{"title":"Portland Civic Lab · November 2026 Council voters guide","reviewed":"2026-09-18","status":"Working research edition; separate human editorial review is incomplete.","methodology":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/methodology","note":"Candidate statements, independent records and editorial interpretations are separate fields. Missing research is not evidence of a missing position. This is an editorial snapshot, not a live official ballot.","races":[{"geography":"Portland","jurisdiction":"City of Portland","authority":"Council adopts city laws and the budget. The mayor and city administrator run operations. Council cannot independently set TriMet fares, school curricula or state law.","stakes":"Housing rules, the city budget, streets, public safety, utilities, climate investment and oversight of major contracts.","rosterSource":{"label":"Portland certified candidate register","url":"https://www.portland.gov/auditor/elections/run4office/2026-city-candidates","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"},"rosterStatus":"Official list checked","id":"portland-district-3","title":"Portland Council · District 3","seats":3,"method":"Ranked choice · three seats","comparison":"Compare how candidates would balance housing construction and tenant protections, police and unarmed response, and service commitments against taxes and utility bills. Candidates appear alphabetically; this is not a ranking.","candidates":[{"id":"ali-beaudoin","name":"Ali Beaudoin","background":"Tax and business consultant; former corporate finance professional and business instructor.","summary":"Wants to apply financial and operational discipline to city government, with small-business growth and long-term economic health as priorities.","priorities":["Assess costs and likely effects before adopting policies.","Eliminate unnecessary spending and measure whether programs meet their goals.","Make it easier to build and operate local businesses."],"interpretation":"Beaudoin’s approach stresses management and economic growth. The reviewed announcement does not yet identify specific spending cuts or changes to business rules.","question":"Which fees would you cut first as revenue grows, and what vacancy rate would show the plan is working?","sources":[{"label":"Beaudoin’s campaign announcement and priorities","url":"https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ali-beaudoin-75b9558_meet-the-candidates-for-city-council-district-activity-7503657810526846979-aEnb","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"September 2026; reviewed September 18, 2026"},{"label":"Beaudoin · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#beaudoin-2026-09-23","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 23, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate in reply to the Lab’s questions and kept on file; excerpts appear on the brief. Receipt does not verify the claims."}],"affiliation":"Nonpartisan office","portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/ali-beaudoin.webp","sourceUrl":"https://www.portlandmercury.com/news/meet-the-candidates-for-city-council-district-3/","credit":"Portrait published by Portland Mercury","reviewed":"2026-09-18"},"analysis":{"values":["Financial discipline","Small-business growth"],"tradeoff":"The test is whether operational changes produce enough savings and investment to support services. His emailed reply adds the mechanism, growing the tax base by filling commercial vacancies downtown and in neighborhood corridors, and would hold the line on new taxes and fees until programs show results; he names no vacancy target or specific cuts.","issues":{"money":{"position":"Emphasizes cost analysis, eliminating unnecessary spending and testing whether programs meet their goals. Specific cuts and tax changes are not established in the reviewed announcement.","source":{"label":"Beaudoin’s campaign announcement and priorities","url":"https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ali-beaudoin-75b9558_meet-the-candidates-for-city-council-district-activity-7503657810526846979-aEnb","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"September 2026; reviewed September 18, 2026"}},"housing":{"position":"Would increase housing supply, simplify permitting, cut unnecessary regulatory costs, support middle-income and workforce housing, expand paths to homeownership and reuse vacant or underused properties; would explore temporary interest-rate help for first-time buyers with the city and lenders.","source":{"label":"Beaudoin · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#beaudoin-2026-09-23","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 23, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate in reply to the Lab’s questions and kept on file; excerpts appear on the brief. Receipt does not verify the claims."}},"safety":{"position":"Would match the response to the problem: enforcement for violence, property crime and unsafe behavior; prevention through housing and behavioral-health services; and a stronger non-police response for people who need care rather than enforcement.","source":{"label":"Beaudoin · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#beaudoin-2026-09-23","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 23, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate in reply to the Lab’s questions and kept on file; excerpts appear on the brief. Receipt does not verify the claims."}},"climate":{"position":"Would prioritize basic transportation infrastructure (street maintenance, sidewalks, safer crossings, reliable buses and neighborhood connectivity) while continuing to support biking and pedestrian improvements.","source":{"label":"Beaudoin · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#beaudoin-2026-09-23","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 23, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate in reply to the Lab’s questions and kept on file; excerpts appear on the brief. Receipt does not verify the claims."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Beaudoin’s campaign announcement and priorities","url":"https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ali-beaudoin-75b9558_meet-the-candidates-for-city-council-district-activity-7503657810526846979-aEnb","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"September 2026; reviewed September 18, 2026"},{"label":"Beaudoin · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#beaudoin-2026-09-23","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 23, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate in reply to the Lab’s questions and kept on file; excerpts appear on the brief. Receipt does not verify the claims."}]}},{"id":"joel-corcoran","name":"Joel Corcoran","background":"Lawyer; former Council policy counsel and U.S. Senate staff member.","summary":"Puts Council procedure, budget discipline and contract oversight at the center of his campaign.","priorities":["Independent Council legal and budget offices; monthly budget reviews.","Audit contracts and set rules for work performed in-house.","Expand public utility options and support local businesses."],"interpretation":"His program combines institutional reform with explicitly progressive goals. His criticism of partisan conflict should not be read as an absence of political commitments.","question":"Which contract savings and utility changes could Council deliver in its first year?","sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 56","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=56","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."}],"affiliation":"Nonpartisan office","portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/joel-corcoran.webp","sourceUrl":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=56","credit":"Candidate-submitted photo · 2026 Multnomah voters’ pamphlet","reviewed":"2026-09-18"},"analysis":{"values":["Institutional accountability","Public provision"],"tradeoff":"Independent legal and budget capacity could strengthen Council oversight, but creating that capacity also costs money. Contract savings and public utility proposals need separate business cases.","issues":{"money":{"position":"Proposes independent Council legal and budget offices, monthly budget reviews and contract audits; wants clearer rules for work performed by city employees.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 56","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=56","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."}},"climate":{"position":"Supports expanded public utility options. The reviewed pamphlet does not establish an acquisition plan, financing or a rate guarantee.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 56","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=56","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 56","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=56","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."}]}},{"id":"guy-frankenstein","name":"Guy Frankenstein","background":"Human-rights graduate student; background in auto insurance.","summary":"Describes himself as a democratic socialist and calls for confrontational opposition to ICE and large corporations.","priorities":["Remove ICE agents from Portland.","Seek larger contributions from billion-dollar companies."],"interpretation":"His response calls for challenging ICE and corporate power. It does not establish a lawful city implementation mechanism, a budget or how he would assemble support for legislation.","question":"What specific city legislation would implement these goals?","sources":[{"label":"Mercury questionnaire · Frankenstein’s responses","url":"https://www.portlandmercury.com/news/meet-the-candidates-for-city-council-district-3/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"September 9, 2026","note":"Candidate responses within reporting; the publisher’s characterizations are not adopted as facts."}],"affiliation":"Nonpartisan office","portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/guy-frankenstein.webp","sourceUrl":"https://www.portlandmercury.com/news/meet-the-candidates-for-city-council-district-3/","credit":"Portrait published by Portland Mercury","reviewed":"2026-09-18"},"analysis":{"values":["Redistribution","Opposition to ICE"],"tradeoff":"His responses identify who he wants city government to challenge. They do not establish which city powers, budget changes or legal mechanisms would deliver those goals.","issues":{"money":{"position":"Calls for larger contributions from billion-dollar companies. A particular tax instrument or projected revenue is not established in the reviewed response.","source":{"label":"Mercury questionnaire · Frankenstein’s responses","url":"https://www.portlandmercury.com/news/meet-the-candidates-for-city-council-district-3/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"September 9, 2026","note":"Candidate responses within reporting; the publisher’s characterizations are not adopted as facts."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Mercury questionnaire · Frankenstein’s responses","url":"https://www.portlandmercury.com/news/meet-the-candidates-for-city-council-district-3/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"September 9, 2026","note":"Candidate responses within reporting; the publisher’s characterizations are not adopted as facts."}]}},{"id":"matthias-hallett","name":"Matthias Hallett","background":"Estate-planning attorney; former deputy probate clerk.","summary":"Argues that police staffing, faster permitting and a more competitive business tax structure are prerequisites for Portland’s recovery.","priorities":["Fund police recruitment, retention and neighborhood presence.","Set permitting deadlines with escalation for stalled applications.","Recruit manufacturing and other employers that sell outside the region."],"interpretation":"He emphasizes rebuilding the tax base through private investment and stronger policing. The statement does not cost the proposed staffing or tax changes.","question":"Which taxes would change, and how would police expansion be funded during the transition?","sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 58","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=58","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."},{"label":"Hallett · Re-Vision platform","url":"https://www.matthiashallett.com/revision","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}],"affiliation":"Nonpartisan office","portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/matthias-hallett.webp","sourceUrl":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=58","credit":"Candidate-submitted photo · 2026 Multnomah voters’ pamphlet","reviewed":"2026-09-18"},"analysis":{"values":["Police capacity","Private-sector recovery"],"tradeoff":"He links economic recovery to stronger policing and a lighter burden on business. Expanding staffing without new taxes depends on reallocations or growth; the reviewed materials do not reconcile those costs.","issues":{"housing":{"position":"Favors faster permitting, deadlines and escalation when applications stall.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 58","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=58","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."}},"safety":{"position":"Supports a goal of two police officers per 1,000 residents without raising taxes; emphasizes recruitment and street presence.","source":{"label":"Hallett · Re-Vision platform","url":"https://www.matthiashallett.com/revision","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"money":{"position":"Calls for audits and limits on unaccountable spending, lighter burdens on businesses, and an agreement to retain the Blazers. His critique of ranked-choice voting is a campaign position, not evidence the count is unreliable.","source":{"label":"Hallett · Re-Vision platform","url":"https://www.matthiashallett.com/revision","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 58","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=58","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."},{"label":"Hallett · Re-Vision platform","url":"https://www.matthiashallett.com/revision","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}]}},{"id":"patrick-hilton","name":"Patrick Hilton","background":"Building operations manager with architectural-design and parks experience.","summary":"Wants housing policy to protect existing buildings, neighborhood businesses and tenants while creating paths to ownership.","priorities":["Prioritize adaptive reuse, community land trusts and co-housing.","Expand safe-sleeping infrastructure and consistent public-space rules.","Tax vacant units and polluters; redirect consultant spending."],"interpretation":"His housing approach favors preservation and community ownership. Readers should distinguish its anti-displacement goals from the separate question of how many additional homes it would produce.","question":"How many homes would the preservation and ownership programs create, and on what timeline?","sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 57","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=57","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."}],"affiliation":"Nonpartisan office","portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/patrick-hilton.webp","sourceUrl":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=57","credit":"Candidate-submitted photo · 2026 Multnomah voters’ pamphlet","reviewed":"2026-09-18"},"analysis":{"values":["Preservation","Community ownership"],"tradeoff":"Adaptive reuse and shared ownership seek to protect people and places from displacement. The unresolved comparison is how quickly those tools would add affordable homes relative to redevelopment.","issues":{"housing":{"position":"Prioritizes adaptive reuse, community land trusts and co-housing, with pathways to ownership.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 57","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=57","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."}},"safety":{"position":"Supports safe-sleeping infrastructure alongside consistent rules for public space.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 57","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=57","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."}},"money":{"position":"Proposes taxes on vacant units and polluters, and shifting money away from consultants.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 57","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=57","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 57","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=57","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."}]}},{"id":"larry-kelly","name":"Larry Kelly","background":"Chef with a biochemistry degree; no prior governmental experience listed.","summary":"Connects housing affordability, mental-health services and small-business support.","priorities":["Expand housing options and remove unnecessary barriers.","Support Street Response, addiction treatment and permanent housing.","Make local government easier for small businesses to work with."],"interpretation":"He favors both more housing and a service-centered homelessness response. His statement sets a direction but leaves spending and enforcement details open.","question":"Which housing barriers would you remove first, and what services would you fund?","sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 54","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=54","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."}],"affiliation":"Nonpartisan office","portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/larry-kelly.webp","sourceUrl":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=54","credit":"Candidate-submitted photo · 2026 Multnomah voters’ pamphlet","reviewed":"2026-09-18"},"analysis":{"values":["Housing access","Treatment and support"],"tradeoff":"He combines reducing housing barriers with services rather than treating either as sufficient. The statement does not specify which rules change or how much treatment and housing capacity would be funded.","issues":{"housing":{"position":"Supports expanding housing choices and removing unnecessary barriers; specific code changes are not identified in the reviewed statement.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 54","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=54","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."}},"safety":{"position":"Supports Portland Street Response, addiction treatment and permanent housing.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 54","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=54","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."}},"money":{"position":"Wants government to be easier for small businesses to work with. Specific tax and spending changes are not established here.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 54","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=54","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 54","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=54","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."}]}},{"id":"tiffany-koyama-lane","name":"Tiffany Koyama Lane","background":"Incumbent councilor; former public-school teacher and union organizer.","summary":"Identifies as a democratic socialist and emphasizes workers, renters, immigrant protections and public participation.","priorities":["Continue support for rental assistance and social housing.","Protect immigrant and LGBTQIA+ families and improve street safety.","Demand public oversight of oil infrastructure, data centers and the Moda deal."],"interpretation":"Her approach uses public investment and regulation to protect residents from economic and environmental risks. Her pamphlet’s accomplishment list is a campaign account, not an independent evaluation.","question":"What recurring revenue would sustain housing and service commitments?","sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 54","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=54","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."},{"label":"Council Lab · current-term record and official-source links","url":"https://council.portlandciviclab.org/people/6d6f522f-151f-4b25-af01-2534c9f65e2e","kind":"Reporting","date":"Current-term research index","note":"Independent, unofficial research aid. Follow the linked City records for authoritative votes. Automated transcript excerpts require recording verification before quotation."},{"label":"Koyama Lane · policy and track record","url":"https://teachertiffanyforthepeople.com/policy-track-record/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}],"affiliation":"Nonpartisan office","record":[{"decisionId":"parks-police","text":"Yes · Move proposed new police funding to parks. Voted to redirect the proposed new police allocation to parks maintenance.","source":{"label":"May 21 budget · clerk’s amendment roll calls","url":"https://efiles.portlandoregon.gov/record/17392841/file/document/","date":"May 21, 2025","kind":"Public record"}},{"decisionId":"services-first","text":"Yes · Use climate-fund interest for broad service restoration. Backed Services First: climate-fund interest and other funds for parks, fire rescue, unarmed police support and core city staff.","source":{"label":"Clerk’s amendment roll call · PDF page 58","url":"https://efiles.portlandoregon.gov/record/18024844/file/document/#page=58","date":"June 10, 2026","kind":"Public record"}},{"decisionId":"oversight-funding","text":"No · Use expected police-oversight underspending for public safety. Rejected using expected police-accountability office underspending to reimburse the public-safety restoration package.","source":{"label":"Clerk’s amendment roll call · PDF page 59","url":"https://efiles.portlandoregon.gov/record/18024844/file/document/#page=59","date":"June 10, 2026","kind":"Public record"}},{"decisionId":"novick-restorations","text":"No · Use a smaller amount of climate interest for selected restorations. Voted no on Pirtle-Guiney–Novick 4 after supporting Services First.","source":{"label":"Clerk’s amendment roll call · PDF page 60","url":"https://efiles.portlandoregon.gov/record/18024844/file/document/#page=60","date":"June 10, 2026","kind":"Public record"}},{"decisionId":"annual-budget","text":"Yes · Adopt the 2026–27 annual budget. Voted yes on the final annual budget after the competing restoration amendments failed.","source":{"label":"Ordinance 192195 · annual budget and final roll call","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192195","date":"June 17, 2026","kind":"Public record"}},{"decisionId":"zenith-investigation","text":"Yes · Demand an investigation of Zenith’s franchise. Voted to request investigation of the franchise and City permitting process.","source":{"label":"Resolution 37702 · investigation and amendments","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37702","date":"March 19, 2025","kind":"Public record"}},{"decisionId":"zenith-enforcement","text":"Yes · Give residents a right to enforce Zenith’s franchise in court. Supported making residents able to enforce the franchise in court as a condition of transfer.","source":{"label":"Zenith transfer · amendments and roll calls","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/zenith-franchise-transfer-isq-holdings","date":"September 9, 2026","kind":"Public record"}},{"decisionId":"zenith-transfer","text":"No · Transfer Zenith’s pipeline franchise to the new owner. Voted against the transfer after supporting the failed citizen-suit amendment. Reconsideration remained pending.","source":{"label":"Zenith transfer · amendments and roll calls","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/zenith-franchise-transfer-isq-holdings","date":"September 9–16, 2026; reviewed September 18","kind":"Public record"}},{"decisionId":"camp-removal","text":"Yes · Shift funding away from homeless-camp removals. Backed Morillo’s spending shift away from the camp-removal program toward personnel and social-service support.","source":{"label":"Fall budget · Morillo 1 amendment roll call","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/fy-2025-26-fall-supplemental-budget","date":"November 12, 2025","kind":"Public record"}},{"decisionId":"detention-fees","text":"Yes · Create impact fees and nuisance rules for detention facilities. Voted for the impact-fee and nuisance ordinance applying to qualifying private detention facilities.","source":{"label":"Detention-facility ordinance · adopted text and roll call","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/detention-facility-impact-fee-protect-taxpayers","date":"December 3, 2025","kind":"Public record"}},{"decisionId":"housing-fees","text":"Yes · Temporarily waive infrastructure charges on new housing. Voted to lower upfront development costs for qualifying new housing through a temporary waiver of infrastructure charges.","source":{"label":"Ordinance 192082 · housing fee waiver","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192082","date":"July 16, 2025","kind":"Public record"}},{"decisionId":"business-tax","text":"Yes · Expand the small-business tax exemption. Voted to exempt more small businesses from the business license tax.","source":{"label":"Ordinance 192163 · exemption thresholds and roll call","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192163","date":"April 8, 2026","kind":"Public record"}},{"decisionId":"performing-arts","text":"No · Advance PSU and Keller performing-arts planning. Voted against the resolution advancing the PSU venue and smaller-Keller planning strategy.","source":{"label":"Resolution 37752 · arts venues and roll call","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37752","date":"September 9, 2026","kind":"Public record"}},{"decisionId":"water-bonds","text":"Yes · Borrow for Bull Run water treatment. Voted to authorize the bond financing for Bull Run water treatment and related water-system needs, accepting repayment obligations supported by water revenues.","source":{"label":"Borrow for Bull Run water treatment · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192177","kind":"Public record","date":"May 20, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"water-rates","text":"No · Raise annual water rates. Voted against the annual water-rate schedule and its increase in customer charges.","source":{"label":"Raise annual water rates · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192183","kind":"Public record","date":"May 27, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"sewer-rates","text":"No · Set sewer and stormwater rates. Voted against the annual sewer and stormwater rate schedule.","source":{"label":"Set sewer and stormwater rates · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192182","kind":"Public record","date":"May 27, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"street-fee","text":"Yes · Create a monthly transportation utility fee. Co-authored the allocation amendment with Zimmerman, then voted for the fee. It reserves 75% of revenue for maintenance and divides the remaining 25% between Vision Zero safety work and the sidewalk program.","source":{"label":"Create a monthly transportation utility fee · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192171","kind":"Public record","date":"April 29, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"sidewalk-plan","text":"Yes · Develop a sidewalk and paving program. Voted to develop the sidewalk and paving program, including a project and funding plan for historically underserved areas.","source":{"label":"Develop a sidewalk and paving program · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37705","kind":"Public record","date":"May 7, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"transport-rates","text":"Yes · Update parking and transportation fees. Voted for the updated parking, permit and transportation fee schedule supporting the transportation budget.","source":{"label":"Update parking and transportation fees · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192181","kind":"Public record","date":"May 27, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"arts-tax","text":"Yes · Raise the arts tax and expand exemptions. Co-sponsored the reform and helped advance its revised income thresholds, then supported the final package of a higher assessment and broader exemptions.","source":{"label":"Raise the arts tax and expand exemptions · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192185","kind":"Public record","date":"May 27, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"psr-framework","text":"Yes · Expand Portland Street Response’s role. Voted for a framework to expand the role of Portland Street Response and establish community participation in its development.","source":{"label":"Expand Portland Street Response’s role · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37709","kind":"Public record","date":"June 25, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"psr-committee","text":"Yes · Appoint the Street Response community committee. Voted to seat the community committee that would advise the development of Portland Street Response.","source":{"label":"Appoint the Street Response community committee · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37728","kind":"Public record","date":"December 18, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"oversight-first-board","text":"Yes · Appoint the first police-accountability board. Voted to appoint the first members and alternates of the new community police-accountability board.","source":{"label":"Appoint the first police-accountability board · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/report/accepted/2025-246","kind":"Public record","date":"June 18, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"oversight-replacements","text":"Yes · Fill vacancies and restart accountability-board terms. Voted for the replacement appointments, revised term dates and reporting arrangements to help the police-accountability board begin work.","source":{"label":"Fill vacancies and restart accountability-board terms · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37737","kind":"Public record","date":"February 12, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"community-policing","text":"Absent · Preserve a community-policing advisory body in code. Was absent when Council voted on preserve a community-policing advisory body in code. The record does not contain a yes or no vote for this decision.","source":{"label":"Preserve a community-policing advisory body in code · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192168","kind":"Public record","date":"April 16, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"police-staffing","text":"No · Request a police staffing and cost assessment. Voted against this resolution directing a police organizational and staffing report.","source":{"label":"Request a police staffing and cost assessment · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37738","kind":"Public record","date":"February 12, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"nuisance-properties","text":"No · Expand chronic-nuisance property enforcement. Voted against expanding the chronic-nuisance ordinance and its enforcement framework.","source":{"label":"Expand chronic-nuisance property enforcement · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192173","kind":"Public record","date":"May 6, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"firearms-table","text":"Not on committee · Pause the firearms-in-public-buildings proposal. Did not have a vote in this five-member committee. This is not an absence from Council or a position against the proposal.","source":{"label":"Pause the firearms-in-public-buildings proposal · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/protecting-public-buildings","kind":"Public record","date":"September 15, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"psychedelics-referral","text":"Not on committee · Advance a natural-psychedelics enforcement proposal. Did not have a vote in this five-member committee. This is not an absence from Council or a position against the proposal.","source":{"label":"Advance a natural-psychedelics enforcement proposal · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/psychedelic-health-and-safety-act","kind":"Public record","date":"August 4, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"climate-plan","text":"Yes · Amend the five-year climate investment plan. Voted for the final package of revisions to the climate fund’s multi-year investment plan.","source":{"label":"Amend the five-year climate investment plan · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192154","kind":"Public record","date":"March 11, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"climate-interest","text":"Yes · Transfer climate-fund interest into the general budget. Voted to transfer the specified climate-fund interest into the general budget to support City expenses.","source":{"label":"Transfer climate-fund interest into the general budget · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192179","kind":"Public record","date":"May 27, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"homebuyer-income","text":"No · Remove an income test for certain fee-exempt homes. Voted against the temporary removal of the income qualification for this group of homes receiving development-charge exemptions.","source":{"label":"Remove an income test for certain fee-exempt homes · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192210","kind":"Public record","date":"July 29, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"housing-strategy","text":"Yes · Require a unified housing strategy. Voted to require a unified strategy connecting housing production, affordability and homelessness prevention across existing plans.","source":{"label":"Require a unified housing strategy · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37714","kind":"Public record","date":"August 6, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"homelessness-plan","text":"Yes · Adopt the updated homelessness action plan and measures. Voted to update the coordinated City–County homelessness plan and the measures used to track its progress.","source":{"label":"Adopt the updated homelessness action plan and measures · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37726","kind":"Public record","date":"December 17, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"permit-pause","text":"Yes · Temporarily suspend selected development upgrade requirements. Voted for the pause in selected infrastructure and site-upgrade requirements associated with development, accepting the tradeoff between lower project costs and improvements otherwise delivered by applicants.","source":{"label":"Temporarily suspend selected development upgrade requirements · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192095","kind":"Public record","date":"September 24, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"permit-reform","text":"Yes · Develop a second phase of permitting reform. Voted to pursue simpler, better-coordinated development rules and a process for measuring whether permitting service improves.","source":{"label":"Develop a second phase of permitting reform · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37749","kind":"Public record","date":"July 16, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"urban-forest-plan","text":"Yes · Adopt the updated Urban Forest Plan. Voted for the final plan guiding tree-canopy protection, growth and management across Portland.","source":{"label":"Adopt the updated Urban Forest Plan · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37720","kind":"Public record","date":"October 22, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"tree-responsibility","text":"No · Make the street-tree responsibility plan explicitly conditional. Voted against replacing the more direct planning instruction with expressly conditional language. Both still supported the final forest plan.","source":{"label":"Make the street-tree responsibility plan explicitly conditional · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37720","kind":"Public record","date":"October 22, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"forest-park","text":"Yes · Overturn approval of the Forest Park power-line proposal. Voted to overturn approval of this Forest Park utility proposal on the findings adopted by Council.","source":{"label":"Overturn approval of the Forest Park power-line proposal · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/report/findings-adopted/2025-161","kind":"Public record","date":"May 7, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"parks-levy","text":"Yes · Refer the five-year parks levy to voters. Voted to place the proposed parks funding measure before voters, with the higher levy rate and its service commitments.","source":{"label":"Refer the five-year parks levy to voters · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37710","kind":"Public record","date":"July 16, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"sellwood","text":"Absent · Transfer Sellwood Community House to its nonprofit operator. Was absent when Council voted on transfer Sellwood Community House to its nonprofit operator. The record does not contain a yes or no vote for this decision.","source":{"label":"Transfer Sellwood Community House to its nonprofit operator · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192130","kind":"Public record","date":"December 3, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"vision-zero","text":"Yes · Renew the traffic-death prevention effort. Sponsored the Vision Zero resolution, supported adding community engagement and voted for the final traffic-safety framework.","source":{"label":"Renew the traffic-death prevention effort · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37716","kind":"Public record","date":"September 17, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"82nd-transit","text":"Yes · Approve the preferred 82nd Avenue transit alternative. Voted to advance the preferred transit alternative aimed at improving speed and reliability on 82nd Avenue.","source":{"label":"Approve the preferred 82nd Avenue transit alternative · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37706","kind":"Public record","date":"May 21, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"privacy-office","text":"Yes · Create a City Data and Privacy Office. Voted to establish a City authority for data governance and privacy rather than leaving those responsibilities scattered across bureaus.","source":{"label":"Create a City Data and Privacy Office · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192143","kind":"Public record","date":"February 5, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"privacy-framework","text":"Yes · Adopt the City’s data-governance and privacy framework. Voted for the amended framework directing how the City should manage privacy and data-use risks.","source":{"label":"Adopt the City’s data-governance and privacy framework · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37736","kind":"Public record","date":"February 5, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"asset-strategy","text":"Yes · Develop a citywide infrastructure and asset strategy. Voted to assess infrastructure needs, align investment priorities across bureaus and examine long-term financing options.","source":{"label":"Develop a citywide infrastructure and asset strategy · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37715","kind":"Public record","date":"August 6, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"committee-structure","text":"Yes · Replace eight policy committees with five. Voted for the five-committee structure and full-Council finance and governance committee.","source":{"label":"Replace eight policy committees with five · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/establish-city-council-committees","kind":"Public record","date":"February 19, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"council-office-budget","text":"Yes · Increase Council and mayoral office budgets. Voted to use contingency funds to increase Council and mayoral office budgets and staffing during the transition to the new government.","source":{"label":"Increase Council and mayoral office budgets · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192020","kind":"Public record","date":"January 15, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"council-priorities","text":"Yes · Establish an annual Council priority-setting process. Voted for the annual Council planning procedure, including a shared framework that identifies agreement, disagreement and unresolved priorities.","source":{"label":"Establish an annual Council priority-setting process · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37730","kind":"Public record","date":"December 18, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"surplus-inquiry","text":"Yes · Require a public inquiry into unspent housing funds. Voted for the process to gather and disclose information about the housing funds and the administration’s communication with Council.","source":{"label":"Require a public inquiry into unspent housing funds · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37734","kind":"Public record","date":"February 4, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"campaign-enforcement","text":"Yes · Update campaign-finance enforcement after a court ruling. Voted to update the City’s campaign-finance code in response to the court ruling and the amendments considered by Council.","source":{"label":"Update campaign-finance enforcement after a court ruling · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192156","kind":"Public record","date":"March 18, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"small-donor","text":"Yes · Revise the Small Donor Elections program. Voted for the Small Donor Elections code changes recommended to improve the program after the 2024 election.","source":{"label":"Revise the Small Donor Elections program · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192098","kind":"Public record","date":"September 24, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"labor-complaint","text":"Yes · Withdraw authority for an unfair-labor-practice complaint. Voted to reverse the prior authorization for the City Attorney to file the labor complaint.","source":{"label":"Withdraw authority for an unfair-labor-practice complaint · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37695","kind":"Public record","date":"January 15, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"professional-workers","text":"Yes · Ratify the first Professional Workers union contract. Voted to approve the negotiated initial agreement establishing pay, leave and other employment conditions for the bargaining unit.","source":{"label":"Ratify the first Professional Workers union contract · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192076","kind":"Public record","date":"June 18, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"afscme-contract","text":"Absent · Ratify the AFSCME Local 189 successor contract. Was absent when Council voted on ratify the AFSCME Local 189 successor contract. The record does not contain a yes or no vote for this decision.","source":{"label":"Ratify the AFSCME Local 189 successor contract · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192032","kind":"Public record","date":"March 20, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"trade-unions-contract","text":"Absent · Ratify the District Council of Trade Unions contract. Was absent when Council voted on ratify the District Council of Trade Unions contract. The record does not contain a yes or no vote for this decision.","source":{"label":"Ratify the District Council of Trade Unions contract · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192033","kind":"Public record","date":"March 20, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"review-staff-contract","text":"Absent · Approve retention terms for Independent Police Review staff. Was absent when Council voted on approve retention terms for Independent Police Review staff. The record does not contain a yes or no vote for this decision.","source":{"label":"Approve retention terms for Independent Police Review staff · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192132","kind":"Public record","date":"December 10, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"children-remand","text":"Yes · Send Children’s Levy funding recommendations back for reconsideration. Voted to send the allocation recommendations back for further work rather than approve the proposed awards at that meeting.","source":{"label":"Send Children’s Levy funding recommendations back for reconsideration · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/council-action-see-notes/2025-207","kind":"Public record","date":"June 4, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"children-grants","text":"Yes · Approve the three-year Children’s Levy grants. Supported Morillo’s unsuccessful amendment to keep waiting for revised recommendations, then voted for the final three-year grant package.","source":{"label":"Approve the three-year Children’s Levy grants · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192080","kind":"Public record","date":"June 25, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"sanctuary-code","text":"Yes · Strengthen sanctuary protections in City Code. Voted to put stronger sanctuary requirements and implementation duties into City Code.","source":{"label":"Strengthen sanctuary protections in City Code · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192115","kind":"Public record","date":"October 15, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"protect-portland","text":"Yes · Adopt the Protect Portland initiative. Voted for the City’s coordinated response, transparency and rights-information measures alongside the sanctuary ordinance.","source":{"label":"Adopt the Protect Portland initiative · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37719","kind":"Public record","date":"October 15, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"officer-identification","text":"Yes · Require law-enforcement identification and restrict masking. Voted for the amended officer-identification code and the direction to publish the policy and address any required bargaining.","source":{"label":"Require law-enforcement identification and restrict masking · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192184","kind":"Public record","date":"May 27, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"investment-policy","text":"Yes · Adopt investment policy and seek ethical-screening options. Voted for the amended investment-policy resolution, including development of options for screening investments for human-rights and other impacts.","source":{"label":"Adopt investment policy and seek ethical-screening options · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37723","kind":"Public record","date":"December 3, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"storefront-plan","text":"Yes · Accept the Storefront Support Program action plan. Voted to accept the proposed direction for improving storefront conditions and City support for business owners.","source":{"label":"Accept the Storefront Support Program action plan · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/report/accepted/2026-080","kind":"Public record","date":"March 4, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"cully-plan","text":"Yes · Approve Cully’s five-year investment action plan. Voted to approve the community-developed framework directing future district investments, including housing stability and small-business support.","source":{"label":"Approve Cully’s five-year investment action plan · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37744","kind":"Public record","date":"March 11, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"campesinos","text":"Yes · Rename César E. Chávez Boulevard as Campesinos Boulevard. Co-sponsored the renaming ordinance, advanced an amendment accepted unanimously and voted for passage.","source":{"label":"Rename César E. Chávez Boulevard as Campesinos Boulevard · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/renaming-cesar-e-chavez-blvd","kind":"Public record","date":"September 9, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"force-fed-poultry","text":"Yes · Prohibit sales of products from force-fed poultry. Voted for the ordinance restricting sales of products from force-fed poultry after the transition period.","source":{"label":"Prohibit sales of products from force-fed poultry · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192190","kind":"Public record","date":"June 4, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"board-eligibility","text":"No · Consider removing an accountability-board member as ineligible. Voted against the administration’s proposed ineligibility finding for Halsey, helping defeat that part of the report.","source":{"label":"Consider removing an accountability-board member as ineligible · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/report/accepted/2026-047","kind":"Public record","date":"February 11, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"board-removal","text":"Yes · Remove an accountability-board alternate for cause. Voted to approve the portion of the report removing Weinstein for cause under the board’s requirements.","source":{"label":"Remove an accountability-board alternate for cause · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/report/accepted/2026-047","kind":"Public record","date":"February 11, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"rental-pricing","text":"Yes · Restrict algorithmic rent coordination. Co-sponsored the restriction on software that coordinates rental prices between landlords, then voted to enact it.","source":{"label":"Ordinance 192122 · final roll call","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192122","kind":"Public record","date":"November 19, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"supplemental-budget","text":"No · Restore services using one-time funds. Co-sponsored and backed the larger restoration plan using climate-fund interest. After it failed, voted no on the smaller package.","source":{"label":"Ordinance 192207 · amended budget and final roll call","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192207","kind":"Public record","date":"July 22, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"moda","text":"No · Approve the Moda negotiating framework. Backed higher rent and a required opportunity-cost report, then voted no on the amended term sheet.","source":{"label":"Resolution 37750 · final roll call and amendments","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37750","kind":"Public record","date":"August 12, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"data-centers","text":"Yes · Seek transparency and future data-center restrictions. Voted to disclose major data-center inquiries and pursue restrictions. The resolution did not itself enact a moratorium.","source":{"label":"Resolution 37753 · adopted text and final roll call","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37753","kind":"Public record","date":"September 16, 2026"}}],"portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/tiffany-koyama-lane.webp","sourceUrl":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=54","credit":"Candidate-submitted photo · 2026 Multnomah voters’ pamphlet","reviewed":"2026-09-18"},"analysis":{"values":["Worker and tenant power","Public investment"],"tradeoff":"Public ownership and regulation are central tools in her program. Building homes and sustaining services require recurring funding; voting for a study or regulation is different from demonstrating its eventual results.","issues":{"housing":{"position":"Supports publicly owned housing as an alternative to for-profit landlords and continued rental assistance.","source":{"label":"Koyama Lane · policy and track record","url":"https://teachertiffanyforthepeople.com/policy-track-record/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"money":{"position":"Favors public services, stronger union contracts and regulating corporations while lowering the burden on working families. A fully costed next-term program is not established here.","source":{"label":"Koyama Lane · policy and track record","url":"https://teachertiffanyforthepeople.com/policy-track-record/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"climate":{"position":"Prioritizes Vision Zero, bike and transit infrastructure, tree canopy and a data-center moratorium.","source":{"label":"Koyama Lane · policy and track record","url":"https://teachertiffanyforthepeople.com/policy-track-record/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 54","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=54","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."},{"label":"Koyama Lane · policy and track record","url":"https://teachertiffanyforthepeople.com/policy-track-record/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}]}},{"id":"kenneth-kent-r-landgraver-iii","name":"Kenneth (Kent) R Landgraver III","background":"Scientific instrument technician and Oregon National Guard veteran.","summary":"Centers his campaign on consensus, public-service experience and making the new Council work as a legislature.","priorities":["Seek unanimous decisions through consensus or compromise.","Ensure tax dollars support public work.","Resist recreating the former commission system."],"interpretation":"This is principally a theory of governing. Unanimity is his preference; it is not a legal requirement for Council action.","question":"How would you resolve an urgent decision when unanimity is impossible?","sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 60","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=60","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."}],"affiliation":"Nonpartisan office","portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/kenneth-kent-r-landgraver-iii.webp","sourceUrl":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=60","credit":"Candidate-submitted photo · 2026 Multnomah voters’ pamphlet","reviewed":"2026-09-18"},"analysis":{"values":["Consensus","Legislative cooperation"],"tradeoff":"Seeking unanimity may build broader buy-in, but can also prolong decisions when interests conflict. His statement does not explain when he would accept a majority decision or which policy compromises he would make.","issues":{"money":{"position":"Says tax dollars should support public work. Specific budget reallocations or revenue proposals are not established in the reviewed statement.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 60","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=60","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 60","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=60","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."}]}},{"id":"keir-legree","name":"Keir Legree","background":"Longtime art-glass business general manager and business founder.","summary":"Applies a business-management approach to homelessness, public safety and utility costs.","priorities":["Hire more police officers and 911 dispatchers.","Reduce infrastructure-project costs and utility bills.","Change the approach to street homelessness."],"interpretation":"He stresses operational execution and costs. The reviewed statement does not describe the homelessness plan or a financed utility-rate reduction in detail.","question":"Holding the line on new taxes and fees, what would pay for more police officers and 911 dispatchers?","sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 59","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=59","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."},{"label":"Legree · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#legree-2026-09-19","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 19, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate in reply to the Lab’s questions and kept on file; excerpts appear on his brief. Receipt does not verify the claims."}],"affiliation":"Nonpartisan office","portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/keir-legree.webp","sourceUrl":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=59","credit":"Candidate-submitted photo · 2026 Multnomah voters’ pamphlet","reviewed":"2026-09-18"},"analysis":{"values":["Operational delivery","Household costs"],"tradeoff":"His stated goals connect city performance to safety and utility bills. His emailed replies of September 19 and 22, 2026 add the mechanisms: competitive bidding, independent cost estimates and scope control for projects; Clean Energy Fund money and building purchases for affordable housing; more shelter and treatment capacity; and a proposed one-year pause on cash bottle redemptions as a measured experiment. He would hold the line on new taxes and fees while hiring more officers and dispatchers; savings are not quantified, and what would pay for the new positions is open.","issues":{"safety":{"position":"Wants more police officers and 911 dispatchers, and a homelessness approach judged by measurable results: more shelter and treatment capacity, expected progress toward stability in exchange for publicly funded services, and accountability for City and County spending. Proposes seeking state authorization for a one-year pause on cash bottle and can redemptions in Portland as a measured experiment.","source":{"label":"Legree · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#legree-2026-09-19","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 19, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate in reply to the Lab’s questions and kept on file; excerpts appear on his brief. Receipt does not verify the claims."}},"money":{"position":"Would lower the cost of delivering infrastructure rather than defer maintenance: stronger competitive bidding, independent cost estimates, tighter control of scope and change orders, cost comparisons with peer cities, and a public-benefit test before major projects begin.","source":{"label":"Legree · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#legree-2026-09-19","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 19, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate in reply to the Lab’s questions and kept on file; excerpts appear on his brief. Receipt does not verify the claims."}},"housing":{"position":"Supports increasing housing supply, faster permitting and fewer construction barriers, plus expanding government-owned affordable housing, preserving existing affordable homes and filling vacant subsidized units.","source":{"label":"Legree · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#legree-2026-09-19","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 19, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate in reply to the Lab’s questions and kept on file; excerpts appear on his brief. Receipt does not verify the claims."}},"climate":{"position":"Supports reducing emissions and a balanced transportation system for walking, biking, transit and driving, with pedestrian and bicycle improvements where safety or transportation need is demonstrated and major projects evaluated for use, safety, cost and system impacts.","source":{"label":"Legree · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#legree-2026-09-19","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 19, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate in reply to the Lab’s questions and kept on file; excerpts appear on his brief. Receipt does not verify the claims."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 59","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=59","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."},{"label":"Legree · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#legree-2026-09-19","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 19, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate in reply to the Lab’s questions and kept on file; excerpts appear on his brief. Receipt does not verify the claims."}]}},{"id":"esther-leon","name":"Esther León","background":"Physical therapist and community-college professor.","summary":"Proposes a larger public role in housing, utilities, climate protection and non-police crisis response.","priorities":["A corporate-landlord vacancy tax, social housing and simpler zoning.","24-hour citywide Street Response and supportive housing with treatment.","A moratorium on AI data centers and a transition to public utilities."],"interpretation":"Her program is a substantial expansion of public provision, financed partly through new taxes. Some proposals require cooperation from agencies outside Council’s control.","question":"What would the housing and utility proposals cost, and which require state or regional approval?","sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 60","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=60","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."},{"label":"León · issue platform","url":"https://EstherForPortland.com","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}],"affiliation":"Nonpartisan office","portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/esther-leon.webp","sourceUrl":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=60","credit":"Candidate-submitted photo · 2026 Multnomah voters’ pamphlet","reviewed":"2026-09-18"},"analysis":{"values":["Public provision","Non-police crisis care"],"tradeoff":"She would shift more responsibility for affordability and care into public institutions. That requires funding and implementation across several governments; local proposals and changes to state-controlled systems are not interchangeable.","issues":{"housing":{"position":"Would expand social housing and simplify zoning; proposes vacancy taxes aimed at large landlords, with residential proceeds helping formerly unhoused tenants enter rentals.","source":{"label":"León · issue platform","url":"https://EstherForPortland.com","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"safety":{"position":"Would fund citywide 24/7 Street Response, expand unarmed support specialists and reduce armed responses; opposes sweeps and favors housing with health or addiction support.","source":{"label":"León · issue platform","url":"https://EstherForPortland.com","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"money":{"position":"Proposes land-value taxation, targeted vacancy taxes and exploration of basic income for artists. These are proposals, not established city revenue authority or costed programs.","source":{"label":"León · issue platform","url":"https://EstherForPortland.com","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"climate":{"position":"Supports protected bikeways, car-free plazas, later transit service and a regional transit funding mechanism; opposes Waymo. Regional transit changes require cooperation beyond Council.","source":{"label":"León · issue platform","url":"https://EstherForPortland.com","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 60","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=60","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."},{"label":"León · issue platform","url":"https://EstherForPortland.com","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}]}},{"id":"darren-mccormick","name":"Darren McCormick","background":"His public professional profile lists Portland Witness reporting and policy-research projects; Braver Angels lists him as an organizer of Portland discussion gatherings.","summary":"His July 2026 filing calls for more police and incarceration of people he describes as dangerous and affected by drugs. He writes: “More cops. Lock up the dangerously unstable drug zombies.” That is his language, not this guide’s description of people.","priorities":[],"interpretation":"This is a clear preference for an enforcement-led response. The brief filing does not explain which conduct would trigger detention, what legal process would apply, or how treatment would fit into the approach.","question":"What specific offenses and legal standards would your proposal address, how many officers would you fund, and what would it cost?","sources":[{"label":"Portland certified candidate register","url":"https://www.portland.gov/auditor/elections/run4office/2026-city-candidates","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"},{"label":"2026 candidate filing · policy language on PDF page 4","url":"https://www.portland.gov/auditor/elections/documents/mccormick-darren-2026-aud-120/download#page=4","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed July 2026; reviewed September 18, 2026"},{"label":"Public professional profile · projects and experience","url":"https://www.linkedin.com/in/darren-mccormick-esq","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Reviewed September 18, 2026"},{"label":"Braver Angels · Portland discussion event and organizers","url":"https://braverangels.org/event/monthly-pdx-depolarization-gathering-3-2/2026-07-08/","kind":"Reporting","date":"July 8, 2026","note":"Event organizer’s listing, used for civic background only."}],"affiliation":"Nonpartisan office","missing":"A limited policy statement is verified in the 2026 filing. A broader platform, funding detail and independent record review remain incomplete.","analysis":{"values":["Enforcement-led response"],"tradeoff":"His filing establishes a preference for more police and detention. It does not specify offenses, detention standards, treatment capacity or costs. A broader account of his priorities remains a research gap.","issues":{"safety":{"position":"His July 2026 filing calls for additional police and incarceration of people he characterizes as dangerous and affected by drugs. The filing does not explain the legal criteria or treatment component.","source":{"label":"2026 candidate filing · policy language on PDF page 4","url":"https://www.portland.gov/auditor/elections/documents/mccormick-darren-2026-aud-120/download#page=4","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed July 2026; reviewed September 18, 2026"}}},"sources":[{"label":"2026 candidate filing · policy language on PDF page 4","url":"https://www.portland.gov/auditor/elections/documents/mccormick-darren-2026-aud-120/download#page=4","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed July 2026; reviewed September 18, 2026"}]}},{"id":"angelita-morillo","name":"Angelita Morillo","background":"Incumbent councilor; former anti-hunger policy advocate.","summary":"Identifies as a democratic socialist and puts tenants, transit, climate and civil liberties at the center of her platform.","priorities":["Strengthen tenant rights and create shelters with unhoused residents.","Invest in transit, bike lanes and sidewalks; oppose oil-train and data-center expansion.","Support Street Response, violence prevention and police accountability."],"interpretation":"She emphasizes public investment and restraints on institutional power. Her opposition to a particular funding agreement should be read in the context of that agreement, not as opposition to the service itself.","question":"How would you finance service expansion while controlling household bills?","sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 56","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=56","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."