- See Janelle Bynum's sponsored bills →Janelle BynumDemocraticIncumbent✓ Verified$4.6M raised
- Patti AdairRepublican✓ Verified$649K raised
Where they stand
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| Issue | Janelle BynumDemocratic | Patti AdairRepublican |
|---|---|---|
| Economy & Jobs | Bynum supports strengthening the economy by creating good jobs, supporting small businesses, and lowering the cost of living. Bynum supports lowering costs and creating more jobs, focusing on making essentials like groceries, housing, and electricity more affordable to improve Oregonians’ quality of life. Bynum votes yea on acts supporting capital access, technology use in regulation, TRIA reauthorization, and financial exploitation prevention, but nay on privacy in purchases and the KIDS Act. | Adair supports unleashing economic growth and supporting small businesses to improve affordability for working-class Oregonians. |
| Healthcare | Bynum supports lowering healthcare costs, expanding access to health and mental health services, protecting Medicare and Medicaid, and reducing prescription drug prices. Bynum supports expanding access to quality healthcare, protecting Medicare and Medicaid, lowering prescription drug costs, and restoring and expanding women’s reproductive care access. Bynum votes yea on rural care improvement, EARLY Act reauthorization, and SUPPORT for Patients, but nay on Do No Harm in Medicaid and lowering health care premiums. | Adair backed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act's roughly $1 trillion Medicaid cut and has previously called for repealing the Affordable Care Act. |
| Immigration | Bynum votes nay on multiple immigration enforcement and security bills, including Secure America Act and Stop Illegal Entry Act, but yea on a national emergency resolution. | No public position found. Check their site ↗ |
| Public Safety & Crime | Bynum votes yea on acts enhancing prison staff safety, GUARD Act, and cashless bail reporting, but nay on veterans 2nd amendment protection, privacy in purchases, and keeping violent offenders off streets. | Adair fully supports law enforcement to keep communities safe and has increased funding for law enforcement. |
| Abortion | Bynum supports protecting reproductive rights and is fighting to codify Roe v. Wade at the federal level. | No public position found. Check their site ↗ |
| Taxes & Government Spending | Bynum votes yea on tax relief for fraud victims and AGOA Extension Act, but nay on budget resolutions and multiple appropriations acts for fiscal year 2027. | Adair proposes making no tax on tips, overtime, and Social Security permanent and increasing the limits, while managing taxpayer dollars responsibly. Adair supports making the tax cuts for tips, overtime pay and Social Security benefits permanent, calling them a benefit for working people. |
| Where they differ on Taxes & Government Spending: Janelle Bynum votes yea on tax relief for fraud victims and the AGOA Extension Act, but votes nay on budget resolutions and multiple appropriations acts for fiscal year 2027 1. Patti Adair proposes making no tax on tips, overtime, and Social Security permanent and increasing the limits, emphasizing responsible management of taxpayer dollars 2. She also supports making the tax cuts for tips, overtime pay, and Social Security benefits permanent, viewing them as a benefit for working people 3. | ||
| Energy & Environment | Bynum supports taking climate action by generating clean energy, transitioning from fossil fuels, and protecting communities from wildfires. Bynum supports science-based policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, invest in clean energy, build resilient infrastructure, and create clean energy jobs in her district. Bynum votes yea on multiple environmental conservation and emissions reduction acts, but nay on disapproval of EPA rule and the HEATS Act. | Adair ensures sustainable management of natural resources and advocates for transparency on Big Tech data centers' environmental impacts. |
| Foreign Policy & Defense | Bynum votes yea on resolutions directing removal of US forces from hostilities with Iran and Lebanon and on naming a VA clinic, but nay on the National Defense Authorization Act and FISA Amendments Act extension. | No public position found. Check their site ↗ |