Democrat Lesly Muñoz has won the Woodburn-area seat in the Oregon House in a come-from-behind victory, delivering a supermajority for her party and sealing Democrat control over both legislative branches.
Questions about the process stemmed from two "unofficial" documents released by the state showing a discrepancy in the number of ballots counted.
Lesly Muñoz’s lead against Rep. Tracy Cramer continued to grow Tuesday and both campaigns will receive a list of "challenged" ballots this morning.
The move comes after former Republican President Donald Trump and his party won the White House and both chambers of Congress.
Oregon Democrats have regained the supermajority in the House of Representatives after labor organizer and political newcomer Lesly Muñoz declared victory Wednesday in House District 22, which includes Woodburn, north Salem, Gervais, Brooks and Labish Village.
Oregon Democrats appear to have eked out a supermajority in both the state House and Senate, with a narrow win confirmed in a rural Woodburn-based House seat late Tuesday. Tuesday was the deadline for voters to fix missing or mismatched signatures on their ballot envelopes.
The Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office confirmed Wednesday that it responded to a threat against U.S. Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, an Oregon Republican selected by president-elect Donald Trump to lead the federal Department of Labor.
As of Friday, labor organizer Lesly Muñoz was leading incumbent Rep. Tracy Cramer, R-Gervais, in the Oregon House District 22 race by 149 votes.
Republican U.S. Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer narrowly lost a re-election bid for Oregon's 5th Congressional District to challenger Janelle Bynum. But national media outlets report that she's in the running to head up the U.S. Department of Labor. Beth Nakamura
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President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Congresswoman Lori Chavez-DeRemer of Oregon to lead the Labor Department. She was one of a few Republicans who support the pro-union PRO Act.
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