:Lori Chavez-DeRemer
{{Short description|American politician (born 1968)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Lori Chavez-DeRemer
| image = Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer official portrait 2025 (54382448706).jpg
| order = 30th
| office = United States Secretary of Labor
| status = Incumbent
| president = Donald Trump
| deputy = Keith Sonderling
| term_start = March 11, 2025
| term_end =
| predecessor = Marty Walsh
| successor =
| state1 = Oregon
| district1 = {{ushr|OR|5|5th}}
| term_start1 = January 3, 2023
| term_end1 = January 3, 2025
| predecessor1 = Kurt Schrader
| successor1 = Janelle Bynum
| office2 = Mayor of Happy Valley
| termstart2 = January 18, 2011
| termend2 = January 15, 2019
| predecessor2 = Rob Wheeler
| successor2 = Tom Ellis
| birth_name = Lori Michelle Chávez
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|4|7}}
| birth_place = Santa Clara, California, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party = Republican
| spouse = {{marriage|Shawn DeRemer|1991}}
| children = 2
| relatives = Stuart Erwin (great-granduncle)
| education = California State University, Fresno (BBA)
| caption = Official portrait, 2025
}}
Lori Michelle Chavez-DeRemer ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|tʃ|ɑː|v|ɛ|z|_|d|ə|ˈ|r|iː|m|ər}}; née Chávez; born April 7, 1968) is an American politician who has served as the 30th United States Secretary of Labor since 2025. A member of the Republican Party, she served as the U.S. representative for {{ushr|OR|5}} from 2023 to 2025 and as the mayor of Happy Valley, Oregon, from 2011 to 2019.
She is the first Republican woman to represent Oregon in the House. Additionally, she is one of the first two Hispanic women (alongside Andrea Salinas) elected to the United States Congress from Oregon. Chavez-DeRemer served one term in the House before being defeated in 2024 by Democrat Janelle Bynum.
On November 22, 2024, President-elect Donald Trump nominated Chavez-DeRemer as U.S. Secretary of Labor. Chavez-DeRemer was the only Republican co-sponsor and one of three congressional Republicans to support the Protecting the Right to Organize Act (PRO Act), though she partially walked back her support during her labor secretary confirmation hearing in 2025. The act would give workers more advantages when organizing or joining unions and bargaining with employers. Her nomination was backed by Teamsters President Sean O'Brien, who praised her support of the PRO Act and thanked Trump for the pick, but faced opposition from some business groups. She was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on March 10, 2025, by a vote of 67–32.
Early life and education
Born on April 7, 1968, in Santa Clara, California, Chavez-DeRemer grew up in Hanford, California, and was raised by her father, Richard Chavez, described as a "Mexican American Teamster".{{cite web|url=https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/lori-chavez-deremer-donald-trumps-pro-union-labor-secretary|title=Donald Trump's Pro-Union Labor Secretary|work=The New Yorker|first=E. Tammy|last=Kim|date=February 12, 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/entertainment/article/3299620/meet-lori-chavez-deremer-trumps-pick-labour-secretary-who-democrats-growing-farming-community|title=Meet Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Trump’s pick for labour secretary who Democrats like: from growing up in a farming community, to becoming a mayor in Oregon and Trump’s choice – for her pro-union stance |work=South China Morning Post|first=Lynn|last=Farah|date=February 23, 2025}} Chavez-DeRemer graduated from Hanford High School in 1986.