House Transportation leader in the race of his life

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A titan of transportation on Capitol Hill is facing the toughest reelection battle of his career, and the outcome could impact an early infrastructure push by Joe Biden, if the former vice president takes the White House next month

., who’s been in Congress since 1987 and led Democrats on the Transportation Committee for the past six years, is facing a massive fundraising blitz in favor of his GOP opponent, Alek Skarlatos, a 27-year old best known for his role in stopping a terrorist attack on a train in France. “I can’t outspend him. We can’t even match him. He raised more money in a quarter than I’ve ever raised in a year in my life. But we can outwork him," DeFazio told supporters last week.

if BIden wins. DeFazio said he’s already spoken to Biden's team several times and plans to be ready to go in February, when Biden would launch an infrastructure package. And he’s also pushing Biden’s campaign to consider his own surface transportation legislation,DeFazio is also an ally of transportation labor groups,

whose influence has been instrumental in airline workers’ push for government help, and he would be hard to replace in that role. "If he lost, it would be devastating for all transportation workers,” said Sara Nelson, president of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, who grew up in his Oregon district and cast her first vote for DeFazio when she was 18.

 

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