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2026 candidates we're tracking in OR-4
Monique DeSpain
Top priorities
- Lists the economy, housing affordability, public safety, and government accountability among her campaign priorities.
Per the campaign site.
About Monique DeSpain
Monique DeSpain is a retired Air Force colonel with 30 years of military service, including time in the Air Force Reserve and the Oregon Air National Guard, and also works as a lawyer, per her campaign site. She earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Utah, a graduate degree from Central Michigan University, and a law degree from Willamette University College of Law, per the Associated Press.
Val Hoyle
Top priorities
- Points to her record on paid sick leave and apprenticeship programs, and legislation protecting vote by mail.
- Lists reproductive health care access and housing, including co passing federal housing legislation, among her priorities.
Per the campaign site.
About Val Hoyle
Val Hoyle spent 25 years in the bicycle industry in retail management, manufacturing distribution, and international trade, per her official House website. She was elected to the Oregon House in 2010, eventually serving as Majority Leader, and was later elected statewide as Oregon Labor Commissioner, per the same source. Hoyle was sworn into Congress in January 2023 representing Oregon's 4th Congressional District, per her official House website.
Justin Filip
Top priorities
- Opposes new privately built data centers, citing concerns about corporate control of infrastructure.
- Calls for suspending U.S. military and foreign aid to Israel until conditions regarding occupied territories are met.
- Supports housing based solutions to homelessness and opposes new mining and logging measures on federal public lands.
Per the campaign site.
About Justin Filip
Justin Filip is a University of Oregon graduate who serves as secretary of the Pacific Green Party of Oregon, per Eugene Weekly. He received the Pacific Green Party's nomination for U.S. House, 4th District, at the party's 2026 nominating convention, per the party's website.
About this race
Oregon's 4th Congressional District elects one member of the U.S. House of Representatives to a two-year term. Every House seat in the country is on the ballot in 2026. The Oregon primary is Tuesday, May 19, 2026, and the general election is Tuesday, November 3, 2026.