{{cite web|url=https://sjvsun.com/news/politics/trump-taps-hanford-native-fresno-st-grad-chavez-deremer-for-labor-secretary/|title=Trump taps Hanford native, Fresno St. grad Chavez-DeRemer for Labor Secretary|date=November 24, 2024|access-date=November 26, 2024|last=Stone|first=Reid|website=San Joaquin Valley Sun}}{{Cite web |title=Candidate Information: Lori Chavez-DeRemer |url=https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cfDetail.do?page=search&cfRsn=21550&OWASP_CSRFTOKEN=UWYY-SQYB-Q1P2-UZ8O-RJ5R-0158-6I7J-FUJA |access-date=November 15, 2022 |website=Oregon Secretary of State |archive-date=November 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221115104444/https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cfDetail.do?page=search&cfRsn=21550&OWASP_CSRFTOKEN=UWYY-SQYB-Q1P2-UZ8O-RJ5R-0158-6I7J-FUJA |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Incoming Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer |url=https://www.legistorm.com/person/bio/412326/Lori_M_Chavez_DeRemer.html |access-date=December 6, 2022 |website=LegiStorm |language=en}} She earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from California State University, Fresno.{{Cite web |date=November 2, 2022 |title=Lori Chavez-DeRemer |url=https://awpc.cattcenter.iastate.edu/directory/lori-chavez-deremer/ |access-date=January 3, 2023 |website=Archives of Women's Political Communication, Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics |publisher=Iowa State University of Science and Technology |archive-date=December 1, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221201005713/https://awpc.cattcenter.iastate.edu/directory/lori-chavez-deremer/ |url-status=live }}
Early political career
Chavez-DeRemer was elected to the city council of Happy Valley, Oregon, in 2004. She was elected mayor in 2010 and reelected in 2014. She served as mayor until 2018.{{Cite web |title=Lori Chavez-DeRemer |url=https://www.nrcc.org/candidates/lori-chavez-deremer/ |website=National Republican Congressional Committee |access-date=November 13, 2022 |archive-date=November 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221113230703/https://www.nrcc.org/candidates/lori-chavez-deremer/ |url-status=live }}
In 2016, after incumbent Shemia Fagan opted not to seek reelection to her seat in Oregon House District 51, Chavez-DeRemer filed to run as a Republican, and won the primary unopposed.{{Cite web |first=Nigel|last=Jaquiss|authorlink=Nigel Jaquiss|title=What's an Open Oregon House Seat Worth? Try Nearly $2 Million |url=https://www.wweek.com/news/2016/11/08/whats-an-open-oregon-house-seat-worth-try-nearly-2-million/ |access-date=March 11, 2023 |website=Willamette Week |date=November 8, 2016 |language=en |archive-date=March 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230311010130/https://www.wweek.com/news/2016/11/08/whats-an-open-oregon-house-seat-worth-try-nearly-2-million/ |url-status=live }} She lost by 564 votes to restaurateur Janelle Bynum in the November general election, in what was the most expensive state House race in Oregon of 2016.{{Cite web |last=Shumway |first=Julia |date=October 27, 2022 |title=Rural Democrat, suburban Republican duke it out in Oregon's 5th Congressional District |url=https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2022/10/27/rural-democrat-suburban-republican-duke-it-out-in-oregons-5th-congressional-district/ |website=Oregon Capital Chronicle |access-date=November 13, 2022 |archive-date=November 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221113230436/https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2022/10/27/rural-democrat-suburban-republican-duke-it-out-in-oregons-5th-congressional-district/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=Oregon's Most Expensive House Race Will End With Narrow Victory for Janelle Bynum |url=https://www.wweek.com/news/2016/11/09/oregons-most-expensive-house-race-will-end-with-narrow-victory-for-jannelle-bynum/ |access-date=March 11, 2023 |website=Willamette Week |date=November 9, 2016 |language=en |archive-date=March 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230311010132/https://www.wweek.com/news/2016/11/09/oregons-most-expensive-house-race-will-end-with-narrow-victory-for-jannelle-bynum/ |url-status=live }}
