Rep. Chavez-DeRemer, challenger Bynum face off in KOIN 6 debate for Oregon’s 5th District

Editor’s note: The debate started at 7 p.m. and ended at 8 p.m. with one commercial break.
Part 1 of the debate is in the video player above.

PORTLAND, Ore. ( KOIN ) — The national spotlight is on Oregon voters as the toss-up Fifth District could help decide the fate of Congress this election season, and Tuesday night the candidates for this district debated on KOIN 6.

Incumbent Congresswoman Lori Chavez-DeRemer, the first Republican to represent the Fifth District in decades, is looking to hold onto her seat from challenger Janelle Bynum.

Chavez-DeRemer is a first-term congresswoman and the former mayor of Happy Valley and Bynum is a business owner and served in the Oregon State Legislature since 2017.

The debate, which was moderated by KOIN 6 Political Director Ken Boddie, KOIN 6 anchor Todd Unger and Portland Tribune reporter Patrick Malee, was an hour long and featured one commercial break. Questions for the candidates came from Unger and Malee, and each candidate had a minute to respond. If the moderator decided to follow up or a rebuttal was needed, each candidate received 30 seconds. More on the debate’s rules can be found here .

Don’t Miss: Rep. Chavez-DeRemer on Eye on Northwest Politics

Don’t Miss: Janelle Bynum on Eye on Northwest Politics

A live blog on the debate began shortly before 7 p.m.
It appears beneath this video player with Part 2 of the debate.

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