Eddy Morales
Eddy Morales (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Oregon's 3rd Congressional District. He lost in the Democratic primary on May 21, 2024.
Morales completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Eddy Morales was born in Los Angeles, California. His career experience includes working as an organizer. Morales has been affiliated with Planned Parenthood-Columbia Willamette.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Oregon's 3rd Congressional District election, 2024
Oregon's 3rd Congressional District election, 2024 (May 21 Democratic primary)
Oregon's 3rd Congressional District election, 2024 (May 21 Republican primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Oregon District 3
Maxine Dexter defeated Joanna Harbour, David Walker, Joe Meyer, and David Frosch in the general election for U.S. House Oregon District 3 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Maxine Dexter (D)  | 67.7 | 226,405 |
 | Joanna Harbour (R) | 25.2 | 84,344 | |
 | David Walker (Independent Party / Progressive Party) | 3.1 | 10,245 | |
 | Joe Meyer (Pacific Green Party) | 3.0 | 10,106 | |
 | David Frosch () | 0.7 | 2,459 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 810 | ||
| Total votes: 334,369 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Oregon District 3
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Oregon District 3 on May 21, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Maxine Dexter | 47.3 | 47,254 |
 | Susheela Jayapal | 32.8 | 32,793 | |
 | Eddy Morales | 13.4 | 13,391 | |
 | Michael Jonas | 2.4 | 2,359 | |
 | Nolan Bylenga | 2.1 | 2,138 | |
 | Rachel Rand | 0.9 | 856 | |
 | Ricky Barajas | 0.6 | 649 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 430 | ||
| Total votes: 99,870 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Jeremiah Campion (D)
- Theodore Gwynn (D)
- Earl Blumenauer (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Oregon District 3
Joanna Harbour defeated Gary Dye and Teresa Orwig in the Republican primary for U.S. House Oregon District 3 on May 21, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Joanna Harbour | 55.0 | 13,948 |
 | Gary Dye | 27.1 | 6,869 | |
 | Teresa Orwig | 17.0 | 4,303 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.0 | 258 | ||
| Total votes: 25,378 | |||
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Endorsements
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Eddy Morales completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Morales' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I started my organizing career as a student helping coordinate a boycott in support of farm workers earning unfair wages. After seeing the impact of solidarity, it quickly became my life’s work. For twenty years I worked on countless progressive causes — from restoring voting rights in Florida, to supporting immigrants under attack in Arizona, to joining Stacey Abrams to flip Georgia blue. I brought these lessons home, where I founded East County Rising and joined the board of Planned Parenthood.
I was elected as City Councilor in Gresham and served as Council President for two consecutive terms, where I helped create multi-generational affordable housing, increased public safety solutions, and advocated for underrepresented constituents. Through this work, I’ve learned what it takes to bring people together to reach a common goal.- Affordable Housing: Growing up my family was housing insecure, and my mother would exchange childcare for a place for us to live. Most affordable housing being built does not meet families’ needs. In Gresham, I built multigenerational housing with 4 bedrooms so aunties, uncles, and grandparents can live with each other. We've also created workforce housing for people with disabilities, designed by people with disabilities, that is run on solar so their energy is cheaper and greener. We also launched affordable home ownership programs.
- Public Safety: I’ve lost two brothers to gun violence. That’s why I worked to create a first-of-its-kind Youth Violence Prevention Program partnering with community groups to address the root causes of crime in our communities. And on Gresham City Council, I worked to bring funding for police training and retention, while supporting strict accountability and transparency for officers to improve community relations. In Congress, I will fight for the resources we need to keep our communities safe.
- Defend and expand our rights: LGBTQ+ rights, reproductive rights, immigrant rights, worker rights, voting rights, and countless others are under attack. In Congress, I’ll continue organizing and fighting to protect and expand our rights such as access to birth control, abortions, and reproductive healthcare, and to ensure families like mine are protected and everyone in America can live their lives with respect and dignity.
One of my proudest moments was when I was elected to represent my community in Gresham. I have lived everyday working hard to be deserving of my community and their support.
I know how to mobilize a community and present their concerns to policy makers, and my career has been staked on building coalitions. In Congress, I will bring the voices of those most impacted by an issue to advocate for solutions and tackle it head on.
I know how to build broad coalitions, mobilize a community and have them present their concerns to policy makers, and my career has been staked on building broad coalitions to achieve tangible policy wins. In Congress, I will bring the voices of those most impacted by an issue to advocate for solutions and tackle it head on. It’s what I did to help pass the ACA and establish DACA. It’s how we were able to build affordable housing and tackle gun violence here in Gresham. And it’s how I will work every day to deliver for Oregonians.
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on April 21, 2024