In June 2017, Chavez-DeRemer formed a political action committee to explore a gubernatorial bid in 2018.{{Cite web |last=Rendleman |first=Raymond |date=August 7, 2017 |title=Mayor Lori Chavez-DeRemer may take on Rep. Knute Buehler |url=https://www.clackamasreview.com/news/mayor-lori-chavez-deremer-may-take-on-rep-knute-buehler/article_59e8be08-fa51-5db0-9f23-6b84dda022da.html |access-date=November 14, 2022 |website=Clackamas Review |language=en-us |archive-date=January 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230104043309/https://www.clackamasreview.com/news/mayor-lori-chavez-deremer-may-take-on-rep-knute-buehler/article_59e8be08-fa51-5db0-9f23-6b84dda022da.html |url-status=live }} In October 2017, she announced in a YouTube video that she would not run for governor, clearing the primary for eventual nominee Knute Buehler.{{Cite web |last=Oregonian/OregonLive |first=Hillary Borrud {{!}} The |date=October 10, 2017 |title=Happy Valley mayor won't run for governor in 2018 |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2017/10/republican_lori_chavez-deremer.html |access-date=March 11, 2023 |website=oregonlive |language=en |archive-date=January 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230107130444/https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2017/10/republican_lori_chavez-deremer.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Rendleman |first=Raymond |title=Mayor Lori Chavez-DeRemer won't run against Rep. Knute Buehler |url=https://www.clackamasreview.com/news/mayor-lori-chavez-deremer-wont-run-against-rep-knute-buehler/article_91170a01-c124-551f-aff0-0f9cd6b19449.html |access-date=March 17, 2023 |website=ClackamasReview.com |date=October 10, 2017 |language=en |archive-date=March 17, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230317074945/https://www.clackamasreview.com/news/mayor-lori-chavez-deremer-wont-run-against-rep-knute-buehler/article_91170a01-c124-551f-aff0-0f9cd6b19449.html |url-status=live }}
In March 2018, Chavez-DeRemer announced her intention to again run for House District 51.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=March 7, 2018 |title=Happy Valley Mayor Lori Chavez-DeRemer running for House |url=https://oregoncatalyst.com/41307-happy-valley-mayor-lori-chavezderemer-running-house.html |access-date=March 11, 2023 |website=The Oregon Catalyst |language=en-US |archive-date=March 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230311010129/https://oregoncatalyst.com/41307-happy-valley-mayor-lori-chavezderemer-running-house.html |url-status=live }} She was unopposed in the Republican primary. She again lost to Bynum, by 2,223 votes.{{Cite web |last=Miner |first=Colin |date=November 8, 2018 |title=Oregon Elections: Bynum Beats Back Challenge From Chavez-DeRemer |url=https://patch.com/us/across-america/oregon-elections-bynum-beats-back-challenge-chavez-deremer |access-date=November 15, 2022 |website=Across America, US Patch |language=en |archive-date=November 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221115104443/https://patch.com/us/across-america/oregon-elections-bynum-beats-back-challenge-chavez-deremer |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=November 8, 2018 |title=Oregon Elections: Bynum Beats Back Challenge From Chavez-DeRemer |url=https://patch.com/us/across-america/oregon-elections-bynum-beats-back-challenge-chavez-deremer |access-date=March 11, 2023 |website=Across America, US Patch |language=en |archive-date=November 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221115104443/https://patch.com/us/across-america/oregon-elections-bynum-beats-back-challenge-chavez-deremer |url-status=live }}
U.S. House of Representatives
= Elections =
== 2022 ==
{{Main|2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Oregon#District 5}}
File:Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer official photo.jpg]]
Chavez-DeRemer won the May 2022 Republican primary for Oregon's 5th congressional district. The district, which had been represented for seven terms by moderate Democrat Kurt Schrader, was significantly altered in redistricting after Oregon gained a House seat. It lost its share of the Pacific coastline and the state capital of Salem, but stretched further south to gain rapidly-growing Bend. Schrader lost the Democratic primary to progressive Jamie McLeod-Skinner and refused to endorse her in the general election.
