Oregon Democrat Janelle Bynum Flips US House Seat

The Associated Press reports:

Democrat Janelle Bynum has flipped Oregon’s 5th Congressional District and will become the state’s first Black member of Congress.

Bynum, a state representative who was backed and funded by national Democrats, ousted freshman GOP U.S. Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer. Republicans lost a seat that they flipped red for the first time in roughly 25 years during the 2022 midterms.

The contest was seen as a GOP toss up by the Cook Political Report, meaning either party had a good chance of winning. A small part of the district is in Multnomah County, where a ballot box just outside the county elections office in Portland was set on fire by an incendiary device about a week before the election.

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JUST IN: Democrat Janelle Bynum has officially defeated Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-Ore.), flipping back a congressional seat that Democrats had previously held for years. https://t.co/LL0h8BuET8

— Jennifer Bendery (@jbendery) November 14, 2024