},{"label":"Council Lab · current-term record and official-source links","url":"https://council.portlandciviclab.org/people/7a321a0f-2652-4647-870f-e94a043ba75e","kind":"Reporting","date":"Current-term research index","note":"Independent, unofficial research aid. Follow the linked City records for authoritative votes. Automated transcript excerpts require recording verification before quotation."}],"affiliation":"Nonpartisan office","record":[{"decisionId":"parks-police","text":"Yes · Move proposed new police funding to parks. Seconded and supported Avalos’ parks amendment.","source":{"label":"May 21 budget · clerk’s amendment roll calls","url":"https://efiles.portlandoregon.gov/record/17392841/file/document/","date":"May 21, 2025","kind":"Public record"}},{"decisionId":"services-first","text":"Yes · Use climate-fund interest for broad service restoration. Co-proposed Services First with Green and Avalos, then voted for it.","source":{"label":"Clerk’s amendment roll call · PDF page 58","url":"https://efiles.portlandoregon.gov/record/18024844/file/document/#page=58","date":"June 10, 2026","kind":"Public record"}},{"decisionId":"oversight-funding","text":"No · Use expected police-oversight underspending for public safety. Rejected using expected police-accountability office underspending to reimburse the public-safety restoration package.","source":{"label":"Clerk’s amendment roll call · PDF page 59","url":"https://efiles.portlandoregon.gov/record/18024844/file/document/#page=59","date":"June 10, 2026","kind":"Public record"}},{"decisionId":"novick-restorations","text":"No · Use a smaller amount of climate interest for selected restorations. Voted no on Pirtle-Guiney–Novick 4 after supporting Services First.","source":{"label":"Clerk’s amendment roll call · PDF page 60","url":"https://efiles.portlandoregon.gov/record/18024844/file/document/#page=60","date":"June 10, 2026","kind":"Public record"}},{"decisionId":"annual-budget","text":"Yes · Adopt the 2026–27 annual budget. Voted yes on the final annual budget after the competing restoration amendments failed.","source":{"label":"Ordinance 192195 · annual budget and final roll call","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192195","date":"June 17, 2026","kind":"Public record"}},{"decisionId":"zenith-investigation","text":"Yes · Demand an investigation of Zenith’s franchise. Voted to request investigation of the franchise and City permitting process.","source":{"label":"Resolution 37702 · investigation and amendments","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37702","date":"March 19, 2025","kind":"Public record"}},{"decisionId":"zenith-enforcement","text":"Yes · Give residents a right to enforce Zenith’s franchise in court. Co-proposed and seconded the resident-enforcement amendment with Green.","source":{"label":"Zenith transfer · amendments and roll calls","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/zenith-franchise-transfer-isq-holdings","date":"September 9, 2026","kind":"Public record"}},{"decisionId":"zenith-transfer","text":"No · Transfer Zenith’s pipeline franchise to the new owner. Voted against the transfer after supporting the failed citizen-suit amendment. Reconsideration remained pending.","source":{"label":"Zenith transfer · amendments and roll calls","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/zenith-franchise-transfer-isq-holdings","date":"September 9–16, 2026; reviewed September 18","kind":"Public record"}},{"decisionId":"camp-removal","text":"Yes · Shift funding away from homeless-camp removals. Backed Morillo’s spending shift away from the camp-removal program toward personnel and social-service support.","source":{"label":"Fall budget · Morillo 1 amendment roll call","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/fy-2025-26-fall-supplemental-budget","date":"November 12, 2025","kind":"Public record"}},{"decisionId":"detention-fees","text":"Yes · Create impact fees and nuisance rules for detention facilities. Voted for the impact-fee and nuisance ordinance applying to qualifying private detention facilities.","source":{"label":"Detention-facility ordinance · adopted text and roll call","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/detention-facility-impact-fee-protect-taxpayers","date":"December 3, 2025","kind":"Public record"}},{"decisionId":"housing-fees","text":"Yes · Temporarily waive infrastructure charges on new housing. Voted to lower upfront development costs for qualifying new housing through a temporary waiver of infrastructure charges.","source":{"label":"Ordinance 192082 · housing fee waiver","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192082","date":"July 16, 2025","kind":"Public record"}},{"decisionId":"business-tax","text":"Yes · Expand the small-business tax exemption. Voted to exempt more small businesses from the business license tax.","source":{"label":"Ordinance 192163 · exemption thresholds and roll call","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192163","date":"April 8, 2026","kind":"Public record"}},{"decisionId":"performing-arts","text":"No · Advance PSU and Keller performing-arts planning. Voted against the resolution advancing the PSU venue and smaller-Keller planning strategy.","source":{"label":"Resolution 37752 · arts venues and roll call","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37752","date":"September 9, 2026","kind":"Public record"}},{"decisionId":"water-bonds","text":"No · Borrow for Bull Run water treatment. Voted against authorizing this water-system bond package. The vote rejected this financing decision; it did not establish a position against providing safe drinking water.","source":{"label":"Borrow for Bull Run water treatment · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192177","kind":"Public record","date":"May 20, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"water-rates","text":"No · Raise annual water rates. Voted against the annual water-rate schedule and its increase in customer charges.","source":{"label":"Raise annual water rates · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192183","kind":"Public record","date":"May 27, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"sewer-rates","text":"Yes · Set sewer and stormwater rates. Voted for the annual rates and charges funding sewer and stormwater operations and infrastructure.","source":{"label":"Set sewer and stormwater rates · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192182","kind":"Public record","date":"May 27, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"street-fee","text":"Yes · Create a monthly transportation utility fee. Voted to add the transportation fee to utility bills, with dedicated maintenance and safety spending, financial assistance and public reporting.","source":{"label":"Create a monthly transportation utility fee · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192171","kind":"Public record","date":"April 29, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"sidewalk-plan","text":"Yes · Develop a sidewalk and paving program. Voted to develop the sidewalk and paving program, including a project and funding plan for historically underserved areas.","source":{"label":"Develop a sidewalk and paving program · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37705","kind":"Public record","date":"May 7, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"transport-rates","text":"Yes · Update parking and transportation fees. Voted for the updated parking, permit and transportation fee schedule supporting the transportation budget.","source":{"label":"Update parking and transportation fees · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192181","kind":"Public record","date":"May 27, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"arts-tax","text":"Yes · Raise the arts tax and expand exemptions. Voted for the package intended to preserve arts-education and arts funding while removing the filing or payment obligation for many lower-income residents.","source":{"label":"Raise the arts tax and expand exemptions · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192185","kind":"Public record","date":"May 27, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"psr-framework","text":"Yes · Expand Portland Street Response’s role. Voted for a framework to expand the role of Portland Street Response and establish community participation in its development.","source":{"label":"Expand Portland Street Response’s role · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37709","kind":"Public record","date":"June 25, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"psr-committee","text":"Yes · Appoint the Street Response community committee. Voted to seat the community committee that would advise the development of Portland Street Response.","source":{"label":"Appoint the Street Response community committee · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37728","kind":"Public record","date":"December 18, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"oversight-first-board","text":"Yes · Appoint the first police-accountability board. Voted to appoint the first members and alternates of the new community police-accountability board.","source":{"label":"Appoint the first police-accountability board · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/report/accepted/2025-246","kind":"Public record","date":"June 18, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"oversight-replacements","text":"Yes · Fill vacancies and restart accountability-board terms. Voted for the replacement appointments, revised term dates and reporting arrangements to help the police-accountability board begin work.","source":{"label":"Fill vacancies and restart accountability-board terms · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37737","kind":"Public record","date":"February 12, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"community-policing","text":"Yes · Preserve a community-policing advisory body in code. Voted to preserve the community-policing committee’s formal role advising the mayor and police chief.","source":{"label":"Preserve a community-policing advisory body in code · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192168","kind":"Public record","date":"April 16, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"police-staffing","text":"No · Request a police staffing and cost assessment. Voted against this resolution directing a police organizational and staffing report.","source":{"label":"Request a police staffing and cost assessment · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37738","kind":"Public record","date":"February 12, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"nuisance-properties","text":"No · Expand chronic-nuisance property enforcement. Voted against expanding the chronic-nuisance ordinance and its enforcement framework.","source":{"label":"Expand chronic-nuisance property enforcement · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192173","kind":"Public record","date":"May 6, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"firearms-table","text":"No · Pause the firearms-in-public-buildings proposal. Voted against the committee motion to table the firearms proposal, keeping a distinction between delaying consideration and voting on the final law.","source":{"label":"Pause the firearms-in-public-buildings proposal · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/protecting-public-buildings","kind":"Public record","date":"September 15, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"psychedelics-referral","text":"Yes · Advance a natural-psychedelics enforcement proposal. Voted to send the amended natural-psychedelics proposal to full Council with a recommendation for passage.","source":{"label":"Advance a natural-psychedelics enforcement proposal · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/psychedelic-health-and-safety-act","kind":"Public record","date":"August 4, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"climate-plan","text":"No · Amend the five-year climate investment plan. Voted against the final package of climate-investment amendments, after participating in changes to the proposal.","source":{"label":"Amend the five-year climate investment plan · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192154","kind":"Public record","date":"March 11, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"climate-interest","text":"No · Transfer climate-fund interest into the general budget. Voted against the May interest-transfer ordinance. Morillo later proposed using climate-fund interest for specified service restorations, so this vote does not establish opposition to every such use.","source":{"label":"Transfer climate-fund interest into the general budget · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192179","kind":"Public record","date":"May 27, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"homebuyer-income","text":"Yes · Remove an income test for certain fee-exempt homes. Voted to remove the income qualification temporarily for the specified already-permitted homes, making it possible to sell them to a wider group of buyers.","source":{"label":"Remove an income test for certain fee-exempt homes · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192210","kind":"Public record","date":"July 29, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"housing-strategy","text":"Yes · Require a unified housing strategy. Voted to require a unified strategy connecting housing production, affordability and homelessness prevention across existing plans.","source":{"label":"Require a unified housing strategy · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37714","kind":"Public record","date":"August 6, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"homelessness-plan","text":"Yes · Adopt the updated homelessness action plan and measures. Voted to update the coordinated City–County homelessness plan and the measures used to track its progress.","source":{"label":"Adopt the updated homelessness action plan and measures · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37726","kind":"Public record","date":"December 17, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"permit-pause","text":"Yes · Temporarily suspend selected development upgrade requirements. Voted for the pause in selected infrastructure and site-upgrade requirements associated with development, accepting the tradeoff between lower project costs and improvements otherwise delivered by applicants.","source":{"label":"Temporarily suspend selected development upgrade requirements · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192095","kind":"Public record","date":"September 24, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"permit-reform","text":"Yes · Develop a second phase of permitting reform. Voted to pursue simpler, better-coordinated development rules and a process for measuring whether permitting service improves.","source":{"label":"Develop a second phase of permitting reform · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37749","kind":"Public record","date":"July 16, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"urban-forest-plan","text":"Yes · Adopt the updated Urban Forest Plan. Voted for the final plan guiding tree-canopy protection, growth and management across Portland.","source":{"label":"Adopt the updated Urban Forest Plan · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37720","kind":"Public record","date":"October 22, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"tree-responsibility","text":"No · Make the street-tree responsibility plan explicitly conditional. Voted against replacing the more direct planning instruction with expressly conditional language. Both still supported the final forest plan.","source":{"label":"Make the street-tree responsibility plan explicitly conditional · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37720","kind":"Public record","date":"October 22, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"forest-park","text":"Yes · Overturn approval of the Forest Park power-line proposal. Voted to overturn approval of this Forest Park utility proposal on the findings adopted by Council.","source":{"label":"Overturn approval of the Forest Park power-line proposal · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/report/findings-adopted/2025-161","kind":"Public record","date":"May 7, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"parks-levy","text":"Yes · Refer the five-year parks levy to voters. Voted to place the proposed parks funding measure before voters, with the higher levy rate and its service commitments.","source":{"label":"Refer the five-year parks levy to voters · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37710","kind":"Public record","date":"July 16, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"sellwood","text":"Yes · Transfer Sellwood Community House to its nonprofit operator. Voted to transfer the property to the nonprofit operator while retaining a permanent public-benefit restriction.","source":{"label":"Transfer Sellwood Community House to its nonprofit operator · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192130","kind":"Public record","date":"December 3, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"vision-zero","text":"Yes · Renew the traffic-death prevention effort. Voted for the renewed Vision Zero effort, community participation and analysis of disproportionate traffic deaths among people experiencing homelessness.","source":{"label":"Renew the traffic-death prevention effort · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37716","kind":"Public record","date":"September 17, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"82nd-transit","text":"Yes · Approve the preferred 82nd Avenue transit alternative. Voted to advance the preferred transit alternative aimed at improving speed and reliability on 82nd Avenue.","source":{"label":"Approve the preferred 82nd Avenue transit alternative · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37706","kind":"Public record","date":"May 21, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"privacy-office","text":"Yes · Create a City Data and Privacy Office. Voted to establish a City authority for data governance and privacy rather than leaving those responsibilities scattered across bureaus.","source":{"label":"Create a City Data and Privacy Office · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192143","kind":"Public record","date":"February 5, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"privacy-framework","text":"Yes · Adopt the City’s data-governance and privacy framework. Voted for the amended framework directing how the City should manage privacy and data-use risks.","source":{"label":"Adopt the City’s data-governance and privacy framework · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37736","kind":"Public record","date":"February 5, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"asset-strategy","text":"Yes · Develop a citywide infrastructure and asset strategy. Voted to assess infrastructure needs, align investment priorities across bureaus and examine long-term financing options.","source":{"label":"Develop a citywide infrastructure and asset strategy · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37715","kind":"Public record","date":"August 6, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"committee-structure","text":"Absent · Replace eight policy committees with five. Was absent when Council voted on replace eight policy committees with five. The record does not contain a yes or no vote for this decision.","source":{"label":"Replace eight policy committees with five · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/establish-city-council-committees","kind":"Public record","date":"February 19, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"council-office-budget","text":"Yes · Increase Council and mayoral office budgets. Voted to use contingency funds to increase Council and mayoral office budgets and staffing during the transition to the new government.","source":{"label":"Increase Council and mayoral office budgets · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192020","kind":"Public record","date":"January 15, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"council-priorities","text":"Yes · Establish an annual Council priority-setting process. Voted for the annual Council planning procedure, including a shared framework that identifies agreement, disagreement and unresolved priorities.","source":{"label":"Establish an annual Council priority-setting process · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37730","kind":"Public record","date":"December 18, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"surplus-inquiry","text":"Yes · Require a public inquiry into unspent housing funds. Voted for the process to gather and disclose information about the housing funds and the administration’s communication with Council.","source":{"label":"Require a public inquiry into unspent housing funds · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37734","kind":"Public record","date":"February 4, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"campaign-enforcement","text":"Yes · Update campaign-finance enforcement after a court ruling. Voted to update the City’s campaign-finance code in response to the court ruling and the amendments considered by Council.","source":{"label":"Update campaign-finance enforcement after a court ruling · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192156","kind":"Public record","date":"March 18, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"small-donor","text":"Yes · Revise the Small Donor Elections program. Voted for the Small Donor Elections code changes recommended to improve the program after the 2024 election.","source":{"label":"Revise the Small Donor Elections program · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192098","kind":"Public record","date":"September 24, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"labor-complaint","text":"Yes · Withdraw authority for an unfair-labor-practice complaint. Voted to reverse the prior authorization for the City Attorney to file the labor complaint.","source":{"label":"Withdraw authority for an unfair-labor-practice complaint · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37695","kind":"Public record","date":"January 15, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"professional-workers","text":"Yes · Ratify the first Professional Workers union contract. Voted to approve the negotiated initial agreement establishing pay, leave and other employment conditions for the bargaining unit.","source":{"label":"Ratify the first Professional Workers union contract · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192076","kind":"Public record","date":"June 18, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"afscme-contract","text":"Yes · Ratify the AFSCME Local 189 successor contract. Voted to ratify the successor agreement covering wages, benefits and working conditions for represented City employees.","source":{"label":"Ratify the AFSCME Local 189 successor contract · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192032","kind":"Public record","date":"March 20, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"trade-unions-contract","text":"Yes · Ratify the District Council of Trade Unions contract. Voted to ratify the contract covering pay and employment terms for the represented trade-union workers.","source":{"label":"Ratify the District Council of Trade Unions contract · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192033","kind":"Public record","date":"March 20, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"review-staff-contract","text":"Yes · Approve retention terms for Independent Police Review staff. Voted to approve employment terms and retention payments for represented Independent Police Review staff.","source":{"label":"Approve retention terms for Independent Police Review staff · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192132","kind":"Public record","date":"December 10, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"children-remand","text":"Yes · Send Children’s Levy funding recommendations back for reconsideration. Voted to send the allocation recommendations back for further work rather than approve the proposed awards at that meeting.","source":{"label":"Send Children’s Levy funding recommendations back for reconsideration · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/council-action-see-notes/2025-207","kind":"Public record","date":"June 4, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"children-grants","text":"Yes · Approve the three-year Children’s Levy grants. Supported Morillo’s unsuccessful amendment to keep waiting for revised recommendations, then voted for the final three-year grant package.","source":{"label":"Approve the three-year Children’s Levy grants · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192080","kind":"Public record","date":"June 25, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"sanctuary-code","text":"Yes · Strengthen sanctuary protections in City Code. Voted to put stronger sanctuary requirements and implementation duties into City Code.","source":{"label":"Strengthen sanctuary protections in City Code · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192115","kind":"Public record","date":"October 15, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"protect-portland","text":"Yes · Adopt the Protect Portland initiative. Voted for the City’s coordinated response, transparency and rights-information measures alongside the sanctuary ordinance.","source":{"label":"Adopt the Protect Portland initiative · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37719","kind":"Public record","date":"October 15, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"officer-identification","text":"Yes · Require law-enforcement identification and restrict masking. Voted for the amended officer-identification code and the direction to publish the policy and address any required bargaining.","source":{"label":"Require law-enforcement identification and restrict masking · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192184","kind":"Public record","date":"May 27, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"investment-policy","text":"Yes · Adopt investment policy and seek ethical-screening options. Voted for the amended investment-policy resolution, including development of options for screening investments for human-rights and other impacts.","source":{"label":"Adopt investment policy and seek ethical-screening options · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37723","kind":"Public record","date":"December 3, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"storefront-plan","text":"No · Accept the Storefront Support Program action plan. Voted against accepting this report and action plan. The record does not turn that vote into opposition to every form of small-business assistance.","source":{"label":"Accept the Storefront Support Program action plan · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/report/accepted/2026-080","kind":"Public record","date":"March 4, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"cully-plan","text":"Yes · Approve Cully’s five-year investment action plan. Voted to approve the community-developed framework directing future district investments, including housing stability and small-business support.","source":{"label":"Approve Cully’s five-year investment action plan · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37744","kind":"Public record","date":"March 11, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"campesinos","text":"Yes · Rename César E. Chávez Boulevard as Campesinos Boulevard. Voted to rename the street in recognition of farmworkers collectively and authorize the City’s implementation and notification work.","source":{"label":"Rename César E. Chávez Boulevard as Campesinos Boulevard · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/renaming-cesar-e-chavez-blvd","kind":"Public record","date":"September 9, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"force-fed-poultry","text":"Yes · Prohibit sales of products from force-fed poultry. Voted for the ordinance restricting sales of products from force-fed poultry after the transition period.","source":{"label":"Prohibit sales of products from force-fed poultry · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192190","kind":"Public record","date":"June 4, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"board-eligibility","text":"No · Consider removing an accountability-board member as ineligible. Voted against the administration’s proposed ineligibility finding for Halsey, helping defeat that part of the report.","source":{"label":"Consider removing an accountability-board member as ineligible · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/report/accepted/2026-047","kind":"Public record","date":"February 11, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"board-removal","text":"Yes · Remove an accountability-board alternate for cause. Voted to approve the portion of the report removing Weinstein for cause under the board’s requirements.","source":{"label":"Remove an accountability-board alternate for cause · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/report/accepted/2026-047","kind":"Public record","date":"February 11, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"rental-pricing","text":"Yes · Restrict algorithmic rent coordination. Introduced the ban and revised it after legal objections. The final ordinance exempted affordable housing and landlords with fewer than six units.","source":{"label":"Ordinance 192122 · final roll call","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192122","kind":"Public record","date":"November 19, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"supplemental-budget","text":"Yes · Restore services using one-time funds. Co-sponsored and backed the larger plan. After it failed, voted for the smaller package.","source":{"label":"Ordinance 192207 · amended budget and final roll call","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192207","kind":"Public record","date":"July 22, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"moda","text":"No · Approve the Moda negotiating framework. Co-proposed an opportunity-cost report before a financial vote. That amendment failed 6–6; she voted no on the framework.","source":{"label":"Resolution 37750 · final roll call and amendments","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37750","kind":"Public record","date":"August 12, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"data-centers","text":"Yes · Seek transparency and future data-center restrictions. Voted to disclose major data-center inquiries and pursue restrictions. The resolution did not itself enact a moratorium.","source":{"label":"Resolution 37753 · adopted text and final roll call","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37753","kind":"Public record","date":"September 16, 2026"}}],"portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/angelita-morillo.webp","sourceUrl":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=56","credit":"Candidate-submitted photo · 2026 Multnomah voters’ pamphlet","reviewed":"2026-09-18"},"analysis":{"values":["Tenant and civil rights","Climate investment"],"tradeoff":"She favors expanding public alternatives and constraining institutional power. The practical questions are which protections Council can enforce and how to fund housing, transport and services together.","issues":{"housing":{"position":"Supports stronger tenant rights and shelter design involving unhoused residents.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 56","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=56","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. 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Publication by the county does not verify the claims."}},"money":{"position":"Prioritizes public investment and opposed the amended Moda term sheet; that vote does not by itself establish opposition to retaining the team.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 56","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=56","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."}},"climate":{"position":"Supports transit, bike lanes and sidewalks; opposes oil-train and data-center expansion.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 56","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=56","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 56","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=56","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."}]}},{"id":"steve-novick","name":"Steve Novick","background":"Incumbent councilor; former city commissioner and government environmental lawyer.","summary":"Combines progressive policy goals with cost scrutiny and support for some enforcement measures.","priorities":["Reduce Council office spending and shift welfare checks to unarmed responders.","Use red-flag gun laws and preserve hazardous-camp removal funding.","Scrutinize the Moda agreement and remove minor business regulations."],"interpretation":"He does not fit a simple services-versus-enforcement split: his stated program contains both, with an emphasis on lower-cost delivery.","question":"What evidence would determine when an unarmed response or camp removal is appropriate?","sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 57","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=57","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."},{"label":"Council Lab · current-term record and official-source links","url":"https://council.portlandciviclab.org/people/987661d0-41ab-4aa0-bdf1-3b098917ecbd","kind":"Reporting","date":"Current-term research index","note":"Independent, unofficial research aid. Follow the linked City records for authoritative votes. Automated transcript excerpts require recording verification before quotation."},{"label":"Novick · second-term priorities","url":"https://NovickForPortland.com","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Campaign position. 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Receipt does not verify the claims."},{"label":"City of Portland · red flag law presentation (placed file 2026-230)","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/presentation/placed-file/2026-230","kind":"Public record","date":"2026","note":"Cited by the candidate for the red flag law he says he led."},{"label":"OPB · Portland gas tax passes (2016)","url":"https://www.opb.org/news/series/election-2016/oregon-portland-gas-tax-passes/","kind":"Reporting","date":"May 2016","note":"Cited by the candidate for the 10-cent city gas tax he proposed as commissioner."},{"label":"Portland Tribune · Novick wants 10-cent city gas tax on May 2016 ballot","url":"https://portlandtribune.com/2015/10/05/novick-wants-10-cent-city-gas-tax-on-may-2016-ballot/","kind":"Reporting","date":"October 5, 2015","note":"Cited by the candidate for the same measure."},{"label":"U.S. District Court · Superfund cost-recovery decision, 750 F. Supp. 1460","url":"https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/750/1460/1473496/","kind":"Public record","date":"1990","note":"Cited by the candidate as one of the decisions from the Superfund cost-recovery litigation he says he led as a Justice Department lawyer."},{"label":"U.S. District Court · Superfund cost-recovery decision, 733 F. Supp. 1424","url":"https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/733/1424/1516926/","kind":"Public record","date":"1990","note":"Cited by the candidate for the same litigation."},{"label":"The Oregonian · Measures 66 and 67 tax debate (2010)","url":"https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2010/01/measures_66_67_tax_debate_heat.html","kind":"Reporting","date":"January 2010","note":"Cited by the candidate for his policy-research and communications role in the 2010 campaign."}],"affiliation":"Nonpartisan office","record":[{"decisionId":"parks-police","text":"Yes · Move proposed new police funding to parks. Supported the parks amendment despite wanting a larger police budget.","source":{"label":"May 21 budget · clerk’s amendment roll calls","url":"https://efiles.portlandoregon.gov/record/17392841/file/document/","date":"May 21, 2025","kind":"Public record"}},{"decisionId":"services-first","text":"No · Use climate-fund interest for broad service restoration. Voted no on Services First. Compare the separate funding proposals below to see which alternatives this councilor supported.","source":{"label":"Clerk’s amendment roll call · PDF page 58","url":"https://efiles.portlandoregon.gov/record/18024844/file/document/#page=58","date":"June 10, 2026","kind":"Public record"}},{"decisionId":"oversight-funding","text":"Yes · Use expected police-oversight underspending for public safety. Supported the $7.68 million plan for police support, training and fire rescue, backed by expected underspending in the oversight office.","source":{"label":"Clerk’s amendment roll call · PDF page 59","url":"https://efiles.portlandoregon.gov/record/18024844/file/document/#page=59","date":"June 10, 2026","kind":"Public record"}},{"decisionId":"novick-restorations","text":"Yes · Use a smaller amount of climate interest for selected restorations. Co-proposed and moved the $8.42 million climate-interest package after voting against Services First.","source":{"label":"Clerk’s amendment roll call · PDF page 60","url":"https://efiles.portlandoregon.gov/record/18024844/file/document/#page=60","date":"June 10, 2026","kind":"Public record"}},{"decisionId":"annual-budget","text":"Yes · Adopt the 2026–27 annual budget. Voted yes on the final annual budget after the competing restoration amendments failed.","source":{"label":"Ordinance 192195 · annual budget and final roll call","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192195","date":"June 17, 2026","kind":"Public record"}},{"decisionId":"zenith-investigation","text":"No · Demand an investigation of Zenith’s franchise. Supported removing disputed preamble language and attachments, then cast the sole no on the amended resolution.","source":{"label":"Resolution 37702 · investigation and amendments","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37702","date":"March 19, 2025","kind":"Public record"}},{"decisionId":"zenith-enforcement","text":"No · Give residents a right to enforce Zenith’s franchise in court. Voted against adding the citizen-suit condition to the franchise transfer.","source":{"label":"Zenith transfer · amendments and roll calls","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/zenith-franchise-transfer-isq-holdings","date":"September 9, 2026","kind":"Public record"}},{"decisionId":"zenith-transfer","text":"Yes · Transfer Zenith’s pipeline franchise to the new owner. Voted to transfer the existing pipeline franchise to ISQ Springer Holdings after the citizen-suit amendment failed.","source":{"label":"Zenith transfer · amendments and roll calls","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/zenith-franchise-transfer-isq-holdings","date":"September 9–16, 2026; reviewed September 18","kind":"Public record"}},{"decisionId":"camp-removal","text":"No · Shift funding away from homeless-camp removals. Voted against Morillo’s proposed $4.3 million shift from camp-removal operations to personnel and social-service support.","source":{"label":"Fall budget · Morillo 1 amendment roll call","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/fy-2025-26-fall-supplemental-budget","date":"November 12, 2025","kind":"Public record"}},{"decisionId":"detention-fees","text":"No · Create impact fees and nuisance rules for detention facilities. Voted against the detention-facility fee and nuisance ordinance.","source":{"label":"Detention-facility ordinance · adopted text and roll call","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/detention-facility-impact-fee-protect-taxpayers","date":"December 3, 2025","kind":"Public record"}},{"decisionId":"housing-fees","text":"Yes · Temporarily waive infrastructure charges on new housing. Voted to lower upfront development costs for qualifying new housing through a temporary waiver of infrastructure charges.","source":{"label":"Ordinance 192082 · housing fee waiver","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192082","date":"July 16, 2025","kind":"Public record"}},{"decisionId":"business-tax","text":"Yes · Expand the small-business tax exemption. Voted to exempt more small businesses from the business license tax.","source":{"label":"Ordinance 192163 · exemption thresholds and roll call","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192163","date":"April 8, 2026","kind":"Public record"}},{"decisionId":"performing-arts","text":"Yes · Advance PSU and Keller performing-arts planning. Voted to advance PSU venue development work and planning for a smaller Keller Auditorium.","source":{"label":"Resolution 37752 · arts venues and roll call","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37752","date":"September 9, 2026","kind":"Public record"}},{"decisionId":"water-bonds","text":"Yes · Borrow for Bull Run water treatment. Voted to authorize the bond financing for Bull Run water treatment and related water-system needs, accepting repayment obligations supported by water revenues.","source":{"label":"Borrow for Bull Run water treatment · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192177","kind":"Public record","date":"May 20, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"water-rates","text":"Yes · Raise annual water rates. Voted for the annual water-rate schedule supporting treatment, operations, maintenance and debt payments, including the 8.1% average effective retail increase.","source":{"label":"Raise annual water rates · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192183","kind":"Public record","date":"May 27, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"sewer-rates","text":"Yes · Set sewer and stormwater rates. Voted for the annual rates and charges funding sewer and stormwater operations and infrastructure.","source":{"label":"Set sewer and stormwater rates · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192182","kind":"Public record","date":"May 27, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"street-fee","text":"Yes · Create a monthly transportation utility fee. Voted to add the transportation fee to utility bills, with dedicated maintenance and safety spending, financial assistance and public reporting.","source":{"label":"Create a monthly transportation utility fee · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192171","kind":"Public record","date":"April 29, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"sidewalk-plan","text":"No · Develop a sidewalk and paving program. Cast the sole vote against the final sidewalk-program resolution. He later supported the citywide transportation utility fee; this vote therefore does not establish opposition to all street funding.","source":{"label":"Develop a sidewalk and paving program · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37705","kind":"Public record","date":"May 7, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"transport-rates","text":"Yes · Update parking and transportation fees. Voted for the updated parking, permit and transportation fee schedule supporting the transportation budget.","source":{"label":"Update parking and transportation fees · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192181","kind":"Public record","date":"May 27, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"arts-tax","text":"No · Raise the arts tax and expand exemptions. Voted against the package increasing the assessment and changing its exemptions and administration.","source":{"label":"Raise the arts tax and expand exemptions · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192185","kind":"Public record","date":"May 27, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"psr-framework","text":"Yes · Expand Portland Street Response’s role. Voted for a framework to expand the role of Portland Street Response and establish community participation in its development.","source":{"label":"Expand Portland Street Response’s role · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37709","kind":"Public record","date":"June 25, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"psr-committee","text":"Yes · Appoint the Street Response community committee. Voted to seat the community committee that would advise the development of Portland Street Response.","source":{"label":"Appoint the Street Response community committee · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37728","kind":"Public record","date":"December 18, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"oversight-first-board","text":"Yes · Appoint the first police-accountability board. Voted to appoint the first members and alternates of the new community police-accountability board.","source":{"label":"Appoint the first police-accountability board · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/report/accepted/2025-246","kind":"Public record","date":"June 18, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"oversight-replacements","text":"Yes · Fill vacancies and restart accountability-board terms. Voted for the replacement appointments, revised term dates and reporting arrangements to help the police-accountability board begin work.","source":{"label":"Fill vacancies and restart accountability-board terms · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37737","kind":"Public record","date":"February 12, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"community-policing","text":"Yes · Preserve a community-policing advisory body in code. Voted to preserve the community-policing committee’s formal role advising the mayor and police chief.","source":{"label":"Preserve a community-policing advisory body in code · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192168","kind":"Public record","date":"April 16, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"police-staffing","text":"Yes · Request a police staffing and cost assessment. Voted to request the organizational, recruitment and cost report to inform future police staffing decisions.","source":{"label":"Request a police staffing and cost assessment · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37738","kind":"Public record","date":"February 12, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"nuisance-properties","text":"Yes · Expand chronic-nuisance property enforcement. Led the proposal and amendments before voting for passage. The final rules extended the documentation window while retaining a three-incident threshold.","source":{"label":"Expand chronic-nuisance property enforcement · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192173","kind":"Public record","date":"May 6, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"firearms-table","text":"No · Pause the firearms-in-public-buildings proposal. Voted against the committee motion to table the firearms proposal, keeping a distinction between delaying consideration and voting on the final law.","source":{"label":"Pause the firearms-in-public-buildings proposal · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/protecting-public-buildings","kind":"Public record","date":"September 15, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"psychedelics-referral","text":"Yes · Advance a natural-psychedelics enforcement proposal. Voted to send the amended natural-psychedelics proposal to full Council with a recommendation for passage.","source":{"label":"Advance a natural-psychedelics enforcement proposal · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/psychedelic-health-and-safety-act","kind":"Public record","date":"August 4, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"climate-plan","text":"Yes · Amend the five-year climate investment plan. Voted for the final package of revisions to the climate fund’s multi-year investment plan.","source":{"label":"Amend the five-year climate investment plan · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192154","kind":"Public record","date":"March 11, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"climate-interest","text":"Yes · Transfer climate-fund interest into the general budget. Voted to transfer the specified climate-fund interest into the general budget to support City expenses.","source":{"label":"Transfer climate-fund interest into the general budget · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192179","kind":"Public record","date":"May 27, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"homebuyer-income","text":"Yes · Remove an income test for certain fee-exempt homes. Voted to remove the income qualification temporarily for the specified already-permitted homes, making it possible to sell them to a wider group of buyers.","source":{"label":"Remove an income test for certain fee-exempt homes · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192210","kind":"Public record","date":"July 29, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"housing-strategy","text":"Yes · Require a unified housing strategy. Voted to require a unified strategy connecting housing production, affordability and homelessness prevention across existing plans.","source":{"label":"Require a unified housing strategy · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37714","kind":"Public record","date":"August 6, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"homelessness-plan","text":"Yes · Adopt the updated homelessness action plan and measures. Voted to update the coordinated City–County homelessness plan and the measures used to track its progress.","source":{"label":"Adopt the updated homelessness action plan and measures · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37726","kind":"Public record","date":"December 17, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"permit-pause","text":"Yes · Temporarily suspend selected development upgrade requirements. Voted for the pause in selected infrastructure and site-upgrade requirements associated with development, accepting the tradeoff between lower project costs and improvements otherwise delivered by applicants.","source":{"label":"Temporarily suspend selected development upgrade requirements · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192095","kind":"Public record","date":"September 24, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"permit-reform","text":"Yes · Develop a second phase of permitting reform. Voted to pursue simpler, better-coordinated development rules and a process for measuring whether permitting service improves.","source":{"label":"Develop a second phase of permitting reform · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37749","kind":"Public record","date":"July 16, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"urban-forest-plan","text":"Yes · Adopt the updated Urban Forest Plan. Voted for the final plan guiding tree-canopy protection, growth and management across Portland.","source":{"label":"Adopt the updated Urban Forest Plan · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37720","kind":"Public record","date":"October 22, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"tree-responsibility","text":"Yes · Make the street-tree responsibility plan explicitly conditional. Voted to make clear that developing the plan was a step toward a possible future change, rather than the immediate implementation of that change.","source":{"label":"Make the street-tree responsibility plan explicitly conditional · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37720","kind":"Public record","date":"October 22, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"forest-park","text":"Yes · Overturn approval of the Forest Park power-line proposal. Voted to overturn approval of this Forest Park utility proposal on the findings adopted by Council.","source":{"label":"Overturn approval of the Forest Park power-line proposal · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/report/findings-adopted/2025-161","kind":"Public record","date":"May 7, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"parks-levy","text":"Yes · Refer the five-year parks levy to voters. Voted to place the proposed parks funding measure before voters, with the higher levy rate and its service commitments.","source":{"label":"Refer the five-year parks levy to voters · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37710","kind":"Public record","date":"July 16, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"sellwood","text":"Yes · Transfer Sellwood Community House to its nonprofit operator. Voted to transfer the property to the nonprofit operator while retaining a permanent public-benefit restriction.","source":{"label":"Transfer Sellwood Community House to its nonprofit operator · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192130","kind":"Public record","date":"December 3, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"vision-zero","text":"Yes · Renew the traffic-death prevention effort. Voted for the renewed Vision Zero effort, community participation and analysis of disproportionate traffic deaths among people experiencing homelessness.","source":{"label":"Renew the traffic-death prevention effort · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37716","kind":"Public record","date":"September 17, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"82nd-transit","text":"Yes · Approve the preferred 82nd Avenue transit alternative. Voted to advance the preferred transit alternative aimed at improving speed and reliability on 82nd Avenue.","source":{"label":"Approve the preferred 82nd Avenue transit alternative · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37706","kind":"Public record","date":"May 21, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"privacy-office","text":"Yes · Create a City Data and Privacy Office. Voted to establish a City authority for data governance and privacy rather than leaving those responsibilities scattered across bureaus.","source":{"label":"Create a City Data and Privacy Office · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192143","kind":"Public record","date":"February 5, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"privacy-framework","text":"Yes · Adopt the City’s data-governance and privacy framework. Voted for the amended framework directing how the City should manage privacy and data-use risks.","source":{"label":"Adopt the City’s data-governance and privacy framework · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37736","kind":"Public record","date":"February 5, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"asset-strategy","text":"Yes · Develop a citywide infrastructure and asset strategy. Voted to assess infrastructure needs, align investment priorities across bureaus and examine long-term financing options.","source":{"label":"Develop a citywide infrastructure and asset strategy · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37715","kind":"Public record","date":"August 6, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"committee-structure","text":"Yes · Replace eight policy committees with five. Voted for the five-committee structure and full-Council finance and governance committee.","source":{"label":"Replace eight policy committees with five · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/establish-city-council-committees","kind":"Public record","date":"February 19, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"council-office-budget","text":"No · Increase Council and mayoral office budgets. Voted against the package increasing Council and mayoral office resources from contingency.","source":{"label":"Increase Council and mayoral office budgets · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192020","kind":"Public record","date":"January 15, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"council-priorities","text":"No · Establish an annual Council priority-setting process. Voted against the final procedure for annual Council priority-setting.","source":{"label":"Establish an annual Council priority-setting process · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37730","kind":"Public record","date":"December 18, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"surplus-inquiry","text":"No · Require a public inquiry into unspent housing funds. Supported an alternative calling for an administrative investigation or work with the Auditor, then opposed the final Council inquiry resolution.","source":{"label":"Require a public inquiry into unspent housing funds · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37734","kind":"Public record","date":"February 4, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"campaign-enforcement","text":"Yes · Update campaign-finance enforcement after a court ruling. Voted to update the City’s campaign-finance code in response to the court ruling and the amendments considered by Council.","source":{"label":"Update campaign-finance enforcement after a court ruling · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192156","kind":"Public record","date":"March 18, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"small-donor","text":"Yes · Revise the Small Donor Elections program. Voted for the Small Donor Elections code changes recommended to improve the program after the 2024 election.","source":{"label":"Revise the Small Donor Elections program · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192098","kind":"Public record","date":"September 24, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"labor-complaint","text":"Yes · Withdraw authority for an unfair-labor-practice complaint. Voted to reverse the prior authorization for the City Attorney to file the labor complaint.","source":{"label":"Withdraw authority for an unfair-labor-practice complaint · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37695","kind":"Public record","date":"January 15, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"professional-workers","text":"Yes · Ratify the first Professional Workers union contract. Voted to approve the negotiated initial agreement establishing pay, leave and other employment conditions for the bargaining unit.","source":{"label":"Ratify the first Professional Workers union contract · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192076","kind":"Public record","date":"June 18, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"afscme-contract","text":"Yes · Ratify the AFSCME Local 189 successor contract. Voted to ratify the successor agreement covering wages, benefits and working conditions for represented City employees.","source":{"label":"Ratify the AFSCME Local 189 successor contract · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192032","kind":"Public record","date":"March 20, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"trade-unions-contract","text":"Yes · Ratify the District Council of Trade Unions contract. Voted to ratify the contract covering pay and employment terms for the represented trade-union workers.","source":{"label":"Ratify the District Council of Trade Unions contract · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192033","kind":"Public record","date":"March 20, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"review-staff-contract","text":"Yes · Approve retention terms for Independent Police Review staff. Voted to approve employment terms and retention payments for represented Independent Police Review staff.","source":{"label":"Approve retention terms for Independent Police Review staff · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192132","kind":"Public record","date":"December 10, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"children-remand","text":"No · Send Children’s Levy funding recommendations back for reconsideration. Voted against remanding the proposed Children’s Levy allocations for reconsideration.","source":{"label":"Send Children’s Levy funding recommendations back for reconsideration · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/council-action-see-notes/2025-207","kind":"Public record","date":"June 4, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"children-grants","text":"Yes · Approve the three-year Children’s Levy grants. Opposed Morillo’s amendment to keep waiting for revised recommendations, then voted for the final three-year grant package.","source":{"label":"Approve the three-year Children’s Levy grants · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192080","kind":"Public record","date":"June 25, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"sanctuary-code","text":"Yes · Strengthen sanctuary protections in City Code. Voted to put stronger sanctuary requirements and implementation duties into City Code.","source":{"label":"Strengthen sanctuary protections in City Code · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192115","kind":"Public record","date":"October 15, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"protect-portland","text":"Yes · Adopt the Protect Portland initiative. Voted for the City’s coordinated response, transparency and rights-information measures alongside the sanctuary ordinance.","source":{"label":"Adopt the Protect Portland initiative · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37719","kind":"Public record","date":"October 15, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"officer-identification","text":"Yes · Require law-enforcement identification and restrict masking. Voted for the amended officer-identification code and the direction to publish the policy and address any required bargaining.","source":{"label":"Require law-enforcement identification and restrict masking · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192184","kind":"Public record","date":"May 27, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"investment-policy","text":"Yes · Adopt investment policy and seek ethical-screening options. Voted for the amended investment-policy resolution, including development of options for screening investments for human-rights and other impacts.","source":{"label":"Adopt investment policy and seek ethical-screening options · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37723","kind":"Public record","date":"December 3, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"storefront-plan","text":"Yes · Accept the Storefront Support Program action plan. Voted to accept the proposed direction for improving storefront conditions and City support for business owners.","source":{"label":"Accept the Storefront Support Program action plan · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/report/accepted/2026-080","kind":"Public record","date":"March 4, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"cully-plan","text":"Yes · Approve Cully’s five-year investment action plan. Voted to approve the community-developed framework directing future district investments, including housing stability and small-business support.","source":{"label":"Approve Cully’s five-year investment action plan · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37744","kind":"Public record","date":"March 11, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"campesinos","text":"Yes · Rename César E. Chávez Boulevard as Campesinos Boulevard. Advanced an amendment accepted unanimously and voted for the final renaming ordinance.","source":{"label":"Rename César E. Chávez Boulevard as Campesinos Boulevard · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/renaming-cesar-e-chavez-blvd","kind":"Public record","date":"September 9, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"force-fed-poultry","text":"Yes · Prohibit sales of products from force-fed poultry. Voted for the ordinance restricting sales of products from force-fed poultry after the transition period.","source":{"label":"Prohibit sales of products from force-fed poultry · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192190","kind":"Public record","date":"June 4, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"board-eligibility","text":"Yes · Consider removing an accountability-board member as ineligible. Voted to approve the administration’s proposed ineligibility finding for Halsey. The motion failed.","source":{"label":"Consider removing an accountability-board member as ineligible · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/report/accepted/2026-047","kind":"Public record","date":"February 11, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"board-removal","text":"Yes · Remove an accountability-board alternate for cause. Voted to approve the portion of the report removing Weinstein for cause under the board’s requirements.","source":{"label":"Remove an accountability-board alternate for cause · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/report/accepted/2026-047","kind":"Public record","date":"February 11, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"rental-pricing","text":"Absent · Restrict algorithmic rent coordination. Absent on November 19. No yes or no vote on the final ordinance.","source":{"label":"Ordinance 192122 · final roll call","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192122","kind":"Public record","date":"November 19, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"supplemental-budget","text":"Yes · Restore services using one-time funds. Co-sponsored the smaller service-restoration package. Voted against the larger alternative, then for the smaller package.","source":{"label":"Ordinance 192207 · amended budget and final roll call","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192207","kind":"Public record","date":"July 22, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"moda","text":"Yes · Approve the Moda negotiating framework. Won an amendment raising proposed annual rent from $2 million to $3.17 million, then voted for the framework.","source":{"label":"Resolution 37750 · final roll call and amendments","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37750","kind":"Public record","date":"August 12, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"data-centers","text":"Yes · Seek transparency and future data-center restrictions. Voted to disclose major data-center inquiries and pursue restrictions. The resolution did not itself enact a moratorium.","source":{"label":"Resolution 37753 · adopted text and final roll call","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37753","kind":"Public record","date":"September 16, 2026"}}],"portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/steve-novick.webp","sourceUrl":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=57","credit":"Candidate-submitted photo · 2026 Multnomah voters’ pamphlet","reviewed":"2026-09-18"},"analysis":{"values":["Cost-effective services","Targeted enforcement"],"tradeoff":"His agenda combines unarmed response with police investigations and hazardous-camp removal. The distinction is which intervention fits which problem, rather than a simple choice between enforcement and services.","issues":{"housing":{"position":"Supports faster permitting and attracting housing investment, alongside stronger state and county mental-health and addiction services.","source":{"label":"Novick · second-term priorities","url":"https://NovickForPortland.com","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"safety":{"position":"Would add detectives for property crime and shift welfare checks to unarmed responders; supports removing hazardous camps rather than indiscriminate sweeps.","source":{"label":"Novick · second-term priorities","url":"https://NovickForPortland.com","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"money":{"position":"Wants lower Council office budgets, a financially fair Moda agreement, Medicaid reimbursement for Street Response, and replacing the Arts Tax while preserving arts funding.","source":{"label":"Novick · second-term priorities","url":"https://NovickForPortland.com","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"climate":{"position":"Supports using PCEF for transit and potentially part of the water-filtration project to offset water-rate increases. That differs from reserving the fund for its existing program mix.","source":{"label":"Novick · second-term priorities","url":"https://NovickForPortland.com","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 57","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=57","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."