Voters of the 4 th Congressional District have re-elected Peter DeFazio for a 17 th term in the U.S. House of Representatives. KLCC鈥檚 Tiffany Eckert was at the Democratic watch party Tuesday night when the Congressman鈥檚 win was announced.
Into a packed room at Eugene鈥檚 Valley River Inn, DeFazio walked to the stage to cheers. He told the crowd two years ago there was shock and depression but now鈥
鈥淭his is different,鈥 DeFazio says of the 2016 election. 鈥淭hings are gonna change and they just did change.鈥
DaFazio laid out some of his priorities upon returning to Washington D.C. and a Democratically controlled House.
鈥淲e鈥檙e gonna start very early on election reform,鈥 DeFazio says. 鈥淣o more dark money. We can sure make it explicit to see which billionaires are trying to buy America.鈥
This election marks the 5 th time Republican challenger Art Robinson has tried and failed to beat DeFazio.
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