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DemocratJanelle S. Bynum
U.S. Representative · Oregon
Oregon's 5th district
U.S. Representative from Oregon
0 tracked promises
How they won their seat
Janelle S. Bynum won the 2024 U.S. House election in Oregon (District 5) with 47.7% of the vote (191,365 votes).
- Janelle S. Bynum · Democrat47.7%191,365
- Lori Chavez-Deremer · Republican45%180,420
- Brett Smith · Independent4.7%18,665
- Sonja Feintech · Libertarian1.5%6,193
- 2 Other Candidates1.2%4,650
Certified results. Source: MIT Election Data + Science Lab (MEDSL) ↗. A plurality winner can hold under 50% when more than two candidates run.
Inferred legislative agendas
Janelle S. Bynum's record includes housing-related legislation, consumer protection measures, and support for veterans. Notable sponsored bills include the SPUR Housing Act and the VA Families Act. Additionally, she has sponsored resolutions addressing financial practices related to consumer protection. Her committee memberships include financial services and housing. Focus areas (from the record): Housing · Consumer Protection · Veterans Affairs · Financial Services · Environmental Safety Alignment with declared positions: Insufficient evidence. There are no declared positions or tracked promises on file to compare against her legislative activity, making it impossible to assess alignment. What this can't tell you: The effectiveness of the sponsored bills in achieving their intended outcomes; The specific motivations behind her legislative choices; Any unlogged work or informal efforts that may influence her political activities. Confidence: moderate (based on the volume of verified record on file).
Inferred, not stated. Janelle S. Bynum has not necessarily stated these as goals. This is an AI-generated, nonpartisan reading of the patterns in their verified record — sponsored legislation, committee work, roll-call votes, and campaign-finance composition — and how those patterns compare to any declared positions and tracked promises. It describes what the record emphasizes, never imputes motive, and is run through an adversarial review pass that scrubs bias, loaded language, and any claim the evidence doesn’t support. It is not a quote, a claim they made, or a rating; every underlying item is sourced in the verified record below; and it never affects the Integrity Score.
Showing 2026. Every tile and chart below reflects this window; some record types (e.g. roll-call votes) only have data for recent years.
Activity in office
What Janelle S. Bynum has actually done in office — sourced from official roll-call and government records, shown in full below. These are facts, separate from tracked promises and never folded into any score.
- Votes cast
- 248
- Voted yea
- 127
- Voted nay
- 119
- Bills sponsored
- 13
Roll-call data last updated July 20, 2026 · source: Voteview.
Monthly voting activity
- Yea
- Nay
- Total
Roll-call votes per month — most recent on file. Source: Voteview.
Vote attendance
Share of roll calls participated in — most recent votes on file. Source: Voteview.
Bills sponsored over time
Bills sponsored per year, stacked by outcome (latest action). Outcome data covers the 118th–119th Congresses; earlier years show as “awaiting status” until enriched. Source: Congress.gov.
Independence
How often they break with their party’s majority — neither good nor bad, just the record.
Most recent roll-call votes on file. Source: Voteview.
Bill success rate
Bills SPONSORED in the 118th–119th Congresses, by their latest action. Source: Congress.gov.
Campaign finance over time
- Small-dollar (unitemized)$419K15%
- Large individual (itemized)$1.4M51%
- PAC / committee$912K33%
By election cycle. Source: FEC.
Committee memberships
- Member, House Committee on Financial ServicesOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, House Committee on Financial Services — Capital MarketsOn record since Jan 2025Member
- Member, House Committee on Financial Services — Housing and InsuranceOn record since Jan 2025Member
Source: Congress.gov.
Verified record
21 sponsored billsFacts imported directly from official government sources — shown separately from tracked promises and never folded into the Integrity Score. Each entry links to its primary source.
Sponsored legislation
- Sponsored HJRES 183: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to the withdrawal of the rule relating to "Consumer Financial Protection Circular 2023-01: Unlawful Negative Option Marketing Practices". ↗May 12, 2026
- Sponsored HRES 1276: Recognizing the 100th anniversary of the Bend Chamber of Commerce. ↗May 12, 2026
- Sponsored HJRES 182: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to the withdrawal of the rule relating to "Bulletin 2023-01: Unfair Billing and Collection Practices After Bankruptcy Discharges of Certain Student Loan Debts". ↗May 12, 2026
- Sponsored HR 8041: Supporting VA Families Act ↗Mar 24, 2026
- Sponsored HR 7244: First-Time Home Buyers Match Act ↗Jan 27, 2026
- Sponsored HR 7245: LIMBER Timber Act of 2026 ↗Jan 27, 2026
- Sponsored HR 7243: SPUR Housing Act ↗Jan 27, 2026
- Sponsored HR 7242: Homebuilders Corps Act of 2026 ↗Jan 27, 2026
- Sponsored HR 7202: Invest in Rural Teachers Act ↗Jan 22, 2026
- Sponsored HR 7204: School Bus Stop-Arm Safety Camera Act ↗Jan 22, 2026
- Sponsored HR 7205: Application FEES Act ↗Jan 22, 2026
- Sponsored HR 7201: Rural Service and Workforce Corps Act ↗Jan 22, 2026
Showing the 12 most recent of 21 sponsored measures.
Voting record
- Total votes
- 609
- Yea
- 283
- Nay
- 320
- Present
- 4
- Not voting
- 2
Full voting record
609 votes- HR9237Yea
- HR5362Yea
- HR8595Nay
- HR8595Yea
- HR8595Nay
- HR8595Nay
- HR8595Present
- HR8595Nay
- HR8595Nay
- HR1181Nay
- HR1181Yea
- HR139Nay
- HRES1423Nay
- HRES1423Nay
- HR8897Yea
- HR3106Yea
- HRES1399Yea
- HCONRES108Yea
- HRES1398Nay
- HRES1398Nay
Roll-call votes, 119th Congress. Source: Voteview (voteview.com). Click any vote to verify it independently.
Stated positions
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Disclosure
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No undisclosed priorities on record. This is not a clean-audit claim — it means none have been confirmed for this official.
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