Federal candidate · 2023–2024 cycle · past cycle
Janelle S. Bynum
- Office
- U.S. representative for Oregon’s 5th district
- Party
- Democrat
- Hometown
- Happy Valley, OR
- Born
- 1975
- In Congress
- House since 2025 · 1 year in office
- Current term
- January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
- FEC filing name
- BYNUM, JANELLE
- Next election
- Primary May 21, 2024 · General November 5, 2024 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Oregon, District 5
Official websiteX (Twitter)FacebookInstagramFEC pageCongressional biography
Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.
FEC candidate ID H4OR05304 · Principal campaign committee: JANELLE BYNUM FOR CONGRESS
| Cycle | Office | Raised | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–2026 | U.S. House · Oregon District 5 | $4,737,331.62 | General-election nominee |
| 2023–2024 | U.S. House · Oregon District 5 | $7,524,631.65 | General-election nominee |
Total raised$7,524,631.65
Total spent$7,479,499.09
Cash on hand$45,132.56
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00
2023–2024 cycle totals through December 31, 2024, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.
Where the money comes from
- Individual contributions$6,586,068.9088%
- PACs and other committees$769,351.4410%
- Party committees$1,000.000%
- Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$148,684.522%
- Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$19,526.790%
Raised and spent over time
Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.
Committees
- House Committee on Financial Services
- Capital Markets
- Housing and Insurance
Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.
PAC and committee contributors
206 committees reported giving $781,705.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.
- DEMOCRACY ENGINE, INC., PACConnected PAC$52,756.00
- DIGIDEMS PACHybrid PAC$19,800.00
- SD PACHybrid PAC$15,000.00
- WELCOMEPACHybrid PAC$12,600.00
- ELECT DEMOCRATIC WOMENConnected PAC$12,000.00
- AMALGAMATED TRANSIT UNION - COPE Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- AMERIPAC: THE FUND FOR A GREATER AMERICALeadership PAC$10,000.00
- HOOPS PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS IN DIVERSE GEOGRAPHIC ENVIRONMENTS PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- NEW DEMOCRAT COALITION ACTION FUNDConnected PAC$10,000.00
- TRI-STATE MAXED-OUT WOMENHybrid PAC$10,000.00
- HMPHybrid PAC$10,000.00
- GOOD FRIENDS PACPAC$10,000.00
- CA LUV PAC (CALIFORNIA LEADERSHIP UNITED FOR VICTORY PAC)Leadership PAC$10,000.00
- FAIR SHOT PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- EVERGREEN PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- JOBS, EDUCATION, & FAMILIES FIRST JEFF PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- 314 ACTION FUNDHybrid PAC$10,000.00
- DEFEND THE VOTEHybrid PAC$10,000.00
- BEYOND THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- DCCCParty committee$9,667.00
- THE LONG RUN PACPAC$9,500.00
- HIGHER HEIGHTS FOR AMERICA PACPAC$8,700.00
- EMILYS LISTConnected PAC$8,066.00
- DMFI PACHybrid PAC$8,000.00
Show all 206 committees
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAJ PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$7,500.00
- BLUE NEVADA PACLeadership PAC$7,500.00
- TAHOMA PACLeadership PAC$6,600.00
- GET OUT THE VOTE PACHybrid PAC$6,083.00
- BUDWINSKI PACLeadership PAC$6,000.00
- COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA - COPE POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- UAW - V - CAP (UAW VOLUNTARY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM) 'INT'L UNION UNITED AUTOMOBILE AEROSPACE & AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT WORKERS OF AMERICA UAW Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- NEA FUND FOR CHILDREN AND PUBLIC EDUCATION Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- UNITED STEELWORKERS POLITICAL ACTION FUND Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- SEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL ACTIONHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, AFL-CIO COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATIONPAC$5,000.00
- ENGINEERS POLITICAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE (EPEC)/INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- D.R.I.V.E. - DEMOCRAT, REPUBLICAN, INDEPENDENT VOTER EDUCATION (THE PAC OF THE INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM FOR ALL PACConnected PAC$5,000.00
- CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS PACConnected PAC$5,000.00
- WOMEN'S POLITICAL COMMITTEE FEDERALPAC$5,000.00
- PLANNED PARENTHOOD ACTION FUND INC PAC, DBA PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERAL PAC Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- COMMITTEE FOR A LIVABLE FUTURELeadership PAC$5,000.00
- MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTIONHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- PAC TO THE FUTURELeadership PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OB-GYNS PAC (OB-GYN PAC) Company pagePAC$5,000.00
- DEMOCRATS OF ORANGE COUNTY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (DEMOC PAC)Connected PAC$5,000.00
- BLUE WAVE PROJECTLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- BEEPAC (BUILDING ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT PAC)Leadership PAC$5,000.00
- PURPOSE PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- TOGETHER EVERYONE REALIZES REAL IMPACT AKA TERRI PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICA NEEDS NEW INNOVATION AND ENERGY PACPAC$5,000.00
- EQUALITY PACConnected PAC$5,000.00
- END CITIZENS UNITEDConnected PAC$5,000.00
