Democrat Lesly Muñoz has won the Woodburn-area seat in the Oregon House in a come-from-behind victory, delivering a supermajority for her party and sealing Democrat control over both legislative branches.
Questions about the process stemmed from two "unofficial" documents released by the state showing a discrepancy in the number of ballots counted.
Lesly Muñoz’s lead against Rep. Tracy Cramer continued to grow Tuesday and both campaigns will receive a list of "challenged" ballots this morning.
The move comes after former Republican President Donald Trump and his party won the White House and both chambers of Congress.
Democrat Janelle Bynum has flipped Oregon’s 5th Congressional District. The U.S. House race was one of the country’s most competitive and viewed by The Cook Political Report as a toss up, meaning either party had a good chance of winning.
In updated results Friday, Rep. Tracy Cramer was trailing Lesly Muñoz. If the seat flips, Democrats would regain a supermajority in both chambers.
State Representative Janelle Bynum, a Democrat and the first Black woman elected to represent Oregon in Congress, ousted the freshman Republican Lori Chavez-DeRemer.
Bynum, a three-term state legislator, flipped back a congressional seat that Democrats had previously held for years.
Republican U.S. Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer narrowly lost a re-election bid for Oregon's 5th Congressional District to challenger Janelle Bynum. But national media outlets report that she's in the running to head up the U.S. Department of Labor. Beth Nakamura
As of Friday, labor organizer Lesly Muñoz was leading incumbent Rep. Tracy Cramer, R-Gervais, in the Oregon House District 22 race by 149 votes.
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President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Congresswoman Lori Chavez-DeRemer of Oregon to lead the Labor Department. She was one of a few Republicans who support the pro-union PRO Act.