},{"label":"Novick · second-term priorities","url":"https://NovickForPortland.com","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}]}},{"id":"cristal-otero","name":"Cristal Otero","background":"Social-work and government-administration professional with homeless-services experience.","summary":"Focuses on the household cost of government decisions and housing stability for people with disabilities.","priorities":["Evaluate borrowing and infrastructure by their effect on monthly bills.","Develop stable housing for people with intellectual disabilities and brain injuries.","Keep PCEF spending tied to climate and support labor standards."],"interpretation":"Her affordability argument includes utility financing, not just rent. Proposed transitions to resident ownership would need a financing and management model.","question":"Which partner would fund the ongoing subsidy for co-op households at 0–30% of area median income, and when would a first building convert?","sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 59","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=59","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."},{"label":"Otero · policy platform","url":"https://www.cristalforportland.com/my-platform","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Otero · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#otero-2026-09-19","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 19, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate in reply to the Lab’s questions and kept on file; excerpts appear on her brief. Receipt does not verify the claims."}],"affiliation":"Nonpartisan office","portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/cristal-otero.webp","sourceUrl":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=59","credit":"Candidate-submitted photo · 2026 Multnomah voters’ pamphlet","reviewed":"2026-09-18"},"analysis":{"values":["Household affordability","Worker power"],"tradeoff":"She evaluates affordability through wages, ownership and monthly bills together. Her emailed reply fills in the cooperative model: the co-op carries the financing, residents buy a subsidized membership share, resale follows an affordability formula, and buildings get capital-needs assessments before conversion. Her second reply adds targets elsewhere: a five-year goal of cutting the inflation-adjusted cost of water service at least 5%, and a 24-hour Street Response folded into the county’s crisis system. Not yet settled: which partner funds the ongoing co-op subsidy for the lowest-income households, and when a first building would convert.","issues":{"housing":{"position":"Supports more housing across incomes and anti-displacement protections, and proposes a pathway for roughly 5–20% of the Housing Bureau’s affordable rental portfolio (about 950 to 3,800 homes at today’s scale) to move to limited-equity cooperative ownership over time, aimed at households at 0–30% of area median income, starting with publicly owned or financed buildings whose residents want it.","source":{"label":"Otero · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#otero-2026-09-19","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 19, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate in reply to the Lab’s questions and kept on file; excerpts appear on her brief. Receipt does not verify the claims."}},"money":{"position":"Would test program results and, when more revenue is necessary, favor taxes on the wealthiest households and largest corporations over working households and small businesses.","source":{"label":"Otero · policy platform","url":"https://www.cristalforportland.com/my-platform","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"climate":{"position":"Wants Portland Clean Energy Fund spending to remain tied to climate purposes.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 59","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=59","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."}},"safety":{"position":"Supports emergency response alongside prevention, behavioral health and housing stability; the page does not name a police staffing target.","source":{"label":"Otero · policy platform","url":"https://www.cristalforportland.com/my-platform","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 59","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=59","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."},{"label":"Otero · policy platform","url":"https://www.cristalforportland.com/my-platform","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}]}},{"id":"terry-parker","name":"Terry Parker","background":"Retired customer-relations professional and longtime transportation participant.","summary":"Prioritizes maintaining existing infrastructure, police and fire staffing, and a stronger voice for drivers.","priorities":["Maintain streets and parks before undertaking new projects.","Oppose business-access-and-transit lanes on 82nd Avenue.","Fund police and fire staffing and long-term support for unhoused people."],"interpretation":"His transportation priorities differ from candidates favoring more dedicated transit space. His predicted traffic impacts are campaign assertions, not findings established here.","question":"What alternative would improve transit reliability and safety on 82nd Avenue?","sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 55","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=55","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."}],"affiliation":"Nonpartisan office","portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/terry-parker.webp","sourceUrl":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=55","credit":"Candidate-submitted photo · 2026 Multnomah voters’ pamphlet","reviewed":"2026-09-18"},"analysis":{"values":["Maintenance first","Driver access"],"tradeoff":"He puts upkeep and motor-vehicle access ahead of some new transport projects. That leaves a concrete tradeoff over street space: how to improve bus reliability and safety without the dedicated lanes he opposes.","issues":{"safety":{"position":"Supports police and fire staffing and long-term support for unhoused people.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 55","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=55","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."}},"money":{"position":"Would prioritize maintaining streets and parks before new projects.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 55","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=55","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."}},"climate":{"position":"Opposes business-access-and-transit lanes on 82nd Avenue. His predicted traffic effects are campaign claims, not independently established findings in this guide.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 55","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=55","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 55","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=55","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."}]}},{"id":"heart-free-pham","name":"Heart Free Pham","background":"Lists his current work as a Willamette University campus safety officer and previous work as a teacher in his 2026 filing.","summary":"Combines treatment and civil-commitment reform with consequences for refusing available services. Calls for measuring program results and assessing fiscal risks before raising taxes, and promotes hemp-based housing construction.","priorities":["Oppose criminalizing homelessness itself while supporting consequences for refusal of available services and wellness farms with job training.","Require public outcome measures and cost-benefit accounting before expanding programs or taxes.","Promote hempblock construction and respond to property crime affecting small businesses."],"interpretation":"His platform combines support with requirements to accept help and skepticism about current spending. The consequences he proposes and the legal process for imposing them need clarification; his construction and fiscal claims are not independently verified here.","question":"What consequences would follow service refusal, who would determine that an appropriate service was available, and which government has authority to act?","sources":[{"label":"Portland certified candidate register","url":"https://www.portland.gov/auditor/elections/run4office/2026-city-candidates","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"},{"label":"2026 candidate filing · background on PDF page 4","url":"https://www.portland.gov/auditor/elections/documents/pham-heart-free-2026-aud-120-original/download#page=4","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"August 17, 2026"},{"label":"Pham · Homelessness and recovery","url":"https://fightwithheartpdx.com/homelessness","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Current campaign website reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Read from the rendered issue page. Policy commitments are attributed; economic, crime and construction claims have not been independently established by this guide."},{"label":"Pham · Tax base and spending","url":"https://fightwithheartpdx.com/economics","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Current campaign website reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Read from the rendered issue page. Policy commitments are attributed; economic, crime and construction claims have not been independently established by this guide."},{"label":"Pham · Housing construction","url":"https://fightwithheartpdx.com/housing","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Current campaign website reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Read from the rendered issue page. Policy commitments are attributed; economic, crime and construction claims have not been independently established by this guide."},{"label":"Pham · Public safety","url":"https://fightwithheartpdx.com/public-safety","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Current campaign website reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Read from the rendered issue page. Policy commitments are attributed; economic, crime and construction claims have not been independently established by this guide."}],"affiliation":"Nonpartisan office","record":[{"text":"In his 2024 OPB/Oregonian questionnaire, Pham opposed using $25 million in PCEF funds for electric city vehicles and advocated ending the Small Donor Elections program. These are historical, self-reported positions; this guide has not established whether he renews them in 2026.","source":{"label":"Pham’s 2024 questionnaire · historical campaign answers","url":"https://www.opb.org/article/2024/10/07/portland-oregon-city-council-district-3-politics-elections/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"October 7, 2024"}}],"portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/heart-free-pham.webp","sourceUrl":"https://tomorrowtheater.org/movies/tough-shit-with-oregon-humanities-2/","credit":"Speaker portrait · Tomorrow Theater / Oregon Humanities","reviewed":"2026-09-18"},"analysis":{"values":["Recovery with requirements","Fiscal restraint"],"tradeoff":"He opposes criminalizing homelessness itself but supports consequences for refusing available services. The distinction turns on what those consequences are, whether suitable care exists and who can lawfully require it. His housing-cost and fiscal claims still need independent verification.","issues":{"housing":{"position":"Promotes hempblock construction as a way to reduce building and energy costs. His numerical savings and claims about engineering requirements are campaign assertions, not validated findings here.","source":{"label":"Pham · Housing construction","url":"https://fightwithheartpdx.com/housing","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Current campaign website reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Read from the rendered issue page. Policy commitments are attributed; economic, crime and construction claims have not been independently established by this guide."}},"safety":{"position":"Supports civil-commitment reform, wellness farms with job training and consequences for refusing available services, while opposing criminalization of homelessness itself.","source":{"label":"Pham · Homelessness and recovery","url":"https://fightwithheartpdx.com/homelessness","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Current campaign website reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Read from the rendered issue page. Policy commitments are attributed; economic, crime and construction claims have not been independently established by this guide."}},"money":{"position":"Would examine the tax base and migration risks and require cost-benefit accounting before new taxes or spending. His causal and numerical claims are not independently established here.","source":{"label":"Pham · Tax base and spending","url":"https://fightwithheartpdx.com/economics","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Current campaign website reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Read from the rendered issue page. Policy commitments are attributed; economic, crime and construction claims have not been independently established by this guide."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Pham · Homelessness and recovery","url":"https://fightwithheartpdx.com/homelessness","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Current campaign website reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Read from the rendered issue page. Policy commitments are attributed; economic, crime and construction claims have not been independently established by this guide."},{"label":"Pham · Tax base and spending","url":"https://fightwithheartpdx.com/economics","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Current campaign website reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Read from the rendered issue page. Policy commitments are attributed; economic, crime and construction claims have not been independently established by this guide."},{"label":"Pham · Housing construction","url":"https://fightwithheartpdx.com/housing","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Current campaign website reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Read from the rendered issue page. Policy commitments are attributed; economic, crime and construction claims have not been independently established by this guide."},{"label":"Pham · Public safety","url":"https://fightwithheartpdx.com/public-safety","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Current campaign website reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Read from the rendered issue page. Policy commitments are attributed; economic, crime and construction claims have not been independently established by this guide."}]}},{"id":"tom-sollitt","name":"Tom Sollitt","background":"Branding, marketing and events professional.","summary":"Wants dependable basic services and a Council that makes bureaus and contractors follow through.","priorities":["Improve permit processing, maintenance and responsiveness.","Invest in gathering places, local businesses and neighborhoods.","Use Council oversight to coordinate service delivery."],"interpretation":"He makes reliability the test of government. The statement offers a governing approach more than a detailed spending plan.","question":"If the street repair fee ends, what would pay for street maintenance until other revenue is found?","sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 53","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=53","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."},{"label":"Sollitt · platform and campaign case studies","url":"https://TomForPDX.com","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Sollitt · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#sollitt-2026-09-22","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 22, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate in reply to the Lab’s questions and kept on file; excerpts appear on the brief. Receipt does not verify the claims."},{"label":"Sollitt · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#sollitt-2026-09-22","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 22, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate in reply to the Lab’s questions and kept on file; excerpts appear on the brief. Receipt does not verify the claims."},{"label":"Sollitt · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#sollitt-2026-09-22","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 22, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate in reply to the Lab’s questions and kept on file; excerpts appear on the brief. Receipt does not verify the claims."},{"label":"Sollitt · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#sollitt-2026-09-22","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 22, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate in reply to the Lab’s questions and kept on file; excerpts appear on the brief. Receipt does not verify the claims."},{"label":"Sollitt · third emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#sollitt-2026-09-23","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 23, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate in reply to the Lab’s questions and kept on file; excerpts appear on the brief. Receipt does not verify the claims."}],"affiliation":"Nonpartisan office","portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/tom-sollitt.webp","sourceUrl":"https://tomforpdx.com/","credit":"Campaign photo · TomForPDX.com","reviewed":"2026-09-23"},"analysis":{"values":["Reliable public services","Community participation"],"tradeoff":"His focus is making existing institutions respond and coordinate, and his emailed reply attaches a measure to each issue: homes preserved and occupied, response times and repeat calls, audit findings acted on, street condition and transit reliability. What remains open is what would pay for street maintenance if the repair fee ends.","issues":{"money":{"position":"Before asking for more money, would show existing money is used well: restore the Auditor’s performance-audit capacity in his first budget, have it examine high-risk contracts and programs, and report its recommendations and results quarterly.","source":{"label":"Sollitt · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#sollitt-2026-09-22","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 22, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate in reply to the Lab’s questions and kept on file; excerpts appear on the brief. Receipt does not verify the claims."}},"housing":{"position":"Would put preserving existing affordable housing first, using current Housing Bureau staff and pressing Metro, the County, Home Forward, state and federal programs, nonprofits and private partners to share costs; would ease adaptive reuse and keep the current relocation-assistance threshold.","source":{"label":"Sollitt · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#sollitt-2026-09-22","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 22, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate in reply to the Lab’s questions and kept on file; excerpts appear on the brief. Receipt does not verify the claims."}},"safety":{"position":"Would define who answers which calls: police where police authority or a safety threat is involved, Fire and EMS for medical emergencies, Street Response and CHAT for behavioral-health, welfare and non-emergency calls. Counts dispatch, technology and support capacity, not only frontline headcount, as public-safety staffing.","source":{"label":"Sollitt · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#sollitt-2026-09-22","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 22, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate in reply to the Lab’s questions and kept on file; excerpts appear on the brief. Receipt does not verify the claims."}},"climate":{"position":"Would maintain existing streets before committing to new projects until new funding is found, prioritizing maintenance, preservation and safety; would ask the Clean Energy Fund committee whether voter-approved climate money can go further toward transportation and air quality, and restrict projects without a clear public benefit, funding source and measurable outcome.","source":{"label":"Sollitt · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#sollitt-2026-09-22","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 22, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate in reply to the Lab’s questions and kept on file; excerpts appear on the brief. Receipt does not verify the claims."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 53","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=53","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."},{"label":"Sollitt · platform and campaign case studies","url":"https://TomForPDX.com","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}]}},{"id":"john-sweeney","name":"John Sweeney","background":"Mechanical designer; 33 years with Portland Parks; Army Guard and Reserve captain.","summary":"Prioritizes preserving city services, changing homelessness funding arrangements and opposing spending to retain the Trail Blazers.","priorities":["Preserve services during declining revenue.","Have the County take primary responsibility for homelessness services.","Oppose spending aimed at keeping the Blazers in Portland."],"interpretation":"He would redirect resources away from arena support and revisit city-county funding. His prediction that the team will leave is not an established fact.","question":"Which agreement among the City, the County and Metro would move homeless services and their funding, and on what timeline?","sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 53","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=53","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."},{"label":"Sweeney · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#sweeney-2026-09-22","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 22, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate in reply to the Lab’s questions and kept on file; excerpts appear on the brief. Receipt does not verify the claims."}],"affiliation":"Nonpartisan office","portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/john-sweeney.webp","sourceUrl":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=53","credit":"Candidate-submitted photo · 2026 Multnomah voters’ pamphlet","reviewed":"2026-09-18"},"analysis":{"values":["Service preservation","Limits on arena spending"],"tradeoff":"He would free resources by rejecting arena spending and moving homeless services to the County, citing the 1983 Resolution A transfer of jails, bridges and welfare as the precedent. Shifting responsibility does not itself eliminate service costs; a workable transition still needs a named agreement and continuing provision.","issues":{"safety":{"position":"Wants the County to assume primary responsibility for homelessness services.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 53","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=53","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."}},"money":{"position":"Opposes spending to retain the Trail Blazers and prioritizes preserving city services as revenue declines.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 53","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=53","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."}},"housing":{"position":"Would build housing to the price the people being housed can afford, starting from their incomes, and points to low-cost designs such as Quonset-style houses, which he says can cost under $4,000 each.","source":{"label":"Sweeney · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#sweeney-2026-09-22","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 22, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate in reply to the Lab’s questions and kept on file; excerpts appear on the brief. Receipt does not verify the claims."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 53","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=53","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."},{"label":"Sweeney · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#sweeney-2026-09-22","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 22, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate in reply to the Lab’s questions and kept on file; excerpts appear on the brief. Receipt does not verify the claims."}]}},{"id":"kellie-torres","name":"Kellie Torres","background":"Portland Parks external-affairs manager and former commissioner’s chief of staff.","summary":"Emphasizes public-service experience, partnerships and protection of core services.","priorities":["Protect services and require accountability for spending.","Support small businesses and safe, connected neighborhoods.","Defend immigrant families and civil rights."],"interpretation":"She argues that administrative experience will improve delivery. Her statement gives fewer specific budget tradeoffs than some competing platforms.","question":"Which services would receive priority if revenue falls short?","sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 58","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=58","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."},{"label":"Torres · priorities","url":"https://www.KellieTorresForPortland.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}],"affiliation":"Nonpartisan office","portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/kellie-torres.webp","sourceUrl":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=58","credit":"Candidate-submitted photo · 2026 Multnomah voters’ pamphlet","reviewed":"2026-09-18"},"analysis":{"values":["Service delivery","Civic partnerships"],"tradeoff":"She treats administrative coordination and partnerships as ways to increase city capacity. Private or philanthropic support can help projects, but it does not establish stable operating revenue or guarantee equal investment across neighborhoods.","issues":{"money":{"position":"Would expand public-private partnerships, philanthropy and sponsorships; proposes a reimagined Tom McCall Waterfront Bowl. Costs and committed funding are not established on the reviewed page.","source":{"label":"Torres · priorities","url":"https://www.KellieTorresForPortland.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"safety":{"position":"Supports public-safety staffing and resources so police can follow through on investigations and fix emergency response times, plus cleaner, better-lit public spaces and connecting people in crisis with lifesaving services.","source":{"label":"Torres · priorities","url":"https://www.KellieTorresForPortland.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"housing":{"position":"Sets a goal of enabling 4,000 homes annually through fewer code barriers, faster permitting and a mix of rental and ownership housing. This is a campaign target, not a forecast.","source":{"label":"Torres · priorities","url":"https://www.KellieTorresForPortland.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"climate":{"position":"Emphasizes parks, trails, river access and habitat restoration through public and private partnerships.","source":{"label":"Torres · priorities","url":"https://www.KellieTorresForPortland.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 58","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=58","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."},{"label":"Torres · priorities","url":"https://www.KellieTorresForPortland.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}]}},{"id":"kimberly-tucker","name":"Kimberly Tucker","background":"Behavior analyst and mental-health volunteer.","summary":"Emphasizes program accountability, constituents’ needs and stronger cost-benefit analysis of city spending.","priorities":["Examine why programs receive or lose funding.","Evaluate whether spending decisions are adequately supported."],"interpretation":"The reviewed response explains a decision-making standard more than a legislative agenda. It does not name specific programs to expand or cut.","question":"Which programs would you evaluate first, and what evidence would change your funding decision?","sources":[{"label":"Mercury questionnaire · Tucker’s responses","url":"https://www.portlandmercury.com/news/meet-the-candidates-for-city-council-district-3/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"September 9, 2026","note":"Candidate responses within reporting; the publisher’s campaign assessment is not adopted."},{"label":"Tucker · The other issues","url":"https://kimberlyforpdxd3.com/the-other-issues","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}],"affiliation":"Nonpartisan office","portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/kimberly-tucker.webp","sourceUrl":"https://rosecityreform.org/candidates/kimberly-tucker/","credit":"Portrait published by Rose City Reform","reviewed":"2026-09-18"},"analysis":{"values":["Program evaluation","Spending accountability"],"tradeoff":"Her response explains how she would judge programs, but not which policy outcomes she would prioritize when evidence and resources point in competing directions. That distinction remains important for comparing her with detailed platforms.","issues":{"money":{"position":"Wants stronger cost-benefit analysis and clearer explanations for program funding decisions. Specific programs to expand or cut are not named in the reviewed response.","source":{"label":"Mercury questionnaire · Tucker’s responses","url":"https://www.portlandmercury.com/news/meet-the-candidates-for-city-council-district-3/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"September 9, 2026","note":"Candidate responses within reporting; the publisher’s campaign assessment is not adopted."}},"safety":{"position":"Says police response times are too long; would add armed officers and specialists for non-criminal calls, focus crisis-intervention training on mental health and de-escalation, and publish the police budget in plain language with a cost-benefit analysis.","source":{"label":"Tucker · The other issues","url":"https://kimberlyforpdxd3.com/the-other-issues","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Mercury questionnaire · Tucker’s responses","url":"https://www.portlandmercury.com/news/meet-the-candidates-for-city-council-district-3/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"September 9, 2026","note":"Candidate responses within reporting; the publisher’s campaign assessment is not adopted."},{"label":"Tucker · The other issues","url":"https://kimberlyforpdxd3.com/the-other-issues","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}]}},{"id":"martin-ward","name":"Martin Ward","background":"Candidate with a political-science master’s degree; no governmental experience listed.","summary":"Combines public housing and large proposed spending cuts with opposition to abortion, gender-related surgery and same-sex relationships.","priorities":["Test government-owned housing and build permanent shelter.","Reject Moda renovations and the proposed Lloyd Center demolition.","Pursue restrictions on several forms of reproductive care and sexual conduct."],"interpretation":"His statement places consensual adult relationships alongside crimes under a sex-crime heading. That is his framing, not this guide’s. Council also lacks unilateral authority over several proposals, including school curricula and state health policy.","question":"What legally available city actions would implement these proposals, and what supports the claimed savings?","sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 55","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=55","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."}],"affiliation":"Nonpartisan office","portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/martin-ward.webp","sourceUrl":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=55","credit":"Candidate-submitted photo · 2026 Multnomah voters’ pamphlet","reviewed":"2026-09-18"},"analysis":{"values":["Public housing","Restrictions on personal conduct"],"tradeoff":"His platform combines public provision with restrictions on reproductive care and consensual relationships. Those restrictions are substantive policy commitments; the guide does not adopt his classification of consensual conduct as crime or imply Council can enact all of them.","issues":{"housing":{"position":"Would test government-owned housing, build permanent shelter and oppose demolition of Lloyd Center.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 55","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=55","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."}},"money":{"position":"Rejects Moda renovations and proposes large spending cuts. The reviewed statement does not substantiate the claimed savings.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 55","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=55","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."}},"safety":{"position":"Would install video cameras at every intersection, buy non-lethal equipment such as tranquilizers, increase police training and add police officers.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 55","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=55","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 55","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=55","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."}]}}]},{"geography":"Portland","jurisdiction":"City of Portland","authority":"Council adopts city laws and the budget. The mayor and city administrator run operations. Council cannot independently set TriMet fares, school curricula or state law.","stakes":"Housing rules, the city budget, streets, public safety, utilities, climate investment and oversight of major contracts.","rosterSource":{"label":"Portland certified candidate register","url":"https://www.portland.gov/auditor/elections/run4office/2026-city-candidates","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"},"rosterStatus":"Official list checked","id":"portland-district-4","title":"Portland Council · District 4","seats":3,"method":"Ranked choice · three seats","comparison":"A central disagreement is how to fund recovery: public housing and new corporate contributions, or private development and restraint on taxes. Candidates also differ on camp enforcement and public investment in Moda Center.","candidates":[{"id":"timothy-tj-anderson","name":"Timothy (TJ) Anderson","background":"Student and disability advocate with county advisory and budget-committee experience.","summary":"Runs on listening, lived experience of homelessness and disability, and practical public service.","priorities":["Bring community and budget-committee experience to Council.","Listen across neighborhood and political differences.","Focus on whether city institutions work for residents."],"interpretation":"The reviewed statement is primarily biographical. It does not establish specific positions on major budget, housing or policing decisions.","question":"How would the $5 million audit be funded, and what would its findings change first?","sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 65","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=65","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."},{"label":"Anderson · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#anderson-2026-09-19","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 19, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate in reply to the Lab’s questions and kept on file; excerpts appear on his brief. Receipt does not verify the claims."}],"affiliation":"Nonpartisan office","portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/timothy-tj-anderson.webp","sourceUrl":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=65","credit":"Candidate-submitted photo · 2026 Multnomah voters’ pamphlet","reviewed":"2026-09-18"},"analysis":{"values":["Lived experience","Audit first"],"tradeoff":"His pamphlet statement makes a case for representation informed by homelessness and disability; his emailed answers add an audit-first program: map city spending and assets before any new tax or fee, more officers with lower-cost responders for routine calls, and housing growth through investability and reuse of city assets. His second reply answers most of the Council’s choices in a word or two, including public money for the Moda Center capped at $60 million. Beyond the audit’s $5 million cap, the costs and the mechanics of a Council pay freeze are not yet specified.","issues":{"housing":{"position":"Wants more housing and says the fastest route may be making the city more investable, for large accounts and for people who want to make Portland home, alongside reusing city assets at lower cost for short-term help; opposes committing to a single plan.","source":{"label":"Anderson · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#anderson-2026-09-19","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 19, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate in reply to the Lab’s questions and kept on file; excerpts appear on his brief. Receipt does not verify the claims."}},"safety":{"position":"Wants police response times down and says more officers will be needed, with cadets, volunteers and other programs handling calls that do not need the most highly trained officers. On homelessness, would first establish what has worked, a timeline of people’s needs and how to work with others in the city before spending more.","source":{"label":"Anderson · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#anderson-2026-09-19","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 19, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate in reply to the Lab’s questions and kept on file; excerpts appear on his brief. Receipt does not verify the claims."}},"money":{"position":"Would start with a value-based audit of where city money went this year and the past two, plus a public list of city assets, at a cost he puts at no more than $5 million, with no new taxes or fees until it is done. Would freeze Council pay and benefits until average salaries and jobs have grown for two full years, and ask each councilor for 100 hours of volunteer work a year.","source":{"label":"Anderson · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#anderson-2026-09-19","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 19, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate in reply to the Lab’s questions and kept on file; excerpts appear on his brief. Receipt does not verify the claims."}},"climate":{"position":"Would favor climate measures that also improve business investability, and wants more public transit and better train systems while leaving cars to those who want or need them, without burning future finances for what is wanted now.","source":{"label":"Anderson · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#anderson-2026-09-19","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 19, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate in reply to the Lab’s questions and kept on file; excerpts appear on his brief. Receipt does not verify the claims."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 65","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=65","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."},{"label":"Anderson · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#anderson-2026-09-19","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 19, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate in reply to the Lab’s questions and kept on file; excerpts appear on his brief. Receipt does not verify the claims."}]}},{"id":"eli-arnold","name":"Eli Arnold","background":"Portland bicycle police officer and military veteran.","summary":"Pairs stronger frontline safety services with a no-new-taxes pledge and support for fareless transit.","priorities":["Prioritize police, fire, dispatch and behavioral-health staffing.","Move people from tents into housing, shelter and services.","Use existing clean-energy resources toward fareless transit."],"interpretation":"His safety approach includes both law enforcement and behavioral health. Fareless transit would require regional cooperation and an eligible, durable funding source.","question":"How would expanded staffing and transit commitments fit within existing revenue?","sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 65","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=65","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."},{"label":"Arnold · detailed issue platform","url":"https://www.eliforportland.com/issues","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Arnold · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#arnold-2026-09-20","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 20, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate in reply to the Lab’s questions and kept on file; excerpts appear on his brief. Receipt does not verify the claims."},{"label":"The Oregonian · Portland police and FBI target fentanyl dealers","url":"https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2026/08/portland-police-fbi-to-target-fentanyl-dealers-in-public-housing-outside-treatment-clinics.html","kind":"Reporting","date":"August 2026","note":"Cited by the candidate for the downtown fentanyl enforcement partnership he says he developed in 2023."},{"label":"KATU · Federal officials detail a three-year downtown fentanyl crackdown","url":"https://katu.com/news/local/feds-detail-3-year-downtown-portland-fentanyl-crackdown-100-charged-100-kg-seized-oregon-portland-dealing-police-bueau-fbi-federal-bureau-of-investigations-us-attorneys-office-special-agent-drugs-trafficking-prosecution","kind":"Reporting","date":"2026","note":"Cited by the candidate for the same partnership; the report describes the crackdown, not his individual role."},{"label":"OPB · Police and drug-treatment providers’ pilot program will continue","url":"https://www.opb.org/article/2024/04/10/pilot-program-that-has-police-drug-treatment-providers-work-together-in-portland-will-continue/","kind":"Reporting","date":"April 10, 2024","note":"Cited by the candidate for the Provider Police Joint Connection Program with the Bike Squad and MHAAO."}],"affiliation":"Nonpartisan office","portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/eli-arnold.webp","sourceUrl":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=65","credit":"Candidate-submitted photo · 2026 Multnomah voters’ pamphlet","reviewed":"2026-09-18"},"analysis":{"values":["Frontline safety","Tax restraint"],"tradeoff":"His program expands safety capacity while pledging no new taxes and promoting fareless transit. Those commitments compete for existing money; a complete funding plan and regional agreements would determine what can be delivered together.","issues":{"housing":{"position":"Proposes faster filling of subsidized vacancies, stronger screening and pre-placement stabilization, incentives for small builders, and deferring development charges until occupancy or sale.","source":{"label":"Arnold · detailed issue platform","url":"https://www.eliforportland.com/issues","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"safety":{"position":"Would add four police-clinician behavioral-health units, increase detective and traffic staffing, and expand neighborhood response teams, coordinated with Street Response.","source":{"label":"Arnold · detailed issue platform","url":"https://www.eliforportland.com/issues","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"money":{"position":"Proposes raising the small-business exemption to $150,000 and a three-to-five-year tax holiday for new small businesses. ","source":{"label":"Arnold · detailed issue platform","url":"https://www.eliforportland.com/issues","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"climate":{"position":"Supports phased fareless transit and incremental CEI Hub safety improvements, including easier decommissioning of unused petroleum tanks.","source":{"label":"Arnold · detailed issue platform","url":"https://www.eliforportland.com/issues","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 65","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=65","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."},{"label":"Arnold · detailed issue platform","url":"https://www.eliforportland.com/issues","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}]}},{"id":"olivia-clark","name":"Olivia Clark","background":"Incumbent councilor; former TriMet public-affairs director and gubernatorial policy adviser.","summary":"Emphasizes public safety, infrastructure maintenance, business recovery and removing barriers to housing.","priorities":["Improve 911 response and end street camping and open-air drug use.","Protect police and fire funding and support local businesses.","Maintain public assets and improve sidewalks and pavement."],"interpretation":"Her platform gives enforcement and basic infrastructure a prominent role. Ending camping is a goal; the implementation and available placements matter.","question":"What shelter and treatment capacity would make the camping policy workable?","sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 62","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=62","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."},{"label":"Council Lab · current-term record and official-source links","url":"https://council.portlandciviclab.org/people/a7c2738a-c555-4c8d-afe1-1489db738764","kind":"Reporting","date":"Current-term research index","note":"Independent, unofficial research aid. Follow the linked City records for authoritative votes. Automated transcript excerpts require recording verification before quotation."},{"label":"Clark · priorities","url":"https://www.OliviaforPortland.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}],"affiliation":"Nonpartisan office","record":[{"decisionId":"parks-police","text":"No · Move proposed new police funding to parks. Voted against transferring the proposed police allocation to parks.","source":{"label":"May 21 budget · clerk’s amendment roll calls","url":"https://efiles.portlandoregon.gov/record/17392841/file/document/","date":"May 21, 2025","kind":"Public record"}},{"decisionId":"services-first","text":"No · Use climate-fund interest for broad service restoration. Voted no on Services First. Compare the separate funding proposals below to see which alternatives this councilor supported.","source":{"label":"Clerk’s amendment roll call · PDF page 58","url":"https://efiles.portlandoregon.gov/record/18024844/file/document/#page=58","date":"June 10, 2026","kind":"Public record"}},{"decisionId":"oversight-funding","text":"Yes · Use expected police-oversight underspending for public safety. Supported the $7.68 million plan for police support, training and fire rescue, backed by expected underspending in the oversight office.","source":{"label":"Clerk’s amendment roll call · PDF page 59","url":"https://efiles.portlandoregon.gov/record/18024844/file/document/#page=59","date":"June 10, 2026","kind":"Public record"}},{"decisionId":"novick-restorations","text":"No · Use a smaller amount of climate interest for selected restorations. Voted no on Pirtle-Guiney–Novick 4 after backing the oversight-funding proposal.","source":{"label":"Clerk’s amendment roll call · PDF page 60","url":"https://efiles.portlandoregon.gov/record/18024844/file/document/#page=60","date":"June 10, 2026","kind":"Public record"}},{"decisionId":"annual-budget","text":"Yes · Adopt the 2026–27 annual budget. Voted yes on the final annual budget after the competing restoration amendments failed.","source":{"label":"Ordinance 192195 · annual budget and final roll call","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192195","date":"June 17, 2026","kind":"Public record"}},{"decisionId":"zenith-investigation","text":"Yes · Demand an investigation of Zenith’s franchise. Supported removing disputed preamble language and attachments. Those changes failed; she still voted for the final resolution.","source":{"label":"Resolution 37702 · investigation and amendments","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37702","date":"March 19, 2025","kind":"Public record"}},{"decisionId":"zenith-enforcement","text":"No · Give residents a right to enforce Zenith’s franchise in court. Voted against adding the citizen-suit condition to the franchise transfer.","source":{"label":"Zenith transfer · amendments and roll calls","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/zenith-franchise-transfer-isq-holdings","date":"September 9, 2026","kind":"Public record"}},{"decisionId":"zenith-transfer","text":"Yes · Transfer Zenith’s pipeline franchise to the new owner. Voted to transfer the existing pipeline franchise to ISQ Springer Holdings after the citizen-suit amendment failed.","source":{"label":"Zenith transfer · amendments and roll calls","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/zenith-franchise-transfer-isq-holdings","date":"September 9–16, 2026; reviewed September 18","kind":"Public record"}},{"decisionId":"camp-removal","text":"Absent · Shift funding away from homeless-camp removals. Did not cast a yes or no vote on Morillo 1. Earlier discussion and the later overall budget vote are different actions.","source":{"label":"Fall budget · Morillo 1 amendment roll call","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/fy-2025-26-fall-supplemental-budget","date":"November 12, 2025","kind":"Public record"}},{"decisionId":"detention-fees","text":"Yes · Create impact fees and nuisance rules for detention facilities. Voted for the impact-fee and nuisance ordinance applying to qualifying private detention facilities.","source":{"label":"Detention-facility ordinance · adopted text and roll call","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/detention-facility-impact-fee-protect-taxpayers","date":"December 3, 2025","kind":"Public record"}},{"decisionId":"housing-fees","text":"Absent · Temporarily waive infrastructure charges on new housing. Did not cast a vote on the adopted housing fee waiver.","source":{"label":"Ordinance 192082 · housing fee waiver","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192082","date":"July 16, 2025","kind":"Public record"}},{"decisionId":"business-tax","text":"Yes · Expand the small-business tax exemption. Voted to exempt more small businesses from the business license tax.","source":{"label":"Ordinance 192163 · exemption thresholds and roll call","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192163","date":"April 8, 2026","kind":"Public record"}},{"decisionId":"performing-arts","text":"Yes · Advance PSU and Keller performing-arts planning. Voted to advance PSU venue development work and planning for a smaller Keller Auditorium.","source":{"label":"Resolution 37752 · arts venues and roll call","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37752","date":"September 9, 2026","kind":"Public record"}},{"decisionId":"water-bonds","text":"Yes · Borrow for Bull Run water treatment. Voted to authorize the bond financing for Bull Run water treatment and related water-system needs, accepting repayment obligations supported by water revenues.","source":{"label":"Borrow for Bull Run water treatment · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192177","kind":"Public record","date":"May 20, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"water-rates","text":"Yes · Raise annual water rates. Voted for the annual water-rate schedule supporting treatment, operations, maintenance and debt payments, including the 8.1% average effective retail increase.","source":{"label":"Raise annual water rates · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192183","kind":"Public record","date":"May 27, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"sewer-rates","text":"Yes · Set sewer and stormwater rates. Voted for the annual rates and charges funding sewer and stormwater operations and infrastructure.","source":{"label":"Set sewer and stormwater rates · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192182","kind":"Public record","date":"May 27, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"street-fee","text":"Yes · Create a monthly transportation utility fee. Helped lead the fee proposal and co-authored a business-rate review amendment with Green, then voted for the new revenue source.","source":{"label":"Create a monthly transportation utility fee · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192171","kind":"Public record","date":"April 29, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"sidewalk-plan","text":"Yes · Develop a sidewalk and paving program. Voted to develop the sidewalk and paving program, including a project and funding plan for historically underserved areas.","source":{"label":"Develop a sidewalk and paving program · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37705","kind":"Public record","date":"May 7, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"transport-rates","text":"Yes · Update parking and transportation fees. Voted for the updated parking, permit and transportation fee schedule supporting the transportation budget.","source":{"label":"Update parking and transportation fees · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192181","kind":"Public record","date":"May 27, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"arts-tax","text":"No · Raise the arts tax and expand exemptions. Voted against the package increasing the assessment and changing its exemptions and administration.","source":{"label":"Raise the arts tax and expand exemptions · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192185","kind":"Public record","date":"May 27, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"psr-framework","text":"No · Expand Portland Street Response’s role. Voted against this resolution setting out Portland Street Response’s expanded role and its community committee.","source":{"label":"Expand Portland Street Response’s role · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37709","kind":"Public record","date":"June 25, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"psr-committee","text":"Yes · Appoint the Street Response community committee. Voted to seat the community committee that would advise the development of Portland Street Response.","source":{"label":"Appoint the Street Response community committee · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37728","kind":"Public record","date":"December 18, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"oversight-first-board","text":"Yes · Appoint the first police-accountability board. Voted to appoint the first members and alternates of the new community police-accountability board.","source":{"label":"Appoint the first police-accountability board · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/report/accepted/2025-246","kind":"Public record","date":"June 18, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"oversight-replacements","text":"No · Fill vacancies and restart accountability-board terms. Voted against the February replacement and term-setting resolution, after supporting the board’s initial appointments in June 2025.","source":{"label":"Fill vacancies and restart accountability-board terms · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37737","kind":"Public record","date":"February 12, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"community-policing","text":"Yes · Preserve a community-policing advisory body in code. Voted to preserve the community-policing committee’s formal role advising the mayor and police chief.","source":{"label":"Preserve a community-policing advisory body in code · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192168","kind":"Public record","date":"April 16, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"police-staffing","text":"Yes · Request a police staffing and cost assessment. Voted to request the organizational, recruitment and cost report to inform future police staffing decisions.","source":{"label":"Request a police staffing and cost assessment · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37738","kind":"Public record","date":"February 12, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"nuisance-properties","text":"Yes · Expand chronic-nuisance property enforcement. Voted for the amended rules allowing the City to require property owners to address repeated criminal activity, including trafficking-related activity.","source":{"label":"Expand chronic-nuisance property enforcement · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192173","kind":"Public record","date":"May 6, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"firearms-table","text":"Not on committee · Pause the firearms-in-public-buildings proposal. Did not have a vote in this five-member committee. This is not an absence from Council or a position against the proposal.","source":{"label":"Pause the firearms-in-public-buildings proposal · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/protecting-public-buildings","kind":"Public record","date":"September 15, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"psychedelics-referral","text":"Not on committee · Advance a natural-psychedelics enforcement proposal. Did not have a vote in this five-member committee. This is not an absence from Council or a position against the proposal.","source":{"label":"Advance a natural-psychedelics enforcement proposal · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/psychedelic-health-and-safety-act","kind":"Public record","date":"August 4, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"climate-plan","text":"Yes · Amend the five-year climate investment plan. Voted for the final package of revisions to the climate fund’s multi-year investment plan.","source":{"label":"Amend the five-year climate investment plan · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192154","kind":"Public record","date":"March 11, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"climate-interest","text":"Yes · Transfer climate-fund interest into the general budget. Voted to transfer the specified climate-fund interest into the general budget to support City expenses.","source":{"label":"Transfer climate-fund interest into the general budget · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192179","kind":"Public record","date":"May 27, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"homebuyer-income","text":"Yes · Remove an income test for certain fee-exempt homes. Voted to remove the income qualification temporarily for the specified already-permitted homes, making it possible to sell them to a wider group of buyers.","source":{"label":"Remove an income test for certain fee-exempt homes · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192210","kind":"Public record","date":"July 29, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"housing-strategy","text":"Yes · Require a unified housing strategy. Voted to require a unified strategy connecting housing production, affordability and homelessness prevention across existing plans.","source":{"label":"Require a unified housing strategy · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37714","kind":"Public record","date":"August 6, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"homelessness-plan","text":"Yes · Adopt the updated homelessness action plan and measures. Voted to update the coordinated City–County homelessness plan and the measures used to track its progress.","source":{"label":"Adopt the updated homelessness action plan and measures · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37726","kind":"Public record","date":"December 17, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"permit-pause","text":"Yes · Temporarily suspend selected development upgrade requirements. Voted for the pause in selected infrastructure and site-upgrade requirements associated with development, accepting the tradeoff between lower project costs and improvements otherwise delivered by applicants.","source":{"label":"Temporarily suspend selected development upgrade requirements · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192095","kind":"Public record","date":"September 24, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"permit-reform","text":"Yes · Develop a second phase of permitting reform. Voted to pursue simpler, better-coordinated development rules and a process for measuring whether permitting service improves.","source":{"label":"Develop a second phase of permitting reform · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37749","kind":"Public record","date":"July 16, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"urban-forest-plan","text":"Yes · Adopt the updated Urban Forest Plan. Voted for the final plan guiding tree-canopy protection, growth and management across Portland.","source":{"label":"Adopt the updated Urban Forest Plan · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37720","kind":"Public record","date":"October 22, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"tree-responsibility","text":"Yes · Make the street-tree responsibility plan explicitly conditional. Voted to make clear that developing the plan was a step toward a possible future change, rather than the immediate implementation of that change.","source":{"label":"Make the street-tree responsibility plan explicitly conditional · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37720","kind":"Public record","date":"October 22, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"forest-park","text":"Yes · Overturn approval of the Forest Park power-line proposal. Voted to overturn approval of this Forest Park utility proposal on the findings adopted by Council.","source":{"label":"Overturn approval of the Forest Park power-line proposal · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/report/findings-adopted/2025-161","kind":"Public record","date":"May 7, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"parks-levy","text":"Absent · Refer the five-year parks levy to voters. Was absent when Council voted on refer the five-year parks levy to voters. The record does not contain a yes or no vote for this decision.","source":{"label":"Refer the five-year parks levy to voters · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37710","kind":"Public record","date":"July 16, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"sellwood","text":"Yes · Transfer Sellwood Community House to its nonprofit operator. Voted to transfer the property to the nonprofit operator while retaining a permanent public-benefit restriction.","source":{"label":"Transfer Sellwood Community House to its nonprofit operator · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192130","kind":"Public record","date":"December 3, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"vision-zero","text":"Yes · Renew the traffic-death prevention effort. Voted for the renewed Vision Zero effort, community participation and analysis of disproportionate traffic deaths among people experiencing homelessness.","source":{"label":"Renew the traffic-death prevention effort · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37716","kind":"Public record","date":"September 17, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"82nd-transit","text":"Yes · Approve the preferred 82nd Avenue transit alternative. Voted to advance the preferred transit alternative aimed at improving speed and reliability on 82nd Avenue.","source":{"label":"Approve the preferred 82nd Avenue transit alternative · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37706","kind":"Public record","date":"May 21, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"privacy-office","text":"Yes · Create a City Data and Privacy