Oregon Congress
Meet Oregon’s first Black member of Congress: ‘I am proud to be the first, but not the last’
Janelle Bynum became Oregon’s first Black member of Congress after successfully flipping a U.S. House seat from Republicans this month. The Democrat took the seat after defeating Republican Lori Chavez-DeRemer. She said in a press conference, “It’s not lost on me that I am one generation removed from segregation. It’s not lost on me that…
