Kurt Schrader

Kurt Schrader (* October 19, 1951 in Bridgeport, Connecticut ) is an American politician of the Democratic Party. He represents the state of Oregon since 2009 in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Kurt Schrader earned his bachelor's degree in 1973 at Cornell University in Ithaca. There he also met his future wife, Martha, whom he married in 1975. In 1977 he was at the University of Illinois the exam as a veterinarian; the following year the family moved to Oregon, where Kurt Schrader in Oregon City opened a practice.

After 16 years as a member of the Planning Committee in the town of Canby to Schrader in 1994 ran for a seat in the House of Representatives from Oregon and lost to Republican Jerry Grisham difference with only 38 votes. Two years later he came in again and won against Paul Kraxburger. In 1998 and 2000 he was confirmed in each case in office. In 2002 he followed the retiring Verne Duncan as a state senator; his wife ran for his successor in the House of Representatives, but was defeated by Republican Wayne Scott.

In 2008, Schrader was eventually nominated by his party as the successor of the retiring Congressman Darlene Hooley. He won with 54 percent of the vote against Republican Mike Erickson, where he won a majority in all seven counties in the state. On 3 January 2009, he started work as a deputy in Washington; his successor in the Senate from Oregon, his wife Martha was determined.

Schrader, who belongs to the moderate conservative Blue Dog Coalition, was confirmed in 2010 with a vote share of 51.3 per cent against Scott Bruun in office.