Bynum, Janelle
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Janelle Sojourner Bynum is an American politician and businesswoman serving as the U.S. representative for Oregon's 5th congressional district since 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously served in the Oregon House of Representatives from 2017 to 2025.
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Core attributes
- Current office
- Representative
- Office level
- federal
- Canonical name
- Bynum, Janelle
- First name
- Janelle
- Last name
- Bynum
- Occupation
- —
- Education
- —
- Year of birth
- —
Races
- Oregon 5th Congressional District — 2026 General Election 2026-11-03 DEM C
- Oregon 5th Congressional District — 2024 General Election 2024-11-05 DEM C
Campaign finance
Money at a glance
2022 cycle
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Fundraising detail
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Source and freshness
Last pulled: 6 days ago (2026-08-25)
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FEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2026:H4OR05304
View source recordFEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2024:H4OR05304
View source recordUS Congress Legislators (unitedstates/congress-legislators) (campaign_finance/federal/congress)
Source record ID: house:B001326
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:H4OR05304:2026
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:H4OR05304:2024
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Key metrics
- Identifiers
- 5
Identifiers
- bioguide_id
- B001326
- fec_candidate_id
- H4OR05304
- fec_candidate_ids
- H4OR05304
- govtrack_id
- 457016
- wikidata_id
- Q28507879