{"id":123778,"date":"2024-11-09T08:22:49","date_gmt":"2024-11-09T01:22:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=123778"},"modified":"2024-11-09T08:22:49","modified_gmt":"2024-11-09T01:22:49","slug":"democrat-janelle-bynum-flips-oregons-most-high-profile-us-house-district","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=123778","title":{"rendered":"Democrat Janelle Bynum flips Oregon\u2019s most high-profile US House district"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\"><i><b>Editor\u2019s note:<\/b><\/i><i> For Election 2024, OPB has been diligently following local races, providing comprehensive coverage of campaigns and measures. Check results on the presidential race, key congressional battles and other outcomes at <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opb.org\/election-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>OPB\u2019s elections page<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">Janelle Bynum, a former Oregon legislator from Happy Valley, has declared victory in the race for Oregon\u2019s 5th Congressional District.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"article-body__image article-body__media f_primary color_black color_black article-body__image--full\"><picture><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/opb-opb-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com\/resizer\/v2\/UT4252QA65EDDF44MDWCWYCFNA.jpg?auth=6424a8da93149353ff1c5a360582b4e804492f39f306a290ed0313c159ee97d1&amp;width=150\" alt=\"Janelle Bynum, shown here speaking during a campaign event, has won the race for Oregon's 5th Congressional District. \" class=\"width_full\" style=\"aspect-ratio:3386 \/ 2673;width:100%\"\/><\/picture><figcaption class=\"background_lgray\">\n<p>Janelle Bynum, shown here speaking during a campaign event, has won the race for Oregon&#8217;s 5th Congressional District. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__image-by color_dgray f_s_xxs m-none\"><em>Bryce Dole \/ OPB<\/em><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">\u201cI am beyond honored that my neighbors have chosen me to be the next congresswoman for Oregon\u2019s Fifth Congressional District,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opb.org\/article\/2024\/10\/18\/janelle-bynum-democrat-oregon-5th-congressional-district\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bynum<\/a> said in a statement Friday after The Oregonian\/OregonLive called the race for her. \u201cMy work has always been a love letter to Oregon\u2019s children. I ran for office to make their futures brighter, and I\u2019ll do just that in Washington \u2014 for their education, for their reproductive freedoms, for their job opportunities, and so much more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">If the results hold, Bynum would become Oregon\u2019s first Black member of Congress, flipping the district in one of the nation\u2019s most high-profile elections and helping Democrats maintain their increasingly slim hope of controlling the U.S. House next year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">As of Friday morning, Bynum was beating incumbent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opb.org\/article\/2024\/10\/18\/lori-chavez-deremer-republican-candidate-oregon-5th-congressional-district\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Republican Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer<\/a> with about 48% of the vote compared to the incumbent\u2019s 45%. She was leading by 8,575 votes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">Bynum\u2019s lead comes as the balance of power in the U.S. House of Representatives remains in play, with a handful of races that have yet to be decided in this year\u2019s election. But the race would be a significant win for the Democratic party nationwide as it reels from losing control of the White House and the U.S. Senate this week. And it would continue a trend of this election cycle: The Pacific Northwest has been a rare sign of life for the Democratic Party, with statewide candidate wins in Oregon and Washington and another big House race, Washington\u2019s 3rd Congressional District, going to incumbent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opb.org\/article\/2024\/11\/07\/marie-gluesenkamp-perez-projected-win\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marie Gluesenkamp Perez<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">At a press conference at her campaign headquarters in Clackamas on Friday afternoon, a handful of Bynum\u2019s supporters hugged, clapped and gathered around Bynum. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">\u201cIt\u2019s not lost on me that I am one generation removed from segregation,\u201d Bynum said. \u201cIt\u2019s not lost on me that we\u2019re making history. And I am proud to be the first, but not the last, Black member of congress from Oregon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">This would be the third time Bynum has defeated Chavez-DeRemer in political races, having beaten her twice before in Oregon House races. Asked if Chavez-DeRemer had conceded, Bynum said: \u201cShe didn\u2019t in 2016. She didn\u2019t in 2018. And I haven\u2019t heard from her in 2024.