PORTLAND (AP) — A well-financed Democratic state representative who gained national acclaim for speaking out against superdelegates has lost her bid to run for state Senate.
Portland Democratic Rep. Ben Chipman won the Tuesday primary in Portland over Democratic competitors Charles Radis and Rep. Diane Russell.
Russell’s campaign has said she’s raised more than $100,000 from small, out-ofstate donors.
But Chipman collected 53 percent of the votes in unofficial returns, while Radis and Russell each had about 23 percent apiece.
The Senate District 27 seat had been left vacated by Senate Minority Leader Justin Alfond, who this week endorsed Chipman. Chipman will compete against Green Party candidate Seth Baker and Republican Mark Lockman, both of whom were unopposed in their primaries, in November.
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