Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt, elected in 2020, and Nathan Vasquez, a prosecutor for 23 years, seek the top job in Oregon’s busiest prosecuting office.

District Attorney Mike Schmidt, who was elected by a landslide four years ago on a platform of overhauling what he saw as an overly punitive justice system lacking sufficient alternatives to incarceration, will argue the best approach to the office with Nathan Vasquez.

Vasquez, a long-time senior deputy district attorney who has been working under Schmidt, said he’s running because his boss has faltered on the job.

The Oregonian/OregonLive recently published an analysis of both candidates’ campaign claims: https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2...