Jim Bunn
| Jim Bunn | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Oregon's 5th district |
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In office January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1997 |
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| Preceded by | Michael J. Kopetski |
| Succeeded by | Darlene Hooley |
| Member of the Oregon State Senate | |
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In office 1987-1995 |
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December 12, 1956 McMinnville, Oregon |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Cindy Bunn (divorced, 1978-1995) Sonja Skurdal |
James Lee Bunn (born December 12, 1956) is an American politician from Oregon. A native of Yamhill County, he served in the Oregon State Senate before election to the United States House of Representatives where he served one term. A Republican, he now works as a correctional officer for the county.
James Lee Bunn was born in McMinnville and graduated from Dayton High School. He earned a bachelor's degree from Northwestern Nazarene College in 1979, and remains a member of the Church of the Nazarene. Bunn worked in agribusiness, and from 1987 until his election to Congress, served in the Oregon National Guard.
Bunn, a Republican, was a member of the Oregon State Senate from 1987 to 1995, where he served as Republican whip from 1990 to 1995.
In 1994, he was elected to the United States House of Representatives, representing Oregon's 5th congressional district. During his one term in the House from 1995 to 1997, Bunn divorced his wife of 17 years, with whom he had five children, and married Sonja Skurdal, an aide in his congressional office whom he made his chief of staff. Bunn then paid Skurdal more than any other congressional aide in Oregon at that time. In the 1996 election, this scandal contributed to his loss to Democrat Darlene Hooley.
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