Chavez-DeRemer defeated McLeod-Skinner in the November 8 general election.{{Cite web |last=Stringer |first=Grant |date=November 11, 2022 |title=Republican Lori Chavez-DeRemer wins Oregon's 5th District seat in Congress, flipping longtime Democratic seat red |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2022/11/republican-lori-chavez-deremer-wins-oregons-5th-district-seat-in-congress-flipping-longtime-democratic-seat-red.html |access-date=November 14, 2022 |website=The Oregonian/OregonLive |language=en |archive-date=November 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221114172147/https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2022/11/republican-lori-chavez-deremer-wins-oregons-5th-district-seat-in-congress-flipping-longtime-democratic-seat-red.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last=Flaccus |first=Gillian |date=November 13, 2022 |title=GOP's Chavez-DeRemer flips Oregon 5th Congressional District |url=https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-oregon-portland-kurt-schrader-e4eae33bf92e466cd56ad25bce7f2e7c |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221114003846/https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-oregon-portland-kurt-schrader-e4eae33bf92e466cd56ad25bce7f2e7c |archive-date=November 14, 2022 |access-date=November 14, 2022 |work=AP News |language=en-US}}
Both Chavez-DeRemer and McLeod-Skinner lived just outside the district at the time of the election. Under the U.S. Constitution, members of the U.S. House must be residents of their state, but do not have to live in the district.{{Cite web |last=Warner |first=Gary A. |date=November 14, 2022 |title=Republicans win key Oregon U.S. House seat in boost to bid for majority |url=https://www.oregoncapitalinsider.com/news/republicans-win-key-oregon-u-s-house-seat-in-boost-to-bid-for-majority/article_577e4482-6208-11ed-8fcf-83ff8132e7aa.html |access-date=November 15, 2022 |website=Oregon Capital Insider |language=en |archive-date=November 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221115104445/https://www.oregoncapitalinsider.com/news/republicans-win-key-oregon-u-s-house-seat-in-boost-to-bid-for-majority/article_577e4482-6208-11ed-8fcf-83ff8132e7aa.html |url-status=live }}
== 2024 ==
{{Main|2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Oregon#District 5}}
Chavez-DeRemer ran for reelection in 2024 against Democratic nominee Janelle Bynum. The race was considered one of the most competitive in the U.S. House and drew more than $26 million in outside spending. The race was called for Bynum on Friday, November 8.{{cite news|last=Dole|first=Bryce|date=November 8, 2024|title=Democrat Janelle Bynum flips Oregon’s most high-profile US House district|url=https://www.opb.org/article/2024/11/08/oregon-janelle-bynum-u-s-house-5th-congressional-district-congress-election-democrats-reupublicans-lori-chavez-deremer/|work=Oregon Public Broadcasting|access-date=November 8, 2024}}
=Committee assignments=
- Committee on Agriculture
- Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development
- Subcommittee on Forestry
- Committee on Education and the Workforce
- Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Investment
- Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions
- Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
- Subcommittee on Aviation
- Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management
- Subcommittee on Highways and Transit
= Caucus memberships =
- Climate Solutions Caucus{{cite web|title=About Climate Solutions Caucus|author=|url=https://climatesolutionscaucus-garbarino.house.gov/about |format=|publisher=Climate Solutions Caucus|date=|accessdate=November 7, 2024}}
- Congressional Hispanic Conference
- Congressional Western Caucus
- Republican Main Street Partnership
- Republican Governance Group
- Problem Solvers Caucus{{Cite web |date=January 3, 2023 |title=Committees and Caucuses |url=http://chavez-deremer.house.gov/about/committees-and-caucuses |access-date=March 25, 2023 |website=Representative Chavez-Deremer |language=en |archive-date=April 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230403151027/https://chavez-deremer.house.gov/about/committees-and-caucuses |url-status=live }}
Secretary of Labor (2025–present)
= Nomination and confirmation =
On November 22, 2024, President-elect Donald Trump announced his nomination of Chavez-DeRemer for U.S. Secretary of Labor.{{Cite web |title=Donald J. Trump has picked Representative Lori Chavez-DeRemer as his labor secretary. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/11/22/us/trump-cabinet-news/c739394f-db95-5f55-b3dd-104fdda25208}} She appeared before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions on February 19, 2025.{{cite web | url = https://www.npr.org/2025/02/19/nx-s1-5301097/lori-chavez-deremer-labor-department-confirmation-hearing | title = Trump's labor pick Lori Chavez-DeRemer faces questions on unions, Musk and immigration | work = NPR | date = February 19, 2025 | access-date = February 22, 2025 | first = Chandelis | last = Duster | first2 = Joe | last2 = Hernandez }} When asked by multiple senators about the Protecting the Right to Organize Act, which she co-sponsored while serving in Congress, Chavez-DeRemer stated that she no longer supported provisions overturning state right to work laws and did not provide a direct answer as to whether she still supported the bill as a whole.{{cite news |last=Bussewitz |first=Cathy |date=February 19, 2025 |title=Senators question labor nominee Chavez-DeRemer’s allegiance in confirmation hearing |url=https://www.opb.org/article/2025/02/19/lori-chavez-deremer-labor/ |work=Oregon Public Broadcasting |agency=Associated Press |access-date=February 23, 2025}} The committee advanced her nomination in a 14–9 vote on February 27.{{cite web | url = https://www.axios.com/2025/02/27/chavez-deremer-labor-help-senate | title = Chavez-DeRemer's labor chief nomination advances with Dem support | work = Axios | date = 2025-02-27 | access-date = 2025-02-28 | first = Kathleen | last = Hunter | first2 = Stef W. | last2 = Kight }} She was confirmed by the U.S. Senate in a 67–32 vote on March 10.{{cite web | url = https://www.wastedive.com/news/lori-chavez-deremer-confirmed-as-labor-secretary/742194/ | title = Lori Chavez-DeRemer confirmed as labor secretary | work = Waste Dive | date = 2025-03-11 | access-date = 2025-03-12 | first = Emilie | last = Shumway }}
= Tenure =
Chavez-DeRemer was sworn in as the 30th United States Secretary of Labor on March 11, 2025.
