Janelle S Bynum
D · Oregon · 2026 · IncumbentOn the ballot
U.S. House, OR-5Oregon · 2026Top priorities
- Lists lowering the cost of housing, strengthening the economy, and improving access to education among her priorities.
- Also lists climate action, lowering the cost of health care, protecting reproductive rights, and ending homelessness.
Per the campaign site.
Biography
Janelle Bynum describes herself as a businesswoman and served eight years in the Oregon House of Representatives, where she chaired the Committee on Small Business and Economic Development, per her official House website. She holds an undergraduate degree in electrical engineering from Florida A&M University and an MBA from the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business, per the same source.
Key voting record
- Voted no on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the 2025 tax-and-spending package, which passed the House 218-214 in July 2025. Opposed
- Voted yes on the Laken Riley Act, expanding federal detention of certain immigrants charged with theft or violent crimes, which passed the House 263-156 in January 2025. Supported
- Voted no on the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2026, which passed the House 231-196 in September 2025. Opposed
- Voted no on the November 2025 funding agreement that ended the government shutdown, which passed the House 222-209 in November 2025. Opposed
- Voted no on the September 2025 stopgap funding bill, which passed the House 217-212 in September 2025. Opposed
- Voted no on the March 2025 full-year stopgap funding bill, which passed the House 217-213 in March 2025. Opposed
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