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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