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DeFazio did not face another contest nearly that close until 2010, winning every election before then with at least 61% of the vote.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=1616|title=Our Campaigns – Candidate – Peter A. DeFazio|website=Ourcampaigns.com|access-date=17 April 2018}}</ref> He has forged a nearly unbreakable hold on a district that is only marginally Democratic on paper. This is due almost entirely to the presence of his base in Lane County, which has almost half the district's population. The district narrowly voted for [[George W. Bush]] in 2000, [[John Kerry]] in 2004, and [[Hillary Clinton]] by 0.1 percentage point in 2016. In 2020, DeFazio defeated [[Alek Skarlatos]] by over 25,000 votes (5.4%). [[Pacific Green Party]] candidate Daniel Hoffay finished third with 2.2% of the vote.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/11/03/us/elections/results-oregon-house-district-4.html Oregon Election Results: Fourth Congressional District]. ''[[New York Times]]'', November 12, 2020. Retrieved November 12, 2020.</ref> |
DeFazio did not face another contest nearly that close until 2010, winning every election before then with at least 61% of the vote.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=1616|title=Our Campaigns – Candidate – Peter A. DeFazio|website=Ourcampaigns.com|access-date=17 April 2018}}</ref> He has forged a nearly unbreakable hold on a district that is only marginally Democratic on paper. This is due almost entirely to the presence of his base in Lane County, which has almost half the district's population. The district narrowly voted for [[George W. Bush]] in 2000, [[John Kerry]] in 2004, and [[Hillary Clinton]] by 0.1 percentage point in 2016. In 2020, DeFazio defeated [[Alek Skarlatos]] by over 25,000 votes (5.4%). [[Pacific Green Party]] candidate Daniel Hoffay finished third with 2.2% of the vote.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/11/03/us/elections/results-oregon-house-district-4.html Oregon Election Results: Fourth Congressional District]. ''[[New York Times]]'', November 12, 2020. Retrieved November 12, 2020.</ref> |
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DeFazio won 82% of the vote over two minor-party candidates. |
DeFazio won 82% of the vote over two minor-party candidates. |
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After [[Barack Obama]] was elected president in 2008, it was reported that DeFazio was under consideration for [[United States Secretary of Transportation|Secretary of Transportation]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.trafficworld.com/newssection/government.asp?id=48725|title=Transportation's Obama Factor}}</ref> U.S. Representative [[Ray LaHood]] was named to the post in December 2008. |
After [[Barack Obama]] was elected president in 2008, it was reported that DeFazio was under consideration for [[United States Secretary of Transportation|Secretary of Transportation]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.trafficworld.com/newssection/government.asp?id=48725|title=Transportation's Obama Factor}}</ref> U.S. Representative [[Ray LaHood]] was named to the post in December 2008. |
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In 2010, DeFazio was challenged by Republican [[Arthur B. Robinson|Art Robinson]] and Pacific Green candidate Michael Beilstein. As permitted by ''[[Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission]]'', a [[Political action committee|Super PAC]] group called The Concerned Taxpayers of America paid $300,000 for ads attacking DeFazio. It was not revealed until the mid-October 2010 quarterly [[Federal Election Commission|FEC]] filings that the group was solely funded by Daniel G. Schuster Inc., a concrete firm in [[Owings Mills, Maryland]], and New York hedge fund executive [[Robert Mercer (businessman)|Robert Mercer]], the co-head of Renaissance Technologies of [[Setauket, New York]]. According to [[Dan Eggen]] at ''[[The Washington Post]]'', the group said "it was formed in September 'to engage citizens from every walk of life and political affiliation' in the fight against 'runaway spending.'" The only expenditures were for the ads attacking DeFazio and Democratic Representative [[Frank Kratovil]] of Maryland.<ref>{{cite news |author=Karen Tumulty |author-link=Karen Tumulty |date=September 25, 2010 |title=DeFazio tries to find out who is behind mysterious attack ads |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/24/AR2010092406094.html |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref><ref>[http://blog.oregonlive.com/mapesonpolitics/2010/10/wealthy_financier_is_mysteriou.html Wealthy financier is mysterious funder of ads attacking DeFazio], Jeff Mapes, ''[[The Oregonian]]'', October 15, 2010.</ref><ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/16/AR2010101603822.html Concerned Taxpayers group is powered by only two donors], [[Dan Eggen]], ''[[The Washington Post]]'', October 17, 2010.</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Scott Patterson and Jenny Strasburg |date=March 16, 2010 |title=Pioneering Fund Stages Second Act |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703494404575082000779302566 |newspaper=[[The Wall Street Journal]]}}</ref> |
