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U.S. Representative for Oregon’s 5th District

Janelle S. Bynum

Democrat 1st term On 2026 ballot

Replaced Lori Chavez-DeRemer in 2025

From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we measure

Campaign money, 2025–26$4.7M raised · top PACs: Women Vote, Aguilar, Clark Breaks with Democrats most onFinance and Financial Sector: broke on 4 of 13 party-line votes (31%; most Democrats: 8%)
95LoyaltyMed 98
100AttendMed 98
14BipartMed 12
22BreaksMed 7
In office
House 2025–now
1 year in CongressMore senior than 3% of the House
Committees
  • Financial Services 22nd minority
Age
51

2026 election

On the November ballot
General election Nov 3, 2026

Facing

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Activity

119th CongressJan 3, 2025 to Nov 1, 2026Method
By week
Statements
Bills introduced
Roll calls
Breaks with party
By yearStatementsStmtsBills sponsoredSpons.Bills passedPassedCosponsoredCospon.Roll callsVotesBreaks with partyBreaks
119th Congress2025–26, to date16824140267422

Counts, not a score: statements as the Statements tab counts them, bills by introduction date, roll calls the member voted in, breaks on party-line votes.

1

What does she focus on?

MethodIssues tab →
Government Operations and Politics 15% 4%
Economics and Public Finance 12% 4%
Housing and Community Development 10% 13%

StatementsBills

Words go to Government Operations and Politics, Economics and Public Finance and Housing and Community Development; bills go to Finance and Financial Sector and Housing and Community Development.

  • She talks most about: Housing Affordability (Housing and Community Development), Cost of Living (Economics and Public Finance), Wildfire Recovery (Emergency Management), Immigration Enforcement (Immigration), Education Funding (Education).
  • 24 bills sponsored, most on Finance and Financial Sector.
2

Does she have influence?

MethodBackground tab →
MemberFinancial Services Committee22nd minority

No committee or party leadership post, more senior than 3% of the House, in the minority.

  • 1 year in Congress: more senior than 3% of the House.
  • Minority: Democrats hold 214 of the 433 filled seats.
5

Who does she work with?

MethodWho votes alike →

Her cosponsorships on Republican bills

40% · peer median 22%

Closest across the aisle

Closest across the aisle Pro The members of the other party who vote most like Bynum.

Free account See Pro

Agreement on contested votes where both cast yea or nay, this Congress · Voteview

40% of her cosponsorships go to Republican bills (peer median 22%); closest in her party: Hernández Rivera and Norton.

  • Other-party share of cosponsors on her own bills: not yet tracked.
  • Caucus memberships: not yet tracked.
3

Can she get things done?

MethodBills tab →

Her billsExpected for a peer

Introduced 21 · expected 19
Action in committee 4 · expected 5
Beyond committee 1 · expected 1
Passed House 1 · expected 0
Became law 0 · expected 0
EffectivenessRank 284 of 433 in the House

0.44expected 0.44 · average member 1.00

1 of 21 bills passed the House; 0 became law; effectiveness 0.44 against a peer median of 0.44.

  • On the move: H.R. 6618 (passed a chamber).
  • Amendments offered and adopted, earmarks in dollars: not yet tracked.

119th Congress so far · bills from congress.gov

4

Where does she stand?

MethodVotes tab →
Position, all votesDW-NOMINATE −0.29

With her party on all 12 areas with 10 or more party-line votes so far.

Major bills of the Congress · final passage

Voted with her party on 9 of the 10 she voted on.

The same ten bills on every profile, chosen by a rule from the roll calls, statements and lobbying filings on file · Method · party column: Democrats yea–nay on that roll call.

Votes with Democrats on 95% of party-line votes, breaks 22 times (peer median 10).

  • Position: −0.29, inside the Democratic middle 80%.
  • Most breaks by area: Finance and Financial Sector 4 of 13, Immigration 3 of 15, Crime and Law Enforcement 3 of 24.

Distance from party, not an ideology score · areas under 10 party-line votes not shown.

6

Who backs her?

MethodMoney tab →

Where the money comes from, 2025–26

Bynum$4.7M raised15%45%29%10%
House median$2.1M raised7%37%36%7%

Small-dollar individualsLarge individualsPACs and other committeesTransfers and other

Small-dollargifts of $200 or less

61% of what she raised came from individuals; 15% came in gifts of $200 or less (chamber median 7%).

$4.7M raised, 29% from PACs and other committees (chamber median 36%).

  • Last general election for the seat (2024): won by 2.7 points.

120 PACs of the 201 that gave belong to organizations that lobbied on bills she faced a vote on, cosponsored or sponsored.

Top lobbying issues of the organizations behind the PACs that gave to her: Taxation, Budget/Appropriations and Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities.

  1. Women Vote100% D
  2. Aguilar100% D
  3. Clark100% D

What each PAC gave Pro Amounts, the full list and each organization’s lobbying are part of Pro.

Free account See Pro

Party split is the PAC’s giving to all federal candidates · FEC

What those organizations lobby on

291 bills

Bynum voted Yea on 34, Nay on 82, and sponsored or cosponsored 175 with no recorded vote.

7

Do her words match her actions?

MethodPositions tab →

Positions are being checked before they go public; this question fills in when they are.