US Midterms 2026
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Maxine Dexter, a Democratic physician who has represented Oregon's 3rd congressional district since 2025, seeks re-election in 2026 against Republican Loran Ayles, a heavy equipment operator.
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Maxine Dexter was born on December 5, 1972, and grew up in Bothell, Washington, where she graduated from Inglemoor High School. She received a bachelor's degree in political science and communication from the University of Washington and a Doctor of Medicine from the university's School of Medicine.
After completing her medical residency in Aurora, Colorado, she moved to Portland with her husband in 2008 and worked as a pulmonologist with Kaiser Permanente in Hillsboro. She lives in North Portland.
Maxine Dexter entered electoral politics in 2020, running to succeed Mitch Greenlick in the 33rd district of the Oregon House of Representatives. She won the Democratic primary on May 17, 2020, with 40% of the vote, and after Greenlick's death she was appointed to finish his term.
Re-elected in 2022, she introduced a bill expanding access to the opioid antidote naloxone that was signed into law on August 8, 2023, and that year she chaired the House Housing and Homelessness Committee.
On December 5, 2023, Dexter announced her candidacy for Oregon's 3rd congressional district to succeed retiring Representative Earl Blumenauer.
She won the May 2024 Democratic primary against former Multnomah County Commissioner Susheela Jayapal and Gresham City Councilor Eddy Morales, resigned from the legislature effective August 30, 2024, and defeated Republican Joanna Harbour on November 5, 2024.
She took office on January 3, 2025, and serves on the Committee on Natural Resources, as ranking member of its Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, and on the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
The 3rd district covers the eastern Portland metropolitan area, including Portland and Gresham, along with northeastern Clackamas County and Hood River County. Dexter was first elected there in 2024 with 67.7% of the vote.
In the 2026 Democratic primary she received 89.1% of the vote, defeating activist Jessica Salas and personal image consultant Andrew Castilleja.
Her opponent in the general election on November 3, 2026, is Republican Loran Ayles, a heavy equipment operator who won the Republican primary with 96.3% of the vote.
