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
2026 cycle
- Coverage
- 2025-01-01 to 2026-12-31
- Source
- Derived from itemized transactions
- Outside spending
- Outside spending details
- Total receipts
- $3,760,211.50
- Total disbursements
- $1,089,483.81
- Cash on hand
- Not available
- Net self-funded
- Not available
- Debts owed by the committee
- Not available
Receipt components disclose $3,760,211.50 in total receipts for the 2026 cycle.
Receipt source components are not loaded yet.
Sources: FEC candidate and committee summaries
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| Label | Values |
|---|
Fundraising detail
Itemized totals do not match 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
- 2025-01-01 to 2026-12-31
Individual contribution totals
- 2026 cycle
- $1,394,691.00
- Itemized
- $1,394,691.00
- Unitemized
- $0.00
- Itemized transactions
- 3506 transactions
Only itemized individual contributions are included; unitemized totals are unavailable for this view.
Itemized individual contributions total $1,394,691.00 in the 2026 cycle.
Monthly contribution columns
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
View chart data
| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| January 2025 | Dollars: $28,758.00;Transactions: 43;Coverage: Covered |
| February 2025 | Dollars: $42,149.00;Transactions: 63;Coverage: Covered |
| March 2025 | Dollars: $85,489.00;Transactions: 113;Coverage: Covered |
| April 2025 | Dollars: $58,893.00;Transactions: 120;Coverage: Covered |
| May 2025 | Dollars: $111,202.00;Transactions: 205;Coverage: Covered |
| June 2025 | Dollars: $187,022.00;Transactions: 189;Coverage: Covered |
| July 2025 | Dollars: $41,963.00;Transactions: 164;Coverage: Covered |
| August 2025 | Dollars: $47,127.00;Transactions: 177;Coverage: Covered |
| September 2025 | Dollars: $119,611.00;Transactions: 225;Coverage: Covered |
| October 2025 | Dollars: $69,553.00;Transactions: 258;Coverage: Covered |
| November 2025 | Dollars: $45,582.00;Transactions: 205;Coverage: Covered |
| December 2025 | Dollars: $111,420.00;Transactions: 325;Coverage: Covered |
| January 2026 | Dollars: $48,655.00;Transactions: 266;Coverage: Covered |
| February 2026 | Dollars: $140,152.00;Transactions: 407;Coverage: Covered |
| March 2026 | Dollars: $191,905.00;Transactions: 471;Coverage: Covered |
| April 2026 | Dollars: $65,210.00;Transactions: 275;Coverage: Covered |
| May 2026 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| June 2026 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| July 2026 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| August 2026 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| September 2026 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| October 2026 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| November 2026 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| December 2026 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
Unitemized contributions are excluded from count and geography charts.
Itemized contribution-size buckets discloses $1,394,691.00 across 3,506 reported transactions in the 2026 cycle.
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
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| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| $200 and under | Dollars: $94,124.00;Transactions: 2,063 |
| $200.01-$499.99 | Dollars: $146,587.00;Transactions: 559 |
| $500-$999.99 | Dollars: $226,015.00;Transactions: 440 |
| $1,000-$1,999.99 | Dollars: $282,549.00;Transactions: 261 |
| $2,000 and over | Dollars: $645,416.00;Transactions: 183 |
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
- $123,919.00 in district and $1,260,956.00 out of district; $9,816.00 unknown district excluded from the share.
Unknown is included in the visible geography denominator. Unknown is $9,816.00 with 26 reported transactions; visible denominator is $1,394,691.00.
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: $123,919.00;Transactions: 976;Denominator: $1,394,691.00 |
| Elsewhere in state | Dollars: $312,821.00;Transactions: 976;Denominator: $1,394,691.00 |
| Out of state | Dollars: $948,135.00;Transactions: 1,528;Denominator: $1,394,691.00 |
| Unknown | Dollars: $9,816.00;Transactions: 26;Denominator: $1,394,691.00 |
Top reported contributor names
| Reported contributor name | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| KEANE, GORDON | $10,000.00 | 6 transactions |
| KOSTROUN, VENA | $9,000.00 | 2 transactions |
| ERICKSEN, EUGENE | $7,500.00 | 2 transactions |
| YEGEN, CHRIS | $7,300.00 | 2 transactions |
| BARNHART, FLORENCE | $7,000.00 | 2 transactions |
| BARNHART, PHILIP | $7,000.00 | 2 transactions |
| BASHEVKIN, ELI | $7,000.00 | 2 transactions |
| BEKENSTEIN, ANITA | $7,000.00 | 2 transactions |
| BEKENSTEIN, JOSH | $7,000.00 | 2 transactions |
| BOYLE, TIMOTHY | $7,000.00 | 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 | $827,544.00 | 2511 transactions |
| DIGITAL VISION INC | $10,000.00 | 6 transactions |
| CITY OF NEW YORK | $7,928.00 | 12 transactions |
| VERNIER SCIENCE EDUCATION | $7,500.00 | 5 transactions |
| JANE STREET CAPITAL | $7,500.00 | 2 transactions |
| COLUMBIA SPORTSWEAR COMPANY | $7,000.00 | 2 transactions |
| D.E. SHAW | $7,000.00 | 2 transactions |
| DE SHAW | $7,000.00 | 2 transactions |
| EDMUNSON BARNHART KNIGHT | $7,000.00 | 2 transactions |
| FLUENCE ENERGY | $7,000.00 | 2 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 | $67,928.00 | 35 transactions |
Classified: $0.00 and 0 transactions out of $67,928.00 and 35 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