The race to represent Woodburn in the Oregon House has tightened considerably in recent days, opening the door for Democrats to potentially regain a supermajority in the chamber. Democratic challenger Lesly Munoz led Republican Rep.

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.

U.S. Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer has conceded to Democratic challenger Janelle Bynum in the hotly contested race for Oregon’s 5th District.

For most of the past week, incumbent Rep. Tracy Cramer (R-Gervais) held a small but consistent lead. However, as of Thursday night, Munoz crept ahead by the thinnest of margins—one vote. Oregon Public Broadcasting first reported on the shift.

Updated at 6:10 p.m. Friday with new ballot totals, responses from candidates With a potential Democratic supermajority on the line, a Republican state representative losing by fewer than three dozen votes said Friday evening that she has hired a lawyer in her fight to stay in office.

Tobias Read will be moving on from his position as Oregon Treasurer and into the office of Secretary of State in January.

In updated results Friday, Rep. Tracy Cramer was trailing Lesly Muñoz. If the seat flips, Democrats would regain a supermajority in both chambers.

Maria Cecilia Hinojos Pressey remembers the sense of fear that descended on Latino immigrants in Oregon during the first Trump presidency in 2017. The director of operations for the farmworkers union Pineros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste,

Democrat Janelle Bynum won election to a U.S. House seat representing Oregon on Thursday, defeating Republican Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer. The district, which includes the Portland suburbs and stretches through Bend,

The FBI is offering a $25,000 reward for information on a suspect behind ballot box arsons in the Pacific Northwest ahead of the Nov. 5 election.

The FBI is offering up to $25,000 in exchange for information about the suspect they believe set fire to several ballot boxes in the Pacific Northwest during early voting last month.