Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt is facing a challenge from one of his own senior deputy attorneys, Nathan Vasquez. Schmidt came into office as a reformer, with the goal of ending mass incarceration and racial disparities in the criminal justice system. We talk to Schmidt about his tenure, and his case for why he deserves to be reelected. We talk to Vasquez on Monday, April 29.

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