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Current Position: US Representative of OR District 5 since 2023
Affiliation: Republican
Former Position: Businesswoman; Happy Valley City Council from 2004 to 2010 and Mayor from 2010 to 2018
District: from the Southeast suburbs of Portland through the eastern half of the Willamette Valley and then reaches across the Cascades to take in Sisters and Bend.
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In June 2017, Chavez-DeRemer formed a political action committee to explore a gubernatorial bid in 2018. In October 2017, she announced in a YouTube video that she would not run for governor, clearing the primary for eventual nominee Knute Buehler.
Lori Chavez-DeRemer is the first Republican woman to represent Oregon in the House.
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Congresswoman Chavez-DeRemer’s official portrait is available for download here.
Congresswoman Lori Chavez-DeRemer is proud to represent Oregon’s 5th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives, which covers Linn County, most of Clackamas County, Deschutes County, and parts of Multnomah and Marion Counties.
Prior to serving in Congress, Lori started her public service career in 2002 on the Happy Valley Parks Committee, where she helped build the Happy Valley 4th of July Festival that it is today. Later, she won a seat on the Happy Valley City Council and became city council president. She was elected mayor in 2010, becoming Happy Valley’s first female and Latina mayor. She was re-elected in 2014. In 2022, she was elected the U.S. House of Representatives to represent Oregon’s 5th Congressional District. She is one of the first Latinas and is the first Republican woman elected to Congress from the state of Oregon.
Lori is a mom and small businesswoman. She is married to her high school sweetheart, Dr. Shawn DeRemer, and supported the couple as he finished medical school. Later they founded an anesthesia management company and opened several other medical clinics in the Pacific Northwest.
Lori and Shawn are parents of twin daughters who are making their own footprints in the world. Annie works as a senior recruiter for Anesthesia Associates Northwest, while Emilie is an assistant public defender in Michigan.
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Full Name: Lori Chavez-DeRemer
Gender: Female
Family: Husband: Shawn; 2 Children: Annie, Emilie
Home City: Happy Valley, OR
Source: BBA, Business Administration and Management, California State University-Fresno, 1986-1990 Representative, United States House of Representatives, Oregon, District 5, 2023-present Former City Council President, Happy Valley City Council Candidate, United States House of Representatives, Oregon, District 5, 2022 Mayor, City of Happy Valley, Oregon, 2010-2018 Marketing Director, Shawn M DeRemer Medical Doctor Professional Company, 2005-present Co-Founder, Anesthesia Associates Northwest Washington, D.C. Office Oregon City District Office Redmond District Office Email: Government Source: Government To learn more, go to this wikipedia section in this post. Source: Vote Smart House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure House Committee on Education and the Workforce House Committee on Agriculture Addiction, Treatment, and Recovery Caucus, Vice Co-Chair (Bipartisan) Building Trades Caucus (Bipartisan) Congressional Hispanic Conference Main Street Caucus Problem Solvers Caucus (Bipartisan) Republican Governance Group Sneaker Caucus, Co-Chair (Bipartisan) Learn more about legislation sponsored and co-sponsored by Congresswoman Chavez-DeRemer. Source: Government page The U.S. is experiencing an unprecedented humanitarian crisis at our southern border. Not only has this turned every state into a border state, but it has also put the lives of immigrants at risk. Oregon has not been spared from the violent crime wave that has swept the nation over the past few years. Oregon’s economy runs on our roads and bridges, through our airports, and over our waterways. With a unique and robust variety of crops, seeds, fruits, vegetables, and other commodities produced throughout the state, Oregon farmers and ranchers play a key role in feeding the U.S. There’s only one planet Earth, and it’s our responsibility to leave it better than we found it so our children and grandchildren can live