- PROGRESSIVE TURNOUT PROJECTHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- THE COLLECTIVE PACConnected PAC$5,000.00
- MOMS FED UPPAC$5,000.00
- BRIDGE THE GAP PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- VOTE MAMAHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- THE NEXT 50 PACHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- BLUE STATES PACHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- VOTE SAVE AMERICAPAC$5,000.00
- FIGHT LIKE HELL PACHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS ACTION FUND Company pageConnected PAC$4,621.00
- FUTURE FORUM PACConnected PAC$4,500.00
- KIDSPACPAC$4,000.00
- COMMITTEE FOR A DEMOCRATIC FUTURELeadership PAC$4,000.00
- DEMOCRATS RESHAPING AMERICA (DREAMPAC)Leadership PAC$4,000.00
- DELBENE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$4,000.00
- JEFFRIES FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$4,000.00
- PETE AGUILAR FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$4,000.00
- VPPHybrid PAC$4,000.00
- WE BELONG HERE PACLeadership PAC$3,500.00
- STRICKLAND FOR WASHINGTONCandidate committee$3,500.00
- FRONTLINE USALeadership PAC$3,300.00
- COMMUNITY PACLeadership PAC$3,300.00
- ON THE MOVE PACLeadership PAC$3,300.00
- HOUSE CALL PACLeadership PAC$3,300.00
- SHORE PACLeadership PAC$3,000.00
- CLARKE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$3,000.00
- JUDY CHU FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$3,000.00
- CLEAN PACLeadership PAC$3,000.00
- VISIONARY PACLeadership PAC$3,000.00
- HOPE PACLeadership PAC$3,000.00
- SUNFLOWER SEEDS PACPAC$3,000.00
- LEADING PEOPLE FORWARD PACLeadership PAC$3,000.00
- CAROLINA VICTORY FUNDLeadership PAC$3,000.00
- MAXINE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,800.00
- REVIVING AMERICAN JOBS AGAIN PACLeadership PAC$2,501.00
- NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN, INC. PACConnected PAC$2,500.00
- NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$2,500.00
- JOINT ACTION COMMITTEE FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRSConnected PAC$2,500.00
- HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN PACConnected PAC$2,500.00
- POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF THEATRICAL STAGE EMPLOYEES Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- ALLIANCE FOR RETIRED AMERICANS POLITICAL ACTION FUND Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- DAVIS DEMOCRATIC CLUBConnected PAC$2,500.00
- GIFFORDS PACHybrid PAC$2,500.00
- NEW VOICE PACPAC$2,500.00
- LOS ANGELES WOMEN'S GIVING COLLECTIVE PACConnected PAC$2,500.00
- I GOT YOUR BACK PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- TRIED-AND-TRUE PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- MOTHER ON A MISSION (MOM PAC)Leadership PAC$2,500.00
- AMERICAN MOSAIC PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- LA BAMBA PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- GREAT CHAIN PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- NANCY PELOSI FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- RICHARD E NEAL FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEECandidate committee$2,000.00
- PEOPLE HELPING PEOPLELeadership PAC$2,000.00
- BLUMENAUER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- CHC BOLD PACConnected PAC$2,000.00
- BUILD AMERICA PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- PROGRESSIVE CHOICES PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- DEMOCRATS WIN SEATS (DWS PAC)Leadership PAC$2,000.00
- MADISON PAC; THELeadership PAC$2,000.00
- FREDERICA S. WILSON FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- THREE RIVERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$2,000.00
- AMERICAN DEFENSE AND MILITARY PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- SCHNEIDER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- COMMONWEALTH PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- JULIA BROWNLEY FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- BLUE MAJORITY PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- KATHERINE CLARK FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- PUGET PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- FRIENDS OF DON BEYERCandidate committee$2,000.00
- SUPPORTING HOUSE PROBLEM SOLVERS - SHP PACPAC$2,000.00
- BLUE MOMENTUM PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- DEMOCRATIC WOMEN OF THE SOUTH ORANGE COUNTYParty committee$2,000.00
- DR KIM SCHRIER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- DEMOCRACY SUMMER LEADERSHIP PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- SHARICE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- GRANGE PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- JACKIE GORDON FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- GETTING RESULTS BY ENGAGING THE GRASSROOTS PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- THE GOOD TROUBLE PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- MAXWELL ALEJANDRO FROST FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- WILL ROLLINS FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- SYDNEY KAMLAGER-DOVE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- LANDSMAN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- DEMOCRACY DEFENSE FUNDHybrid PAC$2,000.00
- DEMOCRACY ACTION NOW PACPAC$2,000.00
- A LOVE SUPREME PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- PAC IN THE SADDLELeadership PAC$2,000.00
- COURAGEOUS LEADERSPAC$2,000.00
- GROWTH DEMOCRATSHybrid PAC$2,000.00
- MARCHING ONWARD PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- AMERICAN INNOVATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AMI PAC)PAC$1,500.00
- DEMOCRATS MAKING PROGRESS PAC DMP JR PACLeadership PAC$1,500.00
