A tech executive with no political experience who moved to Bend several years ago plans to run for one of the most competitive congressional seats in the country.
Matthew Davey, former chief strategy officer at San Francisco-based microfinance company Kiva, filed paperwork with the federal government last week to run for the 5th Congressional District as a Democrat. (Bend) Breaking news first reported candidacy.
Davey, 42, did not respond to calls or emails from the Capital Chronicle. The campaign, which was registered through SquareSpace and included in his federal documents, has not yet published his website.
The 5th Congressional District stretches from Bend to the suburbs of Portland and is currently represented by Republican Lori Chavez Delemer.This is his one of only 23 districts in the House of Representatives to be contested by nonpartisans. The Cook Political Report examines “toss-up.” And both parties are targeting this district in hopes of retaining or flipping the House.
Three Democratic senators have already entered the race. Jamie McLeod Skinner lost to Chavez Delemer last year. State Rep. Janelle Bynum, D-Clackamas, and Lynn Peterson, Chair of the Portland Regional Metro Council.
Mr. Davie's entry and ties to wealthy Silicon Valley figures could transform the race. Kiva's chief investment officer serves as his campaign's finance director, and Davey previously held senior positions at the Walt Disney Company and Sega Corporation, a multinational entertainment company headquartered in Tokyo. Ta. He also served as a senior advisor to the World Economic Forum and ID2020, a non-governmental organization that advocates for digital identity.
Mr. Davey and his wife, Lisa Davey, bought a $2.2 million home in Bend's upscale Broken Top community in December, according to Deschutes County property tax records. They bought their first home in Bend in 2018 and also own five acres in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, which they bought in 2022 for $2.2 million.
He is not involved in local politics in Deschutes County, but state campaign finance records show he gave $250 in November to Democratic Bend City Councilman Anthony Broadman, who is currently running for the state Senate. was donating. Federal campaign finance records show that in July 2023, he donated $1,000 to Adam Frisch, a Colorado Democrat who narrowly lost a House race to Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.). . Frisch is running again for the same seat, while Boebert is seeking a different district (members must live in the state, but not in the district they represent). ).
In 2022, voters in Oregon's 6th Congressional District will be bombarded with ads and mailings for Democratic candidate Carrick Flynn, whose name few people in the district had heard of before the campaign. I was surprised to see this. A political action committee funded by since-disgraced crypto tycoon Sam Bankman Fried has spent more than $10 million supporting Mr. Flynn, but Mr. Flynn remains an opponent of current Congressman Andrea Salinas ( Democratic Party of Oregon).
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