In 2010, DeFazio was challenged by Republican [[Arthur B. Robinson|Art Robinson]] and Pacific Green candidate Michael Beilstein. As permitted by ''[[Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission]]'', a [[Political action committee|Super PAC]] group called The Concerned Taxpayers of America paid $300,000 for ads attacking DeFazio. It was not revealed until the mid-October 2010 quarterly [[Federal Election Commission|FEC]] filings that the group was solely funded by Daniel G. Schuster Inc., a concrete firm in [[Owings Mills, Maryland]], and New York hedge fund executive [[Robert Mercer (businessman)|Robert Mercer]], the co-head of Renaissance Technologies of [[Setauket, New York]]. According to [[Dan Eggen]] at ''[[The Washington Post]]'', the group said "it was formed in September 'to engage citizens from every walk of life and political affiliation' in the fight against 'runaway spending.'" The only expenditures were for the ads attacking DeFazio and Democratic Representative [[Frank Kratovil]] of Maryland.<ref>{{cite news |author=Karen Tumulty |author-link=Karen Tumulty |date=September 25, 2010 |title=DeFazio tries to find out who is behind mysterious attack ads |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/24/AR2010092406094.html |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref><ref>[http://blog.oregonlive.com/mapesonpolitics/2010/10/wealthy_financier_is_mysteriou.html Wealthy financier is mysterious funder of ads attacking DeFazio], Jeff Mapes, ''[[The Oregonian]]'', October 15, 2010.</ref><ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/16/AR2010101603822.html Concerned Taxpayers group is powered by only two donors], [[Dan Eggen]], ''[[The Washington Post]]'', October 17, 2010.</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Scott Patterson and Jenny Strasburg |date=March 16, 2010 |title=Pioneering Fund Stages Second Act |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703494404575082000779302566 |newspaper=[[The Wall Street Journal]]}}</ref> |
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In September 2011, the ''National Journal'' cited DeFazio as an example of "swing-district Democrats seeking reelection in 2012", and who, in "begin[ning] to focus on their reelection bids after Labor Day...are increasingly calculating how close is too close to an unpopular President Obama." It also noted that DeFazio's district "nearly went for Republican George W. Bush in 2004."<ref>{{cite web|title=Democrats Distancing Themselves From Obama|url=http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/democrats-distancing-themselves-from-obama-20110901|work=National Journal|access-date=30 May 2012|author=Alex Roarty and Beth Reinhard|date=September 1, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120526221603/http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/democrats-distancing-themselves-from-obama-20110901|archive-date=26 May 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> |
In September 2011, the ''National Journal'' cited DeFazio as an example of "swing-district Democrats seeking reelection in 2012", and who, in "begin[ning] to focus on their reelection bids after Labor Day...are increasingly calculating how close is too close to an unpopular President Obama." It also noted that DeFazio's district "nearly went for Republican George W. Bush in 2004."<ref>{{cite web|title=Democrats Distancing Themselves From Obama|url=http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/democrats-distancing-themselves-from-obama-20110901|work=National Journal|access-date=30 May 2012|author=Alex Roarty and Beth Reinhard|date=September 1, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120526221603/http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/democrats-distancing-themselves-from-obama-20110901|archive-date=26 May 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> |
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Redistricting made the 4th slightly friendlier for DeFazio. He picked up almost all of [[Benton County, Oregon|Benton County]], including all of [[Corvallis, Oregon|Corvallis]], home to [[Oregon State University]]. |
Redistricting made the 4th slightly friendlier for DeFazio. He picked up almost all of [[Benton County, Oregon|Benton County]], including all of [[Corvallis, Oregon|Corvallis]], home to [[Oregon State University]]. |
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DeFazio faced a challenge in 2020 from [[Alek Skarlatos]], a [[Roseburg High School]] graduate, a former [[Oregon National Guard]] soldier who helped subdue a terrorist in the [[2015 Thalys train attack]]. DeFazio won the election by 5.3 points, his narrowest victory since taking office.<ref>{{cite web |title=Peter DeFazio |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Peter_DeFazio |website=Ballotpedia}}</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/23/world/europe/3-heroes-who-stopped-train-attack-were-boyhood-friends.html 3 Who Stopped Train Attack Were Boyhood Friends], ''[[New York Times]]'', Ashley Southall, August 23, 2015. Retrieved November 2, 2021.</ref> |
DeFazio faced a challenge in 2020 from [[Alek Skarlatos]], a [[Roseburg High School]] graduate, a former [[Oregon National Guard]] soldier who helped subdue a terrorist in the [[2015 Thalys train attack]]. DeFazio won the election by 5.3 points, his narrowest victory since taking office.<ref>{{cite web |title=Peter DeFazio |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Peter_DeFazio |website=Ballotpedia}}</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/23/world/europe/3-heroes-who-stopped-train-attack-were-boyhood-friends.html 3 Who Stopped Train Attack Were Boyhood Friends], ''[[New York Times]]'', Ashley Southall, August 23, 2015. Retrieved November 2, 2021.</ref> |
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