Lori Michelle Chavez-DeRemer (born April 7, 1968) is an American politician from

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. A member of the Republican Party, she is the member-elect to the

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from .

Education

Chavez-DeRemer is a graduate of Hanford High School in Kings County, California. She earned a BBA degree in business administration and management from

California State University, Fresno California State University, Fresno (Fresno State) is a public university in Fresno, California. It is one of 23 campuses in the California State University system. The university had a fall 2020 enrollment of 25,341 students. It offers bache ...

Early Political Career

Chavez-DeRemer was elected to the city council of

Happy Valley, Oregon Happy Valley is a suburban city in the Portland, Oregon metropolitan area. Happy Valley is near the northwest edge of Clackamas County, Oregon, United States approximately 10 miles to the southeast of downtown Portland, Oregon. The population was ...

, in 2004. She was elected mayor twice, serving from 2010 to 2018. She ran unsuccessfully for the Oregon House of Representatives in 2016. After publicly considering a challenge to Republican front-runner Representative Knute Buehler for the 2018 nomination for governor, she instead opted for a second run for Oregon House District 51. She again lost to

Janelle Bynum Janelle S. Bynum (born 1974/75) is an American Democratic politician currently serving in the Oregon House of Representatives. She represents the 51st district, which covers southern Multnomah County and northern Clackamas County, including the ...

U.S House of Representatives

Elections

2022

Chavez-DeRemer won the May 2022 Republican primary for

Oregon's 5th congressional district Oregon's 5th congressional district represents Oregon's central coast through Salem, north to the southern Portland suburbs – including a sliver of Portland itself – and east to the summit of Mount Hood. It includes Lincoln, Mari ...

. She defeated Democratic nominee

Jamie McLeod-Skinner Jamie McLeod-Skinner (born May 31, 1967) is an American attorney, engineer, and politician who was the Democratic nominee for in the 2022 election. In an upset, McLeod-Skinner defeated seven-term incumbent Blue Dog representative Kurt Schra ...

in the November 8 general election. Both Chavez-DeRemer and McLeod-Skinner lived just outside the district at the time of the election. Under the U.S. Constitution, candidates for the U.S. House must be residents of their state, but do not have to live in the district.

Caucus Memberships

Republican Main Street Partnership The Republican Main Street Partnership is a 501(c)(4) organization that was allied with the congressional Republican Main Street Caucus. The Partnership continues to exist, while the Caucus was dissolved by its members in February 2019. Hist ...

References

External links

Lori Chavez-DeRemer for Congress
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