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U.S. House · OR-03 · Democratic candidate · 2026

Maxine Dexter

Democratic candidate for Oregon's 3rd Congressional District

Maxine Dexter is a lung and critical care physician and Oregon congresswoman focused on affordable healthcare, housing and addiction treatment.

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DistrictOR-03
OfficeCongress
ElectionNov. 3, 2026

Policy priorities

Where Maxine stands.

Campaign position

Universal care and medicines

  • Supports a single-payer goal, affordable medications and stronger oversight of pharmacy middlemen

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Housing supply and renters

  • Supports housing tax credits, federal housing trust funding, rental aid and down payment assistance

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Addiction and mental health

  • Supports more detox beds, medication-assisted treatment and behavioral health resources in schools

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Clean electricity and resilience

  • Supports nationwide clean power, smarter transmission grids and burying lines to reduce wildfire risks

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Workers and family leave

  • Supports a $15 minimum wage indexed to inflation, union bargaining rights and national paid leave

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Abortion access and training

  • Supports nationwide abortion protections and expanded clinician training in reproductive healthcare

Record and background

Record & experience.

  1. 2020–2024

    Experience

    Oregon state representative

    Represented Oregon House District 33.

  2. 2023–2024

    Experience

    Housing committee chair

    Led Oregon’s House Housing and Homelessness Committee.

  3. 2025–present

    Experience

    U.S. representative

    Represents Oregon’s Third Congressional District.

  4. 2023

    Accomplishment

    Housing investment package

    Helped pass a $200 million Oregon housing package supporting shelters and housing production.

  5. 2023

    Accomplishment

    Expanded overdose reversal access

    Championed the passed opioid harm reduction package that widened naloxone availability.

  • Experience

    Union grocery worker

    Worked at Albertsons as a UFCW member starting at sixteen.

  • Experience

    Lung and critical care physician

    Practiced at Kaiser Permanente for more than fifteen years.

  • Experience

    Northwest Permanente board chair

    Became the physician group’s first woman board chair.

  • Experience

    Natural resources oversight leader

    Serves as ranking member on the oversight and investigations subcommittee.

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