Can Republicans expand their reach in blue states? Oregon Senate race provides a test.

To Republicans, the Senate race in this solidly Democratic state presents an alluring opportunity. … And in Monica Wehby, Republicans have a fresh-faced, female challenger who they believe matches the moment: a pediatric neurosurgeon and political outsider who rails against the Affordable Care Act but is relatively moderate on social issues.

Republicans don’t need Oregon in order to win back the Senate this year. But they do need to make inroads in blue states such as this one to compete for the White House in 2016. To expand its reach beyond older white men in the Deep South and the Midwest, the GOP must persuade voters to switch sides for candidates like Wehby. CONT.

Philip Rucker, Washington Post

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