Representative · OR-5 · Democrat · since Jan 2025

Janelle S. Bynum

Bills authored 11Missed votes 2 of 524Party unity 51% derived

Counted from 524 roll calls and 121 sponsorship records on file.

Provisionalunreviewed: stated positions

Stray indexpending review

Who they are · every sentence carries its source

Before the votes, a life.

Janelle S. Bynum was born in 1975 and grew up in Washington, D.C.^{Source 3: Wikipedia: Janelle Bynum} She earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Florida A&M University in 1996 and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Michigan in 2000.^{Source 3: Wikipedia: Janelle Bynum} After working as an engineer for General Motors, she relocated to Oregon in 2002 and operates several McDonald's franchises in the Portland area with her husband.^{Source 3: Wikipedia: Janelle Bynum}

Bynum served in the Oregon House of Representatives from 2017 to 2025.^{Source 3: Wikipedia: Janelle Bynum} She was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 2024 and is the first Black member of Congress from Oregon.^{Source 3: Wikipedia: Janelle Bynum}

In their own words

“I stand before you today committed to action. Lower costs, strong schools, affordable housing, and good opportunities are how we start getting ahead. Mr. Speaker, my K-30 agenda does exactly that, and supporting our kids means investing in the next generation of this country.”

Congressional Record · Jun 8, 2026 · Source

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The path here

1996
Earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Florida A&M University.^{Source 3: Wikipedia: Janelle Bynum}
2000
Received a Master of Business Administration from the University of Michigan.^{Source 3: Wikipedia: Janelle Bynum}
2002
Relocated to Oregon to help operate a family business.^{Source 3: Wikipedia: Janelle Bynum}
2017-2025
Served in the Oregon House of Representatives.^{Source 3: Wikipedia: Janelle Bynum}
2025-Present
Serves as the U.S. representative for Oregon's 5th congressional district.^{Source 1: Janelle S. Bynum — Biographical Directory of the United States Congress}^{Source 3: Wikipedia: Janelle Bynum}

Next election: Nov 3, 2026general · in 51 days

99.62% attendance · all roll calls we have ingested

2 sources

1Janelle S. Bynum — Biographical Directory of the United States Congressbioguideopen source
3Wikipedia: Janelle Bynumwikipediaopen source archived copy

Full record card

The record card · sourced from Bioguide, the Clerk and the FEC

1.7YRS

In office · 1st term · since Jan 2025

10,945VOTES

2024 margin of victory · 2.73%

Certified result

99.62%

Attendance

house median 97.9% (431 members)

NOV'26

Next election · general

in 51 days

Figures cover all roll calls we have ingested.

Before Congress

1996 Earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Florida A&M University.
2000 Received a Master of Business Administration from the University of Michigan.
2002 Relocated to Oregon to help operate a family business.
2017-2025 Served in the Oregon House of Representatives.
2025-Present Serves as the U.S. representative for Oregon's 5th congressional district.

House Committee on Financial ServicesHouse Committee on Financial Services · Capital Markets subcommitteeHouse Committee on Financial Services · Housing and Insurance subcommittee11 bills authored · 0 enacted

Says vs. does · 72 issues in 6 clusters

Stated position vs. voting record.

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6 clusters · 72 issues · sorted by gap size

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Receipts · recent votes on passage

How they voted.

Money & ties

Who's behind them.

How complete is this money picture?

46%of the money categories we track are publicly disclosed for this member, counting those that lawfully lag.

Campaign financeThrough Jun 30, 2026Current · 34%
Corporate-PAC shareNot yet derived · 22%
Disclosed tradesLagged · 12%
Lobbyist meetingsNot disclosed · 32%

Disclosed by the FEC; we have not built the honest derivation — same for every member.

Members must disclose trades within 45 days; this picture is always at least that far behind.

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Weights are fixed product-wide and disclosed, so this percentage is comparable across members.

Who funds them · 2026 cycle · FEC through Jun 30, 2026

$3.8MTotal raised · 1 ▪ = $100.0K · 38 units, rounded up

PAC contributions$1.1M · 30.5%
Itemized individual$1.7M · 44.9%
Small-dollar (≤$200)$476.2K · 12.7%
All other$448.5K · 11.9%

FEC filing totals ↗

Disclosed trades

We hold no disclosed-trade filings for this member. That is a gap in what we have loaded; it does not mean none were filed.

FEC OpenFEC · disclosed trades: House Clerk / Senate filings.

Ideology placement

Economic (dim 1)-0.286

Social (dim 2)0.097

Voteview DW-NOMINATE · retrieved Sep 7, 2026 — an external attributed reference, shown as context.

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