Office. Voted to establish a City authority for data governance and privacy rather than leaving those responsibilities scattered across bureaus.","source":{"label":"Create a City Data and Privacy Office · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192143","kind":"Public record","date":"February 5, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"privacy-framework","text":"Yes · Adopt the City’s data-governance and privacy framework. Voted for the amended framework directing how the City should manage privacy and data-use risks.","source":{"label":"Adopt the City’s data-governance and privacy framework · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37736","kind":"Public record","date":"February 5, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"asset-strategy","text":"Yes · Develop a citywide infrastructure and asset strategy. Voted to assess infrastructure needs, align investment priorities across bureaus and examine long-term financing options.","source":{"label":"Develop a citywide infrastructure and asset strategy · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37715","kind":"Public record","date":"August 6, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"committee-structure","text":"Yes · Replace eight policy committees with five. Voted for the five-committee structure and full-Council finance and governance committee.","source":{"label":"Replace eight policy committees with five · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/establish-city-council-committees","kind":"Public record","date":"February 19, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"council-office-budget","text":"Yes · Increase Council and mayoral office budgets. Voted to use contingency funds to increase Council and mayoral office budgets and staffing during the transition to the new government.","source":{"label":"Increase Council and mayoral office budgets · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192020","kind":"Public record","date":"January 15, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"council-priorities","text":"Yes · Establish an annual Council priority-setting process. Voted for the annual Council planning procedure, including a shared framework that identifies agreement, disagreement and unresolved priorities.","source":{"label":"Establish an annual Council priority-setting process · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37730","kind":"Public record","date":"December 18, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"surplus-inquiry","text":"No · Require a public inquiry into unspent housing funds. Supported an alternative calling for an administrative investigation or work with the Auditor, then opposed the final Council inquiry resolution.","source":{"label":"Require a public inquiry into unspent housing funds · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37734","kind":"Public record","date":"February 4, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"campaign-enforcement","text":"Yes · Update campaign-finance enforcement after a court ruling. Voted to update the City’s campaign-finance code in response to the court ruling and the amendments considered by Council.","source":{"label":"Update campaign-finance enforcement after a court ruling · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192156","kind":"Public record","date":"March 18, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"small-donor","text":"Yes · Revise the Small Donor Elections program. Voted for the Small Donor Elections code changes recommended to improve the program after the 2024 election.","source":{"label":"Revise the Small Donor Elections program · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192098","kind":"Public record","date":"September 24, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"labor-complaint","text":"Yes · Withdraw authority for an unfair-labor-practice complaint. Voted to reverse the prior authorization for the City Attorney to file the labor complaint.","source":{"label":"Withdraw authority for an unfair-labor-practice complaint · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37695","kind":"Public record","date":"January 15, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"professional-workers","text":"Yes · Ratify the first Professional Workers union contract. Voted to approve the negotiated initial agreement establishing pay, leave and other employment conditions for the bargaining unit.","source":{"label":"Ratify the first Professional Workers union contract · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192076","kind":"Public record","date":"June 18, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"afscme-contract","text":"Yes · Ratify the AFSCME Local 189 successor contract. Voted to ratify the successor agreement covering wages, benefits and working conditions for represented City employees.","source":{"label":"Ratify the AFSCME Local 189 successor contract · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192032","kind":"Public record","date":"March 20, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"trade-unions-contract","text":"Yes · Ratify the District Council of Trade Unions contract. Voted to ratify the contract covering pay and employment terms for the represented trade-union workers.","source":{"label":"Ratify the District Council of Trade Unions contract · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192033","kind":"Public record","date":"March 20, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"review-staff-contract","text":"Yes · Approve retention terms for Independent Police Review staff. Voted to approve employment terms and retention payments for represented Independent Police Review staff.","source":{"label":"Approve retention terms for Independent Police Review staff · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192132","kind":"Public record","date":"December 10, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"children-remand","text":"No · Send Children’s Levy funding recommendations back for reconsideration. Voted against remanding the proposed Children’s Levy allocations for reconsideration.","source":{"label":"Send Children’s Levy funding recommendations back for reconsideration · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/council-action-see-notes/2025-207","kind":"Public record","date":"June 4, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"children-grants","text":"Yes · Approve the three-year Children’s Levy grants. Opposed Morillo’s amendment to keep waiting for revised recommendations, then voted for the final three-year grant package.","source":{"label":"Approve the three-year Children’s Levy grants · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192080","kind":"Public record","date":"June 25, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"sanctuary-code","text":"Yes · Strengthen sanctuary protections in City Code. Voted to put stronger sanctuary requirements and implementation duties into City Code.","source":{"label":"Strengthen sanctuary protections in City Code · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192115","kind":"Public record","date":"October 15, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"protect-portland","text":"Yes · Adopt the Protect Portland initiative. Voted for the City’s coordinated response, transparency and rights-information measures alongside the sanctuary ordinance.","source":{"label":"Adopt the Protect Portland initiative · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37719","kind":"Public record","date":"October 15, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"officer-identification","text":"No · Require law-enforcement identification and restrict masking. Voted against the final ordinance setting these identification and facial-covering requirements.","source":{"label":"Require law-enforcement identification and restrict masking · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192184","kind":"Public record","date":"May 27, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"investment-policy","text":"Absent · Adopt investment policy and seek ethical-screening options. Was absent when Council voted on adopt investment policy and seek ethical-screening options. The record does not contain a yes or no vote for this decision.","source":{"label":"Adopt investment policy and seek ethical-screening options · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37723","kind":"Public record","date":"December 3, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"storefront-plan","text":"Yes · Accept the Storefront Support Program action plan. Voted to accept the proposed direction for improving storefront conditions and City support for business owners.","source":{"label":"Accept the Storefront Support Program action plan · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/report/accepted/2026-080","kind":"Public record","date":"March 4, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"cully-plan","text":"Yes · Approve Cully’s five-year investment action plan. Voted to approve the community-developed framework directing future district investments, including housing stability and small-business support.","source":{"label":"Approve Cully’s five-year investment action plan · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37744","kind":"Public record","date":"March 11, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"campesinos","text":"Yes · Rename César E. Chávez Boulevard as Campesinos Boulevard. Moved the unanimously approved emergency clause to respond to community concerns and facilitate staff implementation, then supported the ordinance.","source":{"label":"Rename César E. Chávez Boulevard as Campesinos Boulevard · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/renaming-cesar-e-chavez-blvd","kind":"Public record","date":"September 9, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"force-fed-poultry","text":"No · Prohibit sales of products from force-fed poultry. Advanced an amendment that Council adopted, then opposed the final sales prohibition. Her participation in revising implementation did not change her final no vote.","source":{"label":"Prohibit sales of products from force-fed poultry · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192190","kind":"Public record","date":"June 4, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"board-eligibility","text":"Yes · Consider removing an accountability-board member as ineligible. Voted to approve the administration’s proposed ineligibility finding for Halsey. The motion failed.","source":{"label":"Consider removing an accountability-board member as ineligible · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/report/accepted/2026-047","kind":"Public record","date":"February 11, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"board-removal","text":"No · Remove an accountability-board alternate for cause. Voted against the portion of the report removing Weinstein from the alternate roster.","source":{"label":"Remove an accountability-board alternate for cause · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/report/accepted/2026-047","kind":"Public record","date":"February 11, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"rental-pricing","text":"No · Restrict algorithmic rent coordination. Voted against the ordinance; it passed 8–2.","source":{"label":"Ordinance 192122 · final roll call","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192122","kind":"Public record","date":"November 19, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"supplemental-budget","text":"Yes · Restore services using one-time funds. Co-sponsored the smaller service-restoration package. Voted against the larger alternative, then for the smaller package.","source":{"label":"Ordinance 192207 · amended budget and final roll call","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192207","kind":"Public record","date":"July 22, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"moda","text":"Yes · Approve the Moda negotiating framework. Opposed Novick’s increase in proposed annual rent from $2 million to $3.17 million, then voted for the amended framework.","source":{"label":"Resolution 37750 · final roll call and amendments","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37750","kind":"Public record","date":"August 12, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"data-centers","text":"Yes · Seek transparency and future data-center restrictions. Voted to disclose major data-center inquiries and pursue restrictions. The resolution did not itself enact a moratorium.","source":{"label":"Resolution 37753 · adopted text and final roll call","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37753","kind":"Public record","date":"September 16, 2026"}}],"portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/olivia-clark.webp","sourceUrl":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=62","credit":"Candidate-submitted photo · 2026 Multnomah voters’ pamphlet","reviewed":"2026-09-18"},"analysis":{"values":["Basic services","Public-space enforcement"],"tradeoff":"She pairs removing camping and public drug use with shelter and treatment. Implementation depends on actual placement capacity; restoring services also requires choosing between reserves, recurring revenue and other spending.","issues":{"housing":{"position":"Would expedite permits, reduce development fees for affordable housing and seek federal resources.","source":{"label":"Clark · priorities","url":"https://www.OliviaforPortland.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"safety":{"position":"Pairs removing street camping and public drug use with more shelter, treatment and sobering capacity. Supports matching 911 calls to EMTs, Street Response or police.","source":{"label":"Clark · priorities","url":"https://www.OliviaforPortland.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"money":{"position":"Prioritizes core services and business recovery.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 62","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=62","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."}},"climate":{"position":"Prioritizes water, sewer and street systems able to withstand heat, drought and extreme weather.","source":{"label":"Clark · priorities","url":"https://www.OliviaforPortland.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 62","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=62","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."},{"label":"Clark · priorities","url":"https://www.OliviaforPortland.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}]}},{"id":"jayne-cronlund","name":"Jayne Cronlund","background":"Small-business owner and former conservation nonprofit executive.","summary":"Emphasizes collaboration, living-wage jobs and shared public spaces.","priorities":["Support jobs in Portland’s creative and sustainable economy.","Invest in parks, trails, natural areas and business districts.","Set shared government goals and regularly report results."],"interpretation":"Her statement focuses on coalition-building and common assets. It leaves major housing, safety and revenue decisions less specified.","question":"How would the parks maintenance backlog shrink 35% without new taxes, and over what period?","sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 63","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=63","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."},{"label":"Cronlund · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#cronlund-2026-09-23","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 23, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate in reply to the Lab’s questions and kept on file; excerpts appear on the brief. Receipt does not verify the claims."}],"affiliation":"Nonpartisan office","portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/jayne-cronlund.webp","sourceUrl":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=63","credit":"Candidate-submitted photo · 2026 Multnomah voters’ pamphlet","reviewed":"2026-09-18"},"analysis":{"values":["Shared public spaces","Collaborative development"],"tradeoff":"Her program emphasizes places and partnerships that support community life and jobs. The reviewed statement leaves the harder funding and housing choices open; collaboration alone does not resolve competing budget claims.","issues":{"money":{"position":"Supports living-wage jobs, the creative and sustainable economy, and regular reporting on shared government goals.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 63","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=63","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."}},"climate":{"position":"Prioritizes parks, trails, natural areas and business districts.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 63","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=63","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."}},"housing":{"position":"Would have the Housing Bureau hold its nonprofit partners accountable (lawful spending within budget, existing housing full, residents cared for, neighbors safe) and the permitting bureau streamline conversions of vacant downtown offices to housing for willing owners, citing 37% office vacancy.","source":{"label":"Cronlund · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#cronlund-2026-09-23","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 23, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate in reply to the Lab’s questions and kept on file; excerpts appear on the brief. Receipt does not verify the claims."}},"safety":{"position":"Supports a modest increase in police if it is tied to shorter response times, and wants homelessness addressed through the Housing Bureau and the permitting bureau, with stronger oversight of nonprofit housing providers.","source":{"label":"Cronlund · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#cronlund-2026-09-23","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 23, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate in reply to the Lab’s questions and kept on file; excerpts appear on the brief. Receipt does not verify the claims."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 63","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=63","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."},{"label":"Cronlund · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#cronlund-2026-09-23","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 23, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate in reply to the Lab’s questions and kept on file; excerpts appear on the brief. Receipt does not verify the claims."}]}},{"id":"jamey-evenstar","name":"Jamey Evenstar","background":"City Council chief of staff, policy director and analyst; renter and transit rider.","summary":"Argues for progressive leadership grounded in housing stability and more accessible transportation.","priorities":["Build on work on tenant protections and housing access.","Make buses faster and easier to use.","Defend residents against federal overreach and concentrated financial influence."],"interpretation":"Evenstar’s case rests on policy and implementation experience inside City Hall. The platform connects social housing, transit affordability and public participation, while leaving a complete funding plan open.","question":"Which tenant protections and bus improvements would you introduce first?","sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 64","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=64","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."},{"label":"Evenstar · six-part platform","url":"https://evenstarforportland.com/platform","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}],"affiliation":"Nonpartisan office","portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/jamey-evenstar.webp","sourceUrl":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=64","credit":"Candidate-submitted photo · 2026 Multnomah voters’ pamphlet","reviewed":"2026-09-18"},"analysis":{"values":["Housing stability","Accessible transportation"],"tradeoff":"Evenstar’s platform treats housing and transport costs as linked barriers to staying in Portland. Social housing and improved transit need financing, and city spending cannot alone determine regional fares or service levels.","issues":{"housing":{"position":"Would establish a foundation for permanently affordable social housing and housing stability.","source":{"label":"Evenstar · six-part platform","url":"https://evenstarforportland.com/platform","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"climate":{"position":"Proposes lower-cost transit for people under 25, buses separated from traffic, more southwest transit options and climate resilience focused on vulnerable residents.","source":{"label":"Evenstar · six-part platform","url":"https://evenstarforportland.com/platform","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"safety":{"position":"Supports expanded unarmed crisis response and stronger state and county mental-health services.","source":{"label":"Evenstar · six-part platform","url":"https://evenstarforportland.com/platform","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"money":{"position":"Favors earlier transparent budgets, participatory budgeting, worker-owned businesses and investment across commercial corridors.","source":{"label":"Evenstar · six-part platform","url":"https://evenstarforportland.com/platform","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 64","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=64","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."},{"label":"Evenstar · six-part platform","url":"https://evenstarforportland.com/platform","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}]}},{"id":"john-j-goldsmith","name":"John J Goldsmith","background":"His amended 2026 filing lists work as a unionized security officer, earlier Justice Department analysis work, and volunteer gardening and LGBT memorial advocacy.","summary":"A current platform has not yet been substantiated in the sources reviewed for this guide.","priorities":[],"interpretation":"There is not enough reviewed evidence to characterize this candidate’s policy approach.","question":"What are your three specific priorities, how would you fund them, and what results would you report?","sources":[{"label":"Portland certified candidate register","url":"https://www.portland.gov/auditor/elections/run4office/2026-city-candidates","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"},{"label":"Amended 2026 candidate filing · background on PDF pages 4–5","url":"https://www.portland.gov/auditor/elections/documents/goldsmith-john-2026-aud-120-amendment-redacted/download#page=4","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"August 24, 2026"}],"affiliation":"Nonpartisan office","missing":"No 2026 pamphlet statement found in the reviewed Multnomah pamphlet. Further campaign and interview research is needed. This is a research gap, not evidence that the candidate has no positions.","analysis":{"values":[],"tradeoff":"His 2026 filing establishes occupational and civic background. It does not provide enough reviewed policy evidence to characterize his governing priorities; those positions remain unknown in this edition.","issues":{},"sources":[{"label":"Portland certified candidate register","url":"https://www.portland.gov/auditor/elections/run4office/2026-city-candidates","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"}]}},{"id":"mitch-green","name":"Mitch Green","background":"Incumbent councilor; economist, Army veteran and former Bonneville Power Administration employee.","summary":"Identifies as a democratic socialist and proposes permanent affordability, tenant power and climate investment.","priorities":["Expand permanently affordable housing and tenant collective bargaining.","Require greater contributions from large corporations.","Protect climate funding and reduce fossil-fuel activity at the CEI Hub."],"interpretation":"His approach treats affordability as a question of ownership and bargaining power as well as supply. Revenue and legal authority are central implementation questions.","question":"Which corporate-revenue tools are legally available to Council, and how would they fund permanent housing?","sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 62","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=62","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."},{"label":"Council Lab · current-term record and official-source links","url":"https://council.portlandciviclab.org/people/bd183feb-4b31-4730-9e7b-26557462c272","kind":"Reporting","date":"Current-term research index","note":"Independent, unofficial research aid. Follow the linked City records for authoritative votes. Automated transcript excerpts require recording verification before quotation."},{"label":"Green · priorities","url":"https://mitch4portland.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Green · statement responding to The Oregonian and Chief Day (council office press release)","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/districts/4/mitch-green/news/2026/9/16/press-release-councilor-green-police-tweets","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Councilor’s own office statement, September 16, 2026; read September 22, 2026","note":"Published by the councilor’s own office. Claims in it have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Green · record","url":"https://www.mitch4portland.com/record","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Green · policy (City of Portland council office page)","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/districts/4/mitch-green/policy","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Councilor’s own office page; read September 22, 2026","note":"Published by the councilor’s own office. Claims in it have not automatically been independently verified."}],"affiliation":"Nonpartisan office","record":[{"decisionId":"parks-police","text":"Yes · Move proposed new police funding to parks. Voted to redirect the proposed new police allocation to parks maintenance.","source":{"label":"May 21 budget · clerk’s amendment roll calls","url":"https://efiles.portlandoregon.gov/record/17392841/file/document/","date":"May 21, 2025","kind":"Public record"}},{"decisionId":"services-first","text":"Yes · Use climate-fund interest for broad service restoration. Co-proposed and moved Services First, then voted for it.","source":{"label":"Clerk’s amendment roll call · PDF page 58","url":"https://efiles.portlandoregon.gov/record/18024844/file/document/#page=58","date":"June 10, 2026","kind":"Public record"}},{"decisionId":"oversight-funding","text":"No · Use expected police-oversight underspending for public safety. Rejected using expected police-accountability office underspending to reimburse the public-safety restoration package.","source":{"label":"Clerk’s amendment roll call · PDF page 59","url":"https://efiles.portlandoregon.gov/record/18024844/file/document/#page=59","date":"June 10, 2026","kind":"Public record"}},{"decisionId":"novick-restorations","text":"No · Use a smaller amount of climate interest for selected restorations. Voted no on Pirtle-Guiney–Novick 4 after supporting Services First.","source":{"label":"Clerk’s amendment roll call · PDF page 60","url":"https://efiles.portlandoregon.gov/record/18024844/file/document/#page=60","date":"June 10, 2026","kind":"Public record"}},{"decisionId":"annual-budget","text":"Yes · Adopt the 2026–27 annual budget. Voted yes on the final annual budget after the competing restoration amendments failed.","source":{"label":"Ordinance 192195 · annual budget and final roll call","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192195","date":"June 17, 2026","kind":"Public record"}},{"decisionId":"zenith-investigation","text":"Yes · Demand an investigation of Zenith’s franchise. Voted to request investigation of the franchise and City permitting process.","source":{"label":"Resolution 37702 · investigation and amendments","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37702","date":"March 19, 2025","kind":"Public record"}},{"decisionId":"zenith-enforcement","text":"Yes · Give residents a right to enforce Zenith’s franchise in court. Co-proposed and moved the resident-enforcement amendment with Morillo.","source":{"label":"Zenith transfer · amendments and roll calls","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/zenith-franchise-transfer-isq-holdings","date":"September 9, 2026","kind":"Public record"}},{"decisionId":"zenith-transfer","text":"No · Transfer Zenith’s pipeline franchise to the new owner. Voted against the transfer after supporting the failed citizen-suit amendment. Reconsideration remained pending.","source":{"label":"Zenith transfer · amendments and roll calls","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/zenith-franchise-transfer-isq-holdings","date":"September 9–16, 2026; reviewed September 18","kind":"Public record"}},{"decisionId":"camp-removal","text":"Yes · Shift funding away from homeless-camp removals. Backed Morillo’s spending shift away from the camp-removal program toward personnel and social-service support.","source":{"label":"Fall budget · Morillo 1 amendment roll call","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/fy-2025-26-fall-supplemental-budget","date":"November 12, 2025","kind":"Public record"}},{"decisionId":"detention-fees","text":"Yes · Create impact fees and nuisance rules for detention facilities. Voted for the impact-fee and nuisance ordinance applying to qualifying private detention facilities.","source":{"label":"Detention-facility ordinance · adopted text and roll call","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/detention-facility-impact-fee-protect-taxpayers","date":"December 3, 2025","kind":"Public record"}},{"decisionId":"housing-fees","text":"Yes · Temporarily waive infrastructure charges on new housing. Voted to lower upfront development costs for qualifying new housing through a temporary waiver of infrastructure charges.","source":{"label":"Ordinance 192082 · housing fee waiver","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192082","date":"July 16, 2025","kind":"Public record"}},{"decisionId":"business-tax","text":"Yes · Expand the small-business tax exemption. Voted to exempt more small businesses from the business license tax.","source":{"label":"Ordinance 192163 · exemption thresholds and roll call","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192163","date":"April 8, 2026","kind":"Public record"}},{"decisionId":"performing-arts","text":"Yes · Advance PSU and Keller performing-arts planning. Backed the PSU/Keller planning resolution after voting against the Moda negotiating framework in August.","source":{"label":"Resolution 37752 · arts venues and roll call","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37752","date":"September 9, 2026","kind":"Public record"}},{"decisionId":"water-bonds","text":"No · Borrow for Bull Run water treatment. Voted against authorizing this water-system bond package. The vote rejected this financing decision; it did not establish a position against providing safe drinking water.","source":{"label":"Borrow for Bull Run water treatment · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192177","kind":"Public record","date":"May 20, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"water-rates","text":"Yes · Raise annual water rates. Voted for the annual water-rate schedule supporting treatment, operations, maintenance and debt payments, including the 8.1% average effective retail increase.","source":{"label":"Raise annual water rates · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192183","kind":"Public record","date":"May 27, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"sewer-rates","text":"Yes · Set sewer and stormwater rates. Voted for the annual rates and charges funding sewer and stormwater operations and infrastructure.","source":{"label":"Set sewer and stormwater rates · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192182","kind":"Public record","date":"May 27, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"street-fee","text":"Yes · Create a monthly transportation utility fee. Co-authored the business-rate review amendment with Clark, then supported the fee and its dedicated maintenance and safety funding.","source":{"label":"Create a monthly transportation utility fee · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192171","kind":"Public record","date":"April 29, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"sidewalk-plan","text":"Yes · Develop a sidewalk and paving program. Voted to develop the sidewalk and paving program, including a project and funding plan for historically underserved areas.","source":{"label":"Develop a sidewalk and paving program · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37705","kind":"Public record","date":"May 7, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"transport-rates","text":"Yes · Update parking and transportation fees. Voted for the updated parking, permit and transportation fee schedule supporting the transportation budget.","source":{"label":"Update parking and transportation fees · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192181","kind":"Public record","date":"May 27, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"arts-tax","text":"Yes · Raise the arts tax and expand exemptions. Voted for the package intended to preserve arts-education and arts funding while removing the filing or payment obligation for many lower-income residents.","source":{"label":"Raise the arts tax and expand exemptions · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192185","kind":"Public record","date":"May 27, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"psr-framework","text":"Yes · Expand Portland Street Response’s role. Voted for a framework to expand the role of Portland Street Response and establish community participation in its development.","source":{"label":"Expand Portland Street Response’s role · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37709","kind":"Public record","date":"June 25, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"psr-committee","text":"Yes · Appoint the Street Response community committee. Voted to seat the community committee that would advise the development of Portland Street Response.","source":{"label":"Appoint the Street Response community committee · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37728","kind":"Public record","date":"December 18, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"oversight-first-board","text":"Yes · Appoint the first police-accountability board. Voted to appoint the first members and alternates of the new community police-accountability board.","source":{"label":"Appoint the first police-accountability board · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/report/accepted/2025-246","kind":"Public record","date":"June 18, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"oversight-replacements","text":"Yes · Fill vacancies and restart accountability-board terms. Voted for the replacement appointments, revised term dates and reporting arrangements to help the police-accountability board begin work.","source":{"label":"Fill vacancies and restart accountability-board terms · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37737","kind":"Public record","date":"February 12, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"community-policing","text":"Yes · Preserve a community-policing advisory body in code. Voted to preserve the community-policing committee’s formal role advising the mayor and police chief.","source":{"label":"Preserve a community-policing advisory body in code · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192168","kind":"Public record","date":"April 16, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"police-staffing","text":"No · Request a police staffing and cost assessment. Voted against this resolution directing a police organizational and staffing report.","source":{"label":"Request a police staffing and cost assessment · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37738","kind":"Public record","date":"February 12, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"nuisance-properties","text":"No · Expand chronic-nuisance property enforcement. Voted against expanding the chronic-nuisance ordinance and its enforcement framework.","source":{"label":"Expand chronic-nuisance property enforcement · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192173","kind":"Public record","date":"May 6, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"firearms-table","text":"Not on committee · Pause the firearms-in-public-buildings proposal. Did not have a vote in this five-member committee. This is not an absence from Council or a position against the proposal.","source":{"label":"Pause the firearms-in-public-buildings proposal · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/protecting-public-buildings","kind":"Public record","date":"September 15, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"psychedelics-referral","text":"Not on committee · Advance a natural-psychedelics enforcement proposal. Did not have a vote in this five-member committee. This is not an absence from Council or a position against the proposal.","source":{"label":"Advance a natural-psychedelics enforcement proposal · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/psychedelic-health-and-safety-act","kind":"Public record","date":"August 4, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"climate-plan","text":"No · Amend the five-year climate investment plan. Voted against the final package of climate-investment amendments, after participating in changes to the proposal.","source":{"label":"Amend the five-year climate investment plan · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192154","kind":"Public record","date":"March 11, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"climate-interest","text":"Yes · Transfer climate-fund interest into the general budget. Voted to transfer the specified climate-fund interest into the general budget to support City expenses.","source":{"label":"Transfer climate-fund interest into the general budget · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192179","kind":"Public record","date":"May 27, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"homebuyer-income","text":"Yes · Remove an income test for certain fee-exempt homes. Voted to remove the income qualification temporarily for the specified already-permitted homes, making it possible to sell them to a wider group of buyers.","source":{"label":"Remove an income test for certain fee-exempt homes · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192210","kind":"Public record","date":"July 29, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"housing-strategy","text":"Yes · Require a unified housing strategy. Voted to require a unified strategy connecting housing production, affordability and homelessness prevention across existing plans.","source":{"label":"Require a unified housing strategy · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37714","kind":"Public record","date":"August 6, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"homelessness-plan","text":"Yes · Adopt the updated homelessness action plan and measures. Voted to update the coordinated City–County homelessness plan and the measures used to track its progress.","source":{"label":"Adopt the updated homelessness action plan and measures · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37726","kind":"Public record","date":"December 17, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"permit-pause","text":"Yes · Temporarily suspend selected development upgrade requirements. Voted for the pause in selected infrastructure and site-upgrade requirements associated with development, accepting the tradeoff between lower project costs and improvements otherwise delivered by applicants.","source":{"label":"Temporarily suspend selected development upgrade requirements · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192095","kind":"Public record","date":"September 24, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"permit-reform","text":"Yes · Develop a second phase of permitting reform. Voted to pursue simpler, better-coordinated development rules and a process for measuring whether permitting service improves.","source":{"label":"Develop a second phase of permitting reform · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37749","kind":"Public record","date":"July 16, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"urban-forest-plan","text":"Yes · Adopt the updated Urban Forest Plan. Voted for the final plan guiding tree-canopy protection, growth and management across Portland.","source":{"label":"Adopt the updated Urban Forest Plan · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37720","kind":"Public record","date":"October 22, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"tree-responsibility","text":"Yes · Make the street-tree responsibility plan explicitly conditional. Voted to make clear that developing the plan was a step toward a possible future change, rather than the immediate implementation of that change.","source":{"label":"Make the street-tree responsibility plan explicitly conditional · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37720","kind":"Public record","date":"October 22, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"forest-park","text":"Yes · Overturn approval of the Forest Park power-line proposal. Voted to overturn approval of this Forest Park utility proposal on the findings adopted by Council.","source":{"label":"Overturn approval of the Forest Park power-line proposal · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/report/findings-adopted/2025-161","kind":"Public record","date":"May 7, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"parks-levy","text":"Yes · Refer the five-year parks levy to voters. Voted to place the proposed parks funding measure before voters, with the higher levy rate and its service commitments.","source":{"label":"Refer the five-year parks levy to voters · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37710","kind":"Public record","date":"July 16, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"sellwood","text":"Yes · Transfer Sellwood Community House to its nonprofit operator. Voted to transfer the property to the nonprofit operator while retaining a permanent public-benefit restriction.","source":{"label":"Transfer Sellwood Community House to its nonprofit operator · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192130","kind":"Public record","date":"December 3, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"vision-zero","text":"Yes · Renew the traffic-death prevention effort. Voted for the renewed Vision Zero effort, community participation and analysis of disproportionate traffic deaths among people experiencing homelessness.","source":{"label":"Renew the traffic-death prevention effort · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37716","kind":"Public record","date":"September 17, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"82nd-transit","text":"Yes · Approve the preferred 82nd Avenue transit alternative. Voted to advance the preferred transit alternative aimed at improving speed and reliability on 82nd Avenue.","source":{"label":"Approve the preferred 82nd Avenue transit alternative · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37706","kind":"Public record","date":"May 21, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"privacy-office","text":"Yes · Create a City Data and Privacy Office. Voted to establish a City authority for data governance and privacy rather than leaving those responsibilities scattered across bureaus.","source":{"label":"Create a City Data and Privacy Office · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192143","kind":"Public record","date":"February 5, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"privacy-framework","text":"Yes · Adopt the City’s data-governance and privacy framework. Voted for the amended framework directing how the City should manage privacy and data-use risks.","source":{"label":"Adopt the City’s data-governance and privacy framework · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37736","kind":"Public record","date":"February 5, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"asset-strategy","text":"Yes · Develop a citywide infrastructure and asset strategy. Voted to assess infrastructure needs, align investment priorities across bureaus and examine long-term financing options.","source":{"label":"Develop a citywide infrastructure and asset strategy · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37715","kind":"Public record","date":"August 6, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"committee-structure","text":"Yes · Replace eight policy committees with five. Voted for the five-committee structure and full-Council finance and governance committee.","source":{"label":"Replace eight policy committees with five · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/establish-city-council-committees","kind":"Public record","date":"February 19, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"council-office-budget","text":"Yes · Increase Council and mayoral office budgets. Voted to use contingency funds to increase Council and mayoral office budgets and staffing during the transition to the new government.","source":{"label":"Increase Council and mayoral office budgets · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192020","kind":"Public record","date":"January 15, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"council-priorities","text":"Yes · Establish an annual Council priority-setting process. Voted for the annual Council planning procedure, including a shared framework that identifies agreement, disagreement and unresolved priorities.","source":{"label":"Establish an annual Council priority-setting process · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37730","kind":"Public record","date":"December 18, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"surplus-inquiry","text":"Yes · Require a public inquiry into unspent housing funds. Voted for the process to gather and disclose information about the housing funds and the administration’s communication with Council.","source":{"label":"Require a public inquiry into unspent housing funds · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37734","kind":"Public record","date":"February 4, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"campaign-enforcement","text":"Yes · Update campaign-finance enforcement after a court ruling. Voted to update the City’s campaign-finance code in response to the court ruling and the amendments considered by Council.","source":{"label":"Update campaign-finance enforcement after a court ruling · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192156","kind":"Public record","date":"March 18, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"small-donor","text":"Yes · Revise the Small Donor Elections program. Voted for the Small Donor Elections code changes recommended to improve the program after the 2024 election.","source":{"label":"Revise the Small Donor Elections program · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192098","kind":"Public record","date":"September 24, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"labor-complaint","text":"Yes · Withdraw authority for an unfair-labor-practice complaint. Co-introduced the resolution to withdraw the previous Council’s complaint authority, then supported its unanimous passage.","source":{"label":"Withdraw authority for an unfair-labor-practice complaint · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37695","kind":"Public record","date":"January 15, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"professional-workers","text":"Yes · Ratify the first Professional Workers union contract. Voted to approve the negotiated initial agreement establishing pay, leave and other employment conditions for the bargaining unit.","source":{"label":"Ratify the first Professional Workers union contract · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192076","kind":"Public record","date":"June 18, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"afscme-contract","text":"Yes · Ratify the AFSCME Local 189 successor contract. Voted to ratify the successor agreement covering wages, benefits and working conditions for represented City employees.","source":{"label":"Ratify the AFSCME Local 189 successor contract · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192032","kind":"Public record","date":"March 20, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"trade-unions-contract","text":"Yes · Ratify the District Council of Trade Unions contract. Voted to ratify the contract covering pay and employment terms for the represented trade-union workers.","source":{"label":"Ratify the District Council of Trade Unions contract · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192033","kind":"Public record","date":"March 20, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"review-staff-contract","text":"Yes · Approve retention terms for Independent Police Review staff. Voted to approve employment terms and retention payments for represented Independent Police Review staff.","source":{"label":"Approve retention terms for Independent Police Review staff · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192132","kind":"Public record","date":"December 10, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"children-remand","text":"Yes · Send Children’s Levy funding recommendations back for reconsideration. Voted to send the allocation recommendations back for further work rather than approve the proposed awards at that meeting.","source":{"label":"Send Children’s Levy funding recommendations back for reconsideration · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/council-action-see-notes/2025-207","kind":"Public record","date":"June 4, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"children-grants","text":"Yes · Approve the three-year Children’s Levy grants. Supported Morillo’s unsuccessful amendment to keep waiting for revised recommendations, then voted for the final three-year grant package.","source":{"label":"Approve the three-year Children’s Levy grants · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192080","kind":"Public record","date":"June 25, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"sanctuary-code","text":"Yes · Strengthen sanctuary protections in City Code. Voted to put stronger sanctuary requirements and implementation duties into City Code.","source":{"label":"Strengthen sanctuary protections in City Code · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192115","kind":"Public record","date":"October 15, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"protect-portland","text":"Yes · Adopt the Protect Portland initiative. Voted for the City’s coordinated response, transparency and rights-information measures alongside the sanctuary ordinance.","source":{"label":"Adopt the Protect Portland initiative · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37719","kind":"Public record","date":"October 15, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"officer-identification","text":"Yes · Require law-enforcement identification and restrict masking. Voted for the amended officer-identification code and the direction to publish the policy and address any required bargaining.","source":{"label":"Require law-enforcement identification and restrict masking · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192184","kind":"Public record","date":"May 27, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"investment-policy","text":"Yes · Adopt investment policy and seek ethical-screening options. Voted for the amended investment-policy resolution, including development of options for screening investments for human-rights and other impacts.","source":{"label":"Adopt investment policy and seek ethical-screening options · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37723","kind":"Public record","date":"December 3, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"storefront-plan","text":"Yes · Accept the Storefront Support Program action plan. Voted to accept the proposed direction for improving storefront conditions and City support for business owners.","source":{"label":"Accept the Storefront Support Program action plan · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/report/accepted/2026-080","kind":"Public record","date":"March 4, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"cully-plan","text":"Yes · Approve Cully’s five-year investment action plan. Opposed the plan’s committee referral in February, then supported the final resolution in March. His final vote approved the district’s investment priorities.","source":{"label":"Approve Cully’s five-year investment action plan · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37744","kind":"Public record","date":"March 11, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"campesinos","text":"Yes · Rename César E. Chávez Boulevard as Campesinos Boulevard. Voted to rename the street in recognition of farmworkers collectively and authorize the City’s implementation and notification work.","source":{"label":"Rename César E. Chávez Boulevard as Campesinos Boulevard · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/renaming-cesar-e-chavez-blvd","kind":"Public record","date":"September 9, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"force-fed-poultry","text":"Yes · Prohibit sales of products from force-fed poultry. Voted for the ordinance restricting sales of products from force-fed poultry after the transition period.","source":{"label":"Prohibit sales of products from force-fed poultry · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192190","kind":"Public record","date":"June 4, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"board-eligibility","text":"No · Consider removing an accountability-board member as ineligible. Voted against the administration’s proposed ineligibility finding for Halsey, helping defeat that part of the report.","source":{"label":"Consider removing an accountability-board member as ineligible · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/report/accepted/2026-047","kind":"Public record","date":"February 11, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"board-removal","text":"Yes · Remove an accountability-board alternate for cause. Voted to approve the portion of the report removing Weinstein for cause under the board’s requirements.","source":{"label":"Remove an accountability-board alternate for cause · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/report/accepted/2026-047","kind":"Public record","date":"February 11, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"rental-pricing","text":"Yes · Restrict algorithmic rent coordination. Co-sponsored the restriction on software that coordinates rental prices between landlords, then voted to enact it.","source":{"label":"Ordinance 192122 · final roll call","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192122","kind":"Public record","date":"November 19, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"supplemental-budget","text":"Yes · Restore services using one-time funds. Co-sponsored and backed the larger plan using climate-fund interest. After it failed, voted for the smaller package.","source":{"label":"Ordinance 192207 · amended budget and final roll call","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192207","kind":"Public record","date":"July 22, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"moda","text":"No · Approve the Moda negotiating framework. Tried to remove the additional $275 million commitment for future capital needs. That amendment failed; he voted no on the framework.","source":{"label":"Resolution 37750 · final roll call and amendments","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37750","kind":"Public record","date":"August 12, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"data-centers","text":"Yes · Seek transparency and future data-center restrictions. Voted to disclose major data-center inquiries and pursue restrictions. The resolution did not itself enact a moratorium.","source":{"label":"Resolution 37753 · adopted text and final roll call","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37753","kind":"Public record","date":"September 16, 2026"}}],"portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/mitch-green.webp","sourceUrl":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=62","credit":"Candidate-submitted photo · 2026 Multnomah voters’ pamphlet","reviewed":"2026-09-18"},"analysis":{"values":["Permanent affordability","Worker and tenant power"],"tradeoff":"His approach changes ownership and bargaining power as well as housing supply. Establishing a housing study or tenant protection is an intermediate step; financing, production and long-term operating performance remain separate tests.","issues":{"housing":{"position":"Favors permanently affordable social housing with rents linked to income and tenant unions built into governance.","source":{"label":"Green · priorities","url":"https://mitch4portland.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"money":{"position":"Favors public dollars invested in public assets and cooperative ownership. Describes preschool and support for working families as economic development.","source":{"label":"Green · priorities","url":"https://mitch4portland.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"climate":{"position":"Would preserve and expand PCEF for clean energy and transit; opposes its use for Moda renovations and additional policing. Supports walkable, transit-oriented neighborhoods and car-free spaces.","source":{"label":"Green · priorities","url":"https://mitch4portland.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"safety":{"position":"Would protect and expand Portland Street Response, defend unarmed first responders against budget cuts, and protect the Office for Community Police Accountability, pressing for police transparency and accountability.","source":{"label":"Green · statement responding to The Oregonian and Chief Day (council office press release)","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/districts/4/mitch-green/news/2026/9/16/press-release-councilor-green-police-tweets","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Councilor’s own office statement, September 16, 2026; read September 22, 2026","note":"Published by the councilor’s own office. Claims in it have not automatically been independently verified."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 62","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=62","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."},{"label":"Green · priorities","url":"https://mitch4portland.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}]}},{"id":"josh-leake","name":"Josh Leake","background":"Housing-finance professional, business owner and Portland Film Festival founder.","summary":"Connects housing development and economic recovery with enforcement and behavioral-health services.","priorities":["Combine public, private and federal resources to build housing.","Address crime and disorder while treating unhoused people with dignity.","Support the creative and technology economies and activate public spaces."],"interpretation":"He emphasizes financing and development experience. Housing totals and funding sources need project-level evidence before they can be treated as deliverable commitments.","question":"Which sites and financing commitments would produce homes in the first term?","sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 66","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=66","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."}],"affiliation":"Nonpartisan office","portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/josh-leake.webp","sourceUrl":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=66","credit":"Candidate-submitted photo · 2026 Multnomah voters’ pamphlet","reviewed":"2026-09-18"},"analysis":{"values":["Housing production","Economic recovery"],"tradeoff":"He emphasizes financing and development as a route to affordability and recovery. The test is which projects have sites, committed money and attainable rents, rather than whether a housing total is ambitious.","issues":{"housing":{"position":"Would combine public, private and federal resources to develop housing.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 66","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=66","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."}},"safety":{"position":"Combines responses to crime and disorder with behavioral-health services and dignity for unhoused people.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 66","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=66","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."}},"money":{"position":"Supports creative and technology industries and activating public spaces.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 66","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=66","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 66","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=66","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."}]}},{"id":"john-mcdonald","name":"John McDonald","background":"TriMet hydro technician and journalist.","summary":"Supports major civic projects while calling for closer scrutiny of budgets and homelessness contracts.","priorities":["Modernize Moda Center and retain the Trail Blazers.","Keep the Interstate Bridge Replacement moving.","Limit new homelessness contracts and scrutinize existing providers."],"interpretation":"He is more explicitly supportive of large capital projects than candidates seeking to reject or narrow them. Oversight proposals need to be weighed alongside those commitments.","question":"What maximum public exposure would you accept in the arena and bridge projects?","sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 63","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=63","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."}],"affiliation":"Nonpartisan office","portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/john-mcdonald.webp","sourceUrl":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=63","credit":"Candidate-submitted photo · 2026 Multnomah voters’ pamphlet","reviewed":"2026-09-18"},"analysis":{"values":["Major civic investment","Contract scrutiny"],"tradeoff":"He supports large capital commitments while seeking tighter oversight of homelessness spending. Comparing those priorities requires the total public exposure and recurring costs of both, not just the appeal of the projects.","issues":{"safety":{"position":"Would limit new homelessness contracts and scrutinize existing providers.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 63","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=63","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."}},"money":{"position":"Supports modernizing Moda Center and retaining the Trail Blazers.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 63","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=63","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."}},"climate":{"position":"Supports continuing the Interstate Bridge Replacement.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 63","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=63","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 63","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=63","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."}]}},{"id":"matt-schulte","name":"Matt Schulte","background":"Musician, filmmaker and business founder.","summary":"Proposes using vacant downtown buildings as energy infrastructure and improving navigation of social services.","priorities":["Develop the Grid-Connected Core with downtown building owners.","Connect volunteers and professionals through a ReBoot service-navigation program.","Use existing buildings and electrical capacity to attract activity."],"interpretation":"His program is unusually focused on two initiatives. Their technical feasibility, ownership arrangements and costs remain to be demonstrated.","question":"If combined City costs outpace incomes under your Affordability Rule, which increases would Council cut or delay first?","sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 61","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=61","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."},{"label":"Schulte · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#schulte-2026-09-24","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 24, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate in reply to the Lab’s questions and kept on file; excerpts appear on the brief. Receipt does not verify the claims."}],"affiliation":"Nonpartisan office","portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/matt-schulte.webp","sourceUrl":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=61","credit":"Candidate-submitted photo · 2026 Multnomah voters’ pamphlet","reviewed":"2026-09-18"},"analysis":{"values":["Reuse of downtown assets","Project-led recovery"],"tradeoff":"His energy proposal uses existing downtown buildings as an economic resource, and his September 24, 2026 reply adds a household-cost cap (the Portland Affordability Rule), a service-navigation program and a Safe Routes deadline. Utility participation, engineering feasibility and private ownership arrangements still determine whether the downtown idea can become a deliverable city program.","issues":{"safety":{"position":"Proposes ReBoot, paid navigators, trained volunteers, a Navigation Center and an immediate-action fund working across contracted providers and City and County services so people keep contact with help through handoffs and sweeps.","source":{"label":"Schulte · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#schulte-2026-09-24","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 24, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate in reply to the Lab’s questions and kept on file; excerpts appear on the brief. Receipt does not verify the claims."