U.S. Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer
Published 2:37 pm Monday, November 14, 2022
- Former Happy Valley Mayor Lori Chavez-DeRemer has won the 5th Congressional District race, flipping a Democratic-held seat and giving Republicans more than one member of the Oregon delegations to the US. House for the first time since 1994.The 5th Congressional District that runs from the southern edge of Portland, over the Cascades, and into northern Deschutes County.
U.S. Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, R-Happy Valley, represents the 5th Congressional District, which runs from Bend and Redmond, through the Santiam Pass to parts of Linn, Marion, Clackamas and Mutnomah counties.
U.S. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, R-Happy Valley
Oregon 5th Congressional District
Age: 53
Office: U.S. Representative
Salary: $174,000 per annum plus offices, staff, travel and other expenses
District: Oregon 5th Congressional District, which includes portions of Deschutes, Clackamas, Multnomah, Marion and Linn counties
Took office: January 3, 2023
Next up for election: 2024
Succeeded: U.S. Rep. Kurt Schrader, D-Canby. Schrader lost the May 17, 2022 Democratic primary to Terrebonne Democrat Jamie McLeod-Skinner. Chavez-DeRemer defeated McLeod-Skinner in the Nov. 8, 2022 primary
Personal: Grew up in Hanford, Calif., in Kings County in Central California. Married for 30 years to Shawn DeRemer, a physician specializing in anethesiology. The couple have twin adult daughters, Annie and Emilie, 26. Annie works in Shawn DeRemer’s medical business, while Emilie is a public defender in Michigan.
Residence: Happy Valley, Clackamas County.
Political history: Happy Valley City Council, 2004-2010. Happy Valley Mayor 2010-2018. Republican nominee for Oregon House District 51 in 2016 and 2018, losing to Rep. Janelle Bynum. Delegate pledged to Donald Trump at 2020 Republican National Convention.
Education: California State University, Fresno, Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration Management, 1990
Prior Work: Business Manager for Evolve Health, a intravenous infusion and wellness business, co-owned by her husband, Shawn DeRemer. Patients with a doctor’s referral can receive infusions for autoimmune deficiencies. It also offers ketamine infusions approved for treating depression. Previously worked in her husband’s medical practice, as a substitute teacher and in wine sales.
Worth: $8.7 million or more, according to federal campaign finance disclosure statements. Assets included interests in her husband’s infusion and wellness business, and a 10% share of SSJD Consulting, a Portland-area cannabis producer. The couple’s home is valued at $1 million.
