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Full profileRace at a glance
Oregon’s 1st Congressional District has a contested U.S. House race in the Nov. 3, 2026, general election. The field consists of incumbent Democrat Suzanne Bonamici, Democrat Jamil O. Chaudhry-ahmad and Republican Barbara J. Kahl.
The race is contested because more than one candidate is seeking the office. It also includes two candidates using the Democratic Party label and one using the Republican Party label. Each is a separate candidate for the same district seat.
The winner will represent Oregon’s 1st District in the U.S. House. An incumbent is the person who currently holds the office and is seeking it again; that applies to Bonamici in this race. Incumbency is not a separate office or ballot choice, but it distinguishes Bonamici from the other two candidates.
Who is running
Suzanne Bonamici, Democrat: Bonamici is the incumbent in Oregon’s 1st Congressional District. She is one of two Democratic candidates in the three-person field. Her campaign reports $816,770.24 raised and $790,299.10 spent.
Jamil O. Chaudhry-ahmad, Democrat: Chaudhry-ahmad is also running with the Democratic Party label. His candidacy gives voters a second Democratic option in the district race. His campaign reports $30,676 raised and $22,122.08 spent.
Barbara J. Kahl, Republican: Kahl is running with the Republican Party label and is the only Republican among the three listed candidates. Her campaign reports $4,466.06 raised and $3,554.55 spent.
Campaign money
The three campaigns report substantially different fundraising and spending totals. Bonamici has raised and spent the most, followed by Chaudhry-ahmad and then Kahl. Together, the campaigns report raising and spending.
Fundraising totals measure money received by a campaign, while spending totals reflect campaign expenditures. They do not count as votes and do not determine the result. They can, however, show the different financial scales on which the candidates are operating before the general election.
Bonamici’s reported fundraising accounts for most of the combined amount. Chaudhry-ahmad’s totals place his campaign second in both categories, and Kahl’s campaign reports the smallest raised and spent amounts. Those figures offer one measurable comparison among all three campaigns without establishing how voters will decide.
What makes the race contested
The formal contest is over who will hold Oregon’s 1st District seat after the 2026 general election. Voters face a choice among an incumbent Democrat, another Democrat and a Republican, rather than a race with only one candidate.
The shared party label between Bonamici and Chaudhry-ahmad does not combine their candidacies. Each is seeking the office separately, just as Kahl is seeking it under the Republican label. The party breakdown and the incumbent’s presence define the structure of the field, while the election result will be decided by voters on Nov. 3, 2026.
The next process markers include how the candidate field appears on the general-election ballot and how campaign fundraising and spending totals change as Election Day approaches.