}},"money":{"position":"Says Council’s first job is to stop making Portland more expensive; his Portland Affordability Rule would keep growth in combined City-controlled household costs below the three-year average growth in median household income.","source":{"label":"Schulte · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#schulte-2026-09-24","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 24, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate in reply to the Lab’s questions and kept on file; excerpts appear on the brief. Receipt does not verify the claims."}},"climate":{"position":"Would complete the Safe Routes priority network around every District 4 elementary school within one Council term, and rebuild downtown as a place people work, live and go out so transit has riders.","source":{"label":"Schulte · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#schulte-2026-09-24","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 24, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate in reply to the Lab’s questions and kept on file; excerpts appear on the brief. Receipt does not verify the claims."}},"housing":{"position":"Would build more housing and convert suitable commercial buildings, relying on a busier downtown (his Grid-Connected Core) to make conversions pay, and would make the City’s Home Sharing Pilot work with a Home-Share Mitigation Fund protecting participating homeowners.","source":{"label":"Schulte · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#schulte-2026-09-24","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 24, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate in reply to the Lab’s questions and kept on file; excerpts appear on the brief. Receipt does not verify the claims."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 61","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=61","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."},{"label":"Schulte · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#schulte-2026-09-24","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 24, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate in reply to the Lab’s questions and kept on file; excerpts appear on the brief. Receipt does not verify the claims."}]}},{"id":"jeremy-beausoleil-smith","name":"Jeremy Beausoleil Smith","background":"PSU capital-projects and construction manager.","summary":"Proposes social housing, stronger tenant protections and a city Green New Deal.","priorities":["A renters’ bill of rights and more housing linked to treatment.","Protect PCEF, improve walking and cycling, and address CEI Hub risks.","A four-year AI data-center ban and expanded Street Response."],"interpretation":"His program uses public construction and regulation to pursue housing and climate goals together. Those proposals require both capital and ongoing operating funds.","question":"How would you fund and maintain the proposed housing and infrastructure?","sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 61","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=61","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."}],"affiliation":"Nonpartisan office","portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/jeremy-beausoleil-smith.webp","sourceUrl":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=61","credit":"Candidate-submitted photo · 2026 Multnomah voters’ pamphlet","reviewed":"2026-09-18"},"analysis":{"values":["Public construction","Climate and tenant protection"],"tradeoff":"He combines social housing with climate infrastructure and regulation. Construction funding is only one requirement: maintenance, staffing and legal implementation are continuing obligations.","issues":{"housing":{"position":"Supports social housing, a renters’ bill of rights and housing linked to treatment.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 61","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=61","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."}},"safety":{"position":"Supports expanded Portland Street Response.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 61","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=61","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."}},"money":{"position":"Would protect the Portland Clean Energy Fund.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 61","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=61","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."}},"climate":{"position":"Proposes a four-year AI data-center ban, walking and cycling improvements, and action on CEI Hub risks.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 61","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=61","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 61","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=61","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."}]}},{"id":"eric-zimmerman","name":"Eric Zimmerman","background":"Incumbent councilor, National Guard officer and former county commissioner’s chief of staff.","summary":"Combines support for housing production, policing, Street Response and camp cleanups with opposition to several tax increases.","priorities":["Protect police and fire while supporting Street Response.","Build housing and restrain tax and fee increases.","Combine shelter, enforcement, cleanups and treatment; restore maintenance."],"interpretation":"His stated approach combines services with enforcement rather than choosing only one. The budget question is how to maintain that package under constrained revenue.","question":"Which spending would you reduce if existing revenue cannot sustain those services?","sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 64","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=64","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."},{"label":"Council Lab · current-term record and official-source links","url":"https://council.portlandciviclab.org/people/2d6e841b-f6c8-4979-a044-dfe8c3e98496","kind":"Reporting","date":"Current-term research index","note":"Independent, unofficial research aid. Follow the linked City records for authoritative votes. Automated transcript excerpts require recording verification before quotation."}],"affiliation":"Nonpartisan office","record":[{"decisionId":"parks-police","text":"No · Move proposed new police funding to parks. Voted against transferring the proposed police allocation to parks.","source":{"label":"May 21 budget · clerk’s amendment roll calls","url":"https://efiles.portlandoregon.gov/record/17392841/file/document/","date":"May 21, 2025","kind":"Public record"}},{"decisionId":"services-first","text":"No · Use climate-fund interest for broad service restoration. Voted no on Services First. Compare the separate funding proposals below to see which alternatives this councilor supported.","source":{"label":"Clerk’s amendment roll call · PDF page 58","url":"https://efiles.portlandoregon.gov/record/18024844/file/document/#page=58","date":"June 10, 2026","kind":"Public record"}},{"decisionId":"oversight-funding","text":"Yes · Use expected police-oversight underspending for public safety. Supported the $7.68 million plan for police support, training and fire rescue, backed by expected underspending in the oversight office.","source":{"label":"Clerk’s amendment roll call · PDF page 59","url":"https://efiles.portlandoregon.gov/record/18024844/file/document/#page=59","date":"June 10, 2026","kind":"Public record"}},{"decisionId":"novick-restorations","text":"No · Use a smaller amount of climate interest for selected restorations. Voted no on Pirtle-Guiney–Novick 4 after backing the oversight-funding proposal.","source":{"label":"Clerk’s amendment roll call · PDF page 60","url":"https://efiles.portlandoregon.gov/record/18024844/file/document/#page=60","date":"June 10, 2026","kind":"Public record"}},{"decisionId":"annual-budget","text":"No · Adopt the 2026–27 annual budget. Voted no on the final annual budget; later supported the July service-restoration package.","source":{"label":"Ordinance 192195 · annual budget and final roll call","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192195","date":"June 17, 2026","kind":"Public record"}},{"decisionId":"zenith-investigation","text":"Yes · Demand an investigation of Zenith’s franchise. Moved to remove disputed preamble language and attachments. Those changes failed; he still voted for the final resolution.","source":{"label":"Resolution 37702 · investigation and amendments","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37702","date":"March 19, 2025","kind":"Public record"}},{"decisionId":"zenith-enforcement","text":"No · Give residents a right to enforce Zenith’s franchise in court. Voted against adding the citizen-suit condition to the franchise transfer.","source":{"label":"Zenith transfer · amendments and roll calls","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/zenith-franchise-transfer-isq-holdings","date":"September 9, 2026","kind":"Public record"}},{"decisionId":"zenith-transfer","text":"Yes · Transfer Zenith’s pipeline franchise to the new owner. Voted to transfer the existing pipeline franchise to ISQ Springer Holdings after the citizen-suit amendment failed.","source":{"label":"Zenith transfer · amendments and roll calls","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/zenith-franchise-transfer-isq-holdings","date":"September 9–16, 2026; reviewed September 18","kind":"Public record"}},{"decisionId":"camp-removal","text":"Absent · Shift funding away from homeless-camp removals. Did not cast a yes or no vote on Morillo 1. Earlier discussion and the later overall budget vote are different actions.","source":{"label":"Fall budget · Morillo 1 amendment roll call","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/fy-2025-26-fall-supplemental-budget","date":"November 12, 2025","kind":"Public record"}},{"decisionId":"detention-fees","text":"Absent · Create impact fees and nuisance rules for detention facilities. Did not cast a vote on the adopted ordinance.","source":{"label":"Detention-facility ordinance · adopted text and roll call","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/detention-facility-impact-fee-protect-taxpayers","date":"December 3, 2025","kind":"Public record"}},{"decisionId":"housing-fees","text":"Yes · Temporarily waive infrastructure charges on new housing. Voted to lower upfront development costs for qualifying new housing through a temporary waiver of infrastructure charges.","source":{"label":"Ordinance 192082 · housing fee waiver","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192082","date":"July 16, 2025","kind":"Public record"}},{"decisionId":"business-tax","text":"Yes · Expand the small-business tax exemption. Co-sponsored the ordinance and moved an amendment before voting for the final exemption expansion.","source":{"label":"Ordinance 192163 · exemption thresholds and roll call","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192163","date":"April 8, 2026","kind":"Public record"}},{"decisionId":"performing-arts","text":"Yes · Advance PSU and Keller performing-arts planning. Voted to advance PSU venue development work and planning for a smaller Keller Auditorium.","source":{"label":"Resolution 37752 · arts venues and roll call","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37752","date":"September 9, 2026","kind":"Public record"}},{"decisionId":"water-bonds","text":"Yes · Borrow for Bull Run water treatment. Voted to authorize the bond financing for Bull Run water treatment and related water-system needs, accepting repayment obligations supported by water revenues.","source":{"label":"Borrow for Bull Run water treatment · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192177","kind":"Public record","date":"May 20, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"water-rates","text":"No · Raise annual water rates. Voted against the annual water-rate schedule and its increase in customer charges.","source":{"label":"Raise annual water rates · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192183","kind":"Public record","date":"May 27, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"sewer-rates","text":"No · Set sewer and stormwater rates. Voted against the annual sewer and stormwater rate schedule.","source":{"label":"Set sewer and stormwater rates · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192182","kind":"Public record","date":"May 27, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"street-fee","text":"No · Create a monthly transportation utility fee. Voted against creating the fee, after working with Koyama Lane on the amendment allocating revenue to maintenance, traffic safety and missing sidewalks.","source":{"label":"Create a monthly transportation utility fee · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192171","kind":"Public record","date":"April 29, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"sidewalk-plan","text":"Yes · Develop a sidewalk and paving program. Voted to develop the sidewalk and paving program, including a project and funding plan for historically underserved areas.","source":{"label":"Develop a sidewalk and paving program · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37705","kind":"Public record","date":"May 7, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"transport-rates","text":"No · Update parking and transportation fees. Voted against the package updating parking and other transportation fees.","source":{"label":"Update parking and transportation fees · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192181","kind":"Public record","date":"May 27, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"arts-tax","text":"No · Raise the arts tax and expand exemptions. Voted against the package increasing the assessment and changing its exemptions and administration.","source":{"label":"Raise the arts tax and expand exemptions · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192185","kind":"Public record","date":"May 27, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"psr-framework","text":"Yes · Expand Portland Street Response’s role. Opposed sending the proposal forward in committee in April, then voted yes on the amended resolution before full Council in June. His final position on that resolution was support.","source":{"label":"Expand Portland Street Response’s role · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37709","kind":"Public record","date":"June 25, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"psr-committee","text":"Yes · Appoint the Street Response community committee. Voted to seat the community committee that would advise the development of Portland Street Response.","source":{"label":"Appoint the Street Response community committee · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37728","kind":"Public record","date":"December 18, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"oversight-first-board","text":"Yes · Appoint the first police-accountability board. Voted to appoint the first members and alternates of the new community police-accountability board.","source":{"label":"Appoint the first police-accountability board · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/report/accepted/2025-246","kind":"Public record","date":"June 18, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"oversight-replacements","text":"No · Fill vacancies and restart accountability-board terms. Voted against the February replacement and term-setting resolution, after supporting the board’s initial appointments in June 2025.","source":{"label":"Fill vacancies and restart accountability-board terms · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37737","kind":"Public record","date":"February 12, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"community-policing","text":"Yes · Preserve a community-policing advisory body in code. Voted to preserve the community-policing committee’s formal role advising the mayor and police chief.","source":{"label":"Preserve a community-policing advisory body in code · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192168","kind":"Public record","date":"April 16, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"police-staffing","text":"Yes · Request a police staffing and cost assessment. Voted to request the organizational, recruitment and cost report to inform future police staffing decisions.","source":{"label":"Request a police staffing and cost assessment · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37738","kind":"Public record","date":"February 12, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"nuisance-properties","text":"Yes · Expand chronic-nuisance property enforcement. Voted for the amended rules allowing the City to require property owners to address repeated criminal activity, including trafficking-related activity.","source":{"label":"Expand chronic-nuisance property enforcement · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192173","kind":"Public record","date":"May 6, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"firearms-table","text":"Yes · Pause the firearms-in-public-buildings proposal. Moved and supported the committee motion to table the proposed public-building firearms restrictions.","source":{"label":"Pause the firearms-in-public-buildings proposal · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/protecting-public-buildings","kind":"Public record","date":"September 15, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"psychedelics-referral","text":"Yes · Advance a natural-psychedelics enforcement proposal. Opposed Kanal’s amendment in committee, then supported referring the amended proposal to full Council. His referral vote was yes; full Council had not yet voted.","source":{"label":"Advance a natural-psychedelics enforcement proposal · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/psychedelic-health-and-safety-act","kind":"Public record","date":"August 4, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"climate-plan","text":"Yes · Amend the five-year climate investment plan. Voted for the final package of revisions to the climate fund’s multi-year investment plan.","source":{"label":"Amend the five-year climate investment plan · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192154","kind":"Public record","date":"March 11, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"climate-interest","text":"Yes · Transfer climate-fund interest into the general budget. Voted to transfer the specified climate-fund interest into the general budget to support City expenses.","source":{"label":"Transfer climate-fund interest into the general budget · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192179","kind":"Public record","date":"May 27, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"homebuyer-income","text":"No · Remove an income test for certain fee-exempt homes. Voted against the temporary removal of the income qualification for this group of homes receiving development-charge exemptions.","source":{"label":"Remove an income test for certain fee-exempt homes · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192210","kind":"Public record","date":"July 29, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"housing-strategy","text":"Yes · Require a unified housing strategy. Voted to require a unified strategy connecting housing production, affordability and homelessness prevention across existing plans.","source":{"label":"Require a unified housing strategy · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37714","kind":"Public record","date":"August 6, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"homelessness-plan","text":"Yes · Adopt the updated homelessness action plan and measures. Voted to update the coordinated City–County homelessness plan and the measures used to track its progress.","source":{"label":"Adopt the updated homelessness action plan and measures · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37726","kind":"Public record","date":"December 17, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"permit-pause","text":"Absent · Temporarily suspend selected development upgrade requirements. Supported sending the ordinance forward from the housing committee in August, but was absent from the final September vote. His committee support and final absence are separate facts.","source":{"label":"Temporarily suspend selected development upgrade requirements · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192095","kind":"Public record","date":"September 24, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"permit-reform","text":"Yes · Develop a second phase of permitting reform. Voted to pursue simpler, better-coordinated development rules and a process for measuring whether permitting service improves.","source":{"label":"Develop a second phase of permitting reform · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37749","kind":"Public record","date":"July 16, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"urban-forest-plan","text":"Yes · Adopt the updated Urban Forest Plan. Voted for the final plan guiding tree-canopy protection, growth and management across Portland.","source":{"label":"Adopt the updated Urban Forest Plan · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37720","kind":"Public record","date":"October 22, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"tree-responsibility","text":"Yes · Make the street-tree responsibility plan explicitly conditional. Voted to make clear that developing the plan was a step toward a possible future change, rather than the immediate implementation of that change.","source":{"label":"Make the street-tree responsibility plan explicitly conditional · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37720","kind":"Public record","date":"October 22, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"forest-park","text":"Yes · Overturn approval of the Forest Park power-line proposal. Voted to overturn approval of this Forest Park utility proposal on the findings adopted by Council.","source":{"label":"Overturn approval of the Forest Park power-line proposal · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/report/findings-adopted/2025-161","kind":"Public record","date":"May 7, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"parks-levy","text":"Yes · Refer the five-year parks levy to voters. Voted to place the proposed parks funding measure before voters, with the higher levy rate and its service commitments.","source":{"label":"Refer the five-year parks levy to voters · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37710","kind":"Public record","date":"July 16, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"sellwood","text":"Yes · Transfer Sellwood Community House to its nonprofit operator. Voted to transfer the property to the nonprofit operator while retaining a permanent public-benefit restriction.","source":{"label":"Transfer Sellwood Community House to its nonprofit operator · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192130","kind":"Public record","date":"December 3, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"vision-zero","text":"Yes · Renew the traffic-death prevention effort. Moved the unanimously approved amendment requiring analysis of traffic deaths involving people experiencing homelessness, then backed the final resolution.","source":{"label":"Renew the traffic-death prevention effort · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37716","kind":"Public record","date":"September 17, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"82nd-transit","text":"Yes · Approve the preferred 82nd Avenue transit alternative. Voted to advance the preferred transit alternative aimed at improving speed and reliability on 82nd Avenue.","source":{"label":"Approve the preferred 82nd Avenue transit alternative · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37706","kind":"Public record","date":"May 21, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"privacy-office","text":"Yes · Create a City Data and Privacy Office. Voted to establish a City authority for data governance and privacy rather than leaving those responsibilities scattered across bureaus.","source":{"label":"Create a City Data and Privacy Office · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192143","kind":"Public record","date":"February 5, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"privacy-framework","text":"Yes · Adopt the City’s data-governance and privacy framework. Opposed the December committee referral and sought to table the proposal, then supported the amended final framework before full Council in February.","source":{"label":"Adopt the City’s data-governance and privacy framework · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37736","kind":"Public record","date":"February 5, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"asset-strategy","text":"Yes · Develop a citywide infrastructure and asset strategy. Voted to assess infrastructure needs, align investment priorities across bureaus and examine long-term financing options.","source":{"label":"Develop a citywide infrastructure and asset strategy · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37715","kind":"Public record","date":"August 6, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"committee-structure","text":"No · Replace eight policy committees with five. Voted against replacing the existing committee arrangement with the proposed five-committee structure.","source":{"label":"Replace eight policy committees with five · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/establish-city-council-committees","kind":"Public record","date":"February 19, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"council-office-budget","text":"Yes · Increase Council and mayoral office budgets. Voted to use contingency funds to increase Council and mayoral office budgets and staffing during the transition to the new government.","source":{"label":"Increase Council and mayoral office budgets · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192020","kind":"Public record","date":"January 15, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"council-priorities","text":"Yes · Establish an annual Council priority-setting process. Voted for the annual Council planning procedure, including a shared framework that identifies agreement, disagreement and unresolved priorities.","source":{"label":"Establish an annual Council priority-setting process · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37730","kind":"Public record","date":"December 18, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"surplus-inquiry","text":"No · Require a public inquiry into unspent housing funds. Voted against the final public-inquiry resolution. This records a choice about the proposed investigation process rather than establishing approval of any financial mismanagement.","source":{"label":"Require a public inquiry into unspent housing funds · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37734","kind":"Public record","date":"February 4, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"campaign-enforcement","text":"Yes · Update campaign-finance enforcement after a court ruling. Voted to update the City’s campaign-finance code in response to the court ruling and the amendments considered by Council.","source":{"label":"Update campaign-finance enforcement after a court ruling · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192156","kind":"Public record","date":"March 18, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"small-donor","text":"Yes · Revise the Small Donor Elections program. Voted for the Small Donor Elections code changes recommended to improve the program after the 2024 election.","source":{"label":"Revise the Small Donor Elections program · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192098","kind":"Public record","date":"September 24, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"labor-complaint","text":"Yes · Withdraw authority for an unfair-labor-practice complaint. Co-introduced the resolution to withdraw the previous Council’s complaint authority, then supported its unanimous passage.","source":{"label":"Withdraw authority for an unfair-labor-practice complaint · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37695","kind":"Public record","date":"January 15, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"professional-workers","text":"Yes · Ratify the first Professional Workers union contract. Voted to approve the negotiated initial agreement establishing pay, leave and other employment conditions for the bargaining unit.","source":{"label":"Ratify the first Professional Workers union contract · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192076","kind":"Public record","date":"June 18, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"afscme-contract","text":"Yes · Ratify the AFSCME Local 189 successor contract. Voted to ratify the successor agreement covering wages, benefits and working conditions for represented City employees.","source":{"label":"Ratify the AFSCME Local 189 successor contract · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192032","kind":"Public record","date":"March 20, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"trade-unions-contract","text":"Yes · Ratify the District Council of Trade Unions contract. Voted to ratify the contract covering pay and employment terms for the represented trade-union workers.","source":{"label":"Ratify the District Council of Trade Unions contract · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192033","kind":"Public record","date":"March 20, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"review-staff-contract","text":"Yes · Approve retention terms for Independent Police Review staff. Voted to approve employment terms and retention payments for represented Independent Police Review staff.","source":{"label":"Approve retention terms for Independent Police Review staff · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192132","kind":"Public record","date":"December 10, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"children-remand","text":"No · Send Children’s Levy funding recommendations back for reconsideration. Voted against remanding the proposed Children’s Levy allocations for reconsideration.","source":{"label":"Send Children’s Levy funding recommendations back for reconsideration · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/council-action-see-notes/2025-207","kind":"Public record","date":"June 4, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"children-grants","text":"Yes · Approve the three-year Children’s Levy grants. Opposed Morillo’s amendment to keep waiting for revised recommendations, then voted for the final three-year grant package.","source":{"label":"Approve the three-year Children’s Levy grants · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192080","kind":"Public record","date":"June 25, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"sanctuary-code","text":"Yes · Strengthen sanctuary protections in City Code. Voted to put stronger sanctuary requirements and implementation duties into City Code.","source":{"label":"Strengthen sanctuary protections in City Code · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192115","kind":"Public record","date":"October 15, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"protect-portland","text":"Yes · Adopt the Protect Portland initiative. Voted for the City’s coordinated response, transparency and rights-information measures alongside the sanctuary ordinance.","source":{"label":"Adopt the Protect Portland initiative · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37719","kind":"Public record","date":"October 15, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"officer-identification","text":"No · Require law-enforcement identification and restrict masking. Voted against the final ordinance setting these identification and facial-covering requirements.","source":{"label":"Require law-enforcement identification and restrict masking · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192184","kind":"Public record","date":"May 27, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"investment-policy","text":"No · Adopt investment policy and seek ethical-screening options. Voted against the ethical-policy amendment and the final investment-policy resolution.","source":{"label":"Adopt investment policy and seek ethical-screening options · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37723","kind":"Public record","date":"December 3, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"storefront-plan","text":"Yes · Accept the Storefront Support Program action plan. Voted to accept the proposed direction for improving storefront conditions and City support for business owners.","source":{"label":"Accept the Storefront Support Program action plan · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/report/accepted/2026-080","kind":"Public record","date":"March 4, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"cully-plan","text":"Absent · Approve Cully’s five-year investment action plan. Was absent when Council voted on approve Cully’s five-year investment action plan. The record does not contain a yes or no vote for this decision.","source":{"label":"Approve Cully’s five-year investment action plan · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37744","kind":"Public record","date":"March 11, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"campesinos","text":"Yes · Rename César E. Chávez Boulevard as Campesinos Boulevard. Voted to rename the street in recognition of farmworkers collectively and authorize the City’s implementation and notification work.","source":{"label":"Rename César E. Chávez Boulevard as Campesinos Boulevard · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/renaming-cesar-e-chavez-blvd","kind":"Public record","date":"September 9, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"force-fed-poultry","text":"No · Prohibit sales of products from force-fed poultry. Voted against the final ordinance restricting these products.","source":{"label":"Prohibit sales of products from force-fed poultry · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192190","kind":"Public record","date":"June 4, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"board-eligibility","text":"Yes · Consider removing an accountability-board member as ineligible. Voted to approve the administration’s proposed ineligibility finding for Halsey. The motion failed.","source":{"label":"Consider removing an accountability-board member as ineligible · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/report/accepted/2026-047","kind":"Public record","date":"February 11, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"board-removal","text":"No · Remove an accountability-board alternate for cause. Voted against the portion of the report removing Weinstein from the alternate roster.","source":{"label":"Remove an accountability-board alternate for cause · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/report/accepted/2026-047","kind":"Public record","date":"February 11, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"rental-pricing","text":"Absent · Restrict algorithmic rent coordination. Absent on November 19. No yes or no vote on the final ordinance.","source":{"label":"Ordinance 192122 · final roll call","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192122","kind":"Public record","date":"November 19, 2025"}},{"decisionId":"supplemental-budget","text":"Yes · Restore services using one-time funds. Voted against the larger restoration plan and for the smaller package funded from contingency reserves and other funds.","source":{"label":"Ordinance 192207 · amended budget and final roll call","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192207","kind":"Public record","date":"July 22, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"moda","text":"Yes · Approve the Moda negotiating framework. Opposed Novick’s increase in proposed annual rent from $2 million to $3.17 million, then voted for the amended framework.","source":{"label":"Resolution 37750 · final roll call and amendments","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37750","kind":"Public record","date":"August 12, 2026"}},{"decisionId":"data-centers","text":"Yes · Seek transparency and future data-center restrictions. Voted to disclose major data-center inquiries and pursue restrictions. The resolution did not itself enact a moratorium.","source":{"label":"Resolution 37753 · adopted text and final roll call","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37753","kind":"Public record","date":"September 16, 2026"}}],"portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/eric-zimmerman.webp","sourceUrl":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=64","credit":"Candidate-submitted photo · 2026 Multnomah voters’ pamphlet","reviewed":"2026-09-18"},"analysis":{"values":["Services and enforcement","Tax restraint"],"tradeoff":"He would maintain several forms of response while resisting tax and fee increases. The key choice is what to reduce or reallocate if existing revenue cannot sustain police, fire, shelter, unarmed response and maintenance together.","issues":{"housing":{"position":"Supports housing production and shelter.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 64","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=64","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."}},"safety":{"position":"Combines police, Street Response, camp cleanups, enforcement and treatment.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 64","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=64","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."}},"money":{"position":"Opposes several tax and fee increases while prioritizing police, fire and maintenance.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 64","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=64","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 64","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=64","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."}]}}]},{"geography":"Portland","jurisdiction":"City of Portland","authority":"The auditor independently examines city performance and administers functions including city elections. The office does not run city bureaus.","stakes":"Independent oversight of public money, performance and the new form of city government.","rosterSource":{"label":"Portland certified candidate register","url":"https://www.portland.gov/auditor/elections/run4office/2026-city-candidates","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"},"rosterStatus":"Official list checked","id":"portland-auditor","title":"Portland City Auditor","seats":1,"method":"Ranked choice · one seat","comparison":"One named candidate appears on the checked register. Assess audit priorities and follow-through even in an uncontested race.","candidates":[{"id":"simone-rede","name":"Simone Rede","background":"Incumbent city auditor; government performance auditor.","summary":"Emphasizes independent oversight, service outcomes and the effective use of tax dollars.","priorities":["Scrutinize emergency-response performance and climate commitments.","Track public-asset maintenance and arts spending.","Apply professional auditing standards independently."],"interpretation":"Audits can identify problems and track recommendations; they do not themselves implement bureau fixes.","question":"Which unresolved audit recommendations would you prioritize in the next term?","sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 52","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=52","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."},{"label":"Rede · campaign home","url":"https://www.simoneforauditor.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Rede · about","url":"https://www.simoneforauditor.com/about","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Rede · values","url":"https://www.simoneforauditor.com/values","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}],"affiliation":"Nonpartisan office","portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/simone-rede.webp","sourceUrl":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=52","credit":"Candidate-submitted photo · 2026 Multnomah voters’ pamphlet","reviewed":"2026-09-21"},"analysis":{"values":["Independent oversight","Tax-dollar effectiveness"],"tradeoff":"Audits can identify problems and track recommendations but do not implement bureau fixes; her case rests on follow-through she credits to her first term.","issues":{"safety":{"position":"Sustain the improvements to 911 call wait times that she says her office’s work helped produce.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 52","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=52","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"money":{"position":"Apply professional auditing standards independently to ensure fair opportunities and effective use of tax dollars; she cites strengthening oversight of the Arts Access Fund and calling attention to roads, parks and asset-maintenance backlogs.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 52","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=52","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"climate":{"position":"Ensure the city follows through on its climate commitments, an audit area she says she chose because Portlanders raised it.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 52","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=52","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 52","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=52","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Rede · campaign home","url":"https://www.simoneforauditor.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Rede · about","url":"https://www.simoneforauditor.com/about","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Rede · values","url":"https://www.simoneforauditor.com/values","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}]}}]},{"id":"multnomah-chair","title":"Multnomah County Chair","geography":"Multnomah","jurisdiction":"Multnomah County","seats":1,"method":"Ranked choice · one seat","authority":"The chair leads county administration and proposes the budget; the county board must approve spending and legislation.","stakes":"Homelessness services, behavioral health, public health, preschool, and accountability for contracted services.","comparison":"All three candidates criticize current outcomes. Singleton stresses service-system experience and collaboration; Brim-Edwards stresses implementation, contract accountability and tax relief; Meieran argues for a more fundamental management reset.","candidates":[{"id":"julia-brim-edwards","name":"Julia Brim-Edwards","background":"County commissioner; former school-board member and Nike executive.","summary":"Promises faster delivery, scrutiny of contractors and a lower burden from local taxes and fees.","priorities":["Connect people to treatment, recovery housing and shelter.","Require contractors to report spending and results.","Work with labor and business on jobs and affordability."],"interpretation":"Her program combines expanded access to services with fiscal restraint. Her campaign’s claims of results require separate outcome checks.","question":"Which taxes or administrative costs would you reduce, and which services would you protect?","sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 32","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=32","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."},{"label":"Brim-Edwards · campaign home","url":"https://www.juliabrim-edwards.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Brim-Edwards · Meet Julia","url":"https://www.juliabrim-edwards.com/meet-julia","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}],"affiliation":"Nonpartisan office","portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/julia-brim-edwards.webp","sourceUrl":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=32","credit":"Candidate-submitted photo · 2026 Multnomah voters’ pamphlet","reviewed":"2026-09-21"},"analysis":{"values":["Results and accountability","Lower local taxes"],"tradeoff":"Her program pairs wider access to treatment, shelter and housing with fewer layers of local taxes and fees; the statement does not say which taxes or which services would give way.","issues":{"housing":{"position":"Act with urgency to connect more people struggling with mental health and addiction to treatment, services and housing; she cites expanded shelter beds and recovery housing as part of her record.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 32","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=32","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"safety":{"position":"Give people in mental-health or addiction crisis treatment instead of jail or the ER through a rebuilt 24/7 Sobering Center; she cites securing funding aimed at auto theft, property crime and burglaries hitting local businesses.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 32","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=32","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"money":{"position":"Reduce layers of local taxes and fees to make life more affordable, restore essential services by cutting administration, and require County-funded contractors to report their results and how taxpayer dollars are spent.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 32","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=32","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 32","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=32","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Brim-Edwards · campaign home","url":"https://www.juliabrim-edwards.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Brim-Edwards · Meet Julia","url":"https://www.juliabrim-edwards.com/meet-julia","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}]}},{"id":"sharon-meieran","name":"Sharon Meieran","background":"Physician, former county commissioner and founder of Fixing Multnomah County.","summary":"Argues that the county spends without clear goals and needs a different approach to management and accountability.","priorities":["Set specific goals and accountability for county spending.","Bring clinical experience to addiction and mental-health policy.","Challenge institutional delays in emergency services."],"interpretation":"Her central argument is that fragmented management undermines services. Her statement’s claims about comparative spending and outcomes are not independently established here.","question":"What authority, staffing and service changes would your first budget propose?","sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 33","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=33","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."},{"label":"Meieran · campaign home","url":"https://www.sharonforchair.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Meieran · the plan","url":"https://www.sharonforchair.com/the-plan","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Meieran · Fixing Multnomah County","url":"https://fix-multco.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}],"affiliation":"Nonpartisan office","portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/sharon-meieran.webp","sourceUrl":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=33","credit":"Candidate-submitted photo · 2026 Multnomah voters’ pamphlet","reviewed":"2026-09-21"},"analysis":{"values":["Structural reset","Budget for results"],"tradeoff":"She would restructure county governance, budgeting and contracting around measured outcomes and spend less doing it; the plan’s one- and two-year targets depend on authority a chair shares with the board.","issues":{"housing":{"position":"Replace what she calls a layered “nonsystem” of homeless services with one coordinated homelessness-to-housing continuum under a clear chain of command, judged by verified placement and retention outcomes.","source":{"label":"Meieran · the plan","url":"https://www.sharonforchair.com/the-plan","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"safety":{"position":"Get people with serious addiction and mental illness off the streets through an actual plan implemented by a chief executive who acts; she cites ending the county’s ambulance-response crisis as a commissioner.","source":{"label":"Meieran · campaign home","url":"https://www.sharonforchair.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"money":{"position":"The county spends more per person than almost anywhere yet gets the worst results; she would budget for results, account for every dollar, redirect money from ineffective programs and deliver more while spending less.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 33","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=33","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 33","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=33","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Meieran · campaign home","url":"https://www.sharonforchair.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Meieran · the plan","url":"https://www.sharonforchair.com/the-plan","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Meieran · Fixing Multnomah County","url":"https://fix-multco.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}]}},{"id":"shannon-singleton","name":"Shannon Singleton","background":"County commissioner; social worker, former JOIN executive director and housing-policy director.","summary":"Emphasizes practical experience with homelessness and bringing service users and providers into decisions.","priorities":["Build more effective homelessness-service systems.","Support affordable housing and well-paid union jobs.","Work with providers, businesses, neighbors and people who disagree."],"interpretation":"Her argument is for redesign informed by frontline experience. Collaboration is a means; readers should still ask for measurable deadlines and costs.","question":"Which service outcomes would you publish, and what would trigger a contractor or program change?","sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 32","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=32","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."},{"label":"Singleton · campaign home","url":"https://www.shannonsingleton.org/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Singleton · Meet Shannon","url":"https://www.shannonsingleton.org/meet-shannon","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Singleton · record of reforms","url":"https://www.shannonsingleton.org/reformrecord","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}],"affiliation":"Nonpartisan office","portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/shannon-singleton.webp","sourceUrl":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=32","credit":"Candidate-submitted photo · 2026 Multnomah voters’ pamphlet","reviewed":"2026-09-21"},"analysis":{"values":["Frontline experience","Collaboration"],"tradeoff":"She would redesign services with providers, business owners and neighbors at the table, backed by a record she describes as realigning funds to core services; her statement names no deadlines or costs.","issues":{"housing":{"position":"Find lasting solutions to the homelessness crisis by building better systems with the people closest to the problem; she says she realigned county funds toward shelter, outreach and housing and cut duplicated services in the Homeless Services Department.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 32","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=32","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"safety":{"position":"Reform the Deflection Center (the police alternative to arrest for drug use) so it connects addiction, housing and behavioral-health services, saves money and drives outcomes; she also cites strengthening safety-net protections in response to ICE actions.","source":{"label":"Singleton · record of reforms","url":"https://www.shannonsingleton.org/reformrecord","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"money":{"position":"Lower costs and make more effective use of taxpayers’ dollars; she cites coauthoring the county’s first lobbyist disclosure rules and finding money in the budget to close a homeless-services shortfall while pushing for sustainable funding.","source":{"label":"Singleton · record of reforms","url":"https://www.shannonsingleton.org/reformrecord","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"climate":{"position":"She cites facilitating the compromise on the Rose Quarter Improvement Project, putting it in line for federal infrastructure investment, and leading the community-benefits process for the Interstate Bridge Replacement.","source":{"label":"Singleton · Meet Shannon","url":"https://www.shannonsingleton.org/meet-shannon","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 32","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=32","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Singleton · campaign home","url":"https://www.shannonsingleton.org/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Singleton · Meet Shannon","url":"https://www.shannonsingleton.org/meet-shannon","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Singleton · record of reforms","url":"https://www.shannonsingleton.org/reformrecord","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}]}}],"rosterSource":{"label":"Multnomah County election office · candidate list","url":"https://multco.us/info/candidate-filings-november-2026-election","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"},"rosterStatus":"Official list checked"},{"id":"multnomah-district-2","title":"Multnomah Commissioner · District 2","geography":"Multnomah","jurisdiction":"Multnomah County","seats":1,"method":"Ranked choice · one seat","authority":"Commissioners adopt county budgets and policies. They share authority as a board; one commissioner cannot enact a proposal alone.","stakes":"Housing stability, behavioral health, family services and how county resources reach North and Northeast Portland.","comparison":"Compare concrete mechanisms: performance contracts, housing-retention reporting, public housing, culturally specific care, and coordination with employers.","candidates":[{"id":"bruce-broussard","name":"Bruce Broussard","background":"Retired veterans-service nonprofit administrator, veteran and former newspaper publisher.","summary":"Emphasizes resource management, veterans and support for low-income residents.","priorities":["Improve responses to homelessness, mental illness and drug use.","Address living costs that outpace wages.","Apply community and veterans-service experience."],"interpretation":"The statement offers broad priorities and a long service history, but few specified program changes.","question":"Which program would you change first, and what result would you measure?","sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 34","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=34","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."},{"label":"Broussard · campaign site (listed on his County filing)","url":"https://www.broussardpdx.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}],"affiliation":"Nonpartisan office","portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/bruce-broussard.webp","sourceUrl":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=34","credit":"Candidate-submitted photo · 2026 Multnomah voters’ pamphlet","reviewed":"2026-09-21"},"analysis":{"values":["Resource management","Veterans and seniors"],"tradeoff":"His statement offers broad priorities, a long service history and a promise to meet residents in person; it names no specific program change, cost or measure.","issues":{"housing":{"position":"Solve the county’s homeless-veteran problem by addressing veterans’ benefits, housing, mental-health care and access to medical care, continuing work he says he already does one veteran at a time.","source":{"label":"Broussard · campaign site (listed on his County filing)","url":"https://www.broussardpdx.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"safety":{"position":"Manage the right resources properly to address homeless camps, people with mental illness and drug-affected individuals.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 34","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=34","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"money":{"position":"Living costs have greatly outpaced wages and low-income residents need better resources; he says owning businesses and volunteering gave him a different perspective on spending tax dollars, which are the public’s money.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 34","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=34","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 34","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=34","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Broussard · campaign site (listed on his County filing)","url":"https://www.broussardpdx.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}]}},{"id":"serena-cruz","name":"Serena Cruz","background":"Former county commissioner and chief operating officer; nonprofit and construction-business experience.","summary":"Wants to align housing, treatment and family services around more effective administration.","priorities":["Coordinate housing, treatment and supportive services.","Make preschool effective and accessible.","Support small businesses and paths from renting to ownership."],"interpretation":"She presents management experience as a way to deliver social-policy goals. Her statement does not itself verify the outcomes attributed to past programs.","question":"What would change in contracting and oversight compared with your previous county roles?","sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 35","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=35","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."},{"label":"Cruz · campaign home","url":"https://www.serenacruz.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Cruz · issues","url":"https://www.serenacruz.com/issues","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}],"affiliation":"Nonpartisan office","portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/serena-cruz.webp","sourceUrl":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=35","credit":"Candidate-submitted photo · 2026 Multnomah voters’ pamphlet","reviewed":"2026-09-21"},"analysis":{"values":["Operational experience","Integrated services"],"tradeoff":"She presents county operating experience as the way to align housing, treatment and preschool delivery; much of her plan runs through partners the county does not control (the City, Metro, the Legislature, a charter change).","issues":{"housing":{"position":"Align the County, City and Metro so the highest-need neighbors get behavioral-health support that connects crisis stabilization to recovery housing to a home of their own; she cites leading Bridges to Housing across four counties and building land-trust homes.","source":{"label":"Cruz · issues","url":"https://www.serenacruz.com/issues","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"safety":{"position":"Stop highest-need neighbors cycling through emergency rooms, jails, shelters and the streets by connecting crisis stabilization to recovery housing; she says about 9% of the Medicaid population is homeless with untreated illness and drives 40% of system costs.","source":{"label":"Cruz · issues","url":"https://www.serenacruz.com/issues","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"money":{"position":"The county cannot cut or tax its way out of a structural deficit she puts at $33 million by 2030; grow the tax base by partnering in Portland’s economy, require project labor and community benefits agreements on County-funded projects, and condition Moda Center money on a payment in lieu of taxes.","source":{"label":"Cruz · issues","url":"https://www.serenacruz.com/issues","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"climate":{"position":"Give every Climate Justice Plan goal a named owner, a cost and milestones; protect rental assistance, expand renter access to heat pumps, send cooling and clean-air money first to low-canopy neighborhoods, hold the county to its fossil-fuel-free building resolution, and press DEQ and the City on the fuel hub and Zenith’s 2027 deadline.","source":{"label":"Cruz · issues","url":"https://www.serenacruz.com/issues","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 35","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=35","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Cruz · campaign home","url":"https://www.serenacruz.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Cruz · issues","url":"https://www.serenacruz.com/issues","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}]}},{"id":"herman-greene","name":"Herman Greene","background":"Pastor, nonprofit leader and former Portland Public Schools board member.","summary":"Connects stable housing with employment and measurable service performance.","priorities":["Use housing-retention targets and performance-based contracts.","Link county investments to jobs and apprenticeships.","Coordinate crisis response, treatment and housing."],"interpretation":"His proposed accountability tools are more specific than a general promise of transparency. Their usefulness depends on targets and consequences.","question":"What would happen to a contract that repeatedly misses its housing-retention target?","sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 34","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=34","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."},{"label":"Greene · campaign home","url":"https://www.hermangreene.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Greene · priorities","url":"https://www.hermangreene.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}],"affiliation":"Nonpartisan office","portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/herman-greene.webp","sourceUrl":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=34","credit":"Candidate-submitted photo · 2026 Multnomah voters’ pamphlet","reviewed":"2026-09-21"},"analysis":{"values":["Measured results","Jobs as housing policy"],"tradeoff":"His accountability tools (retention targets, performance-based contracts, published timelines and outcomes) are more specific than a general promise of transparency; their bite depends on targets and consequences he has not set.","issues":{"housing":{"position":"Set measurable housing-retention goals, use performance-based contracts, publish timelines, spending and results, and connect housing placements to mental-health, addiction-recovery and workforce services so fewer people return to the streets.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 34","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=34","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"safety":{"position":"Coordinate crisis response, treatment and housing, intervene earlier to reduce repeat crises, support frontline workers with better systems, and publicly report safety outcomes.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 34","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=34","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"money":{"position":"Government must be accountable to the people it serves: measurable results, performance-based contracts, published timelines and spending, and county investments connected to job creation and living-wage careers.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 34","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=34","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 34","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=34","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Greene · campaign home","url":"https://www.hermangreene.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Greene · priorities","url":"https://www.hermangreene.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}]}},{"id":"nathan-ong-norris","name":"Nathan Ong Norris","background":"Hazardous-waste technician, union member and community organizer.","summary":"Identifies as a democratic socialist and favors expanded public provision and climate accountability.","priorities":["Support Preschool for All, social housing and libraries.","Implement the Climate Justice Plan and hold polluters accountable.","Reduce CEI Hub risks and prevent expansion."],"interpretation":"He treats public services and climate protection as shared guarantees. The principal implementation question is sustained funding.","question":"What recurring revenue would support expanded services without weakening existing ones?","sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 36","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=36","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."},{"label":"Ong Norris · campaign home","url":"https://www.nathanongnorris.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Ong Norris · platform","url":"https://www.nathanongnorris.com/platform","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}],"affiliation":"Nonpartisan office","portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/nathan-ong-norris.webp","sourceUrl":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=36","credit":"Candidate-submitted photo · 2026 Multnomah voters’ pamphlet","reviewed":"2026-09-21"},"analysis":{"values":["Democratic socialist","Climate justice"],"tradeoff":"He treats public services and climate protection as promises society keeps to each other; his platform lists what to expand (preschool, social housing, libraries) without naming the recurring revenue.","issues":{"housing":{"position":"Safe and stable housing is one of society’s promises: eviction prevention, anti-displacement and housing-stability measures, regional social housing (publicly owned, mixed-income homes) and community benefits agreements.","source":{"label":"Ong Norris · platform","url":"https://www.nathanongnorris.com/platform","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"safety":{"position":"Supports housing first without sobriety or other tests; would press the sheriff on jail conditions and the overuse of solitary confinement; counts ambulance response times, firefighters’ conditions and fuel and chemical storage as public safety.","source":{"label":"City Club of Portland · Multnomah County District 2 debate (September 24, 2026)","url":"https://pdxcityclub.org/event/multnomah-county-commission-district-2-debate/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"September 24, 2026; transcript read September 25, 2026","note":"The candidate's own remarks at a public debate, read from a transcript; speaker attribution is the Lab's, from self-references and the moderator's order. Claims are not independently verified."