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Merkley Challenger Wehby Airs First TV Ad

Oregon Senate candidate Dr. Monica Wehby aired her first television amid a heated GOP primary. Wehby, a pediatric neurosurgeon, titled her ad "It's Not Brain Surgery" and emphasized she supports repealing and replacing Obamacare. Wehby also reiterated her call for a federal investigation into the failure of the Cover Oregon website. The winner of the […]

By Washington Free Beacon Staff·
Merkley Challenger Wehby Airs First TV Ad

Oregon Senate candidate Dr. Monica Wehby aired her first television amid a heated GOP primary.

Wehby, a pediatric neurosurgeon, titled her ad "It's Not Brain Surgery" and emphasized she supports repealing and replacing Obamacare.

Wehby also reiterated her call for a federal investigation into the failure of the Cover Oregon website.

The winner of the GOP primary will face Sen. Jeff Merkley (D., Ore.).

Merkley appears to have experienced some consternation over the Affordable Care Act, joining a list of vulnerable Senate Democrats in calling fro President Obama to halt planned cuts to Medicare Advantage.