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">Chavez-DeRemer\u2019s campaign did not return a request for comment Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">Bynum\u2019s supporters described her victory as a glimmer of hope in an otherwise grim week for Democrats across America.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">\u201cWhen I learned that Janelle Bynum had won, it was a ray of sunshine in a very dark time,\u201d said Jordan Hiller, a volunteer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">And they called her victory a milestone in Oregon, a state with a long history of what they describe as systemic racism.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">\u201cThe history of Oregon is pretty recent and pretty terrible,\u201d said Marcia Schneider, an activist for the Democratic Party in Multnomah County. \u201cAnd the fact that we can do this shows forward progress, and that\u2019s really good.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">The race drew in millions of dollars in campaign contributions and became the 11th most expensive U.S. House campaign in the country this year with more than $26 million in outside spending, according to the nonprofit Open Secrets, which tracks outside spending in political races.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">Oregon\u2019s 5th Congressional District, which stretches from suburban Portland south to Albany and east to Bend, was held for seven terms by Democrat Kurt Schrader, and President Joe Biden won here in 2020. Two years ago, Chavez-DeRemer flipped the seat for Republicans, winning by just two percentage points.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">Bynum is a mother of four who worked as an engineer and owned four McDonald\u2019s restaurants. She served in the legislature as chair of the House Judiciary Committee, helping pass a police reform package and a bill to boost the local semiconductor industry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">In Congress, Bynum has said she would push for many of the policies of the Democratic Party nationwide, enacting stricter gun laws, lowering housing and drug costs and seeking to curb climate change.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"article-body__image article-body__media f_primary color_black color_black article-body__image--full\"><picture><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/opb-opb-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com\/resizer\/v2\/LHUK6HTLSZGY5LV4DHB2FLDME4.jpg?auth=38be0450f6e1d5efec71b39aafe21d5e6134cfaf24f87a35d065548c925a3349&amp;width=150\" alt=\"State Rep. Janelle Bynum, a Democrat from Clackamas County, has won the 5th Congressional District seat.\" class=\"width_full\" style=\"aspect-ratio:2048 \/ 1365;width:100%\"\/><\/picture><figcaption class=\"background_lgray\">\n<p>State Rep. Janelle Bynum, a Democrat from Clackamas County, has won the 5th Congressional District seat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__image-by color_dgray f_s_xxs m-none\"><em>Courtesy of <\/em><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">Bynum ran with the backing of most of Oregon\u2019s top Democrats, including Gov. Tina Kotek, as well as powerful political groups like the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the House Democrats national campaign area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">She outraised Chavez-DeRemer, with more than $5.8 million in total contributions, much of which came in during the final months of the race. Bynum spent much of her campaign seeking to tie the incumbent to President-elect Donald Trump, who she endorsed, and the fall of abortion rights across the country. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">The 5th Congressional District is a true swing seat that stretches across urban, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opb.org\/article\/2024\/09\/17\/wildfire-timber-5th-congressional-district-republican-representative-lori-chavez-deremer-democrati-state-rep-janelle-bynum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">suburban <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opb.org\/article\/2024\/09\/17\/wildfire-timber-5th-congressional-district-republican-representative-lori-chavez-deremer-democrati-state-rep-janelle-bynum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rural communities<\/a> in Oregon. In unofficial returns, Bynum was winning in Clackamas, Deschutes and Multnomah counties, and Chavez-DeRemer was leading in Marion and Linn counties.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">\u201cThe work is far from over,\u2019 Bynum said. \u201cIt\u2019s time that Oregon Five is represented by a true member of their community, someone who shows up when they\u2019re needed and stands up for them even when the problems are hard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">Votes are still being counted in a number of swing districts elsewhere in the country that could decide which party controls the U.S. House.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opb.org\/article\/2024\/11\/08\/oregon-janelle-bynum-u-s-house-5th-congressional-district-congress-election-democrats-reupublicans-lori-chavez-deremer\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Editor\u2019s note: For Election 2024, OPB has been diligently following local races, providing comprehensive coverage of campaigns and measures. 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