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Maxine Dexter

U.S. House · OR-3 · Democrats · since 2025

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Biography

Overview

Maxine Dexter is a Democrat representing Oregon's 3rd congressional district since January 2025. She is a physician and pulmonologist who previously served in the Oregon House of Representatives (2020-2024) representing the 33rd district covering parts of Northwest Portland. Born December 5, 1972, in Bothell, Washington, she earned a medical degree from the University of Washington and has worked as a pulmonologist with Kaiser Permanente.

Career

In the Oregon House, Dexter championed naloxone access legislation and decriminalization of fentanyl test strips, signed into law in August 2023. She chaired the House Housing and Homelessness Committee in 2023 and helped pass a $200 million spending bill on those issues. In Congress, she has focused on healthcare access and air quality legislation. She has also engaged in international advocacy, traveling to El Salvador in April 2025 to assist a deported constituent.

Prior political experience

Dexter won the Oregon House Democratic primary on May 17, 2020, with 40% of the vote, defeating three other candidates. She was appointed to finish out her predecessor's term and was reelected in 2022. In the 2024 U.S. House primary for Oregon's 3rd district, she defeated fellow Portland Democrat Susheela Jayapal and Gresham City Councilor Eddy Morales. She won the November 5, 2024, general election, defeating Republican nominee Joanna Harbour in this heavily Democratic district.

Biographical material adapted from the Wikipedia article (retrieved April 29, 2026), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Ideology

Liberal–Conservative (DW-NOMINATE dim 1)

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Conservative
119th Congress-0.443

Secondary axis (DW-NOMINATE dim 2)(?)

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-0.687
Source: Voteview DW-NOMINATE · 343 scored votes

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Officeholding history

TermSeatTerm datesTerminationPredecessorSuccessor
1stU.S. House OR-32025–presentIn progressRon Wyden—

Committee assignments

Current term legislation

Bills sponsored this term10

Bills cosponsored this term10

Elections

YearSeatResultVote shareField
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