}},"money":{"position":"The county cuts services while giving money and land to billionaires, which must stop; expand the common good instead: Preschool for All, social housing, public libraries and critical infrastructure, with affordable utilities.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 36","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=36","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"climate":{"position":"Implement the county’s Climate Justice Plan, hold polluters accountable, keep utilities affordable with oversight of private utility companies, cut greenhouse-gas emissions, and mitigate the risks of the CEI Hub (the riverside fuel-tank hub) while preventing its expansion.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 36","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=36","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 36","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=36","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Ong Norris · campaign home","url":"https://www.nathanongnorris.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Ong Norris · platform","url":"https://www.nathanongnorris.com/platform","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}]}},{"id":"tony-robertson","name":"Tony Robertson","background":"BOLI civil-rights division manager with housing and workforce experience.","summary":"Wants agencies to coordinate better and demonstrate what taxpayer spending achieves.","priorities":["Improve housing, homelessness and behavioral-health services.","Strengthen economic opportunity and relationships with small businesses.","Make public spending more transparent."],"interpretation":"He emphasizes operational and civil-rights experience. The reviewed statement identifies priorities without a detailed first-year program.","question":"Which coordination failures would you fix first, and how would the public track progress?","sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 37","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=37","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."},{"label":"Robertson · campaign home","url":"https://www.tonyrobertson.org/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Robertson · priorities","url":"https://www.tonyrobertson.org/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}],"affiliation":"Nonpartisan office","portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/tony-robertson.webp","sourceUrl":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=37","credit":"Candidate-submitted photo · 2026 Multnomah voters’ pamphlet","reviewed":"2026-09-21"},"analysis":{"values":["Cross-agency coordination","Fiscal transparency"],"tradeoff":"He would make the county, city and state work as one system and open the county’s books; his priorities page commits to exploring, evaluating and partnering more than to any costed program.","issues":{"housing":{"position":"Partner with property owners so vacant housing is not left empty while neighbors are on the street, remove barriers that slow placements, protect money for rent assistance, outreach and placement, and hold housing programs accountable for results rather than processes.","source":{"label":"Robertson · priorities","url":"https://www.tonyrobertson.org/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"safety":{"position":"Preserve and creatively expand behavioral-health services so people get care when they are ready, with coordination across health, housing, insurers and community providers, and fair wages and safe staffing for the mental-health workforce.","source":{"label":"Robertson · campaign home","url":"https://www.tonyrobertson.org/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"money":{"position":"Demand clear spending plans, measurable outcomes and real transparency for every program the county funds, including the Preschool for All reserve (he puts it at $610 million) and housing contracts where placements lag; explore local tax relief across jurisdictions.","source":{"label":"Robertson · campaign home","url":"https://www.tonyrobertson.org/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 37","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=37","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. 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Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"climate":{"position":"Supports moving the Burnside Bridge replacement forward with partners, staged to limit disruption; treats the CEI Hub (the riverside fuel-tank hub) as an environmental-justice and public-health issue, deferring to experts and affected neighbors; supports a data-center moratorium.","source":{"label":"City Club of Portland · Multnomah County District 2 debate (September 24, 2026)","url":"https://pdxcityclub.org/event/multnomah-county-commission-district-2-debate/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"September 24, 2026; transcript read September 25, 2026","note":"The candidate's own remarks at a public debate, read from a transcript; speaker attribution is the Lab's, from self-references and the moderator's order. 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Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"safety":{"position":"Track whether people leaving the justice system actually reintegrate (find work, stay housed, stay out), invest in what Cully residents asked for (cameras, community safety networks, youth programs), and add behavioral-health professionals so police stop responding to mental-health crises.","source":{"label":"Zaghloul · public safety","url":"https://electnabil.com/issues/public-safety","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"money":{"position":"Introduce a Multnomah County Accountability and Results Act: a public County Report Card showing what the county spends, what works, what doesn’t and where it must improve, with programs funded by measured outcomes and county wages that keep up with Portland’s cost of living.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 36","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=36","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"climate":{"position":"Supports finishing the Burnside Bridge with federal, City, Metro and regional money; on the CEI Hub (the riverside fuel-tank hub) wants stronger safety measures, operators insured so taxpayers don’t pay, and emergency plans for nearby neighborhoods; supports a data-center moratorium.","source":{"label":"City Club of Portland · Multnomah County District 2 debate (September 24, 2026)","url":"https://pdxcityclub.org/event/multnomah-county-commission-district-2-debate/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"September 24, 2026; transcript read September 25, 2026","note":"The candidate's own remarks at a public debate, read from a transcript; speaker attribution is the Lab's, from self-references and the moderator's order. 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Crime trends and staffing outcomes should be evaluated separately from campaign attribution.","question":"Which independent jail-review recommendations remain unfinished, and when will they be completed?","sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 38","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=38","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."},{"label":"Morrisey O’Donnell · campaign home and priorities","url":"https://www.nicoleforsheriff2026.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. 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Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}]}},{"id":"christine-drazan","name":"Christine Drazan","background":"State senator; former House Republican leader.","summary":"Her plan connects affordability to lower taxes and regulatory costs, faster construction and stronger expectations for schools and publicly funded services.","priorities":["Veto new taxes and fees; reform business and estate taxes and repeal the Climate Protection Program.","Set a 120-day housing-permit limit and permit private plan review.","Audit homelessness spending, expand treatment and recovery, and restore graduation standards."],"interpretation":"She proposes reducing government-imposed costs and tightening performance requirements. Those changes would affect revenue, environmental safeguards and service delivery; projected savings need evidence.","question":"Which services would you reduce if tax changes lower revenue, and how would you evaluate faster permitting and treatment outcomes?","sources":[{"label":"Drazan · policy plan","url":"https://www.christinefororegon.com/drazan-plan/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Undated page; reviewed September 18, 2026"},{"label":"2026 qualified filing · Republican","url":"https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cfDetail.do?page=search&cfRsn=25512","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"},{"label":"2026 qualified filing · Libertarian","url":"https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cfDetail.do?page=search&cfRsn=25843","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"},{"label":"Oregon voters’ pamphlet candidate statement · PDF page 35","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=35","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 pamphlet; posted by the Secretary of State September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}],"affiliation":"Republican · Libertarian","portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/christine-drazan.webp","sourceUrl":"https://www.christinefororegon.com/about/","credit":"Campaign photo · christinefororegon.com","reviewed":"2026-09-21"},"analysis":{"values":["Lower state-imposed costs","Results accountability"],"tradeoff":"Vetoing taxes and repealing the Climate Protection Program lower costs the state imposes, but also revenue and emissions rules; the plan's projected savings and the outcomes it promises still need evidence.","issues":{"housing":{"position":"Would set a 120-day maximum decision period for qualifying housing projects, limit repetitive appeals, expand private plan review, simplify commercial-to-housing conversions, create a state Housing Permit Command Center, and expand first-time-buyer credits and down-payment help from existing funds.","source":{"label":"Drazan · policy plan","url":"https://www.christinefororegon.com/drazan-plan/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"safety":{"position":"Would audit homelessness and addiction spending, shift state money to recovery-focused programs, end funding for programs she says enable addiction, fully fund state police, let local governments clear public spaces and raise penalties for drug traffickers.","source":{"label":"Drazan · policy plan","url":"https://www.christinefororegon.com/drazan-plan/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"money":{"position":"Would order agencies on day one to repeal rules and fees that raise costs, veto new taxes and fees, raise the standard deduction, reform the corporate activity and estate taxes, cut property taxes for seniors and veterans, and protect the kicker.","source":{"label":"Drazan · policy plan","url":"https://www.christinefororegon.com/drazan-plan/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"climate":{"position":"Would repeal the Climate Protection Program executive order, favor existing generation, more transmission and technology-neutral energy with commissioners focused on lowest-cost power, and require community benefit agreements and farmland protection for data centers.","source":{"label":"Drazan · policy plan","url":"https://www.christinefororegon.com/drazan-plan/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Oregon voters’ pamphlet candidate statement · PDF page 35","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=35","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 pamphlet; posted by the Secretary of State September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Drazan · policy plan","url":"https://www.christinefororegon.com/drazan-plan/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}]}},{"id":"brett-smith","name":"Brett Smith","background":"Welder and inventor; previous congressional candidate.","summary":"In an August 2026 interview, Smith makes opposition to undeclared wars and two-party governance central to his candidacy.","priorities":["Propose a state constitutional amendment protecting residents from drafts for wars without congressional authorization.","Strengthen civilian emergency preparedness.","Oppose Oregon ports handling weapons for wars lacking congressional authorization."],"interpretation":"His proposals use state institutions to challenge federal war policy. Their legal reach and enforceability would require close examination; a campaign proposal alone does not establish state authority over federal decisions.","question":"How would these proposals operate within federal law, and what are your detailed housing, education and budget plans?","sources":[{"label":"KEPW · interview with Brett Smith","url":"https://kepw-wholecommunity.news/2026/08/07/meet-the-candidate-brett-smith-for-oregon-governor/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"August 2026"},{"label":"2026 qualified filing · Pacific Green","url":"https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cfDetail.do?page=search&cfRsn=25615","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"},{"label":"Oregon voters’ pamphlet candidate statement · PDF page 31","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=31","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 pamphlet; posted by the Secretary of State September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Smith · the Oregon plan","url":"https://brett-smith.us/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}],"affiliation":"Pacific Green","portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/brett-smith.webp","sourceUrl":"https://brett-smith.us/","credit":"Campaign photo · brett-smith.us","reviewed":"2026-09-21"},"analysis":{"values":["Anti-corruption","Limits on federal war powers"],"tradeoff":"His plans use state offices and the Port of Portland to constrain federal war policy and large employers; their legal reach and the revenue projections rest on the campaign's own modeling.","issues":{"safety":{"position":"Would bolster the volunteer Oregon Civil Defense Force, which he describes as a way to respond when federal agents act without a judge's warrant and to help with wildfires, and bars what he calls unconstitutional surveillance.","source":{"label":"Oregon voters’ pamphlet candidate statement · PDF page 31","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=31","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 pamphlet; posted by the Secretary of State September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"money":{"position":"Would impose a wage-gap surcharge on employers with 50 or more workers paying below a living wage and direct the revenue to the Oregon Health Plan and food assistance, order an independent audit of state systems and the tax code, and shift subsidies from corporations to local businesses and ranchers.","source":{"label":"Smith · the Oregon plan","url":"https://brett-smith.us/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"climate":{"position":"Would impose a permanent moratorium on data centers.","source":{"label":"Oregon voters’ pamphlet candidate statement · PDF page 31","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=31","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 pamphlet; posted by the Secretary of State September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Oregon voters’ pamphlet candidate statement · PDF page 31","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=31","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 pamphlet; posted by the Secretary of State September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Smith · the Oregon plan","url":"https://brett-smith.us/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"KEPW · interview with Brett Smith","url":"https://kepw-wholecommunity.news/2026/08/07/meet-the-candidate-brett-smith-for-oregon-governor/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"August 7, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}]}}],"geography":"Oregon","seats":1,"method":"Vote for one","rosterSource":{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · qualified 2026 general-election filings","url":"https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cfFilings.do?cfSearchButtonName=currentElection","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"},"rosterStatus":"Official list checked"},{"id":"oregon-us-senate","title":"U.S. Senate · Oregon","jurisdiction":"Statewide · six-year term","authority":"Congress writes federal law, approves spending and oversees the executive branch. A representative needs support from colleagues; most legislation also needs Senate approval and the president’s signature, or a veto override. Senators also vote on federal judges, executive appointments and treaties.","stakes":"Federal taxes and spending, health coverage, climate and energy, immigration, labor rights and oversight.","comparison":"Merkley favors expanded federal social guarantees and climate action. Smith emphasizes spending restraint, public safety and resource industries. Research on Dye and Henry remains incomplete; do not treat that gap as agreement with either major-party candidate.","candidates":[{"id":"jeff-merkley","name":"Jeff Merkley","background":"Incumbent U.S. senator; former Oregon House speaker.","summary":"Supports expanded public guarantees for healthcare and education, stronger labor rights, climate investment and changes to election and campaign-finance rules.","priorities":["Support Medicare for All and lower prescription prices.","Move toward fully renewable energy and a Green New Deal.","Expand voting access, reduce undisclosed political spending and protect organizing rights."],"interpretation":"He favors a larger federal role in providing services and constraining corporate power. Broad goals still require financing choices and a path through Congress.","question":"Which commitments could advance under the next Senate’s rules and majority, and how would you finance them?","sources":[{"label":"Merkley · issues","url":"https://www.jeffmerkley.com/issues/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Undated page; reviewed September 18, 2026"},{"label":"2026 qualified filing · Democrat","url":"https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cfDetail.do?page=search&cfRsn=25393","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"},{"label":"2026 qualified filing · Working Families","url":"https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cfDetail.do?page=search&cfRsn=25879","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"},{"label":"Oregon voters’ pamphlet candidate statement · PDF page 3","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=3","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 pamphlet; posted by the Secretary of State September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}],"affiliation":"Democrat · Working Families","portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/jeff-merkley.webp","sourceUrl":"https://www.jeffmerkley.com/","credit":"Campaign photo · jeffmerkley.com","reviewed":"2026-09-21"},"analysis":{"values":["Public guarantees","Checks on billionaire power"],"tradeoff":"Medicare for All, a Green New Deal and debt-free college all need financing and Senate majorities; the reviewed pages name goals and a few specific bans but not the budget arithmetic.","issues":{"housing":{"position":"Would ban hedge funds from buying single-family homes and names housing, with affordable daycare, as one of four foundations for families to thrive.","source":{"label":"Oregon voters’ pamphlet candidate statement · PDF page 3","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=3","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 pamphlet; posted by the Secretary of State September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"safety":{"position":"Wants an end to ICE agents operating as what he calls secret police: no operations at schools, no warrantless home raids, and full accountability for civil-rights violations.","source":{"label":"Oregon voters’ pamphlet candidate statement · PDF page 3","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=3","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 pamphlet; posted by the Secretary of State September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"money":{"position":"Wants the rich to pay their fair share, an end to congressional stock trading and to drug-company price gouging; his site adds overturning Citizens United and ending secret campaign money.","source":{"label":"Oregon voters’ pamphlet candidate statement · PDF page 3","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=3","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 pamphlet; posted by the Secretary of State September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"climate":{"position":"Would rapidly shift from fossil fuels to cheaper renewables, toward 100% clean energy with a Green New Deal that creates jobs in front-line communities.","source":{"label":"Oregon voters’ pamphlet candidate statement · PDF page 3","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=3","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 pamphlet; posted by the Secretary of State September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Oregon voters’ pamphlet candidate statement · PDF page 3","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=3","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 pamphlet; posted by the Secretary of State September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Merkley · issues","url":"https://www.jeffmerkley.com/issues/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}]}},{"id":"david-brock-smith","name":"David Brock Smith","background":"Oregon state senator with business and local-government experience.","summary":"Emphasizes lower spending and taxes, support for police and rural industries, and treatment paired with accountability for public disorder.","priorities":["Oppose new taxes and reduce wasteful spending.","Support active forest management, timber employment and wildfire-risk reduction.","Expand treatment and recovery while opposing street camping."],"interpretation":"The program links economic growth to lower government burdens and more resource production. Local homelessness enforcement and federal funding involve different authorities and should be evaluated separately.","question":"Which federal programs would you reduce, and what would your forest and treatment proposals cost?","sources":[{"label":"David Brock Smith · issues","url":"https://www.davidbrocksmithfororegon.com/issues","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Undated page; reviewed September 18, 2026"},{"label":"2026 qualified filing · Republican","url":"https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cfDetail.do?page=search&cfRsn=25449","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"},{"label":"Oregon voters’ pamphlet candidate statement · PDF page 1","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=1","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 pamphlet; posted by the Secretary of State September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}],"affiliation":"Republican","analysis":{"values":["Spending restraint","Enforcement with treatment"],"tradeoff":"No new taxes plus more treatment capacity and forest work means paying through cuts or growth the reviewed materials do not itemize; camping enforcement is mostly local and state authority, not the Senate's.","issues":{"safety":{"position":"Wants drug and mental-health treatment paired with accountability, an end to permanent street camping, and support for law enforcement with consequences for repeat offenders.","source":{"label":"Oregon voters’ pamphlet candidate statement · PDF page 1","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=1","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 pamphlet; posted by the Secretary of State September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"money":{"position":"Wants no new taxes, more support for local businesses, elimination of fraud and less unnecessary government spending; cites fighting the state gas tax and stopping tax hikes.","source":{"label":"Oregon voters’ pamphlet candidate statement · PDF page 1","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=1","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 pamphlet; posted by the Secretary of State September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"climate":{"position":"Would hold data centers accountable for water, farmland and energy costs so those costs are not shifted onto households, and push active forest management, fuel reduction and landowner partnerships to cut wildfire risk.","source":{"label":"Oregon voters’ pamphlet candidate statement · PDF page 1","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=1","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 pamphlet; posted by the Secretary of State September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Oregon voters’ pamphlet candidate statement · PDF page 1","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=1","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 pamphlet; posted by the Secretary of State September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"David Brock Smith · issues","url":"https://www.davidbrocksmithfororegon.com/issues","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}]}},{"id":"gary-lyndon-dye","name":"Gary Lyndon Dye","background":"Qualified candidate in the Secretary of State’s filing records.","summary":"A sufficiently current, attributable policy brief has not yet been completed.","priorities":[],"interpretation":"The research gap does not establish that the candidate has no positions. Party affiliation is not a substitute for their own statements.","question":"What are your three proposed changes, their costs, and the legislation needed to implement them?","sources":[{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · qualified 2026 general-election filings","url":"https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cfFilings.do?cfSearchButtonName=currentElection","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"},{"label":"2026 qualified filing · Libertarian","url":"https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cfDetail.do?page=search&cfRsn=25840","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"}],"affiliation":"Libertarian","missing":"The website listed in his 2026 filing is branded for the 2020 campaign. Its positions need current confirmation before being presented as a 2026 platform."},{"id":"chris-henry","name":"Chris Henry","background":"Pacific Green and Progressive nominee; his filed statement runs on working people, public education and campaign finance reform.","summary":"His filed candidate statement calls for ending tax breaks for billionaires, tripling the federal minimum wage, cutting military spending and expanding local wind and solar energy.","priorities":["Triple the federal minimum wage and end tax breaks for billionaires and cryptocurrency.","Cut military spending and close foreign bases.","Expand local wind and solar energy and create a federal fund for Cascadia earthquake preparedness."],"interpretation":"The research gap does not establish that the candidate has no positions. Party affiliation is not a substitute for their own statements.","question":"Which of these changes would you introduce first in Congress, and how would the lost revenue or spending be replaced?","sources":[{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · qualified 2026 general-election filings","url":"https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cfFilings.do?cfSearchButtonName=currentElection","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"},{"label":"2026 qualified filing · Progressive","url":"https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cfDetail.do?page=search&cfRsn=25635","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"},{"label":"2026 qualified filing · Pacific Green","url":"https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cfDetail.do?page=search&cfRsn=25907","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"},{"label":"Oregon voters’ pamphlet candidate statement · PDF page 5","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=5","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 pamphlet; posted by the Secretary of State September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}],"affiliation":"Pacific Green · Progressive","analysis":{"values":["Anti-war budgets","Worker wages"],"tradeoff":"Closing foreign bases, tripling the minimum wage and public ownership of infrastructure are large federal shifts; the statement names targets and numbers but not the path through Congress or transition costs.","issues":{"money":{"position":"Would end tax breaks for billionaires and cryptocurrency, tax oil companies' excess profits, stop tariffs and trade deals that override labor rules, triple the $7.25 federal minimum wage, and cut military spending and foreign bases.","source":{"label":"Oregon voters’ pamphlet candidate statement · PDF page 5","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=5","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 pamphlet; posted by the Secretary of State September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"climate":{"position":"Would increase local wind and solar energy and create a federal “Shaky Day Fund” to prepare for a Cascadia earthquake; names protecting the environment and climate as a priority.","source":{"label":"Oregon voters’ pamphlet candidate statement · PDF page 5","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=5","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 pamphlet; posted by the Secretary of State September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Oregon voters’ pamphlet candidate statement · PDF page 5","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=5","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 pamphlet; posted by the Secretary of State September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}]}}],"geography":"Oregon","seats":1,"method":"Vote for one","rosterSource":{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · qualified 2026 general-election filings","url":"https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cfFilings.do?cfSearchButtonName=currentElection","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"},"rosterStatus":"Official list checked"},{"id":"oregon-house-1","title":"U.S. House · District 1","jurisdiction":"Oregon congressional district 1 · two-year term","authority":"Congress writes federal law, approves spending and oversees the executive branch. A representative needs support from colleagues; most legislation also needs Senate approval and the president’s signature, or a veto override.","stakes":"Healthcare, education, housing affordability and the federal role in local economic development.","comparison":"Bonamici emphasizes public investment and rights protections; Kahl emphasizes business costs, school choice and regulatory changes. Both identify housing and workforce needs; compare how they would pay for and deliver changes.","candidates":[{"id":"suzanne-bonamici","name":"Suzanne Bonamici","background":"Incumbent U.S. representative.","summary":"Her stated priorities include affordable housing, universal healthcare, education, climate action and protecting reproductive and voting rights.","priorities":["Expand economic opportunity for working families.","Improve access to housing and healthcare.","Protect reproductive freedom and democratic participation."],"interpretation":"This is a platform for federal investment and rights protections. The overview identifies policy direction; detailed legislation and costs require further review.","question":"What housing and healthcare changes would you prioritize first, with what funding and measurable results?","sources":[{"label":"Bonamici · priorities","url":"https://www.bonamiciforcongress.com/priorities/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Undated page; reviewed September 18, 2026"},{"label":"2026 qualified filing · Democrat","url":"https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cfDetail.do?page=search&cfRsn=25502","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"},{"label":"2026 qualified filing · Working Families","url":"https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cfDetail.do?page=search&cfRsn=25862","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"},{"label":"Oregon voters’ pamphlet candidate statement · PDF page 9","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=9","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 pamphlet; posted by the Secretary of State September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Bonamici · affordable housing","url":"https://www.bonamiciforcongress.com/priorities/affordable-housing/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Bonamici · economy","url":"https://www.bonamiciforcongress.com/priorities/economy/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Bonamici · climate crisis","url":"https://www.bonamiciforcongress.com/priorities/climate-crisis/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Bonamici · immigration","url":"https://www.bonamiciforcongress.com/priorities/immigration/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}],"affiliation":"Democrat · Working Families","record":[{"text":"Voted No on the final House motion accepting the Senate’s H.R. 1 amendment, July 3, 2025. It passed 218–214. This records a vote on the entire package, not a separate vote on each provision.","source":{"label":"House Clerk · roll call 190, final House action on H.R. 1","url":"https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025190","kind":"Public record","date":"July 3, 2025"}}],"portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/suzanne-bonamici.webp","sourceUrl":"https://www.bonamiciforcongress.com/","credit":"Campaign photo · bonamiciforcongress.com","reviewed":"2026-09-21"},"analysis":{"values":["Public investment","Rights protections"],"tradeoff":"Expanding the housing tax credit, Medicare for All and debt-free college depend on repealing the 2017 tax cuts and on new majorities; the reviewed pages give direction and bills introduced, not a costed sequence.","issues":{"housing":{"position":"Would increase Low-Income Housing Tax Credit funding, convert unused buildings into affordable housing, fund housing paired with child-care centers, and expand transitional housing for people in recovery.","source":{"label":"Bonamici · affordable housing","url":"https://www.bonamiciforcongress.com/priorities/affordable-housing/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"safety":{"position":"Is leading legislation requiring clear identification of every ICE agent making immigration arrests and limiting when federal law enforcement, the armed forces or the National Guard can be sent into cities; wants humane immigration reform.","source":{"label":"Bonamici · immigration","url":"https://www.bonamiciforcongress.com/priorities/immigration/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"money":{"position":"Would repeal the Trump tax cuts in favor of progressive taxation, raise the federal minimum wage, enforce antitrust laws, end what she calls chaotic tariffs, and fight cuts to SNAP and Medicaid.","source":{"label":"Bonamici · economy","url":"https://www.bonamiciforcongress.com/priorities/economy/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"climate":{"position":"Would defend Inflation Reduction Act clean-energy programs and pursue the Select Committee plan for net-zero emissions by mid-century; opposes data centers raising costs or exploiting natural resources.","source":{"label":"Bonamici · climate crisis","url":"https://www.bonamiciforcongress.com/priorities/climate-crisis/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Oregon voters’ pamphlet candidate statement · PDF page 9","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=9","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 pamphlet; posted by the Secretary of State September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Bonamici · affordable housing","url":"https://www.bonamiciforcongress.com/priorities/affordable-housing/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Bonamici · economy","url":"https://www.bonamiciforcongress.com/priorities/economy/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Bonamici · climate crisis","url":"https://www.bonamiciforcongress.com/priorities/climate-crisis/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Bonamici · immigration","url":"https://www.bonamiciforcongress.com/priorities/immigration/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}]}},{"id":"barbara-j-kahl","name":"Barbara J Kahl","background":"Veterinarian; describes more than three decades serving Oregon communities.","summary":"Connects economic growth with support for businesses, workforce education, increased housing supply and federal oversight.","priorities":["Support school choice and education funding that follows the student.","Streamline housing permits and use federal incentives to reduce financing barriers.","Support working ports, timber communities and law-enforcement funding with accountability."],"interpretation":"Her program combines market access and regulatory relief with selected public investment. School funding and permitting also involve state and local authority.","question":"Which federal incentives and regulations would you change, and how would school choice affect public-school funding?","sources":[{"label":"Kahl · campaign platform","url":"https://www.drkahlforcongress.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Undated page; reviewed September 18, 2026"},{"label":"2026 qualified filing · Republican","url":"https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cfDetail.do?page=search&cfRsn=25383","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"},{"label":"Oregon voters’ pamphlet candidate statement · PDF page 7","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=7","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 pamphlet; posted by the Secretary of State September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Kahl · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#kahl-2026-09-25","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 25, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate in reply to the Lab’s questions and kept on file; the answers are quoted on the brief. Receipt does not verify the claims."}],"affiliation":"Republican","portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/barbara-j-kahl.webp","sourceUrl":"https://www.drkahlforcongress.com/","credit":"Campaign photo · drkahlforcongress.com","reviewed":"2026-09-21"},"analysis":{"values":["Regulatory relief","Fiscal accountability"],"tradeoff":"Cutting federal regulations and taxes while restoring housing, timber and maritime industries relies on growth to replace revenue; the reviewed materials name directions, not the rules or dollars involved.","issues":{"housing":{"position":"Would expand housing supply at every price point, streamline permitting, and use federal incentives to reduce financing barriers for first-time buyers and working families.","source":{"label":"Kahl · platform (home page)","url":"https://www.drkahlforcongress.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"safety":{"position":"Supports local law enforcement with funding and accountability.","source":{"label":"Kahl · platform (home page)","url":"https://www.drkahlforcongress.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"money":{"position":"Would cut redundant federal regulations and taxes, track taxpayer dollars with no blank checks for NGOs or special interests, and revive the timber, tech, agriculture and maritime industries.","source":{"label":"Oregon voters’ pamphlet candidate statement · PDF page 7","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=7","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 pamphlet; posted by the Secretary of State September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"climate":{"position":"Wants forest and land management that sustains both the environment and timber-dependent communities.","source":{"label":"Kahl · platform (home page)","url":"https://www.drkahlforcongress.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Oregon voters’ pamphlet candidate statement · PDF page 7","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=7","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 pamphlet; posted by the Secretary of State September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Kahl · platform (home page)","url":"https://www.drkahlforcongress.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Kahl · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#kahl-2026-09-25","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 25, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate in reply to the Lab’s questions and kept on file; the answers are quoted on the brief. Receipt does not verify the claims."}]}}],"geography":"Oregon","seats":1,"method":"Vote for one","rosterSource":{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · qualified 2026 general-election filings","url":"https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cfFilings.do?cfSearchButtonName=currentElection","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"},"rosterStatus":"Official list checked"},{"id":"oregon-house-3","title":"U.S. House · District 3","jurisdiction":"Oregon congressional district 3 · two-year term","authority":"Congress writes federal law, approves spending and oversees the executive branch. A representative needs support from colleagues; most legislation also needs Senate approval and the president’s signature, or a veto override.","stakes":"Federal housing support, healthcare, civil rights and executive-branch oversight.","comparison":"Dexter’s published program details federal housing and healthcare tools. A current policy brief for Ayles is still missing; readers should not infer his positions from his party alone.","candidates":[{"id":"maxine-e-dexter","name":"Maxine E Dexter","background":"Incumbent U.S. representative; physician and former state legislator.","summary":"Supports a long-term single-payer healthcare model, stronger oversight of healthcare intermediaries and expanded federal housing assistance.","priorities":["Expand affordable-housing tax credits, HOME and the National Housing Trust Fund.","Support rental and first-time-buyer assistance and innovative construction.","Regulate pharmacy benefit managers and private-equity involvement in healthcare."],"interpretation":"Her approach expands public financing and regulation in housing and healthcare. Her campaign’s descriptions of state legislative results remain separate from the congressional vote checked below.","question":"How would you prioritize housing subsidies and healthcare reform if Congress cannot fund the entire agenda?","sources":[{"label":"Dexter · housing","url":"https://maxinefororegon.com/issue/housing-and-homelessness/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Undated page; reviewed September 18, 2026"},{"label":"Dexter · healthcare","url":"https://maxinefororegon.com/issue/fight-for-universal-affordable-healthcare/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Undated page; reviewed September 18, 2026"},{"label":"2026 qualified filing · Democrat","url":"https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cfDetail.do?page=search&cfRsn=25431","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"},{"label":"Oregon voters’ pamphlet candidate statement · PDF page 15","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=15","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 pamphlet; posted by the Secretary of State September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Dexter · economic opportunity","url":"https://maxinefororegon.com/issue/economic-opportunity/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Dexter · climate and environment","url":"https://maxinefororegon.com/issue/fight-climate-change-and-protect-our-environment/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Dexter · immigration","url":"https://maxinefororegon.com/issue/immigration/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Dexter · addiction and mental health","url":"https://maxinefororegon.com/issue/addiction-and-mental-health/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}],"affiliation":"Democrat","record":[{"text":"Voted No on the final House motion accepting the Senate’s H.R. 1 amendment, July 3, 2025. It passed 218–214. This records a vote on the entire package, not a separate vote on each provision.","source":{"label":"House Clerk · roll call 190, final House action on H.R. 1","url":"https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025190","kind":"Public record","date":"July 3, 2025"}}],"portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/maxine-e-dexter.webp","sourceUrl":"https://maxinefororegon.com/","credit":"Campaign photo · maxinefororegon.com","reviewed":"2026-09-21"},"analysis":{"values":["Public financing","Healthcare regulation"],"tradeoff":"Expanding housing tax credits, a single-payer path and 100% clean electricity all rely on federal money and majorities; the reviewed pages set the direction and some bills, not the order or the cost.","issues":{"housing":{"position":"Would expand the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit, the HOME program and the National Housing Trust Fund, fund innovative and green construction, and support rental assistance and down-payment help for first-time buyers.","source":{"label":"Dexter · housing","url":"https://maxinefororegon.com/issue/housing-and-homelessness/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"safety":{"position":"Would abolish ICE, pass the CLEAR ID Act to end anonymous raids, oppose ICE and CBP funding until raids stop and due process is restored, and bring federal money for detox beds and treatment over punishment.","source":{"label":"Dexter · immigration","url":"https://maxinefororegon.com/issue/immigration/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"money":{"position":"Would close corporate tax loopholes and make billionaires pay more, raise the federal minimum wage to $15 tied to inflation, and pass the PRO Act and nationwide paid leave.","source":{"label":"Dexter · economic opportunity","url":"https://maxinefororegon.com/issue/economic-opportunity/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"climate":{"position":"Would pass a Green New Deal, move to 100% clean electricity nationwide, ban new fossil-fuel infrastructure on public lands and offshore, bury power lines and expand EV charging.","source":{"label":"Dexter · climate and environment","url":"https://maxinefororegon.com/issue/fight-climate-change-and-protect-our-environment/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Oregon voters’ pamphlet candidate statement · PDF page 15","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=15","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 pamphlet; posted by the Secretary of State September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Dexter · housing","url":"https://maxinefororegon.com/issue/housing-and-homelessness/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Dexter · economic opportunity","url":"https://maxinefororegon.com/issue/economic-opportunity/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Dexter · climate and environment","url":"https://maxinefororegon.com/issue/fight-climate-change-and-protect-our-environment/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Dexter · immigration","url":"https://maxinefororegon.com/issue/immigration/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Dexter · addiction and mental health","url":"https://maxinefororegon.com/issue/addiction-and-mental-health/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}]}},{"id":"loran-ayles","name":"Loran Ayles","background":"Qualified candidate in the Secretary of State’s filing records.","summary":"A sufficiently current, attributable policy brief has not yet been completed.","priorities":[],"interpretation":"The research gap does not establish that the candidate has no positions. Party affiliation is not a substitute for their own statements.","question":"What are your three proposed changes, their costs, and the legislation needed to implement them?","sources":[{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · qualified 2026 general-election filings","url":"https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cfFilings.do?cfSearchButtonName=currentElection","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"},{"label":"2026 qualified filing · Republican","url":"https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cfDetail.do?page=search&cfRsn=25472","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"}],"affiliation":"Republican","missing":"The official filing confirms candidacy. A sufficiently current primary-source platform has not yet been reviewed."}],"geography":"Oregon","seats":1,"method":"Vote for one","rosterSource":{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · qualified 2026 general-election filings","url":"https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cfFilings.do?cfSearchButtonName=currentElection","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"},"rosterStatus":"Official list checked"},{"id":"oregon-house-5","title":"U.S. House · District 5","jurisdiction":"Oregon congressional district 5 · two-year term","authority":"Congress writes federal law, approves spending and oversees the executive branch. A representative needs support from colleagues; most legislation also needs Senate approval and the president’s signature, or a veto override.","stakes":"Housing, healthcare, public safety, natural resources and federal spending.","comparison":"Bynum emphasizes housing access and health coverage; Adair emphasizes affordability, law enforcement and congressional ethics. A current profile for Townsend remains a research gap.","candidates":[{"id":"janelle-s-bynum","name":"Janelle S Bynum","background":"Incumbent U.S. representative; engineer, business owner and former state legislator.","summary":"Emphasizes housing supply and homeownership, protection of Medicare and Medicaid, and lower prescription costs.","priorities":["Address construction-workforce and financing barriers to housing.","Support pathways to ownership and responses to youth homelessness.","Protect Medicare, expand Medicaid and lower drug prices."],"interpretation":"Her reviewed pages describe goals and legislative activity without a fully costed program. Bill introduction and bipartisan sponsorship do not by themselves establish achieved outcomes.","question":"Which housing bill would most directly lower costs, and what evidence would show that it worked?","sources":[{"label":"Bynum · housing","url":"https://www.janellebynum.com/issues/lowering-the-cost-of-housing","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Undated page; reviewed September 18, 2026"},{"label":"Bynum · healthcare","url":"https://www.janellebynum.com/issues/lowering-cost-of-healthcare","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Undated page; reviewed September 18, 2026"},{"label":"2026 qualified filing · Democrat","url":"https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cfDetail.do?page=search&cfRsn=25421","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"},{"label":"Oregon voters’ pamphlet candidate statement · PDF page 23","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=23","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 pamphlet; posted by the Secretary of State September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. 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This records a vote on the entire package, not a separate vote on each provision.","source":{"label":"House Clerk · roll call 190, final House action on H.R. 1","url":"https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025190","kind":"Public record","date":"July 3, 2025"}}],"portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/janelle-s-bynum.webp","sourceUrl":"https://www.janellebynum.com/","credit":"Campaign photo · janellebynum.com","reviewed":"2026-09-21"},"analysis":{"values":["Housing supply","Health-coverage protection"],"tradeoff":"Her pages describe bills introduced and money brought home rather than a costed program; lowering housing and health costs through Congress depends on which of those bills can pass.","issues":{"housing":{"position":"Would tackle housing shortages, construction-workforce gaps and financing barriers through legislation, expand pathways to homeownership and address youth homelessness.","source":{"label":"Bynum · lowering the cost of housing","url":"https://www.janellebynum.com/issues/lowering-the-cost-of-housing","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"safety":{"position":"Wants people off the streets through homelessness prevention, more shelter capacity and mental-health services, and opposes what she calls a federal takeover of communities by ICE.","source":{"label":"Oregon voters’ pamphlet candidate statement · PDF page 23","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=23","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 pamphlet; posted by the Secretary of State September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. 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Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"climate":{"position":"Would generate more clean energy, transition away from fossil fuels and protect communities and land from wildfires.","source":{"label":"Bynum · taking climate action","url":"https://www.janellebynum.com/issues/taking-climate-action","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Oregon voters’ pamphlet candidate statement · PDF page 23","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=23","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 pamphlet; posted by the Secretary of State September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. 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Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}]}},{"id":"patti-adair","name":"Patti Adair","background":"Deschutes County commissioner.","summary":"Names affordability, law enforcement, natural resources, business growth and congressional ethics as priorities.","priorities":["Support law-enforcement resources.","Promote sustainable natural-resource use and business growth.","Ban congressional insider trading."],"interpretation":"The reviewed priorities page gives a direction but relatively little detail on the tax, spending or regulatory changes behind it. That limits comparison of implementation, not her entitlement to inclusion.","question":"Which three federal changes would lower household costs, and how would your congressional trading restrictions be enforced?","sources":[{"label":"Adair · priorities","url":"https://www.pattiforcongress.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Undated page; reviewed September 18, 2026"},{"label":"2026 qualified filing · Republican","url":"https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cfDetail.do?page=search&cfRsn=25392","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"},{"label":"2026 qualified filing · Libertarian","url":"https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cfDetail.do?page=search&cfRsn=25842","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"},{"label":"Oregon voters’ pamphlet candidate statement · PDF page 25","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=25","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 pamphlet; posted by the Secretary of State September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}],"affiliation":"Republican · Libertarian","portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/patti-adair.webp","sourceUrl":"https://www.pattiforcongress.com/","credit":"Campaign photo · pattiforcongress.com","reviewed":"2026-09-21"},"analysis":{"values":["Fiscal oversight","Law-enforcement support"],"tradeoff":"Permanent no-tax-on-tips, overtime and Social Security plus a larger child tax credit reduce revenue while she promises to eliminate waste; the reviewed pages do not size either side.","issues":{"safety":{"position":"Would fully support law enforcement to keep communities safe; cites working with law enforcement and adding two circuit judges as a county commissioner.","source":{"label":"Adair · record and priorities","url":"https://www.pattiforcongress.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. 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Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"climate":{"position":"Would require Big Tech to disclose data centers' effects on air, water and electricity costs, address rising electricity costs, and support sustainable management of natural resources.","source":{"label":"Oregon voters’ pamphlet candidate statement · PDF page 25","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=25","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 pamphlet; posted by the Secretary of State September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Oregon voters’ pamphlet candidate statement · PDF page 25","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=25","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 pamphlet; posted by the Secretary of State September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Adair · record and priorities","url":"https://www.pattiforcongress.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}]}},{"id":"andrea-townsend","name":"Andrea Townsend","background":"Pacific Green nominee; answered her party’s 2026 candidate questionnaire.","summary":"Her questionnaire answers put a Green alternative on the ballot: deeply affordable social housing, tenant protections, redirecting war spending to human and ecological needs, and climate action that protects land, water and biodiversity.","priorities":["Deeply affordable social housing and tenant protections.","Redirect war spending toward human and ecological needs.","Confront climate change while protecting land, water and biodiversity."],"interpretation":"The research gap does not establish that the candidate has no positions. Party affiliation is not a substitute for their own statements.","question":"What federal bills or budget changes would carry these priorities, and what would each cost?","sources":[{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · qualified 2026 general-election filings","url":"https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cfFilings.do?cfSearchButtonName=currentElection","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"},{"label":"2026 qualified filing · Pacific Green","url":"https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cfDetail.do?page=search&cfRsn=25632","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"},{"label":"Pacific Green Party · nomination questionnaire, Townsend’s answers","url":"https://www.pacificgreens.org/meet_the_candidates_for_nomination_andrea_townsend","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Posted July 17, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}],"affiliation":"Pacific Green","analysis":{"values":["Peace dividend","Ecological limits"],"tradeoff":"Redirecting war spending to social housing and climate work is a direction, not a bill; the questionnaire names the priorities and none of the amounts or mechanisms.","issues":{"housing":{"position":"Would address the housing crisis through deeply affordable social housing and tenant protections.","source":{"label":"Pacific Green Party · nomination questionnaire, Townsend’s answers","url":"https://www.pacificgreens.org/meet_the_candidates_for_nomination_andrea_townsend","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Posted July 17, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. 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Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Bentz · secure our borders (undated issue page)","url":"https://cliffbentz.com/2023/06/secure-our-borders/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Bentz · fire and federal forest management (undated issue page)","url":"https://cliffbentz.com/2023/06/fire-federal-forest-management/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}],"affiliation":"Republican","record":[{"text":"Voted Aye on the final House motion accepting the Senate’s H.R. 1 amendment, July 3, 2025. It passed 218–214. 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Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"climate":{"position":"Wants more energy generation, reservoir storage, hydropower, retained dams, irrigation water and increased timber harvest; opposes carbon pricing and would reduce fuel loads on federal forests and change the Equal Access to Justice Act.","source":{"label":"Oregon voters’ pamphlet candidate statement · PDF page 13","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=13","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 pamphlet; posted by the Secretary of State September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. 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Describing it simply as either unrestricted immigration or universal deportation would miss that distinction.","question":"Who would qualify for lawful status, and how would you fund treatment expansion while changing federal spending?","sources":[{"label":"DeSpain · priorities","url":"https://www.moniqueforcongress.com/issues/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Undated page; reviewed September 18, 2026"},{"label":"2026 qualified filing · Republican","url":"https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cfDetail.do?page=search&cfRsn=25454","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"},{"label":"2026 qualified filing · Libertarian","url":"https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cfDetail.do?page=search&cfRsn=25841","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"},{"label":"Oregon voters’ pamphlet candidate statement · PDF page 17","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=17","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 pamphlet; posted by the Secretary of State September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. 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Implementation would require major legislation and financing.","question":"How would the transition to public ownership work, what would it cost, and which measures would you pursue first?","sources":[{"label":"Filip · platform","url":"https://www.justin4congress.com/our-platform","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Undated page; reviewed September 18, 2026"},{"label":"2026 qualified filing · Pacific Green","url":"https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cfDetail.do?page=search&cfRsn=25616","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"},{"label":"2026 qualified filing · Progressive","url":"https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cfDetail.do?page=search&cfRsn=25742","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"},{"label":"Oregon voters’ pamphlet candidate statement · PDF page 21","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=21","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 pamphlet; posted by the Secretary of State September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. 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Campaign claims about bills and funding need independent follow-up beyond the vote recorded here.","question":"Which mental-health and housing measures would receive priority in a constrained budget?","sources":[{"label":"Salinas · issues","url":"https://www.andreasalinasfororegon.com/issues/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Undated page; reviewed September 18, 2026"},{"label":"2026 qualified filing · Democrat","url":"https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cfDetail.do?page=search&cfRsn=25378","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"},{"label":"2026 qualified filing · Independent","url":"https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cfDetail.do?page=search&cfRsn=25619","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"},{"label":"Oregon voters’ pamphlet candidate statement · PDF page 27","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=27","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 pamphlet; posted by the Secretary of State September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. 