Republican Concedes Oregon Race, Last for U.S. House to Be Decided
With absentee ballots still being counted Thursday, Republican Molly Bordonaro conceded the 1st District congressional race to David Wu. It was the last congressional race in the country to be decided.
Wu’s win means the new House of Representatives will have 223 Republicans, 211 Democrats and one independent. Currently, there are 228 Republicans, 206 Democrats and one independent.
He takes over the seat vacated by Democratic Rep. Elizabeth Furse. The 1st District extends from Portland’s suburbs to Oregon’s northwest coast.
With just 41% of the vote counted, Wu had 54% of the vote to 43% for Bordonaro.
Bordonaro said she called Wu to congratulate him.
“It became clear that it would be very difficult to win,” she said in a news conference in her living room.
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