Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Melissa Bird

Party
Democratic
Running for
U.S. House · Oregon District 4
Filing address
Corvallis, OR (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
BIRD, MELISSA
Next election
Primary May 19, 2026 · General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Oregon with the 2026 district highlighted

Oregon, District 4

DemocraticU.S. House · Oregon District 4ChallengerLost primary

FEC candidate ID H6OR04245 · Principal campaign committee: MELISSA BIRD FOR CONGRESS

Total raised$75,517.05
Total spent$75,517.05
Cash on hand$0.00
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through July 15, 2026, 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: $74,468.29PACs and other committees: $849.37Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $199.39
  • Individual contributions$74,468.2999%
  • PACs and other committees$849.371%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$199.390%

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$35,633.2948%
  • Contributions over $200$38,835.0052%
  • Itemized from inside Oregon$32,280.4275%
  • Itemized from other states$10,550.0025%

FEC-computed totals by contribution size and state, retrieved October 22, 2026. No individual contributor is named.

Raised and spent over time

$29K$0 OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $17,141.48OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $13,040.50YEAR-END: raised $8,293.19YEAR-END: spent $9,305.39APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $28,942.57APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $29,489.77PRE-PRIMARY: raised $10,458.31PRE-PRIMARY: spent $8,370.76JULY QUARTERLY: raised $10,681.50JULY QUARTERLY: spent $15,285.35TERMINATION REPORT: raised $0.00TERMINATION REPORT: spent $25.282025-092025-122026-032026-042026-062026-07

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

PAC and committee contributors

1 committee reported giving $349.00 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.

The race

Oregon U.S. House, District 4, 2026 · 7 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Melissa Bird (D)$75,517.05$0.002026-07-15
Valerie Hoyle (D)$1,652,428.49$186,655.552026-10-14
Monique Despain (R)$921,875.97$153,575.742026-10-14
Boris "bo" Wiedenfeld-Needham (D)$3,582.00$0.002026-06-30

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Decision Desk HQSafe DJuly 14, 2026
  • The Cook Political ReportSolid DFebruary 6, 2025
  • Inside ElectionsSolid DMarch 7, 2025
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe DMarch 26, 2026

Recent polls

No public polling found for this race.

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Oregon (retrieved October 22, 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: MELISSA BIRD FOR CONGRESS.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 22, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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