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
2024 cycle
- Coverage
- 2023-01-01 to 2024-12-31
- Source
- Official FEC candidate summary
- Outside spending
- Outside spending details
- Total receipts
- $7,524,631.65
- Total disbursements
- $7,479,499.09
- Cash on hand
- $45,132.56
- Net self-funded
- $0.00
- Debts owed by the committee
- Not available
Receipt components disclose $7,524,631.65 in total receipts for the 2024 cycle.
Receipt source components are not loaded yet.
Sources: FEC candidate and committee summaries
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| Label | Values |
|---|
Fundraising detail
Itemized totals cannot be reconciled to committee summary totals, so this view uses itemized-only contribution facts.
- Small-dollar share
- Small-dollar share unavailable
- Small-dollar amount
- Committee summary totals are not available yet.
- Coverage
- 2023-01-01 to 2024-12-31
Individual contribution totals
- 2024 cycle
- $4,723,997.00
- Itemized
- $4,723,997.00
- Unitemized
- $0.00
- Itemized transactions
- 11569 transactions
Only itemized individual contributions are included; unitemized totals are unavailable for this view.
Itemized individual contributions total $4,723,997.00 in the 2024 cycle.
Monthly contribution columns
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
View chart data
| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| January 2023 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| February 2023 | Dollars: $50.00;Transactions: 1;Coverage: Covered |
| March 2023 | Dollars: $263.00;Transactions: 1;Coverage: Covered |
| April 2023 | Dollars: $100.00;Transactions: 1;Coverage: Covered |
| May 2023 | Dollars: $243.00;Transactions: 6;Coverage: Covered |
| June 2023 | Dollars: $72,545.00;Transactions: 86;Coverage: Covered |
| July 2023 | Dollars: $15,103.00;Transactions: 41;Coverage: Covered |
| August 2023 | Dollars: $42,417.00;Transactions: 51;Coverage: Covered |
| September 2023 | Dollars: $93,857.00;Transactions: 141;Coverage: Covered |
| October 2023 | Dollars: $26,987.00;Transactions: 98;Coverage: Covered |
| November 2023 | Dollars: $22,082.00;Transactions: 107;Coverage: Covered |
| December 2023 | Dollars: $38,119.00;Transactions: 123;Coverage: Covered |
| January 2024 | Dollars: $40,532.00;Transactions: 129;Coverage: Covered |
| February 2024 | Dollars: $108,740.00;Transactions: 158;Coverage: Covered |
| March 2024 | Dollars: $176,190.00;Transactions: 281;Coverage: Covered |
| April 2024 | Dollars: $96,711.00;Transactions: 236;Coverage: Covered |
| May 2024 | Dollars: $305,471.00;Transactions: 665;Coverage: Covered |
| June 2024 | Dollars: $511,966.00;Transactions: 719;Coverage: Covered |
| July 2024 | Dollars: $573,102.00;Transactions: 1,454;Coverage: Covered |
| August 2024 | Dollars: $783,467.00;Transactions: 1,913;Coverage: Covered |
| September 2024 | Dollars: $904,541.00;Transactions: 2,366;Coverage: Covered |
| October 2024 | Dollars: $842,546.00;Transactions: 2,692;Coverage: Covered |
| November 2024 | Dollars: $58,590.00;Transactions: 285;Coverage: Covered |
| December 2024 | Dollars: $10,375.00;Transactions: 15;Coverage: Covered |
Unitemized contributions are excluded from count and geography charts.
Itemized contribution-size buckets discloses $4,723,997.00 across 11,568 reported transactions in the 2024 cycle.
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
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| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| $200 and under | Dollars: $387,307.00;Transactions: 6,321 |
| $200.01-$499.99 | Dollars: $626,962.00;Transactions: 2,346 |
| $500-$999.99 | Dollars: $736,532.00;Transactions: 1,394 |
| $1,000-$1,999.99 | Dollars: $895,458.00;Transactions: 821 |
| $2,000 and over | Dollars: $2,077,738.00;Transactions: 686 |
Reported rows exclude unitemized counts and do not equal unique donors.
District geography uses a Census 119th-Congress / 2020-ZCTA approximation.
- District share
- 9% in district
- District share basis
- $399,240.00 in district and $4,269,274.00 out of district; $55,483.00 unknown district excluded from the share.
Unknown is included in the visible geography denominator. Unknown is $55,483.00 with 136 reported transactions; visible denominator is $4,723,997.00.
Geography dollar share
District geography uses a Census 119th-Congress / 2020-ZCTA approximation.
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
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| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| In district | Dollars: $399,240.00;Transactions: 2,408;Denominator: $4,723,997.00 |
| Elsewhere in state | Dollars: $909,733.00;Transactions: 3,428;Denominator: $4,723,997.00 |
| Out of state | Dollars: $3,359,541.00;Transactions: 5,597;Denominator: $4,723,997.00 |
| Unknown | Dollars: $55,483.00;Transactions: 136;Denominator: $4,723,997.00 |
Top reported contributor names
| Reported contributor name | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| HARRIS, WILLIAM SR | $13,200.00 | 4 transactions |
| CAHN, CHARLES | $9,900.00 | 3 transactions |
| HIRSCHTICK, JON | $8,100.00 | 3 transactions |
| ATKINS, CHET | $7,300.00 | 4 transactions |
| CHAPMAN, MATT | $6,800.00 | 4 transactions |
| SOSNICK, AARON | $6,692.00 | 3 transactions |
| HARAD, MATTHEW | $6,650.00 | 5 transactions |
| STEVES, BUDDY | $6,600.00 | 6 transactions |
| SIMON, DANIEL | $6,600.00 | 4 transactions |
| ALSOP, JOSEPH | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
Top reported employer names
Top employers aggregate raw employer names from itemized individual contributions only.
The raw ranking remains employer-name data; see Methodology for source-linking and evidence limitations.
| Employer | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| Unclassified / not provided | $2,835,766.00 | 7727 transactions |
| $25,249.00 | 38 transactions | |
| STATE OF OREGON | $17,355.00 | 54 transactions |
| MASS GENERAL HOSPITAL | $13,200.00 | 4 transactions |
| MOTLEY RICE LLC | $12,750.00 | 11 transactions |
| OHSU | $12,113.00 | 41 transactions |
| NOT-EMPLOYED | $10,900.00 | 5 transactions |
| MOTLEY RICE | $10,300.00 | 6 transactions |
| JANE STREET CAPITAL | $10,300.00 | 4 transactions |
| UCSF | $9,800.00 | 5 transactions |
Industries among top reported employer names
Industries are assigned from reported employer names by the server. This rollup covers only eligible returned top-employer rows for the selected cycle.
| Industry | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown / unclassified | $85,818.00 | 125 transactions |
| Technology | $25,249.00 | 38 transactions |
Classified: $25,249.00 and 38 transactions out of $111,067.00 and 163 transactions among eligible top-employer rows.
Finance data loading
Source and freshness
Last pulled: 6 days ago (2026-08-25)
Data is current.
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