OR-05 · House · 2026
Democrats are strongly favored to win this seat
85% probability
Candidates
Last verified 2026-09-14.
Janelle Bynum
Democrat
Janelle Sojourner Bynum is an American politician and businesswoman serving as the U.S. representative for Oregon's 5th congressional district since 2025.
Patti Adair
Republican
Held by a Republican, seeking re-election.
Why we think this
- This district's baseline partisan lean favors Democrats by about 5 points of margin before anything else is considered.
- The seat is currently held by a Republican, who is running for re-election -- incumbents usually run ahead of their party's baseline.
Model details -- coefficients, calibration, and the full technical decomposition.
Model house-2026-panel-v1 · computed 2026-09-16