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This records a vote on the entire package, not a separate vote on each provision.","source":{"label":"House Clerk · roll call 190, final House action on H.R. 1","url":"https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025190","kind":"Public record","date":"July 3, 2025"}}],"portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/andrea-salinas.webp","sourceUrl":"https://www.andreasalinasfororegon.com/","credit":"Campaign photo · andreasalinasfororegon.com","reviewed":"2026-09-21"},"analysis":{"values":["Targeted federal investment","Health-care access"],"tradeoff":"Federal housing money, mental-health bills and drug-price caps are incremental and bipartisan by design; the reviewed pages show bills and grants, not which would come first under a tight budget.","issues":{"housing":{"position":"Would invest in affordable housing and emergency shelters, support legislation for two million affordable homes over a decade, and prioritize housing for unhoused people and unaccompanied homeless youth.","source":{"label":"Salinas · issues","url":"https://www.andreasalinasfororegon.com/issues/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"safety":{"position":"Would fund first responders and social services, keep working with police on fentanyl including stiffer trafficker penalties, invest in smart border security, streamline immigration courts and protect communities from what she calls ICE's violent overreach.","source":{"label":"Salinas · issues","url":"https://www.andreasalinasfororegon.com/issues/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"money":{"position":"Would cap prescription drug costs and let Medicare negotiate prices, seek middle-class tax relief instead of billionaire tax breaks, and bring living-wage jobs to Oregon.","source":{"label":"Oregon voters’ pamphlet candidate statement · PDF page 27","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=27","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 pamphlet; posted by the Secretary of State September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"climate":{"position":"Would put Oregon on a path to 100% green energy, stand up to corporate polluters, and protect air and waterways; prioritizes public infrastructure over corporate-owned data centers.","source":{"label":"Salinas · issues","url":"https://www.andreasalinasfororegon.com/issues/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Oregon voters’ pamphlet candidate statement · PDF page 27","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=27","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 pamphlet; posted by the Secretary of State September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Salinas · issues","url":"https://www.andreasalinasfororegon.com/issues/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}]}},{"id":"david-russ","name":"David Russ","background":"Former Dundee mayor.","summary":"Advocates stronger state and local control, fewer federal subsidies and regulations, domestic manufacturing and stricter immigration enforcement.","priorities":["Transfer federal public lands toward state or local control.","Reduce federal control over schools, utilities, business and infrastructure.","End subsidies to large corporations and federal subsidies or loans to noncitizens."],"interpretation":"His program would redistribute authority and reduce selected federal interventions. The financial and legal effects depend on the programs and lands involved.","question":"Which transfers and spending reductions would you pursue first, and who would fund the responsibilities shifted to states or localities?","sources":[{"label":"Russ · campaign platform","url":"https://www.russisforus.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Undated page; reviewed September 18, 2026"},{"label":"2026 qualified filing · Republican","url":"https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cfDetail.do?page=search&cfRsn=25473","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"},{"label":"Oregon voters’ pamphlet candidate statement · PDF page 29","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=29","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 pamphlet; posted by the Secretary of State September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Russ · campaign platform (home page)","url":"https://russisforus.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Russ · proposed bills","url":"https://russisforus.com/proposed-bills","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}],"affiliation":"Republican","portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/david-russ.webp","sourceUrl":"https://russisforus.com/about-me/","credit":"Campaign photo · russisforus.com","reviewed":"2026-09-21"},"analysis":{"values":["Local control","Smaller federal role"],"tradeoff":"Returning lands, schools and utilities to state control and ending conditional federal grants would shift both authority and hundreds of billions of dollars; who funds those responsibilities afterward is not addressed in the reviewed pages.","issues":{"housing":{"position":"Says nearly all his proposals would reduce homelessness by strengthening the economy, and opposes federal money for NGOs, which he says spend more on staff, consulting and programs that keep homeless people dependent than on helping them become independent.","source":{"label":"Russ · correction and clarification emailed to the Lab","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#russ-2026-09-25","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 25, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate in reply to the Lab and kept on file; his words are quoted on his brief. Receipt does not verify the claims."}},"safety":{"position":"Would secure the border and remove people who entered illegally, make aiding illegal border crossers a federal felony, and require U.S. attorneys to take roughly 98% of referred cases to trial.","source":{"label":"Russ · campaign platform (home page)","url":"https://russisforus.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"money":{"position":"Would end subsidies that benefit only large corporations and federal subsidy or loan programs for noncitizens, strip conditions from federal grants to states through a No Strings Act, and end what he calls the IRS manhunt of 1099 employers.","source":{"label":"Russ · campaign platform (home page)","url":"https://russisforus.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"climate":{"position":"Would return federal public lands to state and local control, end federal control of local utilities and infrastructure, and support responsible forest and agricultural management, reliable infrastructure and affordable energy decided locally.","source":{"label":"Oregon voters’ pamphlet candidate statement · PDF page 29","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=29","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 pamphlet; posted by the Secretary of State September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Oregon voters’ pamphlet candidate statement · PDF page 29","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=29","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 pamphlet; posted by the Secretary of State September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Russ · campaign platform (home page)","url":"https://russisforus.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Russ · proposed bills","url":"https://russisforus.com/proposed-bills","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}]}}],"geography":"Oregon","seats":1,"method":"Vote for one","rosterSource":{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · qualified 2026 general-election filings","url":"https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cfFilings.do?cfSearchButtonName=currentElection","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"},"rosterStatus":"Official list checked"},{"id":"oregon-state-senate-13","title":"Oregon Senate · District 13","geography":"Oregon","jurisdiction":"Oregon Legislature · Senate district 13","seats":1,"method":"Vote for one","authority":"The Legislature adopts state laws, taxes and budgets, including school funding, healthcare, housing rules and transportation. Most legislation needs both chambers and the governor, or a veto override. An individual legislator cannot order a local agency to act.","stakes":"Housing costs and land use, schools, healthcare, transportation funding, taxes, civil rights and state oversight.","comparison":"Neron Misslin emphasizes public investment, tenant protections and family services. Lancaster emphasizes tax restraint, changes to housing rules and stronger enforcement. Nelson’s brief remains open; do not infer his positions from his party.","rosterSource":{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · qualified 2026 general-election filings","url":"https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cfFilings.do?cfSearchButtonName=currentElection","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"},"rosterStatus":"Official list checked","candidates":[{"id":"courtney-neron-misslin","name":"Courtney Neron Misslin","background":"Incumbent senator; educator and former state representative.","summary":"Connects affordability to childcare, public education, housing stability and healthcare access.","priorities":["Expand school meals, special-education support and affordable childcare.","Preserve subsidized housing, prevent evictions and fund infrastructure for new homes.","Protect Medicaid and reproductive care; invest in behavioral-health services."],"interpretation":"She favors both new housing and protection of existing affordability, with substantial public investment. Her campaign’s legislative accomplishment claims still need independent outcome review.","question":"Which programs would receive priority if available revenue cannot fund all of these commitments?","sources":[{"url":"https://www.courtneyfororegon.com/priorities","label":"Neron Misslin · priorities","date":"Undated campaign page; reviewed September 18, 2026","kind":"Candidate statement"},{"label":"2026 qualified filing · Democrat","url":"https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cfDetail.do?page=search&cfRsn=25444","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"},{"label":"2026 qualified filing · Working Families","url":"https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cfDetail.do?page=search&cfRsn=25884","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"},{"label":"Neron Misslin · Meet Courtney","url":"https://www.courtneyfororegon.com/meet-courtney","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · filed candidate statement · PDF page 64","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=64","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 state voters’ pamphlet; PDF printed September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign for the state voters’ pamphlet, which is not published until September 29, 2026."}],"affiliation":"Democrat · Working Families","portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/courtney-neron-misslin.webp","sourceUrl":"https://www.courtneyfororegon.com/","credit":"Campaign photo · courtneyfororegon.com","reviewed":"2026-09-21"},"analysis":{"values":["Public investment","Tenant protections"],"tradeoff":"She pairs building more homes with protecting the affordable homes that exist, and funds prevention-first safety and healthcare through state investment; the site lists past appropriations and bills rather than a costed next-term plan.","issues":{"housing":{"position":"Build more homes and protect existing affordable ones: eviction prevention, housing-first strategies, stronger tenant protections and rent-increase transparency (her HB 3042), and state money for sewer and water lines so towns can build.","source":{"label":"Neron Misslin · priorities","url":"https://www.courtneyfororegon.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"safety":{"position":"Prevention-focused safety: expanded mental-health resources, full funding for the 9-8-8 crisis line, domestic-violence legislation, gun-safety measures such as safe storage, and police accountability, alongside money for Tigard’s police facility.","source":{"label":"Neron Misslin · priorities","url":"https://www.courtneyfororegon.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"money":{"position":"Lower household bills rather than raise them: she opposed tolling the I-5 bridge in Wilsonville, backs universal school meals as a family-budget saving, and wants lower prescription-drug costs.","source":{"label":"Neron Misslin · priorities","url":"https://www.courtneyfororegon.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"climate":{"position":"Stronger toxics standards, clean-energy job training, sustainable transportation, responsible land use and climate resilience, with district money for the Sherwood pedestrian bridge and transit-oriented workforce housing.","source":{"label":"Neron Misslin · priorities","url":"https://www.courtneyfororegon.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Neron Misslin · priorities","url":"https://www.courtneyfororegon.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Neron Misslin · Meet Courtney","url":"https://www.courtneyfororegon.com/meet-courtney","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · filed candidate statement · PDF page 64","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=64","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 state voters’ pamphlet; PDF printed September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign for the state voters’ pamphlet, which is not published until September 29, 2026."}]}},{"id":"glenn-lancaster","name":"Glenn Lancaster","background":"Electrical-engineering entrepreneur and Wilsonville community advocate.","summary":"Blames policy choices for rising costs and proposes tax restraint, housing-rule changes and stronger enforcement.","priorities":["Oppose gas-tax and other tax increases.","Change land-use and housing policies that restrict supply.","Enforce laws and demand measurable results from schools and public programs."],"interpretation":"His program emphasizes reversing government-imposed costs. The reviewed platform does not identify the specific land-use changes or replacement transportation revenue.","question":"Which housing restrictions would you change, and how would roads and services be funded?","sources":[{"url":"https://glennlancaster.com/issues2/","label":"Lancaster · priorities","date":"Undated campaign page; reviewed September 18, 2026","kind":"Candidate statement"},{"label":"2026 qualified filing · Republican","url":"https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cfDetail.do?page=search&cfRsn=25471","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"},{"label":"Lancaster · about","url":"https://glennlancaster.com/about/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · filed candidate statement · PDF page 66","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=66","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 state voters’ pamphlet; PDF printed September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign for the state voters’ pamphlet, which is not published until September 29, 2026."}],"affiliation":"Republican","portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/glenn-lancaster.webp","sourceUrl":"https://glennlancaster.com/","credit":"Campaign photo · glennlancaster.com","reviewed":"2026-09-21"},"analysis":{"values":["Tax restraint","Enforcement first"],"tradeoff":"He blames rising costs on state policy and would stop tax increases, loosen housing and land-use rules and enforce existing laws; the site does not name which rules would change or how roads and services would be funded instead.","issues":{"housing":{"position":"Change the housing and land-use policies he says restrict supply and drive up rent and home prices.","source":{"label":"Lancaster · Fix What’s Broken (priorities)","url":"https://glennlancaster.com/issues2/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"safety":{"position":"Restore public order and enforce the law, and demand what he calls real solutions to addiction and homelessness rather than treating them as permanent.","source":{"label":"Lancaster · Fix What’s Broken (priorities)","url":"https://glennlancaster.com/issues2/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"money":{"position":"Stop the gas tax and stop tax increases; demand accountability for what works and stop funding programs that grow even when they fail.","source":{"label":"Lancaster · Fix What’s Broken (priorities)","url":"https://glennlancaster.com/issues2/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Lancaster · Fix What’s Broken (priorities)","url":"https://glennlancaster.com/issues2/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Lancaster · about","url":"https://glennlancaster.com/about/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · filed candidate statement · PDF page 66","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=66","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 state voters’ pamphlet; PDF printed September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign for the state voters’ pamphlet, which is not published until September 29, 2026."}]}},{"id":"tim-e-nelson","name":"Tim E Nelson","background":"Qualified candidate in the official general-election filings.","summary":"A current, attributable policy brief has not yet been completed.","priorities":[],"interpretation":"Party affiliation does not establish this candidate’s personal positions. The missing brief is a research gap.","question":"Which specific laws and budget changes would you prioritize, and how would they be funded?","sources":[{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · qualified 2026 general-election filings","url":"https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cfFilings.do?cfSearchButtonName=currentElection","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"},{"label":"2026 qualified filing · Libertarian","url":"https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cfDetail.do?page=search&cfRsn=25904","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"}],"affiliation":"Libertarian","missing":"Current campaign and interview research remains incomplete. Inclusion in the official field is checked separately from policy evidence."}]},{"id":"oregon-state-senate-15","title":"Oregon Senate · District 15","geography":"Oregon","jurisdiction":"Oregon Legislature · Senate district 15","seats":1,"method":"Vote for one","authority":"The Legislature adopts state laws, taxes and budgets, including school funding, healthcare, housing rules and transportation. Most legislation needs both chambers and the governor, or a veto override. An individual legislator cannot order a local agency to act.","stakes":"Housing costs and land use, schools, healthcare, transportation funding, taxes, civil rights and state oversight.","comparison":"Muñoz emphasizes land-use protections, scrutiny of data centers and investment in working families. Hutchison emphasizes deregulation, academic standards and replacing assessment-based property taxation.","rosterSource":{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · qualified 2026 general-election filings","url":"https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cfFilings.do?cfSearchButtonName=currentElection","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"},"rosterStatus":"Official list checked","candidates":[{"id":"myrna-a-munoz","name":"Myrna A Munoz","background":"Candidate for Senate District 15; campaign uses the name Myrna Muñoz.","summary":"Wants stronger environmental safeguards and community input on industrial growth, alongside civil-rights and affordability protections.","priorities":["Protect working lands and scrutinize data-center impacts.","Strengthen due process and protections against racial profiling.","Expand healthcare and affordable housing while protecting workers’ rights."],"interpretation":"Her economic approach places conditions on growth to protect residents and resources. The reviewed page does not specify a data-center ban or the financing for expanded services.","question":"What enforceable conditions would you require of a new data center, and how would you finance housing and healthcare?","sources":[{"url":"https://myrnaforsenate.com/issues","label":"Muñoz · platform","date":"Undated campaign page; reviewed September 18, 2026","kind":"Candidate statement"},{"label":"2026 qualified filing · Democrat","url":"https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cfDetail.do?page=search&cfRsn=25491","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"},{"label":"2026 qualified filing · Working Families","url":"https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cfDetail.do?page=search&cfRsn=25882","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"},{"label":"Muñoz · about","url":"https://myrnaforsenate.com/about","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · filed candidate statement · PDF page 68","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=68","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 state voters’ pamphlet; PDF printed September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign for the state voters’ pamphlet, which is not published until September 29, 2026."}],"affiliation":"Democrat · Working Families","portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/myrna-a-munoz.webp","sourceUrl":"https://myrnaforsenate.com/","credit":"Campaign photo · myrnaforsenate.com","reviewed":"2026-09-21"},"analysis":{"values":["Land-use protection","Civil rights"],"tradeoff":"She would put conditions on growth (data-center transparency and safeguards) while expanding housing, healthcare and worker protections through state investment; the site does not say how that investment would be financed.","issues":{"housing":{"position":"Invest state money in affordable housing and reassess the systems that leave the most vulnerable unhoused, with a strategic plan to house all Oregonians.","source":{"label":"Muñoz · platform","url":"https://myrnaforsenate.com/issues","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"safety":{"position":"State laws that strengthen due process and prevent racial profiling, keeping local resources focused on community safety rather than federal immigration enforcement; her About page calls for abolishing ICE.","source":{"label":"Muñoz · platform","url":"https://myrnaforsenate.com/issues","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"money":{"position":"Lower prescription-drug costs and stop the AI data-center build-out she says is driving up electricity bills.","source":{"label":"Muñoz · platform","url":"https://myrnaforsenate.com/issues","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"climate":{"position":"Defend Oregon’s land-use system for farms and forests, with transparency, community input and environmental safeguards on data centers.","source":{"label":"Muñoz · platform","url":"https://myrnaforsenate.com/issues","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Muñoz · platform","url":"https://myrnaforsenate.com/issues","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Muñoz · about","url":"https://myrnaforsenate.com/about","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · filed candidate statement · PDF page 68","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=68","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 state voters’ pamphlet; PDF printed September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign for the state voters’ pamphlet, which is not published until September 29, 2026."}]}},{"id":"harold-hutchison","name":"Harold Hutchison","background":"Retired Forest Grove resident; describes himself as conservative.","summary":"Proposes less regulation, higher academic standards and structural changes to taxation and government.","priorities":["Eliminate assessment-based property taxation.","Pursue term limits and stronger academic standards.","Reduce regulation and strengthen the rule of law and confidence in elections."],"interpretation":"Eliminating this tax basis would require a replacement funding model for affected services. His election-confidence goal does not itself establish a flaw in current elections.","question":"What would replace assessment-based property taxes, and which election changes do you propose?","sources":[{"url":"https://haroldhutchison.carrd.co/","label":"Hutchison · legislative goals","date":"Undated campaign page; reviewed September 18, 2026","kind":"Candidate statement"},{"label":"2026 qualified filing · Republican","url":"https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cfDetail.do?page=search&cfRsn=25477","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"},{"label":"Hutchison · Oregon Abigail Adams Project candidate questionnaire","url":"https://survey.oregonabigailadams.org/AAP/candidate-survey-answer.cfm?State=OR&Q=state26&K=SS15-06","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"2026 general-election questionnaire; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified. The candidate's own written answers, hosted by the questionnaire's publisher."},{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · filed candidate statement · PDF page 70","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=70","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 state voters’ pamphlet; PDF printed September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign for the state voters’ pamphlet, which is not published until September 29, 2026."}],"affiliation":"Republican","portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/harold-hutchison.webp","sourceUrl":"https://haroldhutchison.carrd.co/","credit":"Campaign photo · haroldhutchison.carrd.co","reviewed":"2026-09-21"},"analysis":{"values":["Deregulation","Property-tax repeal"],"tradeoff":"He would end assessment-based property taxes, cut regulation and building codes, and reject climate and electric-vehicle mandates; his questionnaire names no replacement revenue for the services property taxes fund.","issues":{"housing":{"position":"Cut regulations and simplify building codes to address the housing shortage, even over community objections.","source":{"label":"Hutchison · Oregon Abigail Adams Project candidate questionnaire","url":"https://survey.oregonabigailadams.org/AAP/candidate-survey-answer.cfm?State=OR&Q=state26&K=SS15-06","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"2026 general-election questionnaire; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified. The candidate's own written answers, hosted by the questionnaire's publisher."}},"safety":{"position":"Repeal Oregon’s sanctuary-state law and let police ask about immigration status outside criminal investigations; restore respect for the rule of law.","source":{"label":"Hutchison · Oregon Abigail Adams Project candidate questionnaire","url":"https://survey.oregonabigailadams.org/AAP/candidate-survey-answer.cfm?State=OR&Q=state26&K=SS15-06","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"2026 general-election questionnaire; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified. The candidate's own written answers, hosted by the questionnaire's publisher."}},"money":{"position":"Eliminate assessment-based property tax, keep the kicker with taxpayers, and oppose a sales tax; supports a mortgage-interest deduction.","source":{"label":"Hutchison · Oregon Abigail Adams Project candidate questionnaire","url":"https://survey.oregonabigailadams.org/AAP/candidate-survey-answer.cfm?State=OR&Q=state26&K=SS15-06","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"2026 general-election questionnaire; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified. The candidate's own written answers, hosted by the questionnaire's publisher."}},"climate":{"position":"Voter approval for highway tolls and no gas-tax increases; opposes the 2040 emissions target, electric-vehicle sales mandates and 100% carbon-free electricity standards, and favors another look at nuclear power.","source":{"label":"Hutchison · Oregon Abigail Adams Project candidate questionnaire","url":"https://survey.oregonabigailadams.org/AAP/candidate-survey-answer.cfm?State=OR&Q=state26&K=SS15-06","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"2026 general-election questionnaire; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified. The candidate's own written answers, hosted by the questionnaire's publisher."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Hutchison · campaign page","url":"https://haroldhutchison.carrd.co/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Hutchison · Oregon Abigail Adams Project candidate questionnaire","url":"https://survey.oregonabigailadams.org/AAP/candidate-survey-answer.cfm?State=OR&Q=state26&K=SS15-06","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"2026 general-election questionnaire; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified. The candidate's own written answers, hosted by the questionnaire's publisher."},{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · filed candidate statement · PDF page 70","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=70","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 state voters’ pamphlet; PDF printed September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign for the state voters’ pamphlet, which is not published until September 29, 2026."}]}}]},{"id":"oregon-state-senate-16","title":"Oregon Senate · District 16","geography":"Oregon","jurisdiction":"Oregon Legislature · Senate district 16","seats":1,"method":"Vote for one","authority":"The Legislature adopts state laws, taxes and budgets, including school funding, healthcare, housing rules and transportation. Most legislation needs both chambers and the governor, or a veto override. An individual legislator cannot order a local agency to act.","stakes":"Housing costs and land use, schools, healthcare, transportation funding, taxes, civil rights and state oversight.","comparison":"Bangs emphasizes tax restraint, natural-resource industries and local control. Armitage emphasizes economic opportunity and household costs. Finkle emphasizes oversight, care safety and rural preparedness. Compare concrete legislation behind those goals.","rosterSource":{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · qualified 2026 general-election filings","url":"https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cfFilings.do?cfSearchButtonName=currentElection","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"},"rosterStatus":"Official list checked","candidates":[{"id":"courtney-bangs","name":"Courtney Bangs","background":"Clatsop County commissioner and educator.","summary":"Proposes tax and regulatory restraint, support for natural-resource industries and greater local control over growth.","priorities":["Oppose new taxes and fees; support predictable timber harvests.","Reduce housing and childcare barriers and improve roads and levees.","Support law enforcement and parental involvement; protect children before birth and support prenatal and adoption services."],"interpretation":"Her approach links public-service funding to resource production and existing revenue. The platform leaves the specific abortion-law changes and cost tradeoffs unstated.","question":"Which regulations would you change, and how would you finance the infrastructure commitments?","sources":[{"url":"https://www.CourtneyBangs.com/priorities","label":"Bangs · priorities","date":"Undated campaign page; reviewed September 18, 2026","kind":"Candidate statement"},{"label":"2026 qualified filing · Republican","url":"https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cfDetail.do?page=search&cfRsn=25493","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"},{"label":"Bangs · priorities","url":"https://www.courtneybangs.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Bangs · about","url":"https://www.courtneybangs.com/about","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · filed candidate statement · PDF page 72","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=72","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 state voters’ pamphlet; PDF printed September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign for the state voters’ pamphlet, which is not published until September 29, 2026."}],"affiliation":"Republican","portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/courtney-bangs.webp","sourceUrl":"https://www.courtneybangs.com/","credit":"Campaign photo · courtneybangs.com","reviewed":"2026-09-21"},"analysis":{"values":["Tax restraint","Local control"],"tradeoff":"She ties public services to timber revenue and existing tax dollars, would cut state housing rules in favor of local control, and back law enforcement; the site names no cost for the road and levee commitments.","issues":{"housing":{"position":"Cut state-level red tape that makes home building slower and costlier, protect local control over how communities grow, and expand childcare providers as she did in Clatsop County.","source":{"label":"Bangs · priorities","url":"https://www.courtneybangs.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"safety":{"position":"Fully back deputies, police and sheriffs with support and resources, and encourage school resource officers.","source":{"label":"Bangs · priorities","url":"https://www.courtneybangs.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"money":{"position":"Stop new tax hikes and hidden fees, cut regulatory burdens that raise fuel and energy costs, and demand accountability for state spending; she cites helping defeat the $4.3 billion gas-tax package.","source":{"label":"Bangs · priorities","url":"https://www.courtneybangs.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"climate":{"position":"Fight for the district’s share of existing tax dollars for Highways 30, 6 and 101, oppose tax schemes that hit commuters without fixing roads, and get levees studied, accredited and upgraded.","source":{"label":"Bangs · priorities","url":"https://www.courtneybangs.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Bangs · priorities","url":"https://www.courtneybangs.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Bangs · about","url":"https://www.courtneybangs.com/about","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · filed candidate statement · PDF page 72","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=72","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 state voters’ pamphlet; PDF printed September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign for the state voters’ pamphlet, which is not published until September 29, 2026."}]}},{"id":"rachel-armitage","name":"Rachel Armitage","background":"Former appointed state senator.","summary":"In an April interview, described household prosperity, lower fees and taxes, economic development and expanded housing access as priorities.","priorities":["Reduce costs borne by constituents.","Support North Coast economic development and housing access."],"interpretation":"This is a dated statement of direction, not a fully costed general-election platform. It does not establish agreement with every policy associated with her party.","question":"Which fees, taxes and housing rules would you change first?","sources":[{"label":"Tillamook Headlight Herald · Armitage interview","url":"https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/tillamookheadlightherald.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/b/5e/b5e85786-7bcd-4dfd-8653-96868d0c2f25/69e6cc94c66a0.pdf.pdf","kind":"Reporting","date":"April 21, 2026","note":"Primary-season interview; later campaign commitments require additional review."},{"label":"2026 qualified filing · Democrat","url":"https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cfDetail.do?page=search&cfRsn=25437","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"},{"label":"Armitage · campaign site","url":"https://www.senatedistrict16.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified. The site carries a biography and contact details but no policy text."},{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · filed candidate statement · PDF page 74","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=74","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 state voters’ pamphlet; PDF printed September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign for the state voters’ pamphlet, which is not published until September 29, 2026."}],"affiliation":"Democrat","portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/rachel-armitage.webp","sourceUrl":"https://www.senatedistrict16.com/","credit":"Campaign photo · senatedistrict16.com","reviewed":"2026-09-21"},"analysis":{"values":["Lower fees","Rules review"],"tradeoff":"Her April interview promises lower costs through reviewing old rules and programs, more housing through faster permitting, and roads funded by the gas taxes rural drivers already pay; it is a direction, not a costed plan.","issues":{"housing":{"position":"More housing to support north-coast growth: review permitting to cut wait times for builders, fund water and wastewater upgrades, and prepare for the expected land-use debate.","source":{"label":"Tillamook Headlight Herald · Armitage interview","url":"https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/tillamookheadlightherald.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/b/5e/b5e85786-7bcd-4dfd-8653-96868d0c2f25/69e6cc94c66a0.pdf.pdf","kind":"Reporting","date":"April 21, 2026 (primary-season interview); reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified. Position taken from the candidate's quoted statements in this interview."}},"money":{"position":"Cut costs for taxpayers: generally opposes the gas-tax and DMV-fee increases, and wants a legislative system to review whether passed bills and pandemic-era programs still work.","source":{"label":"Tillamook Headlight Herald · Armitage interview","url":"https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/tillamookheadlightherald.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/b/5e/b5e85786-7bcd-4dfd-8653-96868d0c2f25/69e6cc94c66a0.pdf.pdf","kind":"Reporting","date":"April 21, 2026 (primary-season interview); reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified. Position taken from the candidate's quoted statements in this interview."}},"climate":{"position":"More oversight and spending transparency at ODOT, with rural gas-tax dollars maintaining the roads rural commuters drive, since they lack the metro area’s alternatives to cars.","source":{"label":"Tillamook Headlight Herald · Armitage interview","url":"https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/tillamookheadlightherald.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/b/5e/b5e85786-7bcd-4dfd-8653-96868d0c2f25/69e6cc94c66a0.pdf.pdf","kind":"Reporting","date":"April 21, 2026 (primary-season interview); reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified. Position taken from the candidate's quoted statements in this interview."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Tillamook Headlight Herald · Armitage interview","url":"https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/tillamookheadlightherald.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/b/5e/b5e85786-7bcd-4dfd-8653-96868d0c2f25/69e6cc94c66a0.pdf.pdf","kind":"Reporting","date":"April 21, 2026 (primary-season interview); reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified. Position taken from the candidate's quoted statements in this interview."},{"label":"Armitage · campaign site","url":"https://www.senatedistrict16.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified. The site carries a biography and contact details but no policy text."},{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · filed candidate statement · PDF page 74","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=74","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 state voters’ pamphlet; PDF printed September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign for the state voters’ pamphlet, which is not published until September 29, 2026."}]}},{"id":"melisa-finkle","name":"Melisa Finkle","background":"State-government investigator based in Rockaway Beach.","summary":"Describes a campaign centered on direct constituent accountability and oversight of services.","priorities":["Develop proposals on short- and long-term care safety.","Address rural infrastructure and emergency preparedness."],"interpretation":"Her oversight background helps explain the focus on administration. A claimed independence from campaign networks is not proof of policy independence or effectiveness.","question":"What specific care-safety and preparedness changes would you introduce, and what would they cost?","sources":[{"label":"Tillamook County Pioneer · Finkle campaign profile","url":"https://www.tillamookcountypioneer.net/independent-candidate-takes-unconventional-path-in-oregon-senate-district-16/","kind":"Reporting","date":"August 18, 2026"},{"label":"2026 qualified filing · Independent","url":"https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cfDetail.do?page=search&cfRsn=25629","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"},{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · filed candidate statement · PDF page 76","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=76","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 state voters’ pamphlet; PDF printed September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign for the state voters’ pamphlet, which is not published until September 29, 2026."}],"affiliation":"Independent","analysis":{"values":["Oversight","Party independence"],"tradeoff":"She runs on direct accountability to residents, declining endorsements and donor networks, with bills planned on care safety and rural preparedness; neither the profile nor her filed statement takes a position on the four issues here.","issues":{},"sources":[{"label":"Tillamook County Pioneer · Finkle campaign profile","url":"https://www.tillamookcountypioneer.net/independent-candidate-takes-unconventional-path-in-oregon-senate-district-16/","kind":"Reporting","date":"August 18, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"A campaign profile with no position on housing, safety, taxes or transportation."},{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · filed candidate statement · PDF page 76","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=76","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 state voters’ pamphlet; PDF printed September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign for the state voters’ pamphlet, which is not published until September 29, 2026."}]}}]},{"id":"oregon-state-senate-17","title":"Oregon Senate · District 17","geography":"Oregon","jurisdiction":"Oregon Legislature · Senate district 17","seats":1,"method":"Vote for one","authority":"The Legislature adopts state laws, taxes and budgets, including school funding, healthcare, housing rules and transportation. Most legislation needs both chambers and the governor, or a veto override. An individual legislator cannot order a local agency to act.","stakes":"Housing costs and land use, schools, healthcare, transportation funding, taxes, civil rights and state oversight.","comparison":"Reynolds emphasizes children’s wellbeing, healthcare access and gun-violence prevention. Chee’s current policy brief remains incomplete, so this edition cannot yet establish a fair issue-by-issue contrast.","rosterSource":{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · qualified 2026 general-election filings","url":"https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cfFilings.do?cfSearchButtonName=currentElection","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"},"rosterStatus":"Official list checked","candidates":[{"id":"lisa-reynolds","name":"Lisa Reynolds","background":"Incumbent senator and Washington County pediatrician.","summary":"Frames state policy around reducing child poverty and improving health and opportunity for families.","priorities":["Reduce child poverty and improve outcomes for families.","Expand healthcare access, especially behavioral-health services.","Prevent gun violence."],"interpretation":"Her medical background informs a prevention-oriented agenda. The overview establishes priorities but does not give a complete next-term budget or legislative plan.","question":"Which child-poverty and healthcare measures would you introduce next, and how would you evaluate them?","sources":[{"url":"https://www.lisafororegon.com/","label":"Reynolds · current campaign overview","date":"Undated campaign page; reviewed September 18, 2026","kind":"Candidate statement"},{"label":"2026 qualified filing · Democrat","url":"https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cfDetail.do?page=search&cfRsn=25436","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"},{"label":"Reynolds · priorities","url":"https://www.lisafororegon.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Reynolds · about","url":"https://www.lisafororegon.com/about","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · filed candidate statement · PDF page 78","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=78","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 state voters’ pamphlet; PDF printed September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign for the state voters’ pamphlet, which is not published until September 29, 2026."}],"affiliation":"Democrat","portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/lisa-reynolds.webp","sourceUrl":"https://www.lisafororegon.com/","credit":"Campaign photo · lisafororegon.com","reviewed":"2026-09-21"},"analysis":{"values":["Child poverty","Gun-violence prevention"],"tradeoff":"A pediatrician’s prevention agenda: upstream spending against child poverty, gun-safety laws, and treatment plus supply interruption on fentanyl; the site sets a poverty target but not a next-term budget.","issues":{"housing":{"position":"Housing as a basic right: she voted for record shelter and housing funding and supported rent relief and eviction moratoriums to keep families housed.","source":{"label":"Reynolds · priorities","url":"https://www.lisafororegon.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"safety":{"position":"Gun-violence prevention (safe-storage and ghost-gun laws, community-violence grants, expanded extreme-risk orders, a purchase age of 21) plus more addiction treatment and interrupting the fentanyl supply.","source":{"label":"Reynolds · priorities","url":"https://www.lisafororegon.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"money":{"position":"Upstream investment against child poverty (hunger, housing insecurity, childcare), including the refundable Child Tax Credit she helped pass, with a goal of halving child poverty.","source":{"label":"Reynolds · priorities","url":"https://www.lisafororegon.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Reynolds · priorities","url":"https://www.lisafororegon.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Reynolds · about","url":"https://www.lisafororegon.com/about","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · filed candidate statement · PDF page 78","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=78","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 state voters’ pamphlet; PDF printed September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign for the state voters’ pamphlet, which is not published until September 29, 2026."}]}},{"id":"john-a-n-chee","name":"John A N Chee","background":"Republican nominee raised in Portland’s Bethany neighborhood; answered the 2026 Ballotpedia candidate survey.","summary":"His survey answers pair sharp property- and inheritance-tax cuts with prosecuting vagrancy and open drug use, fewer rules on home builders and support for young men entering the trades.","priorities":["Dramatically reduce property taxes and eliminate taxes on family inheritances.","Prosecute vagrancy and open drug use.","Cut regulations on home builders and small businesses."],"interpretation":"Party affiliation does not establish this candidate’s personal positions. The missing brief is a research gap.","question":"Which state services would shrink to pay for the property- and inheritance-tax cuts, and by how much?","sources":[{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · qualified 2026 general-election filings","url":"https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cfFilings.do?cfSearchButtonName=currentElection","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"},{"label":"2026 qualified filing · Republican","url":"https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cfDetail.do?page=search&cfRsn=25388","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"},{"label":"Chee · Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey","url":"https://ballotpedia.org/John_Chee","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"2026 survey; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified. The candidate's own written answers, hosted by the questionnaire's publisher."}],"affiliation":"Republican","analysis":{"values":["Lower taxes","Traditional family"],"tradeoff":"His survey pairs sharp property- and inheritance-tax cuts with prosecuting vagrancy and open drug use and support for young men entering the trades; it does not say what state services would shrink to pay for the tax cuts.","issues":{"housing":{"position":"Cut regulations that punish home builders and remove barriers for local builders and first-time buyers.","source":{"label":"Chee · Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey","url":"https://ballotpedia.org/John_Chee","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"2026 survey; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified. The candidate's own written answers, hosted by the questionnaire's publisher."}},"safety":{"position":"Prosecute vagrancy and open drug use.","source":{"label":"Chee · Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey","url":"https://ballotpedia.org/John_Chee","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"2026 survey; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified. The candidate's own written answers, hosted by the questionnaire's publisher."}},"money":{"position":"Dramatically reduce property taxes, eliminate taxes on family inheritances, and cut regulations on small businesses.","source":{"label":"Chee · Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey","url":"https://ballotpedia.org/John_Chee","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"2026 survey; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified. The candidate's own written answers, hosted by the questionnaire's publisher."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Chee · Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey","url":"https://ballotpedia.org/John_Chee","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"2026 survey; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified. The candidate's own written answers, hosted by the questionnaire's publisher."}]}}]},{"id":"oregon-state-senate-19","title":"Oregon Senate · District 19","geography":"Oregon","jurisdiction":"Oregon Legislature · Senate district 19","seats":1,"method":"Vote for one","authority":"The Legislature adopts state laws, taxes and budgets, including school funding, healthcare, housing rules and transportation. Most legislation needs both chambers and the governor, or a veto override. An individual legislator cannot order a local agency to act.","stakes":"Housing costs and land use, schools, healthcare, transportation funding, taxes, civil rights and state oversight.","comparison":"Wagner emphasizes public investment, housing production and rights protections. Dirksen emphasizes lower taxes, spending scrutiny, public safety and parental involvement. Both address affordability through different tools.","rosterSource":{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · qualified 2026 general-election filings","url":"https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cfFilings.do?cfSearchButtonName=currentElection","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"},"rosterStatus":"Official list checked","candidates":[{"id":"rob-wagner","name":"Rob Wagner","background":"Incumbent senator and Senate president.","summary":"Supports education and housing investment, reproductive and gender-affirming healthcare, environmental protection and gun-safety laws.","priorities":["Build more housing through public, private and nonprofit partnerships.","Protect healthcare access, immigrant rights and public-school funding.","Require data centers to cover energy costs and support firearm safe-storage rules."],"interpretation":"He presents continuity in state investment and protections as the response to federal policy and affordability pressures. Campaign claims about enacted results need separate record and outcome checks.","question":"Which investments would you preserve first under tighter revenue, and what housing outcomes would you commit to?","sources":[{"url":"https://www.robwagnerfororegon.com/priorities/","label":"Wagner · priorities","date":"Undated campaign page; reviewed September 18, 2026","kind":"Candidate statement"},{"label":"2026 qualified filing · Democrat","url":"https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cfDetail.do?page=search&cfRsn=25516","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"},{"label":"Wagner · about","url":"https://www.robwagnerfororegon.com/about/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. 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The reviewed page does not identify the tax changes or program reductions needed to balance the budget.","question":"Which taxes and expenditures would change, and what services would you protect?","sources":[{"url":"https://www.marydirksen.com","label":"Dirksen · priorities","date":"Undated campaign page; reviewed September 18, 2026","kind":"Candidate statement"},{"label":"2026 qualified filing · Republican","url":"https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cfDetail.do?page=search&cfRsn=25530","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"},{"label":"Dirksen · priorities","url":"https://www.marydirksen.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Dirksen · about","url":"https://www.marydirksen.com/about","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · filed candidate statement · PDF page 82","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=82","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 state voters’ pamphlet; PDF printed September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign for the state voters’ pamphlet, which is not published until September 29, 2026."}],"affiliation":"Republican","portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/mary-dirksen.webp","sourceUrl":"https://www.marydirksen.com/about","credit":"Campaign photo · marydirksen.com","reviewed":"2026-09-21"},"analysis":{"values":["Tax relief","Public safety"],"tradeoff":"She promises tax relief and spending scrutiny alongside stronger consequences for repeat offenders and parental involvement in schools; the site does not name the tax changes or program cuts that would balance the budget.","issues":{"safety":{"position":"Support law enforcement, strengthen consequences for repeat offenders and put victims first, with accountability for crime, addiction and hazards on the streets.","source":{"label":"Dirksen · priorities","url":"https://www.marydirksen.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"money":{"position":"Rein in wasteful spending, demand transparency for every tax dollar and pursue meaningful tax relief.","source":{"label":"Dirksen · priorities","url":"https://www.marydirksen.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Dirksen · priorities","url":"https://www.marydirksen.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Dirksen · about","url":"https://www.marydirksen.com/about","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · filed candidate statement · PDF page 82","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=82","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 state voters’ pamphlet; PDF printed September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign for the state voters’ pamphlet, which is not published until September 29, 2026."}]}}]},{"id":"oregon-state-senate-20","title":"Oregon Senate · District 20","geography":"Oregon","jurisdiction":"Oregon Legislature · Senate district 20","seats":1,"method":"Vote for one","authority":"The Legislature adopts state laws, taxes and budgets, including school funding, healthcare, housing rules and transportation. Most legislation needs both chambers and the governor, or a veto override. An individual legislator cannot order a local agency to act.","stakes":"Housing costs and land use, schools, healthcare, transportation funding, taxes, civil rights and state oversight.","comparison":"Both candidates emphasize affordability and public safety. Meek pairs those goals with housing, healthcare and school investment; Stroh emphasizes a conditional no-new-taxes pledge, stronger enforcement and relief for childcare providers.","rosterSource":{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · qualified 2026 general-election filings","url":"https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cfFilings.do?cfSearchButtonName=currentElection","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"},"rosterStatus":"Official list checked","candidates":[{"id":"mark-meek","name":"Mark Meek","background":"Incumbent senator, business owner and Air Force veteran.","summary":"Combines opposition to road tolls with support for housing, treatment, police resources and family services.","priorities":["Keep tolls off I-205 and lower household costs.","Expand housing, shelter and treatment while supporting law enforcement.","Protect reproductive care and invest in student mental health and career education."],"interpretation":"His platform includes both enforcement and expanded services. His claimed role in past achievements is a campaign account, not an independent attribution of causation.","question":"How would you fund the service commitments and transportation needs while keeping roads toll-free?","sources":[{"url":"https://votemarkmeek.com","label":"Meek · priorities","date":"Undated campaign page; reviewed September 18, 2026","kind":"Candidate statement"},{"label":"2026 qualified filing · Democrat","url":"https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cfDetail.do?page=search&cfRsn=25445","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"},{"label":"Meek · campaign site","url":"https://www.votemarkmeek.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. 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Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"safety":{"position":"Give law enforcement the resources to fight crime and hold offenders accountable, alongside gun-safety measures to keep weapons from violent criminals.","source":{"label":"Meek · campaign site","url":"https://www.votemarkmeek.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"money":{"position":"Keep tolls off I-205 and lower household costs through Oregon’s Child Tax Credit and lower prices for housing, healthcare, prescriptions and childcare.","source":{"label":"Meek · campaign site","url":"https://www.votemarkmeek.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Meek · campaign site","url":"https://www.votemarkmeek.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · filed candidate statement · PDF page 86","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=86","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 state voters’ pamphlet; PDF printed September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign for the state voters’ pamphlet, which is not published until September 29, 2026."}]}},{"id":"michele-stroh","name":"Michele Stroh","background":"Oregon City School Board member and childcare-business owner.","summary":"Proposes stronger school standards and public safety while withholding support for new taxes until spending is demonstrably accountable.","priorities":["Support fully staffed police and stronger consequences for repeat offenders.","Reduce regulatory burdens on small businesses and childcare providers.","Strengthen academic standards, curriculum quality and parental involvement."],"interpretation":"Her affordability approach emphasizes lower government burdens. The threshold for considering new taxes, and the services to reduce if revenue is insufficient, remain open questions.","question":"What evidence would satisfy your accountability condition, and which spending would you reduce first?","sources":[{"url":"https://votestroh.com/","label":"Stroh · priorities and campaign announcement","date":"Undated campaign page; reviewed September 18, 2026","kind":"Candidate statement"},{"label":"2026 qualified filing · Republican","url":"https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cfDetail.do?page=search&cfRsn=25425","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"},{"label":"Stroh · record","url":"https://votestroh.com/micheles-record/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. 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An individual legislator cannot order a local agency to act.","stakes":"Housing costs and land use, schools, healthcare, transportation funding, taxes, civil rights and state oversight.","comparison":"One named candidate appears in the checked filings. 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Dollar amounts described as housing investment are not, by themselves, evidence of completed homes or reduced homelessness.","question":"Which housing and childcare outcomes would you report, and what policy changes would follow if investments fall short?","sources":[{"url":"https://www.kaysejama.com/accomplishments","label":"Jama · campaign account of legislative priorities","date":"Undated campaign page; reviewed September 18, 2026","kind":"Candidate statement"},{"label":"2026 qualified filing · Democrat","url":"https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cfDetail.do?page=search&cfRsn=25489","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"},{"label":"2026 qualified filing · Working Families","url":"https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cfDetail.do?page=search&cfRsn=25873","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"},{"label":"Jama · housing and homelessness","url":"https://www.kaysejama.com/homelessness","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. 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Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · filed candidate statement · PDF page 88","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=88","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 state voters’ pamphlet; PDF printed September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign for the state voters’ pamphlet, which is not published until September 29, 2026."}],"affiliation":"Democrat · Working Families","portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/kayse-jama.webp","sourceUrl":"https://www.kaysejama.com/meet_kayse","credit":"Campaign photo · kaysejama.com","reviewed":"2026-09-21"},"analysis":{"values":["Housing investment","Climate action"],"tradeoff":"An investment-centered record: billions steered to housing, a childcare package and clean-electricity mandates; dollar amounts are not themselves evidence of homes built or homelessness reduced.","issues":{"housing":{"position":"Keep the state investing in housing production, rental assistance, eviction prevention and homeownership, and ease approvals for dense affordable housing.","source":{"label":"Jama · housing and homelessness","url":"https://www.kaysejama.com/homelessness","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. 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An individual legislator cannot order a local agency to act.","stakes":"Housing costs and land use, schools, healthcare, transportation funding, taxes, civil rights and state oversight.","comparison":"Bassett emphasizes rural services, land-use protection and clean-energy investment. Helfrich emphasizes tax relief, policing and conservative positions on abortion and firearms. 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Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · filed candidate statement · PDF page 90","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=90","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 state voters’ pamphlet; PDF printed September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign for the state voters’ pamphlet, which is not published until September 29, 2026."}]}},{"id":"jeff-helfrich","name":"Jeff Helfrich","background":"State representative, former law-enforcement officer and Air Force veteran.","summary":"Supports limited government, tax relief, stronger police funding and conservative positions on abortion and gun rights.","priorities":["Balance the budget and provide tax relief.","Fund and support law enforcement.","Protect gun rights, oppose abortion and attract employers."],"interpretation":"The platform states broad commitments without specifying the abortion restrictions or spending changes he would seek. Those details matter more than the ideological label.","question":"Which taxes and services would change, and what abortion legislation would you support?","sources":[{"url":"https://www.helfrichfororegon.com/priorities","label":"Helfrich · priorities","date":"Undated campaign page; reviewed September 18, 2026","kind":"Candidate statement"},{"label":"2026 qualified filing · Republican","url":"https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cfDetail.do?page=search&cfRsn=25507","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"},{"label":"Helfrich · Meet Jeff","url":"https://www.helfrichfororegon.com/meet-jeff","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · filed candidate statement · PDF page 92","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=92","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 state voters’ pamphlet; PDF printed September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign for the state voters’ pamphlet, which is not published until September 29, 2026."}],"affiliation":"Republican","portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/jeff-helfrich.webp","sourceUrl":"https://www.helfrichfororegon.com/","credit":"Campaign photo · helfrichfororegon.com","reviewed":"2026-09-21"},"analysis":{"values":["Limited government","Police funding"],"tradeoff":"Broad commitments to tax relief, a balanced budget and police funding, with conservative positions on abortion and guns; the site does not specify which taxes, services or abortion laws would change.","issues":{"safety":{"position":"Properly fund and support law enforcement so officers can serve and protect communities.","source":{"label":"Helfrich · priorities","url":"https://www.helfrichfororegon.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"money":{"position":"Balance the state budget and provide tax relief for families; government should live within a budget as families do.","source":{"label":"Helfrich · priorities","url":"https://www.helfrichfororegon.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Helfrich · priorities","url":"https://www.helfrichfororegon.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Helfrich · Meet Jeff","url":"https://www.helfrichfororegon.com/meet-jeff","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · filed candidate statement · PDF page 92","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=92","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 state voters’ pamphlet; PDF printed September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign for the state voters’ pamphlet, which is not published until September 29, 2026."