2022 race briefing
Blumenauer earned a bachelor’s degree in 1970 and a law degree in 1976 from Lewis and Clark College. He served in the Oregon House of Representatives from 1973 to 1978, and took his U.S. House seat on May 21, 1996.
In 2022 he won the May 17 Democratic primary with 94.3% of the vote and the November 8 general election with 69.9%, defeating Republican Joanna Harbour. He did not seek re-election in 2024 and left office on January 3, 2025; Maxine Dexter now holds the seat.
PolRev covered his 2022 campaign.