Democratic
Janelle Bynum
Incumbent representative for OR-5. Voting record, ideology and biography →
VotePredictor forecast
Janelle Bynum favored
Safe D · predicted margin D+15.0
99%
chance to win
2024 presidential lean
D+9.02026 national environment
D+6.6District polls
noneForecast spread
±7.8 pointsMargin from the district's presidential lean on its 2026 lines, one fitted intercept and the national environment as a uniform swing; the win probability adds a decaying incumbency premium (Democratic incumbent running). No district poll is blended in.
Republican
Patti Adair
Major-party general-election nominee.
Other listed candidates
- Andrea Townsend · Pacific Green
Polls
No district-level 2026 general-election poll is currently in VotePredictor's verified polling feed for OR-5. The forecast above is the model alone: lean, incumbency and the national environment.
Other forecasts
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Past results
Every election in Oregon's 5th district we hold a result for. District numbers are reused across redistricting, so older rows may cover different ground than the seat does today.
Candidate news
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PRNewswire · September 28, 2026
Judge bulldozes Markwayne Mullin as wildfire victims suffer amid Trump 'pronoun' rule
A federal judge ruled DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin cannot withhold Oregon disaster relief over President Donald Trump's 'pronoun' mandates as wildfires burn across the state.In a blistering order on Thursday, U.S. District Judge Michael McShane explained wh…
Raw Story · August 21, 2026
And There's Always The Bezos Post
Okay I'm listening:Thirteen Democratic House members and candidates announced their support Thursday for a centrist initiative aimed at pushing back against the party’s tilt toward democratic socialism. And what is this initiative:Killin is one of the 13 who…
Eschatonblog.com · June 26, 2026
Candidate field source: 2026 House election roster ↗