What is Earl Blumenauer?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Earl Blumenauer |image = Earlblumenauer1.png |state = [[Oregon]] |district = {{ushr|OR|3|3rd}} |term_start = May 21, 1996 |term_end = January 3, 2025 |predecessor = [[Ron Wyden]] |successor = [[Maxine Dexter]] |office1 = Member of the [[Government of Portland, Oregon|Portland City Commission]]<br>for Position 2 |term_start1 = January 5, 1987 |term_end1 = May 25, 1996 |predecessor1 = [[Mildred Schwab]] |successor1 = [[Erik Sten]] |state_house2 = Oregon |district2 = 11th |term_start2 = January 8, 1973 |term_end2 = January 1, 1979 |predecessor2 = [[John W. Anunsen]] |successor2 = [[Rick Bauman]] |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1948|8|16}} |birth_place = [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]], [[Oregon]], U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |spouse = Margaret Kirkpatrick |education = [[Lewis & Clark College|Lewis and Clark College]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]], [[Juris Doctor|JD]]) }} '''Earl Blumenauer''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|b|l|uː|m|ə|n|aʊ|.|ər}}; born August 16, 1948) is an American politician. He was the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] for {{ushr|OR|3}}, from 1996 to 2025. He is a member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]. The district includes most of [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]].<ref name=congbio>{{cite web | url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=b000574 | title=Earl Blumenauer | work=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress | access-date=November 19, 2008}}</ref> In November 2020, Blumenauer was named a candidate for [[U.S. Secretary of Transportation]] in the incoming [[Joe Biden|Biden Administration]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=Meet the contenders for Biden's Cabinet|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/07/joe-biden-cabinet-picks-possible-choices-433431|access-date=November 13, 2020|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201107164319/https://www.politico.com/new