- CENTER AISLE PACPAC$1,500.00
- AMERICA'S CREDIT UNIONS PAC OF CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, INC. Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- SIERRA CLUB POLITICAL COMMITTEEConnected PAC$1,000.00
- ARCHIPAC - THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTSConnected PAC$1,000.00
- SAC PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- INTERNATIONAL LONGSHORE AND WAREHOUSE UNION -- POLITICAL ACTION FUND Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- AMGEN INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- DIANA DEGETTE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- MIKE THOMPSON FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- MOORE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- DEMOCRATIC WOMEN OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTYConnected PAC$1,000.00
- OLD NORTH STATE VICTORY PACPAC$1,000.00
- ONE VOICELeadership PAC$1,000.00
- BRINGING EVERYONE TOGETHER THROUGH ADVOCACYLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- SECURE PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- PAUL TONKO FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- WOLVERINE PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- QUIGLEY FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- MAC PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- KUSTER FOR CONGRESS, INCCandidate committee$1,000.00
- ASPIRE PACPAC$1,000.00
- PEOPLE FOR DEREK KILMERCandidate committee$1,000.00
- ATHENA PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- ROBIN KELLY FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- AT THE TABLE!Leadership PAC$1,000.00
- BONNIE WATSON COLEMAN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- DOING RIGHT - RESULTS ACTION UNITY LEADERSHIP PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- CAPITOL HEEL PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- BARRAGAN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- STRENGTHENING VIRGINIA'S WORKING FAMILIES PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- JASON CROW FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- NEW DEMOCRACY FUNDHybrid PAC$1,000.00
- BLUE LINE PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- IVYPACPAC$1,000.00
- FIGHT FOR PROGRESS PACHybrid PAC$1,000.00
- KWEISI MFUME FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- MAKING A DIFFERENCE PACPAC$1,000.00
- AHORA PACPAC$1,000.00
- FIGHT THE RIGHT PACPAC$1,000.00
- LIFTOFF PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- SPIKE PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- BUILD THE BENCH PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- ROBERT GARCIA FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- MAGAZINER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- SECURING A KINDER DEMOCRACY PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- FUELING INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS EVERYWHERE (FIRE) PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- DEFEAT EXTREMISTSConnected PAC$1,000.00
- MCCLELLAN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- DEMOCRATIC TURNOUT PROJECT PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- O PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- REBUILD AMERICA PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- DE COLORES PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- DEFEAT REPUBLICANS PACPAC$500.00
- DEMOCRATIC VALUESHybrid PAC$500.00
- WILLAMETTE VALLEY PACLeadership PAC$500.00
- NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE SOCIAL SECURITY & MEDICARE PACConnected PAC$211.00
- PEARLPACPAC$100.00
Outside spending
- Independent expenditures supporting Janelle Bynum$3,860,516.34
- Independent expenditures opposing Janelle Bynum$8,300,937.63
- Company and union communications to members about Janelle Bynum$3,938.71
FEC totals for the 2024 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.
Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.
- CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP FUNDOpposing$5,427,408.00
- DCCCSupporting$2,247,043.00
- NRCCOpposing$1,957,502.00
- HMPSupporting$539,090.00
- DEFENDING MAIN STREET SUPERPAC INC.Opposing$519,602.00
- 314 ACTION FUNDSupporting$473,513.00
- MAINSTREAM DEMOCRATS PACSupporting$377,392.00
- THE GOVERNING MAJORITY FUNDOpposing$215,682.00
- WFW ACTION FUND, INC.Opposing$180,720.00
- UNITED WE CANSupporting$106,149.00
- LCV VICTORY FUNDSupporting$96,712.00
- WORKING AMERICASupporting$17,096.00
The race
Oregon U.S. House, District 5, 2024 · 10 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Janelle Bynum (D) | $7,524,631.65 | $45,132.56 | 2024-12-31 |
| Lori Chavez-Deremer (R) | $6,092,658.62 | $353,333.94 | 2024-12-31 |
| Jamie McLeod-Skinner (D) | $818,996.72 | $0.00 | 2024-06-30 |
| Lynn Peterson (D) | $294,066.54 | $0.00 | 2024-04-16 |
| Matthew Davie (D) | $62,866.06 | $0.00 | 2024-03-27 |
| Andrew J Aasen (NON) | $45,117.00 | $35,064.00 | 2023-12-31 |
| Cameron Crimins Pahl (D) | $17,967.90 | $0.00 | 2024-05-01 |
| Kevin Easton (D) | $8,972.21 | $0.00 | 2023-10-26 |
| Brett Smith (NPA) | $8,727.00 | $819.54 | 2024-09-30 |
| Sonja Feintech (L) | $4,654.00 | $8.13 | 2024-12-31 |
Polling and ratings
Race ratings
Recent polls
No public polling found for this race.
Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Oregon (retrieved October 23, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.
Sources and updates
- Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: JANELLE BYNUM FOR CONGRESS.
- Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.
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