Democrat Lesly Muñoz has won the Woodburn-area seat in the Oregon House in a come-from-behind victory, delivering a supermajority for her party and sealing Democrat control over both legislative branches.
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.
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.
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.
State Representative Janelle Bynum, a Democrat and the first Black woman elected to represent Oregon in Congress, ousted the freshman Republican Lori Chavez-DeRemer.
Oregon Democrats appear to have eked out a supermajority in both the state House and Senate, with a narrow win confirmed in a rural Woodburn-based House seat late Tuesday. Tuesday was the deadline for voters to fix missing or mismatched signatures on their ballot envelopes.
Oregon Democrats appear to have eked out a supermajority in both the state House and Senate, with a narrow win confirmed in a rural Woodburn-based House seat late Tuesday. Tuesday was the deadline for voters to fix missing or mismatched signatures on their ballot envelopes.
Oregon Democrats have regained the supermajority in the House of Representatives after labor organizer and political newcomer Lesly Muñoz declared victory Wednesday in House District 22, which includes Woodburn, north Salem, Gervais, Brooks and Labish Village.
The Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office confirmed Wednesday that it responded to a threat against U.S. Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, an Oregon Republican selected by president-elect Donald Trump to lead the federal Department of Labor.
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.