happy, healthy lives. Source: Government page Source: Wikipedia The district is currently represented by Republican Lori Chavez-DeRemer, who was elected in 2022 to replace Kurt Schrader, who lost renomination to attorney Jamie McLeod-Skinner in the Democratic primary. Kurt Schrader’s election marked the first time in the district’s history that a new representative had the same party affiliation as the outgoing representative. It was one of 18 districts that would have voted for Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election had they existed in their current configuration while being won or held by a Republican in 2022. With the exception of Chavez-DeRemer, every single representative from this district since its creation after the 1980 census has been divorced while in office. Lori Michelle Chavez-DeRemer (born April 7, 1968)[1] is an American politician from Oregon.[2][3] As a member of the Republican Party, she represents Oregon’s 5th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives.[4] She is the first Republican woman to represent Oregon in the House. Chavez-DeRemer is a graduate of Hanford High School in Kings County, California.[5] She earned a BBA degree in business administration and management from California State University, Fresno.[6] Chavez-DeRemer was elected to the city council of Happy Valley, Oregon, in 2004.[5] She was elected mayor in 2010 and reelected in 2014. She served as mayor until 2018.[7] 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.[8] 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.[3][9] In June 2017, Chavez-DeRemer formed a political action committee to explore a gubernatorial bid in 2018.[10] In October 2017, she announced in a YouTube video that she would not run for governor, clearing the primary for eventual nominee Knute Buehler.[11][12] In March 2018, Chavez-DeRemer announced her intention to again run for House District 51.[13] She was unopposed in the Republican primary. She again lost to Bynum, by 2,223 votes.[14][15] 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.[16] 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.[17] Chavez-DeRemer voted to provide Israel with support following the 2023 Hamas attack on Israel.[19][20] Chavez-DeRemer is married to Shawn DeRemer, an anesthesiologist. The couple lives in Happy Valley and have two children.[21] Chavez-DeRemer is Roman Catholic.[22] Education
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Oregon’s 5th congressional district stretches from the Southeast suburbs of Portland through the eastern half of the Willamette Valley and then reaches across the Cascades to take in Sisters and Bend. It includes a sliver of Multnomah County, the majority of Clackamas County, the rural eastern portion of Marion County, all of Linn County, a very small section of southwest Jefferson County, and the populated northwest portion of Deschutes County. It was significantly redrawn when Oregon gained a 6th congressional district after the 2020 census.Wikipedia
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Party Candidate Votes % Republican Lori Chavez-DeRemer 178,813 50.91 Democratic Jamie McLeod-Skinner 171,514 48.83 Write-in 906 0.26 Total votes 351,233 100.0 Party Candidate Votes % Republican Lori Chavez-DeRemer 30,438 42.77 Republican Jimmy Crumpacker 20,631 28.99 Republican John Di Paola 11,486 16.14 Republican Laurel L. Roses 6,321 8.88 Republican Madison Oatman 1,863 2.62 Republican Write-in 429 0.60 Total votes 71,168 100.0 2018
Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Janelle Bynum (incumbent) 14,843 53.92 Republican Lori Chavez-DeRemer 12,620 45.85 Write-in 63 0.23 Total votes 27,526 100.0 Party Candidate Votes % Republican Lori Chavez-DeRemer 2,453 97.77 Republican Write-in 56 2.23 Total votes 2,509 100.0 2016
Party Candidate Votes % Democratic Janelle Bynum 14,310 50.85 Republican Lori Chavez-DeRemer 13,746 48.85 Write-in 86 0.30 Total votes 28,142 100.0 Party Candidate Votes % Republican Lori Chavez-DeRemer 3,255 96.14 Republican Write-in 96 2.86 Total votes 3,351 100.0 2014
Party Candidate Votes % Nonpartisan Lori Chavez-DeRemer (incumbent) 3,682 94.63 Write-in 209 5.37 Total votes 3,891 100.0 2010
Party Candidate Votes % Nonpartisan Lori DeRemer 2,749 94.63 Write-in 156 5.37 Total votes 2,905 100.0 See also
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