U.S. House, District 5: who gets your vote?
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Janelle S Bynum
U.S. House · Oregon District 5
NationalDemocrat
Patti Adair
Running for U.S. House · Oregon District 5
NationalRepublican
Job fit
Janelle S Bynum
Top issues
Ranked by what Americans say matters most (Pew, 2026)
Janelle S Bynum
No stated positions on file yet.
Patti Adair
- Cost of living & jobs
Campaign priorities page pledges to 'unleash economic growth and support small businesses' and touts overseeing 'the most pro-small business county in Oregon.' 4 - Crime & safety
Campaign priorities page lists her record as having 'increased funding for law enforcement' and 'delivered new judgeships to keep criminals off the streets.' 4
No public stance found on: Health care costs, Guns, Immigration, Climate & energy
More on their website →How they voted on top issues
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Who pays them
Janelle S Bynum
Where the campaign money came from5
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Janelle S Bynum
Checks run: missed votes
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Patti Adair
No voting record to check yet
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Sources
- About | Representative Janelle Bynum · checked 2026-10-14 used in: Experience
- About | Patti Adair for Congress · checked 2026-10-14 used in: Experience
- Commissioner Patti Adair | Deschutes County, OR · checked 2026-10-14 used in: Experience
- pattiforcongress.com used in: Top issues
- FEC · 2026 cycle used in: Money
- FEC · 2026 cycle used in: Money
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Andrea Townsend
GreenWe don't have campaign money records for this race yet.
Janelle S Bynum
DemocratShown above🚩 $3.5M raised, 48% from large donors, 33% 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: $1,145,914.88 (33% of $3,505,664.61 raised), 2026 cycle.
Named group amounts (not a complete filed split): $1,105,697.00, Group filing cutoff unavailable. Group source 2
Sources
1 Background: About | Representative Janelle Bynum · checked 2026-10-14
2 The money: FEC · 2026 cycle
Patti Adair
RepublicanShown above🚩 No federal record yet. Campaign money: $423K raised, 73% from large donors, 1% from organized interests. Group breakdown unavailable. The filed PAC total is known, but its givers have not been identified here.
Filed PAC total: $3,750.00 (1% of $423,212.45 raised), 2026 cycle. Group source 3
Says they are for: lower taxes and fewer rules on business, tougher sentences and more police. 45
Sources
1 Background: About | Patti Adair for Congress · checked 2026-10-14
2 Background: Commissioner Patti Adair | Deschutes County, OR · checked 2026-10-14
3 The money: FEC · 2026 cycle
4 lower taxes and fewer rules on business: Candidate statement
5 tougher sentences and more police: Candidate statement