Political positions
Chavez-DeRemer is described by The New York Times as "a mainstream Republican" who pitches herself as an independent thinker.{{cite news|title=Tracking the House’s Most Competitive Races|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/us/elections/house-election-swing-districts.html}}
Chavez-DeRemer voted to provide Israel with support following the 2023 Hamas attack on Israel.{{Cite news |last=Demirjian |first=Karoun |date=October 25, 2023 |title=House Declares Solidarity With Israel in First Legislation Under New Speaker |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/25/us/politics/house-israel-vote.html |access-date=October 30, 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=October 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231030064517/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/25/us/politics/house-israel-vote.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Washington |first=U. S. Capitol Room H154 |last2=p:225-7000 |first2=DC 20515-6601 |date=October 25, 2023 |title=Roll Call 528 Roll Call 528, Bill Number: H. Res. 771, 118th Congress, 1st Session |url=https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2023528 |access-date=October 30, 2023 |website=Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives |language=en |archive-date=October 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231030025934/https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2023528 |url-status=live }}
Chavez-DeRemer was one of six Republicans to sign a bipartisan letter spearheaded by centrist members of the House of Representatives in which they pledged to respect the results of the 2024 presidential election.{{cite news|last=Brooks|first=Emily|date=September 13, 2024|title=6 House Republicans join bipartisan commitment to uphold election results|website=The Hill|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4878373-house-republicans-election-results/|access-date=September 13, 2024}}
Chavez-DeRemer, along with Democratic minority leader Hakeem Jeffries, cosponsored legislation to reform federal cannabis laws. She also cosponsored the Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act, which would expand the power of public sector unions.{{Cite web |last=Timotija |first=Filip |date=November 23, 2024 |title=5 things to know about Trump's pick to lead the Labor Department |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5006280-what-to-know-about-trump-labor-pick-lori-chavez-deremer/ |access-date=November 23, 2024 |website=The Hill |language=en-US}}
Chavez-DeRemer was the only Republican co-sponsor and one of three congressional Republicans to support the Protecting the Right to Organize Act (PRO Act) strongly opposed by business groups.{{Cite news |last= Dubberly |first= David E. |date= November 26, 2024 |title= Who is Lori Chavez-DeRemer, President-elect Trump’s Pick for Secretary of Labor? |url= https://www.maynardnexsen.com/publication-who-is-lori-chavez-deremer-president-elect-trumps-pick-for-secretary-of-labor |access-date= December 11, 2024 |work= MaynardNexsen}} The act would give workers more advantages when organizing or joining unions and bargaining with employers, also weakening state right-to-work laws. She was supported by Teamsters President Sean O'Brien for the position of Secretary of Labor, who thanked President-elect Trump for the nomination, noting her support of the PRO Act.{{Cite news |last=Hsu |first=Andrea |date=November 23, 2024 |title=Trump picks Oregon Congresswoman Lori Chavez-DeRemer to lead Labor Department |url=https://www.npr.org/2024/11/22/nx-s1-5197010/trump-labor-department-chavez-deremer-cabinet |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241123030025/https://www.npr.org/2024/11/22/nx-s1-5197010/trump-labor-department-chavez-deremer-cabinet |archive-date=November 23, 2024 |access-date=November 23, 2024 |work=NPR}} Her nomination was opposed by some business interest groups.{{Cite news |first=Lauren Kaori |last=Gurley |title=Trump picks Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer of Oregon for labor secretary |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/11/22/lori-chavez-deremer-labor-secretary-trump/|website=The Washington Post|date=November 22, 2024}}
She stated that she personally opposes abortion but would oppose a national abortion ban and supports IVF treatments. Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, a group that opposes abortion, scored her views with a B.{{Cite web |date=February 12, 2025 |title=Trump's labor nominee once worked at Planned Parenthood, risking further GOP ire |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/trumps-labor-nominee-worked-planned-parenthood-abortion-rcna191896 |access-date=February 15, 2025 |website=NBC News |language=en}}
Personal life
Chavez-DeRemer is married to Shawn DeRemer, an anesthesiologist. They have two children and live in Happy Valley.{{cite web |title=Lori Chavez-DeRemer for Congress |url=https://www.lorichavezderemer.com/home |access-date=January 8, 2023 |archive-date=January 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230108000705/https://www.lorichavezderemer.com/home |url-status=live }} Chavez-DeRemer is Catholic.{{cite web |title=Religious affiliation of members of 118th Congress |url=https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2022/12/PF_2023.01.03_congress_LIST.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230316090407/https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2022/12/PF_2023.01.03_congress_LIST.pdf |archive-date=March 16, 2023 |website=Pew Research Center}}
