Democrat Bonamici Wins Oregon Special Election

Democrats came out of Tuesday night with one more seat in the House of Representatives. In Oregon’s 1st district, state rep. Suzanne Bonamici beat Republican businessman Rob Cornilles in a special election to replace Rep. David Wu (D) who resigned last year. Though Bonamici won by a wide margin (58% to 41% with 69% of precincts reporting), the DCCC spent over $1 million on ads to keep the seat. The DCCC notes that Bonamici is the “third Democratic woman elected to Congress this cycle” in special elections, following Kathy Hochul, NY-26 and Janice Hahn, CA-36.