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U.S. House, District 4: who gets your vote?

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Candidate
MD

Monique DeSpain

Running for U.S. House · Oregon District 4

NationalRepublican

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Val Hoyle

Val Hoyle

U.S. House · Oregon District 4

NationalDemocrat

Monique DeSpainCandidateVal HoyleCurrent rep

Job fit

Monique DeSpain

Offices held

  • in the United States Air Force, the Air Force Reserve, and the Oregon Air National Guard, retiring with the rank of Colonel. 1

Other work

  • For 20 of those years, she served as a lawyer with the Judge Advocate General’s Corps 1
  • In 2022, she joined the non-profit Common Sense for Oregon, where she worked to formulate policies 1

Val Hoyle

Offices held

  • Val was elected to the Oregon House of Representatives in 2010 representing West Eugene and Junction City, and eventually served as Majority Leader. 2
  • In January 2023, Val was sworn into the 118th U. 2
  • She was later elected statewide to serve as Oregon’s Labor Commissioner, a nonpartisan role leading Oregon’s Bureau of Labor and Industries. 2

Top issues

Ranked by what Americans say matters most (Pew, 2026)

Monique DeSpain

  • Cost of living & jobs
    Prosperity requires government to get out of the way. We must cut excessive regulations, fix broken permitting systems, and reduce punitive taxation so Americans can keep more of what they earn and reinvest in their communities. 3
  • Crime & safety
    I support the rule of law and the men and women of law enforcement and other emergency responders... I will not support federal funding for soft-on-crime cities or cities that defund the police and leave Americans vulnerable. 3
  • Immigration
    I will work to streamline our immigration process, fix asylum loopholes, permanently end catch-and-release, and support successful policies like 'Remain in Mexico' measures to ensure the swift removal of criminals and gang members. 3

No public stance found on: Health care costs, Guns

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Val Hoyle

No stated positions on file yet.

How they voted on top issues

Monique DeSpain

Nothing found for this candidate yet.

Val Hoyle

  • Elections that are easy to vote in and hard to cheat → Making it easier to vote (4 of 4 votes) 4
  • What kids are taught in school → Teachers deciding, with lessons that include everyone (4 of 4 votes) 4
  • Fair trade and prices at the store → Free trade and lower tariffs (3 of 3 votes) 4

Who pays them

Monique DeSpain

Where the campaign money came from5

small donorslarge donorsother politicians
small donors$93Klarge donors$224Kotherpoliticians$7K$343K raised
$93,4275Small individual donors
$223,8875Large individual donors

Val Hoyle

Where the campaign money came from6

small donorslarge donorslabor unionscompaniesindustry associationsOther kinds of donors
small donors$65Klarge donors$547Klabor unions$272Kcompanies$128Kindustryassociations$90KOther kinds ofdonors$120K$1.2M raised
$65,0596Small individual donors
$547,2576Large individual donors

Checks

Monique DeSpain

No voting record to check yet

Val Hoyle

Checks run: missed votes · stock trades

🚨 Stock trades on file: 186 since 2025. 7

About red flags

These are Voter Choice's editorial choices, not a finding about any person. We flag: stock trading while in office, absences, money's influence in politics, and reported misuse of power or public funds. State and local items may come from local news, which can lean partisan. Take with a grain of salt. The judgment is yours.

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Sources

  1. Meet Monique - Monique DeSpain for Congress · checked 2026-10-14 used in: Experience
  2. About | Congresswoman Val Hoyle · checked 2026-10-14 used in: Experience
  3. moniqueforcongress.com used in: Top issues
  4. Congress.gov roll-call votes · 2022-11-04 to 2026-11-04 used in: How they voted on top issues
  5. FEC · 2026 cycle used in: Money
  6. FEC · 2026 cycle used in: Money
  7. House and Senate periodic transaction reports · disclosed through 2025-09-23 used in: Checks
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Candidate A

Justin Filip

Green

We don't have campaign money records for this race yet.

Sources

1 Background: Meet Justin | Support Positive Change — Get Involved — Justin Filip for Congress · checked 2026-10-14

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Val Hoyle
Candidate B

Val Hoyle

DemocratShown above

🚩 $1.2M raised, 44% from large donors, 49% from organized interests. Group amounts exceed the filed PAC total. These sources do not reconcile; no complete split or remainder is claimed.
Filed PAC total: $609,626.86 (49% of $1,235,713.18 raised), 2026 cycle.
Named group amounts (not a complete filed split): $610,701.00, Group filing cutoff unavailable. Group source

🚨 Stock trades on file: 186 since 2025.

Their votes pushed for: cutting pollution and moving to clean energy, more legal ways in, and protection for people already here, government paying more of the bill.

Sources

1 Background: About | Congresswoman Val Hoyle · checked 2026-10-14

2 The money: FEC · 2026 cycle

3 STOCK Act trades: House and Senate periodic transaction reports · disclosed through 2025-09-23

4 Roll calls: Congress.gov roll-call votes · 2022-11-04 to 2026-11-04

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Candidate C

Monique DeSpain

RepublicanShown above

🚩 No federal record yet. Campaign money: $343K raised, 65% from large donors, 7% from organized interests. Group coverage unverified: filing cutoffs and receipt scope have not been reconciled. Named amounts are not a complete split of the filed PAC total.
Filed PAC total: $22,500.00 (7% of $342,746.70 raised), 2026 cycle.
Named group amounts (not a complete filed split): $7,000.00, Group filing cutoff unavailable. Group source

Says they are for: lower taxes and fewer rules on business, tougher sentences and more police, a tighter border and stricter enforcement.

Sources

1 Background: Meet Monique - Monique DeSpain for Congress · checked 2026-10-14

2 The money: FEC · 2026 cycle

3 lower taxes and fewer rules on business: Candidate statement

4 tougher sentences and more police: Candidate statement

5 a tighter border and stricter enforcement: Candidate statement

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