Electoral history
=2024=
{{Election box begin no change
| title = 2024 Oregon’s 5th congressional district general election{{cite web
| title = November 5, 2024, General Election Abstract of Votes
| url = https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Documents/results/november-general-2024-results.pdf
| website = Oregon Secretary of State
| access-date = December 12, 2024
| archive-date = December 12, 2024
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20241212212240/https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Documents/results/november-general-2024-results.pdf
| url-status = live }}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Janelle Bynum
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes = 191,365
| percentage = 47.7}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Lori Chavez-DeRemer (incumbent)
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 180,420
| percentage = 45.0}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Brett Smith
| party = Independent (United States)
| votes = 18,665
| percentage = 4.7}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Sonja Feintech
| party = Libertarian Party (United States)
| votes = 6,193
| percentage = 1.5}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Andrea Thorn Townsend
| party = Pacific Green Party
| votes = 4,155
| percentage = 1.0}}
{{Election box write-in with party link no change
| votes = 495
| percentage = 0.1}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 401,293
| percentage = 100%}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change
| title = 2024 Oregon’s 5th congressional district Republican primary{{cite web|title=May 21, 2024, Primary Election Abstract of Votes|website=Oregon Secretary of State|url= https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Documents/results/may-primary-2024-results.pdf}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Lori Chavez-DeRemer (incumbent)
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 54,458
| percentage = 98.18
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party=Republican Party (United States)
|candidate=Write-in
| votes = 1009
| percentage = 1.81
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 55467
| percentage = 100.0
}}
{{Election box end}}
=2022=
{{Election box begin no change
| title = 2022 Oregon’s 5th congressional district general election{{cite web|title=November 8, 2022, General Election Abstract of Votes|website=Oregon Secretary of State|url=https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Documents/results/november-general-2022.pdf|access-date=January 5, 2023|page=3|archive-date=February 16, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230216221024/https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Documents/results/november-general-2022.pdf|url-status=live}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Lori Chavez-DeRemer
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 178813
| percentage = 50.91
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Jamie McLeod-Skinner
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes = 171514
| percentage = 48.83
}}
{{Election box write-in with party link no change
| votes = 906
| percentage = 0.26
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 351233
| percentage = 100.0
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change
| title = 2022 Oregon's 5th congressional district Republican primary{{cite web|title=May 17, 2022, Primary Election Abstract of Votes|website=Oregon Secretary of State|url=https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Documents/results/may-primary-2022.pdf|access-date=January 19, 2023|page=3|archive-date=December 31, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221231174734/https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Documents/results/may-primary-2022.pdf|url-status=live}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Lori Chavez-DeRemer
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 30,438
| percentage = 42.77
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Jimmy Crumpacker
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 20,631
| percentage = 28.99
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = John Di Paola
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 11,486
| percentage = 16.14
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Laurel L. Roses
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 6,321
| percentage = 8.88
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Madison Oatman
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 1,863
| percentage = 2.62
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party=Republican Party (United States)
|candidate=Write-in
|votes=429
|percentage=0.60
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 71,168
