Summary
From 2012 to 2020, the 4th district included the southern Willamette Valley and the South Coast, including Eugene, Corvallis, and Roseburg. The district was kept largely the same despite redistricting, though it did gain parts of the central coast previously in the 5th district, making the district more Democratic leaning. The incumbent is Democrat Peter DeFazio, who was re-elected with 51.5% of the vote in 2020. He is retiring.
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Val Hoyle
Current Position: Labor Commissioner” since 2018
Affiliation: Democrat
Candidate: 2022 US Representative for District 4
Val Hoyle (born February 14, 1964)is an American politician serving as the commissioner of Oregon’s Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI)(commonly referred to as the “Labor Commissioner”).
She is a former Democratic member of the Oregon House of Representatives, representing District 14, which includes West Eugene, Junction City, and Cheshire. She was appointed to the House in August 2009 and was re-elected to serve full terms in 2010, 2012 and 2014. She served as co-chair of the House Committee on Rules.
In December 2021, Hoyle announced that she would be a candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in 2022 while incumbent Peter DeFazio has declined to run for reelection.
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Alek Skarlatos
Current Position: National Guardsman
Affiliation: Republican
Candidate: 2022 US Senator for District 4
Former Position(s): National Guardsman from 2012 – 2017
Aleksander Reed Skarlatos (born October 10, 1992) is an American former Army National Guard soldier who, along with fellow Americans Spencer Stone and Anthony Sadler, a Briton, a Frenchman, and an American, stopped a gunman on a Paris-bound train travelling from Amsterdam via Brussels in August 2015. He was awarded the United States Army’s Soldier’s Medal from U.S. President Barack Obama. All six received France’s highest decoration, the Chevalier of the Legion of Honour, from French president François Hollande. The Americans also were awarded the medal of the city of Arras, France.
Skarlatos competed on season 21 of ABC’s Dancing with the Stars with pro dancer Lindsay Arnold as his partner. They finished in third place. Skarlatos, along with his friends, portrayed themselves in the movie The 15:17 to Paris, based on their autobiography with Jeffrey E. Stern. He was the Republican nominee for Oregon’s 4th congressional district in the 2020 United States House of Representatives elections, but was defeated. He is running again to represent Oregon in the 4th congressional district in the 2022 House elections.
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