Janelle Bynum
American politician (born 1975)
Illustration by Vugol.me, adapted from Official U.S. Congress portrait · Public domain
Races
- 2026 · U.S. House, OR-05 · General · Democratic · on the ballot · incumbent
- 2024 · U.S. House, OR-05 · General · Democratic · result not on file · source
- 2018 · State House / Assembly, OR District 51 · General · Democratic · won · 14,843 votes (53.9%) · source
Background
Janelle Sojourner Bynum is an American politician and businesswoman serving as the U.S. representative for Oregon's 5th congressional district since 2025.
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A member of the Democratic Party, she previously served in the Oregon House of Representatives from 2017 to 2025.
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Campaign finance
As of 2026-06-30 · Source: FEC
Website and social
Sources
- Official portrait — public-domain congressional image set (unitedstates project)
- Background — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-09-19 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janelle_Bynum
- Website and social links — Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28507879
- Official social accounts — congress-legislators dataset (unitedstates project)
- Roster — FEC filing — https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/H4OR05304/
- photo_headshot — https://bynum.house.gov/about
- photo_full_body — https://bynum.house.gov
- photo_action — https://bynum.house.gov/about/committees-and-caucuses
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