| percentage = 100.0
}}
{{Election box end}}
=2018=
{{Election box begin no change
|title=2018 Oregon House of Representatives 51st district election{{Cite web |title=November 6, 2018, General Election Abstract of Votes |url=http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/Recordhtml/6873825 |access-date=January 18, 2023 |website=Oregon Secretary of State |archive-date=May 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220521033820/http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/Recordhtml/6873825 |url-status=live }}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party=Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate=Janelle Bynum (incumbent)
|votes=14,843
|percentage=53.92
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party=Republican Party (United States)
|candidate=Lori Chavez-DeRemer
|votes=12,620
|percentage=45.85
}}
{{Election box write-in with party link no change
|votes=63
|percentage=0.23
}}
{{Election box total no change
|votes=27,526
|percentage=100.0
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change
|title=2018 Oregon House of Representatives 51st district Republican primary{{Cite web |title=May 15, 2018, Primary Election Abstract of Votes |url=http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/Recordhtml/6873849 |access-date=January 19, 2023 |website=Oregon Secretary of State |archive-date=May 18, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220518055149/http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/Recordhtml/6873849 |url-status=live }}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party=Republican Party (United States)
|candidate=Lori Chavez-DeRemer
|votes=2,453
|percentage=97.77
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party=Republican Party (United States)
|candidate=Write-in
|votes=56
|percentage=2.23
}}
{{Election box total no change
|votes=2,509
|percentage=100.0}}
{{Election box end}}
=2016=
{{Election box begin no change
|title=2016 Oregon House of Representatives 51st district election{{Cite web |title=November 8, 2016, General Election Abstract of Votes |url=http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/Recordhtml/6873777 |access-date=January 18, 2023 |website=Oregon Secretary of State |archive-date=November 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221109101115/http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/Recordhtml/6873777 |url-status=live }}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party=Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate=Janelle Bynum
|votes=14,310
|percentage=50.85
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party=Republican Party (United States)
|candidate=Lori Chavez-DeRemer
|votes=13,746
|percentage=48.85
}}
{{Election box write-in with party link no change
|votes=86
|percentage=0.30
}}
{{Election box total no change
|votes=28,142
|percentage=100.0}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change
|title=2016 Oregon House of Representatives 51st district Republican primary{{Cite web |title=May 17, 2016, Primary Election Abstract of Votes |url=http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/Recordhtml/6873801 |access-date=January 19, 2023 |website=Oregon Secretary of State |archive-date=January 19, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230119070234/http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/Recordhtml/6873801 |url-status=live }}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
|party=Republican Party (United States)
|candidate=Lori Chavez-DeRemer
|votes=3,255
|percentage=96.14
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party=Republican Party (United States)
|candidate=Write-in
|votes=96
|percentage=2.86
}}
{{Election box total no change
|votes=3,351
|percentage=100.0}}
{{Election box end}}
=2014=
{{Election box begin no change
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Lori Chavez-DeRemer (incumbent)
| party = Nonpartisan politician
| votes = 3,682
| percentage = 94.63
}}
{{Election box write-in with party link no change
|votes=209
|percentage=5.37
}}
{{Election box total no change
|votes=3,891
|percentage=100.0}}
{{Election box end}}
=2010=
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|title=Happy Valley mayoral election, 2010{{Cite web |title=Nov. 2, 2010 General Election Final Results |url=https://www.clackamas.us/elections/results/results20101108.html |access-date=January 19, 2023 |website=Clackamas County Elections |archive-date=January 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230120050139/https://www.clackamas.us/elections/results/results20101108.html |url-status=live }}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Lori DeRemer
| party = Nonpartisan politician
| votes = 2,749
| percentage = 94.63
}}
{{Election box write-in with party link no change
|votes=156
|percentage=5.37
}}
{{Election box total no change
|votes=2,905
|percentage=100.0}}
{{Election box end}}
See also
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- [http://chavez-deremer.house.gov/ Congresswoman Lori Chavez-DeRemer] official U.S. House website
- [https://www.lorichavezderemer.com/ Lori Chavez-DeRemer for Congress]
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