{"id":8349,"date":"2024-11-09T16:21:42","date_gmt":"2024-11-09T08:21:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=8349"},"modified":"2024-11-09T16:21:55","modified_gmt":"2024-11-09T08:21:55","slug":"bynum-flips-oregon-house-seat-will-be-states-first-black-member-of-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=8349","title":{"rendered":"Bynum flips Oregon House seat, will be state\u2019s first Black member of Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"734\" height=\"469\" src=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/4-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/4-2.png 734w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/4-2-300x192.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 734px) 100vw, 734px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Democrat Janelle Bynum is projected to win Oregon\u2019s 5th Congressional District, according to Decision Desk HQ, making her the first Black lawmaker to represent Oregon in Congress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bynum, an Oregon state representative, has ousted first-term incumbent Republican Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, (R) who flipped the seat into the GOP column for the first time in decades during the midterms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Democrats were optimistic about Bynum\u2019s chances of retaking the seat, pointing to her success against Chavez-DeRemer in two state legislature races. She beat out progressive Jamie McLeod-Skinner, last year\u2019s Democratic nominee, in the primaries to win the party nod.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Establishment Democrats rallied around Bynum, with endorsements from Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek (D) and EMILY\u2019s List, a group that had endorsed McLeod-Skinner two years earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Biden won the district, representing the suburbs of Portland and Salem, by nearly 9 points in 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrat Janelle Bynum is projected to win Oregon\u2019s 5th Congressional District, according to Decision Desk HQ, making her the first Black lawmaker to represent Oregon in Congress. 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