A winner has been declared by The Associated Press in one of the most closely watched House races in the country between Oregon Republican Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer and her Democratic challenger, state Rep.
Questions about the process stemmed from two "unofficial" documents released by the state showing a discrepancy in the number of ballots counted.
Lesly Muñoz’s lead against Rep. Tracy Cramer continued to grow Tuesday and both campaigns will receive a list of "challenged" ballots this morning.
The move comes after former Republican President Donald Trump and his party won the White House and both chambers of Congress.
Democrat Janelle Bynum has flipped Oregon’s 5th Congressional District. The U.S. House race was one of the country’s most competitive and viewed by The Cook Political Report as a toss up, meaning either party had a good chance of winning.
In updated results Friday, Rep. Tracy Cramer was trailing Lesly Muñoz. If the seat flips, Democrats would regain a supermajority in both chambers.
State Representative Janelle Bynum, a Democrat and the first Black woman elected to represent Oregon in Congress, ousted the freshman Republican Lori Chavez-DeRemer.
Bynum, a three-term state legislator, flipped back a congressional seat that Democrats had previously held for years.
As of Friday, labor organizer Lesly Muñoz was leading incumbent Rep. Tracy Cramer, R-Gervais, in the Oregon House District 22 race by 149 votes.
Democrat Janelle Bynum wins election to U.S. House in Oregon's 5th Congressional District, beating incumbent Lori Chavez-DeRemer
U.S. Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer has conceded to Democratic challenger Janelle Bynum in the hotly contested race for Oregon’s 5th District.
Democrat Janelle Bynum has defeated incumbent Republican U.S. Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer and will give Oregon a 5-1 Democratic majority in Congress, the third time she has beaten her Republican rival in an election in less than a decade.