Matthew Davey, a technology executive from Bend, filed on January 18 to run for the Democratic nomination for Oregon's 5th Congressional District.
Davie is competing against three candidates who have been campaigning for months: state Rep. Janelle Bynum (D-Happy Valley), 2022 candidate Jamie McLeod-Skinner and Metro Council President Lynn Peterson. join the people.
According to his Linkedin bio, Davey is a former executive at various Bay Area technology startups, most recently at Kiva, a nonprofit technology company seeking to provide financial services to unbanked people around the world. He serves as the chief strategy officer. (Mr. Davie could not be reached for comment.)
He seems like a candidate who can bring resources to the race. Davey, who earned a doctorate in engineering from Stanford University, bought an $830,000 home in Bend in 2018 and traded properties for up to $2.2 million late last year, according to real estate records. But state campaign finance records show there has only been one transaction in Davie's name in the past, a $250 donation to a Bend Democratic congressional candidate last year.
Davey joins a strong group of candidates eyeing the opportunity to challenge incumbent Rep. Lori Chavez Delimer (R-Ore.), who defeated McLeod Skinner in 2022. National commentators predict that CD5 will be the key race for Democrats this year to overcome Republicans' narrow majority in the House of Representatives.
Democrats have a roughly 5 percentage point advantage in voter registration in the district.
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It's unclear whether Mr. Davie will be able to garner support, but he lives in Deschutes County, the district's second-largest concentration of voters and home to Mr. McLeod-Skinner. She unsuccessfully challenged longtime incumbent (now retired) Rep. Greg Walden (R-Ore.) in Oregon's 2nd Congressional District in 2018, where she built a strong following. Ta.
Recently, WW and others have reported complaints about McLeod-Skinner from former campaign staffers.
