuous line of controversies surrounding Mike Erickson (R-Lake Oswego).

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U.S. Sen. Gordon Smith (R-Pendleton) avoided answering a question as to whether he was going to endorse congressional candidate Mike Erickson (R-Lake Oswego), the day after allegations surfaced that the 5th Congressional Distruct candidate lied about a trip to Cuba, calling it a humanitarian mission, while the trip organizer told The Oregonian it was more of a vacation.

Erickson had spent Monday defending himself against the "smear tactics" he said The Oregonian used in writing the story about his 2004 trip, and he urged voters and the media to return to issues facing voters. But Smith, the state's junior U.S. senator, did not defend Erickson.

"Mike's got some special issues," Smith said Monday as he was leaving a meeting with ranchers during a campaign stop in John Day.

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All five of Oregon’s congressional representatives donated tens of thousands of dollars, and in some cases hundreds of thousands of dollars, to their respective party congressional campaign committees, according to numbers released by the Federal Elections Commission Friday.

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At Oregon county fairs, Mike Erickson’s reputation precedes him.

“Almost every fair has called me asking if we have had problems with Mike Erickson,” Polk County Fair manager Tina Anderson said.

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State Sen. and congressional candidate Kurt Schrader (D-Canby) challenged his campaign rival Mike Erickson (R-Lake Oswego) to a series of five debates Thursday.

In a letter to Erickson, Schrader said it was imperative that the two candidates get together so that voters can make up their mind as to which candidate would best represent them.

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