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Election Results 2018
Want to see how the races came out? Find stories about the results from the national, state and local elections around our region right here.We'll start posting articles as they become available, starting after 8 p.m. on Tuesday, so keep checking back !

DeFazio Wins 17th Term As Dems Take Majority In U.S. House

By Tiffany Eckert
Published November 7, 2018 at 12:55 AM PST
Peter DeFazio thanks Democratic Party volunteers who are not yet old enough to vote at an election party in Eugene. The Congressman just won his 17th term in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Tiffany Eckert
Peter DeFazio thanks Democratic Party volunteers who are not yet old enough to vote at an election party in Eugene. The Congressman just won his 17th term in the U.S. House of Representatives.

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.

Peter DeFazio thanks Democratic Party volunteers who are not yet old enough to vote at an election party in Eugene. The Congressman just won his 17th term in the U.S. House of Representatives.
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Peter DeFazio thanks Democratic Party volunteers who are not yet old enough to vote at an election party in Eugene. The Congressman just won his 17th term in the U.S. House of Representatives.

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.  

Oregon U.S. Congressman Peter DeFazio thanks a boisterous crowd on election night.
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Oregon U.S. Congressman Peter DeFazio thanks a boisterous crowd on election night.

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�

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This election marks the 5 th time Republican challenger Art Robinson has tried and failed to beat DeFazio.

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Tiffany Eckert
Tiffany joined the KLCC News team in 2007. She studied journalism at the University of Missouri-Columbia and has worked in a variety of media including television and daily print news. For KLCC, Tiffany reports on health care, social justice and local/regional news. She has won awards from Oregon Associated Press, PRNDI, and Education Writers Association.
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