Final days for hot House race: Bynum canvasses in Bend with Merkley on hand; Chavez-DeRemer also knocking on doors
(Update: Adding video comments from Bynum, Merkley, statement from Chavez-DeRemer)
BEND, Ore.(KTVZ) -- Election Day is quickly approaching, and candidates and supporters are busy working to get out the vote in the hotly contested Fifth Congressional District race between incumbent Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer and her Democratic challenger, state Rep. Bynum.
Bynum took part in a door-to-door canvassing launch event for Democrat candidates Sunday in Bend with Senator Jeff Merkley, D-Ore.
"I'm a mom. I'm a small-business owner, a four-time legislator," Bynum said. "I've beaten Lori Chavez-DeRemer twice now. I'm ready to beat her a third time."
Merkley said, "With the candidates that we have here in Deschutes County for the (state) Senate and for the two House seats around Bend, those three individuals are going to work together in Salem for this part of the state in a very powerful and effective way."
The launch brought in a packed house at the Deschutes County Democratic Party campaign office before Bynum and others headed out on get-out-the-vote canvassing around Central Oregon.
Bynum said, "Lori sides with MAGA extremists, and I'm the person in the race who'll stand up for working families, make sure that housing and reproductive health care, the economy and the environment are all taken care of."
We reached out to Chavez-DeRemer's campaign on Sunday for a statement on her activities and plans in the final days before ballots are counted.
Communications Director Aaron Britt told NewsChannel 21, "Our campaign has more than 50 volunteers canvassing across the district this weekend, including in Redmond and Bend."
"Yesterday (Saturday), the congresswoman knocked doors with union carpenters from Local 503 (in Clackamas County) to remind voters of the importance of voting in this election," Britt said.
"Volunteers have knocked tens of thousands of doors so far this cycle to support the congresswoman's re-election, and we expect to hit a few thousand more before the end of the day Tuesday to ensure voters remember to turn in their ballots," he added.
Both candidates say they'll be on the campaign trail, encouraging voters to turn out and vote, all the way until polls close on Tuesday night.
