OPB - State Rep. Maxine Dexter joins race to succeed Earl Blumenauer in Congress
By: Dirk VenderHart | Published: December 5, 2023
When Maxine Dexter applied to medical school at the University of Washington three decades ago, she says she believed she would one day shape national healthcare policy.
“That’s what I told the admissions committee,” Dexter said. “I knew that at some point in my life I would go to Congress and I would make health policy change.”
Dexter, 51, is now taking a concrete step toward that vision. The two-term state representative from Northwest Portland announced Tuesday she’s running for the U.S. House, joining an increasingly crowded Democratic field to replace retiring Congressman Earl Blumenauer.