}]}}]},{"id":"oregon-state-house-26","title":"Oregon House · District 26","geography":"Oregon","jurisdiction":"Oregon Legislature · House district 26","seats":1,"method":"Vote for one","authority":"The Legislature adopts state laws, taxes and budgets, including school funding, healthcare, housing rules and transportation. Most legislation needs both chambers and the governor, or a veto override. An individual legislator cannot order a local agency to act.","stakes":"Housing costs and land use, schools, healthcare, transportation funding, taxes, civil rights and state oversight.","comparison":"Rieke Smith emphasizes public services and rights protections; Carkin emphasizes business conditions and performance budgeting. Terrio offers a different governing philosophy centered on dignity and criticism of shareholder-first capitalism, with less policy detail in the reviewed material.","rosterSource":{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · qualified 2026 general-election filings","url":"https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cfFilings.do?cfSearchButtonName=currentElection","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"},"rosterStatus":"Official list checked","candidates":[{"id":"sue-r-rieke-smith","name":"Sue R Rieke Smith","background":"Incumbent representative; former nurse, teacher and superintendent.","summary":"Supports stronger public education, housing stability, broader healthcare access and reproductive freedom.","priorities":["Increase school investment and oppose private-school vouchers.","Expand affordable housing and protect tenants.","Integrate mental-health and addiction treatment, protect abortion and IVF access, and invest in clean energy."],"interpretation":"Her approach relies on public investment and protections for workers and service users. Claims about past graduation improvements require independent review before assigning causation.","question":"How would you finance school, housing and healthcare expansion, and what would you prioritize first?","sources":[{"url":"https://www.votesueriekesmith.com/","label":"Rieke Smith · campaign priorities","date":"Undated campaign page; reviewed September 18, 2026","kind":"Candidate statement"},{"label":"2026 qualified filing · Democrat","url":"https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cfDetail.do?page=search&cfRsn=25505","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"},{"label":"2026 qualified filing · Independent","url":"https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cfDetail.do?page=search&cfRsn=25679","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"},{"label":"Rieke Smith · A Plan for Action","url":"https://www.votesueriekesmith.com/a-plan-for-action","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Rieke Smith · about","url":"https://www.votesueriekesmith.com/about-rep-sue","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · filed candidate statement · PDF page 179","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=179","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 state voters’ pamphlet; PDF printed September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign for the state voters’ pamphlet, which is not published until September 29, 2026."}],"affiliation":"Democrat · Independent","portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/sue-r-rieke-smith.webp","sourceUrl":"https://www.votesueriekesmith.com/","credit":"Campaign photo · votesueriekesmith.com","reviewed":"2026-09-21"},"analysis":{"values":["Public services","Rights protections"],"tradeoff":"Public investment and protections for schools, tenants and patients, funded by the state; her past graduation-rate claims need independent review, and the site does not rank which expansion comes first.","issues":{"housing":{"position":"Expand affordable housing, protect tenants and prevent homelessness through locally informed policy, partnering with cities and nonprofits on mental illness, addiction and economic instability.","source":{"label":"Rieke Smith · A Plan for Action","url":"https://www.votesueriekesmith.com/a-plan-for-action","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"safety":{"position":"Transparent, community-based public safety: address gun violence, give law enforcement training and tools, reduce crime and support victims with resources matched to suburban needs.","source":{"label":"Rieke Smith · A Plan for Action","url":"https://www.votesueriekesmith.com/a-plan-for-action","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"money":{"position":"Priority on increased state investment in public schools (opposing private-school vouchers) and on lowering health-care premiums and out-of-pocket costs.","source":{"label":"Rieke Smith · A Plan for Action","url":"https://www.votesueriekesmith.com/a-plan-for-action","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"climate":{"position":"Science-based climate policy: a transition to 100% clean and renewable energy and sustainable infrastructure, plus fixing roads and easing congestion locally.","source":{"label":"Rieke Smith · A Plan for Action","url":"https://www.votesueriekesmith.com/a-plan-for-action","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Rieke Smith · A Plan for Action","url":"https://www.votesueriekesmith.com/a-plan-for-action","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Rieke Smith · about","url":"https://www.votesueriekesmith.com/about-rep-sue","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · filed candidate statement · PDF page 179","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=179","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 state voters’ pamphlet; PDF printed September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign for the state voters’ pamphlet, which is not published until September 29, 2026."}]}},{"id":"stephanie-carkin","name":"Stephanie Carkin","background":"Business co-owner.","summary":"Proposes a more business-friendly regulatory system, performance budgeting and practical infrastructure and workforce investment.","priorities":["Streamline regulations and permitting for businesses.","Audit underperforming programs and use performance-based budgeting.","Prioritize roads and bridges, classroom resources, apprenticeships and vocational training."],"interpretation":"She seeks a larger tax base through private growth and lower administrative costs. The platform does not quantify the savings or list all regulations to remove.","question":"Which regulations and programs would change first, with what effect on services and state revenue?","sources":[{"url":"https://www.StephanieForOregon.com/issues","label":"Carkin · issues","date":"Undated campaign page; reviewed September 18, 2026","kind":"Candidate statement"},{"label":"2026 qualified filing · Republican","url":"https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cfDetail.do?page=search&cfRsn=25385","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"},{"label":"2026 qualified filing · Libertarian","url":"https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cfDetail.do?page=search&cfRsn=25896","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"},{"label":"Carkin · issues","url":"https://www.stephaniefororegon.com/issues","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Carkin · about","url":"https://www.stephaniefororegon.com/about","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · filed candidate statement · PDF page 175","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=175","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 state voters’ pamphlet; PDF printed September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign for the state voters’ pamphlet, which is not published until September 29, 2026."}],"affiliation":"Republican · Libertarian","portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/stephanie-carkin.webp","sourceUrl":"https://www.stephaniefororegon.com/about","credit":"Campaign photo · stephaniefororegon.com","reviewed":"2026-09-21"},"analysis":{"values":["Business climate","Performance budgeting"],"tradeoff":"She would grow the tax base through a friendlier business climate and cut administrative cost before asking taxpayers for more; the site does not quantify savings or list the regulations to remove.","issues":{"money":{"position":"No new burdens until government proves it spends existing money well: audits of underperforming programs, performance-based budgeting and more agency oversight, with a bigger tax base from a business-friendly Oregon.","source":{"label":"Carkin · issues","url":"https://www.stephaniefororegon.com/issues","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"climate":{"position":"Focus transportation dollars on maintaining roads, bridges and critical infrastructure, cutting administrative overhead rather than raising the gas tax.","source":{"label":"Carkin · issues","url":"https://www.stephaniefororegon.com/issues","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Carkin · issues","url":"https://www.stephaniefororegon.com/issues","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Carkin · about","url":"https://www.stephaniefororegon.com/about","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · filed candidate statement · PDF page 175","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=175","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 state voters’ pamphlet; PDF printed September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign for the state voters’ pamphlet, which is not published until September 29, 2026."}]}},{"id":"steph-terrio","name":"Steph Terrio","background":"Candidate for House District 26.","summary":"Frames politics around human dignity, clearer legislation and resistance to economic and political systems that prioritize private gain.","priorities":["Write legislation that is precise and understandable.","Evaluate decisions by their effect on constituents’ dignity.","Challenge manipulation by political allies as well as opponents."],"interpretation":"This is primarily a philosophy of representation. The reviewed campaign page does not specify housing, healthcare or tax legislation.","question":"What three state-law changes would put this philosophy into practice, and what would they cost?","sources":[{"url":"https://www.terrioforus.com/","label":"Terrio · campaign statement","date":"Undated campaign page; reviewed September 18, 2026","kind":"Candidate statement"},{"label":"2026 qualified filing · Progressive","url":"https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cfDetail.do?page=search&cfRsn=25618","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"},{"label":"2026 qualified filing · Pacific Green","url":"https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cfDetail.do?page=search&cfRsn=25634","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"},{"label":"Terrio · policy","url":"https://www.terrioforus.com/policy","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Terrio · about","url":"https://www.terrioforus.com/about","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · filed candidate statement · PDF page 177","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=177","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 state voters’ pamphlet; PDF printed September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign for the state voters’ pamphlet, which is not published until September 29, 2026."}],"affiliation":"Pacific Green · Progressive","portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/steph-terrio.webp","sourceUrl":"https://www.terrioforus.com/","credit":"Campaign photo · terrioforus.com","reviewed":"2026-09-21"},"analysis":{"values":["Human dignity","Anti-corporate"],"tradeoff":"A philosophy of representation (dignity, plain legislation, naming manipulation) with a few concrete proposals, several federal; the policy page names ideas rather than state bills or costs.","issues":{"housing":{"position":"Every citizen should be afforded a place to live; she would back a program requiring timber companies to supply renewable plant material for temporary housing.","source":{"label":"Terrio · policy","url":"https://www.terrioforus.com/policy","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"money":{"position":"Expansive social programs and publicly funded health care, financed in part by a 1.5% corporate tax increase and drug-price negotiation.","source":{"label":"Terrio · policy","url":"https://www.terrioforus.com/policy","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"climate":{"position":"Treat the climate crisis as an emergency now, and regulate AI immediately, citing data centers’ fresh-water use and unchecked surveillance.","source":{"label":"Terrio · policy","url":"https://www.terrioforus.com/policy","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Terrio · policy","url":"https://www.terrioforus.com/policy","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Terrio · about","url":"https://www.terrioforus.com/about","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · filed candidate statement · PDF page 177","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=177","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 state voters’ pamphlet; PDF printed September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign for the state voters’ pamphlet, which is not published until September 29, 2026."}]}}]},{"id":"oregon-state-house-29","title":"Oregon House · District 29","geography":"Oregon","jurisdiction":"Oregon Legislature · House district 29","seats":1,"method":"Vote for one","authority":"The Legislature adopts state laws, taxes and budgets, including school funding, healthcare, housing rules and transportation. Most legislation needs both chambers and the governor, or a veto override. An individual legislator cannot order a local agency to act.","stakes":"Housing costs and land use, schools, healthcare, transportation funding, taxes, civil rights and state oversight.","comparison":"McLain emphasizes public education, infrastructure, civil rights and housing investment. Schimmel’s policy brief remains incomplete, so a full comparative conclusion would be premature.","rosterSource":{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · qualified 2026 general-election filings","url":"https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cfFilings.do?cfSearchButtonName=currentElection","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"},"rosterStatus":"Official list checked","candidates":[{"id":"susan-mclain","name":"Susan McLain","background":"Incumbent representative, former teacher and Metro councilor.","summary":"Supports school investment, housing production, public transportation and environmental and reproductive protections.","priorities":["Invest in schools and pathways to homeownership.","Improve roads, transit and walking and cycling infrastructure; replace the Interstate Bridge.","Protect working lands and prevent data-center energy costs from shifting to residents."],"interpretation":"She combines large infrastructure commitments with conservation and public services. Her platform’s record claims require separate checks; funding and project-cost risks remain central questions.","question":"What would you prioritize in the next transportation package, and how would you limit cost overruns?","sources":[{"url":"https://www.susanmclain.org/priorities/","label":"McLain · priorities","date":"Undated campaign page; reviewed September 18, 2026","kind":"Candidate statement"},{"label":"2026 qualified filing · Democrat","url":"https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cfDetail.do?page=search&cfRsn=25464","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"},{"label":"McLain · Susan’s Story","url":"https://www.susanmclain.org/susans-story/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · filed candidate statement · PDF page 192","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=192","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 state voters’ pamphlet; PDF printed September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign for the state voters’ pamphlet, which is not published until September 29, 2026."}],"affiliation":"Democrat","portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/susan-mclain.webp","sourceUrl":"https://www.susanmclain.org/","credit":"Campaign photo · susanmclain.org","reviewed":"2026-09-21"},"analysis":{"values":["Public education","Infrastructure"],"tradeoff":"Large infrastructure commitments (a new Columbia River bridge, transit, road maintenance) alongside conservation, schools and tax credits; funding and cost-overrun risk remain the central questions.","issues":{"housing":{"position":"Major state investment in housing production to bring prices down, and accessible pathways to homeownership.","source":{"label":"McLain · priorities","url":"https://www.susanmclain.org/priorities/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"safety":{"position":"Hold ICE and law-enforcement agents accountable, strengthen civil-rights protections and support gun-safety laws.","source":{"label":"McLain · priorities","url":"https://www.susanmclain.org/priorities/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"money":{"position":"Lower taxes for low- and moderate-income families through the Earned Income Tax Credit, and stop data centers from passing energy costs to consumers.","source":{"label":"McLain · priorities","url":"https://www.susanmclain.org/priorities/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"climate":{"position":"More public transit, bike and pedestrian facilities, safety improvements and road maintenance; a new earthquake-ready Columbia River bridge; protect farmland, clean air and water.","source":{"label":"McLain · priorities","url":"https://www.susanmclain.org/priorities/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}}},"sources":[{"label":"McLain · priorities","url":"https://www.susanmclain.org/priorities/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"McLain · Susan’s Story","url":"https://www.susanmclain.org/susans-story/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · filed candidate statement · PDF page 192","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=192","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 state voters’ pamphlet; PDF printed September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign for the state voters’ pamphlet, which is not published until September 29, 2026."}]}},{"id":"brian-schimmel","name":"Brian Schimmel","background":"City councilor; Republican and Independent nominee with a campaign site and a filed statement.","summary":"He runs on making state policy work in practice: careful use of public money, measurable results, and adjusting programs that are not working, drawn from local housing and public-safety administration.","priorities":["Use public resources carefully and require measurable results.","Align state policy with local implementation and funding realities.","Adjust or end programs that are not working."],"interpretation":"Party affiliation does not establish this candidate’s personal positions. The missing brief is a research gap.","question":"Which state programs would you change first, and what result would show the change worked?","sources":[{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · qualified 2026 general-election filings","url":"https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cfFilings.do?cfSearchButtonName=currentElection","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"},{"label":"2026 qualified filing · Republican","url":"https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cfDetail.do?page=search&cfRsn=25602","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"},{"label":"2026 qualified filing · Independent","url":"https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cfDetail.do?page=search&cfRsn=25678","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"},{"label":"Schimmel · Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey","url":"https://ballotpedia.org/Brian_Schimmel","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"2026 survey; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified. The candidate's own written answers, hosted by the questionnaire's publisher."},{"label":"Schimmel · campaign site","url":"https://brianschimmel.org/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified. The platform section lists six headings (education, housing, local economy, infrastructure, land stewardship, civil liberties and public safety) without policy text."},{"label":"Schimmel · about","url":"https://brianschimmel.org/about-brian/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · filed candidate statement · PDF page 190","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=190","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 state voters’ pamphlet; PDF printed September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign for the state voters’ pamphlet, which is not published until September 29, 2026."}],"affiliation":"Republican · Independent","portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/brian-schimmel.webp","sourceUrl":"https://brianschimmel.org/","credit":"Campaign photo · brianschimmel.org","reviewed":"2026-09-21"},"analysis":{"values":["Implementation","Fiscal discipline"],"tradeoff":"He runs on making state policy work in practice (funding, coordination, measurable results) from housing and public-safety administration experience; his site lists platform headings without positions, so most issues stay open.","issues":{"money":{"position":"Public resources should be used carefully and produce measurable results, with transparency, oversight and a willingness to adjust programs that are not working.","source":{"label":"Schimmel · Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey","url":"https://ballotpedia.org/Brian_Schimmel","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"2026 survey; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified. The candidate's own written answers, hosted by the questionnaire's publisher."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Schimmel · Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey","url":"https://ballotpedia.org/Brian_Schimmel","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"2026 survey; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified. The candidate's own written answers, hosted by the questionnaire's publisher."},{"label":"Schimmel · campaign site","url":"https://brianschimmel.org/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified. The platform section lists six headings (education, housing, local economy, infrastructure, land stewardship, civil liberties and public safety) without policy text."},{"label":"Schimmel · about","url":"https://brianschimmel.org/about-brian/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · filed candidate statement · PDF page 190","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=190","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 state voters’ pamphlet; PDF printed September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign for the state voters’ pamphlet, which is not published until September 29, 2026."}]}}]},{"id":"oregon-state-house-40","title":"Oregon House · District 40","geography":"Oregon","jurisdiction":"Oregon Legislature · House district 40","seats":1,"method":"Vote for one","authority":"The Legislature adopts state laws, taxes and budgets, including school funding, healthcare, housing rules and transportation. Most legislation needs both chambers and the governor, or a veto override. An individual legislator cannot order a local agency to act.","stakes":"Housing costs and land use, schools, healthcare, transportation funding, taxes, civil rights and state oversight.","comparison":"Baker and Sugar both oppose tolls and emphasize affordability and public safety. Baker specifies audits, permitting changes and enforcement paired with treatment; Sugar’s reviewed overview emphasizes services, housing and reproductive rights. 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Treating people and reducing administrative costs are separate commitments whose budgets need to be reconciled.","question":"Which fees and regulations would you change, and how would treatment and policing commitments be funded?","sources":[{"url":"https://voteadambaker.com/issues/","label":"Baker · policy commitments","date":"Undated campaign page; reviewed September 18, 2026","kind":"Candidate statement"},{"label":"2026 qualified filing · Republican","url":"https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cfDetail.do?page=search&cfRsn=25386","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"},{"label":"Baker · Meet Adam","url":"https://voteadambaker.com/meet/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · filed candidate statement · PDF page 226","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=226","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 state voters’ pamphlet; PDF printed September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign for the state voters’ pamphlet, which is not published until September 29, 2026."}],"affiliation":"Republican","portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/adam-baker.webp","sourceUrl":"https://voteadambaker.com/meet/","credit":"Campaign photo · voteadambaker.com","reviewed":"2026-09-21"},"analysis":{"values":["Audit before taxing","Enforcement with treatment"],"tradeoff":"Cost restraint (no new taxes without proven results, no tolls) alongside more treatment, inpatient mental-health capacity and police resources; the added services and the savings are separate commitments whose budgets need reconciling.","issues":{"housing":{"position":"Cut the fees, permitting delays and red tape he says government adds to a home’s price, and support development that increases supply of all housing types, especially starter homes.","source":{"label":"Baker · issues","url":"https://voteadambaker.com/issues/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"safety":{"position":"Back police and first responders with resources and training, hold chronic offenders accountable and reduce encampments, while expanding recovery programs and evidence-based mental-health care including inpatient capacity.","source":{"label":"Baker · issues","url":"https://voteadambaker.com/issues/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"money":{"position":"No new taxes without proven efficiency and results, keep tolls off I-205, and protect ratepayers from utility bills that shift big users’ costs onto households.","source":{"label":"Baker · issues","url":"https://voteadambaker.com/issues/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Baker · issues","url":"https://voteadambaker.com/issues/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Baker · Meet Adam","url":"https://voteadambaker.com/meet/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · filed candidate statement · PDF page 226","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=226","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 state voters’ pamphlet; PDF printed September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign for the state voters’ pamphlet, which is not published until September 29, 2026."}]}},{"id":"michael-w-sugar","name":"Michael W Sugar","background":"Teacher, debate coach and union leader.","summary":"Emphasizes lower living costs, accessible healthcare, educational opportunity and housing for first-time buyers.","priorities":["Support toll-free roads and timely transportation projects.","Protect reproductive rights and improve healthcare access.","Expand housing opportunities, support businesses and improve disaster preparedness."],"interpretation":"The reviewed overview includes both tax cuts and stronger services, but does not specify their fiscal balance. It establishes priorities, not a fully costed plan.","question":"Which taxes would you cut, and what would pay for the proposed service and housing improvements?","sources":[{"url":"https://www.sugarfororegon.com/priorities","label":"Sugar · priorities","date":"Undated campaign page; reviewed September 18, 2026","kind":"Candidate statement"},{"label":"2026 qualified filing · Democrat","url":"https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cfDetail.do?page=search&cfRsn=25418","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"},{"label":"2026 qualified filing · Working Families","url":"https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cfDetail.do?page=search&cfRsn=25889","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"},{"label":"Sugar · about","url":"https://www.sugarfororegon.com/about","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · filed candidate statement · PDF page 224","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=224","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 state voters’ pamphlet; PDF printed September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign for the state voters’ pamphlet, which is not published until September 29, 2026."}],"affiliation":"Democrat · Working Families","portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/michael-w-sugar.webp","sourceUrl":"https://www.sugarfororegon.com/","credit":"Campaign photo · sugarfororegon.com","reviewed":"2026-09-21"},"analysis":{"values":["Lower costs","Public services"],"tradeoff":"Tax reform that shifts burden toward the wealthiest, plus stronger services and housing help; the site sets priorities and a delivery standard for transportation projects but not a fiscal balance.","issues":{"housing":{"position":"Make homeownership more affordable with housing options for first-time buyers and working families, bringing local input to statewide housing decisions.","source":{"label":"Sugar · priorities","url":"https://www.sugarfororegon.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"safety":{"position":"Support police, firefighters and emergency responders, expand mental-health supports and strengthen crime prevention.","source":{"label":"Sugar · priorities","url":"https://www.sugarfororegon.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"money":{"position":"Major tax reform so billionaires and the wealthiest corporations pay their fair share while working families’ burden falls, with responsible budgeting.","source":{"label":"Sugar · priorities","url":"https://www.sugarfororegon.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"climate":{"position":"Toll-free roads with transportation projects delivered on time and on budget, plus wildfire brush clearing and earthquake-resistant bridges, water systems and emergency centers.","source":{"label":"Sugar · priorities","url":"https://www.sugarfororegon.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Sugar · priorities","url":"https://www.sugarfororegon.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Sugar · about","url":"https://www.sugarfororegon.com/about","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · filed candidate statement · PDF page 224","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=224","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 state voters’ pamphlet; PDF printed September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign for the state voters’ pamphlet, which is not published until September 29, 2026."}]}},{"id":"pat-hubbell","name":"Pat Hubbell","background":"Pharmacist; Independent nominee with a campaign site and a filed statement.","summary":"A pharmacist’s platform: balance the state budget through audits and cuts without raising taxes, take on pharmacy benefit managers, and pair addiction and mental-health treatment with strict enforcement.","priorities":["Balance the budget by auditing departments and cutting waste, without new taxes.","Rein in pharmacy benefit managers to protect independent pharmacies.","Pair mental-health and addiction recovery with strict enforcement of public-safety laws."],"interpretation":"Party affiliation does not establish this candidate’s personal positions. The missing brief is a research gap.","question":"Which departments and programs would the audits cut, and by how much?","sources":[{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · qualified 2026 general-election filings","url":"https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cfFilings.do?cfSearchButtonName=currentElection","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"},{"label":"2026 qualified filing · Independent","url":"https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cfDetail.do?page=search&cfRsn=25780","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"},{"label":"Hubbell · three pillars","url":"https://hubbell4health.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Hubbell · platform","url":"https://hubbell4health.com/platform","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Hubbell · about","url":"https://hubbell4health.com/about","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · filed candidate statement · PDF page 228","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=228","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 state voters’ pamphlet; PDF printed September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign for the state voters’ pamphlet, which is not published until September 29, 2026."}],"affiliation":"Independent","portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/pat-hubbell.webp","sourceUrl":"https://hubbell4health.com/about","credit":"Campaign photo · hubbell4health.com","reviewed":"2026-09-21"},"analysis":{"values":["Fiscal discipline","Pharmacy access"],"tradeoff":"A pharmacist’s platform: balance the budget through audits and program cuts without raising taxes, fight pharmacy benefit managers, and pair treatment with strict enforcement; the site names local projects but no housing policy.","issues":{"safety":{"position":"Couple compassionate mental-health and addiction recovery with strict enforcement of public-safety laws.","source":{"label":"Hubbell · three pillars","url":"https://hubbell4health.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"money":{"position":"Balance the state budget without raising taxes on working families by auditing departments, eliminating waste and redundant programs, and simplifying regulations, without slashing vital services.","source":{"label":"Hubbell · platform","url":"https://hubbell4health.com/platform","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"climate":{"position":"A new Clackamas River pedestrian bridge linking Oregon City and Gladstone, and Gladstone’s Town Center streetscape work with state climate-friendly-communities money confirmed.","source":{"label":"Hubbell · three pillars","url":"https://hubbell4health.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Hubbell · three pillars","url":"https://hubbell4health.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Hubbell · platform","url":"https://hubbell4health.com/platform","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Hubbell · about","url":"https://hubbell4health.com/about","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · filed candidate statement · PDF page 228","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=228","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 state voters’ pamphlet; PDF printed September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign for the state voters’ pamphlet, which is not published until September 29, 2026."}]}}]},{"id":"oregon-state-house-51","title":"Oregon House · District 51","geography":"Oregon","jurisdiction":"Oregon Legislature · House district 51","seats":1,"method":"Vote for one","authority":"The Legislature adopts state laws, taxes and budgets, including school funding, healthcare, housing rules and transportation. Most legislation needs both chambers and the governor, or a veto override. An individual legislator cannot order a local agency to act.","stakes":"Housing costs and land use, schools, healthcare, transportation funding, taxes, civil rights and state oversight.","comparison":"Mead emphasizes healthcare access, rural opportunity and environmental protection. Bunch emphasizes local development control, policing, tax restraint and parental rights. Compare how each would fund services and accommodate needed housing.","rosterSource":{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · qualified 2026 general-election filings","url":"https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cfFilings.do?cfSearchButtonName=currentElection","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"},"rosterStatus":"Official list checked","candidates":[{"id":"darla-mead","name":"Darla Mead","background":"Oncology nurse, community advocate and foster parent.","summary":"Wants healthcare access less dependent on employment, stronger rural economies and protection of natural resources.","priorities":["Expand affordable care and separate health-insurance access from employment.","Support career education, housing and lower burdens on small businesses.","Protect watersheds and forests, invest in clean energy and reduce disaster risk."],"interpretation":"Her program combines expanded care with rural economic development. Separating coverage from employment requires a financing and delivery model beyond the general goal.","question":"What healthcare model would you propose, and what taxes or other revenue would finance it?","sources":[{"url":"https://www.darlameadfororegon.com/","label":"Mead · campaign priorities","date":"Undated campaign page; reviewed September 18, 2026","kind":"Candidate statement"},{"label":"2026 qualified filing · Democrat","url":"https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cfDetail.do?page=search&cfRsn=25494","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"},{"label":"2026 qualified filing · Working Families","url":"https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cfDetail.do?page=search&cfRsn=25878","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"},{"label":"Mead · creating local economic opportunity","url":"https://www.darlameadfororegon.com/issues/creating-local-economic-opportunity","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Mead · enforcing environmental protections","url":"https://www.darlameadfororegon.com/issues/enforcing-environmental-protections","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Mead · Meet Darla","url":"https://www.darlameadfororegon.com/meet_darla","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · filed candidate statement · PDF page 263","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=263","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 state voters’ pamphlet; PDF printed September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign for the state voters’ pamphlet, which is not published until September 29, 2026."}],"affiliation":"Democrat · Working Families","portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/darla-mead.webp","sourceUrl":"https://www.darlameadfororegon.com/","credit":"Campaign photo · darlameadfororegon.com","reviewed":"2026-09-21"},"analysis":{"values":["Healthcare access","Rural opportunity"],"tradeoff":"Expanded care and rural development with environmental protection; separating health coverage from employment needs a financing and delivery model the site does not yet give.","issues":{"housing":{"position":"New construction that fits community affordability standards rather than developer profit, staying within existing urban growth boundaries, reusing buildings, upgrading infrastructure, and pathways from subsidized housing to stable homes.","source":{"label":"Mead · creating local economic opportunity","url":"https://www.darlameadfororegon.com/issues/creating-local-economic-opportunity","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"money":{"position":"Lower household health costs by making insurance access independent of employment, and bring accounting skills to finding budget improvements.","source":{"label":"Mead · priorities","url":"https://www.darlameadfororegon.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"climate":{"position":"Support Oregon’s clean-energy goals, keep incentives for the shift to clean-energy transportation, protect forests and watersheds, tighten rules on water-hungry data centers and reduce wildfire risk.","source":{"label":"Mead · enforcing environmental protections","url":"https://www.darlameadfororegon.com/issues/enforcing-environmental-protections","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Mead · priorities","url":"https://www.darlameadfororegon.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Mead · creating local economic opportunity","url":"https://www.darlameadfororegon.com/issues/creating-local-economic-opportunity","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Mead · enforcing environmental protections","url":"https://www.darlameadfororegon.com/issues/enforcing-environmental-protections","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Mead · Meet Darla","url":"https://www.darlameadfororegon.com/meet_darla","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · filed candidate statement · PDF page 263","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=263","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 state voters’ pamphlet; PDF printed September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign for the state voters’ pamphlet, which is not published until September 29, 2026."}]}},{"id":"matt-bunch","name":"Matt Bunch","background":"Candidate for House District 51.","summary":"Prioritizes police support, local control of housing and land use, parental rights and restraint on transportation taxes.","priorities":["Give law enforcement tools, training and support.","Let local communities shape growth rather than requiring higher density statewide.","Oppose gas, vehicle-fee and payroll-tax increases; prioritize road maintenance."],"interpretation":"Greater local discretion could produce different housing rules across communities. The reviewed platform does not quantify how it would meet housing demand or transportation needs without new revenue.","question":"What housing targets and transportation funding would you support under this approach?","sources":[{"url":"https://www.mattbunch51.com/issues","label":"Bunch · issues","date":"Undated campaign page; reviewed September 18, 2026","kind":"Candidate statement"},{"label":"2026 qualified filing · Republican","url":"https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cfDetail.do?page=search&cfRsn=25463","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"},{"label":"Bunch · about","url":"https://www.mattbunch51.com/about","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · filed candidate statement · PDF page 261","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=261","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 state voters’ pamphlet; PDF printed September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign for the state voters’ pamphlet, which is not published until September 29, 2026."}],"affiliation":"Republican","portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/matt-bunch.webp","sourceUrl":"https://www.mattbunch51.com/about","credit":"Campaign photo · mattbunch51.com","reviewed":"2026-09-21"},"analysis":{"values":["Local control","Police support"],"tradeoff":"Local discretion over growth, police support and no transportation-tax increases; the site does not say how housing demand or road needs would be met without new revenue, and it describes him as the sitting representative while the research object lists him as a candidate.","issues":{"housing":{"position":"Let residents and local leaders decide housing, growth and land use rather than state-required high-density development.","source":{"label":"Bunch · issues","url":"https://www.mattbunch51.com/issues","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. 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Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"climate":{"position":"Prioritize road maintenance and safety improvements over new transportation taxes.","source":{"label":"Bunch · issues","url":"https://www.mattbunch51.com/issues","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Bunch · issues","url":"https://www.mattbunch51.com/issues","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Bunch · about","url":"https://www.mattbunch51.com/about","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. 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An individual legislator cannot order a local agency to act.","stakes":"Housing costs and land use, schools, healthcare, transportation funding, taxes, civil rights and state oversight.","comparison":"A concrete disagreement concerns data centers: Sanders opposes new data centers, while Hege favors local decision-making. Both support more housing and wildfire prevention, but differ on the government tools and fiscal limits they emphasize.","rosterSource":{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · qualified 2026 general-election filings","url":"https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cfFilings.do?cfSearchButtonName=currentElection","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"},"rosterStatus":"Official list checked","candidates":[{"id":"hank-sanders","name":"Hank Sanders","background":"Former reporter and Oregon Senate staff member.","summary":"Proposes targeted state programs to lower rural costs and stronger restrictions on data centers.","priorities":["Oppose new data centers and tax breaks; disclose resource use and benefits.","Create a home-hardening strike team for wildfire prevention.","Offer $5,000 rural childcare-worker tax credits and Medicaid paperwork support."],"interpretation":"His approach uses new programs and targeted credits to tackle specific cost pressures. Proposed savings and effects on insurance prices need evidence and financing estimates.","question":"What would these programs cost, and is your opposition to new data centers permanent or conditional?","sources":[{"url":"https://hankfororegon.com/issues","label":"Sanders · dated policy proposals","date":"January–May 2026; reviewed September 18, 2026","kind":"Candidate statement"},{"url":"https://hankfororegon.com/issues/restrictions-on-data-centers","label":"Sanders · no new data centers","date":"May 16, 2026","kind":"Candidate statement"},{"label":"2026 qualified filing · Democrat","url":"https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cfDetail.do?page=search&cfRsn=25409","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"},{"label":"2026 qualified filing · Independent","url":"https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cfDetail.do?page=search&cfRsn=25786","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"},{"label":"Sanders · issues","url":"https://www.hankfororegon.com/issues","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Sanders · no new data centers","url":"https://www.hankfororegon.com/issues/restrictions-on-data-centers","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Sanders · reduce wildfire risks and costs","url":"https://www.hankfororegon.com/issues/wildfire","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Sanders · childcare tax credits","url":"https://www.hankfororegon.com/issues/childcare-g3wbr","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Sanders · about","url":"https://www.hankfororegon.com/about","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · filed candidate statement · PDF page 265","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=265","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 state voters’ pamphlet; PDF printed September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign for the state voters’ pamphlet, which is not published until September 29, 2026."}],"affiliation":"Democrat · Independent","portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/hank-sanders.webp","sourceUrl":"https://www.hankfororegon.com/","credit":"Campaign photo · hankfororegon.com","reviewed":"2026-09-21"},"analysis":{"values":["No new data centers","Targeted programs"],"tradeoff":"New programs and targeted credits aimed at specific rural cost pressures, plus a hard line on data centers; the claimed savings and insurance effects need evidence and cost estimates.","issues":{"housing":{"position":"Keep housing affordable by lowering what homeowners pay, starting with wildfire home-hardening to bring down insurance costs.","source":{"label":"Sanders · reduce wildfire risks and costs","url":"https://www.hankfororegon.com/issues/wildfire","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"money":{"position":"No more data-center tax breaks and full disclosure of what they use and provide; tax credits of up to $5,000 for rural childcare workers to cut families’ costs.","source":{"label":"Sanders · no new data centers","url":"https://www.hankfororegon.com/issues/restrictions-on-data-centers","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"climate":{"position":"No new data centers, and far more state spending on wildfire prevention, including a home-hardening strike team for rural families.","source":{"label":"Sanders · reduce wildfire risks and costs","url":"https://www.hankfororegon.com/issues/wildfire","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Sanders · issues","url":"https://www.hankfororegon.com/issues","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Sanders · no new data centers","url":"https://www.hankfororegon.com/issues/restrictions-on-data-centers","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Sanders · reduce wildfire risks and costs","url":"https://www.hankfororegon.com/issues/wildfire","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Sanders · childcare tax credits","url":"https://www.hankfororegon.com/issues/childcare-g3wbr","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Sanders · about","url":"https://www.hankfororegon.com/about","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · filed candidate statement · PDF page 265","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=265","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 state voters’ pamphlet; PDF printed September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign for the state voters’ pamphlet, which is not published until September 29, 2026."}]}},{"id":"scott-c-hege","name":"Scott C Hege","background":"Wasco County commissioner and former Port of The Dalles executive director.","summary":"Emphasizes economic growth, local control of data centers, housing supply and the financial limits of state services.","priorities":["Oppose a statewide data-center moratorium while improving resource-use transparency.","Examine housing regulations, procurement and construction costs.","Invest in forest treatment and fire response; protect rural care while reviewing sustainable benefits."],"interpretation":"He supports local discretion and cost scrutiny rather than a statewide development pause. His account of data-center benefits is not an independent cost-benefit audit.","question":"Which healthcare benefits and housing rules would you change, and how would communities assess data-center costs?","sources":[{"label":"Columbia Community Connection · Hege interview","url":"https://columbiacommunityconnection.com/the-dalles/hege-puts-experience-at-center-of-house-district-52-campaign","kind":"Reporting","date":"September 16, 2026"},{"label":"2026 qualified filing · Republican","url":"https://secure.sos.state.or.us/orestar/cfDetail.do?page=search&cfRsn=25410","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"},{"label":"Hege · priorities","url":"https://www.hegefororegon.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Hege · about","url":"https://www.hegefororegon.com/about","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Hege · Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey","url":"https://ballotpedia.org/Scott_Hege","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"2026 survey; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified. The candidate's own written answers, hosted by the questionnaire's publisher."},{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · filed candidate statement · PDF page 267","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=267","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 state voters’ pamphlet; PDF printed September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign for the state voters’ pamphlet, which is not published until September 29, 2026."}],"affiliation":"Republican","portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/scott-c-hege.webp","sourceUrl":"https://www.hegefororegon.com/about","credit":"Campaign photo · hegefororegon.com","reviewed":"2026-09-21"},"analysis":{"values":["Local control","Cost scrutiny"],"tradeoff":"Local discretion over data centers and a hard look at why publicly subsidized housing costs more, rather than a statewide pause or new spending; his account of data-center benefits is not an independent audit.","issues":{"housing":{"position":"More supply through fewer unnecessary regulations and costs, and an examination of why publicly supported construction costs so much more than private projects.","source":{"label":"Hege · priorities","url":"https://www.hegefororegon.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"safety":{"position":"Give law enforcement the resources and tools to protect communities, and give local responders the equipment and flexibility to handle wildfires, floods and other emergencies.","source":{"label":"Hege · priorities","url":"https://www.hegefororegon.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"money":{"position":"Stop relying on higher taxes; prioritize essential services, eliminate waste and make sure taxpayer dollars deliver results.","source":{"label":"Hege · priorities","url":"https://www.hegefororegon.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"climate":{"position":"Maintain existing roads and bridges and fix rural water and sewer systems through state infrastructure programs; opposes a statewide data-center moratorium in favor of local decisions with resource-use transparency.","source":{"label":"Hege · priorities","url":"https://www.hegefororegon.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Hege · priorities","url":"https://www.hegefororegon.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Hege · about","url":"https://www.hegefororegon.com/about","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Columbia Community Connection · Hege interview","url":"https://columbiacommunityconnection.com/the-dalles/hege-puts-experience-at-center-of-house-district-52-campaign","kind":"Reporting","date":"September 16, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified. Position taken from the candidate's quoted statements in this interview."},{"label":"Hege · Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey","url":"https://ballotpedia.org/Scott_Hege","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"2026 survey; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified. The candidate's own written answers, hosted by the questionnaire's publisher."},{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · filed candidate statement · PDF page 267","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=267","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 state voters’ pamphlet; PDF printed September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign for the state voters’ pamphlet, which is not published until September 29, 2026."}]}}]},{"id":"washington-chair","title":"Washington County Chair · At-large","geography":"Washington","jurisdiction":"Washington County","seats":1,"method":"Vote for one","authority":"Commissioners adopt county budgets and policies. They share authority as a board; one commissioner cannot enact a proposal alone.","stakes":"Housing, treatment, public safety, economic development and the county’s fiscal choices.","comparison":"Both emphasize affordability and safety. Treece puts more emphasis on tax restraint and business growth; Fai highlights housing and treatment investment and a larger contribution from data centers.","candidates":[{"id":"nafisa-fai","name":"Nafisa Fai","background":"County commissioner with public-health and community-building experience.","summary":"Connects affordability and safety with housing, treatment and corporate contributions.","priorities":["Support housing, eviction prevention and addiction treatment.","Make data centers contribute more fairly.","Protect farmland and invest in transportation and jobs."],"interpretation":"Her account stresses investment and distribution of costs. Claims of past delivery in the pamphlet are campaign claims.","question":"What specific data-center tax or fee changes would you propose, and what revenue would they produce?","sources":[{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 4","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=4","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."},{"label":"Fai · platform (home page)","url":"https://www.nafisaforwashingtoncounty.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Fai · priorities","url":"https://www.nafisaforwashingtoncounty.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}],"affiliation":"Nonpartisan office","portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/nafisa-fai.webp","sourceUrl":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=4","credit":"Candidate-submitted photo · 2026 Washington County voters’ pamphlet","reviewed":"2026-09-21"},"analysis":{"values":["Housing investment","Corporate contribution"],"tradeoff":"Larger data-center contributions, updated fees and possible levies would fund the services she wants protected; her materials name the tools but not the amounts, and a local option levy needs voter approval.","issues":{"housing":{"position":"Wants more affordable homes and paths to ownership: public land turned into community-driven housing, faster permitting for affordable development, down-payment help for first-time buyers, more workforce housing and utility assistance to lower bills.","source":{"label":"Fai · priorities","url":"https://www.nafisaforwashingtoncounty.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"safety":{"position":"Wants the county to fund community safety teams of mental-health professionals, medics and peer responders for calls she says are better handled by them than by police, so law enforcement can focus on serious crime.","source":{"label":"Fai · platform (home page)","url":"https://www.nafisaforwashingtoncounty.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"money":{"position":"Wants data centers to pay a fair share and would close the county’s budget gap by updating service fees and considering local option levies for public safety and libraries, while protecting funding for housing, transit and health care.","source":{"label":"Fai · priorities","url":"https://www.nafisaforwashingtoncounty.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"climate":{"position":"Wants safer roads and sidewalks, fixed bottlenecks and more bus routes, plus a countywide Climate Action Task Force, clean-energy investment and a larger tree canopy.","source":{"label":"Fai · platform (home page)","url":"https://www.nafisaforwashingtoncounty.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 4","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=4","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Fai · platform (home page)","url":"https://www.nafisaforwashingtoncounty.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Fai · priorities","url":"https://www.nafisaforwashingtoncounty.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}]}},{"id":"pam-treece","name":"Pam Treece","background":"County commissioner with economic-development, teaching and small-business experience.","summary":"Puts jobs, housing construction and restraint on new taxes at the center of affordability policy.","priorities":["Support business growth and housing production.","Invest in public safety and congestion reduction.","Protect public health and residents facing federal immigration enforcement."],"interpretation":"She emphasizes economic growth and stable operations. Tax restraint requires explicit choices when service demands exceed revenue.","question":"Which services take priority under a constrained budget, and what would you defer?","sources":[{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 4","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=4","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."},{"label":"Treece · priorities","url":"https://www.pamforwashingtoncounty.com/priorities/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}],"affiliation":"Nonpartisan office","portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/pam-treece.webp","sourceUrl":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=4","credit":"Candidate-submitted photo · 2026 Washington County voters’ pamphlet","reviewed":"2026-09-21"},"analysis":{"values":["Economic growth","Tax restraint"],"tradeoff":"Holding off new taxes while adding housing and public-safety investment draws on the same county budget; her materials do not say which services would give way if revenue falls short.","issues":{"housing":{"position":"Wants the county to hit the gas on building housing while braking on taxes; her site backs a range of housing types for all ages and incomes and preserving existing affordable homes.","source":{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 4","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=4","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"safety":{"position":"Wants real investment in public safety, naming safe schools, parks and trails, and wants the county to protect residents from ICE.","source":{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 4","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=4","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"money":{"position":"Would put the brakes on taxing residents and keep county operations stable, accountable and effective; no cuts or fee changes are named.","source":{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 4","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=4","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"climate":{"position":"Wants transportation infrastructure investment aimed at reducing traffic congestion.","source":{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 4","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=4","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 4","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=4","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Treece · priorities","url":"https://www.pamforwashingtoncounty.com/priorities/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}]}}],"rosterSource":{"label":"Washington County election office · candidate list","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/current-election","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"},"rosterStatus":"Official list checked"},{"id":"washington-district-4","title":"Washington Commissioner · District 4","geography":"Washington","jurisdiction":"Washington County","seats":1,"method":"Vote for one","authority":"Commissioners adopt county budgets and policies. 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Careful evaluation is not a promise to prohibit data centers.","question":"What criteria would lead you to reject a data-center development or tax incentive?","sources":[{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 5","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=5","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."},{"label":"Callaway · what I’ll focus on","url":"https://electstevecallaway.com/issues/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}],"affiliation":"Nonpartisan office","portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/steve-callaway.webp","sourceUrl":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=5","credit":"Candidate-submitted photo · 2026 Washington County voters’ pamphlet","reviewed":"2026-09-21"},"analysis":{"values":["Fiscal caution","Experience"],"tradeoff":"He promises careful evaluation of data centers and protection for taxpayers rather than fixed rules; a resident cannot tell from his materials which projects he would reject or what he would defer under a tight budget.","issues":{"housing":{"position":"Supports encouraging what he calls thoughtful housing opportunities as part of keeping the county affordable; his materials name no specific housing program or rule.","source":{"label":"Callaway · what I’ll focus on","url":"https://electstevecallaway.com/issues/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"safety":{"position":"Would support police, firefighters, emergency responders and behavioral-health professionals, and address homelessness, addiction and mental health with solutions he calls compassionate and accountable.","source":{"label":"Callaway · what I’ll focus on","url":"https://electstevecallaway.com/issues/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"money":{"position":"Wants taxes kept in check and taxpayer dollars protected through responsible budgeting and accountability; no specific fee or tax change is named.","source":{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 5","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=5","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"climate":{"position":"Would protect farmland and natural resources and carefully evaluate major developments such as data centers for their impacts on residents and quality of life.","source":{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 5","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=5","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 5","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=5","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Callaway · what I’ll focus on","url":"https://electstevecallaway.com/issues/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}]}},{"id":"kipperlyn-sinclair","name":"Kipperlyn Sinclair","background":"Hillsboro councilor and local-food business leader.","summary":"Prioritizes farmland protection and ending public subsidies for data-center expansion.","priorities":["End data-center tax breaks and halt expansion onto farmland.","Support local businesses, farm infrastructure and transit-oriented growth.","Protect due process, privacy and transparency."],"interpretation":"Her development policy is more restrictive toward data centers. Her allegations about prior decisions and her opponent require direct record review before adoption as fact.","question":"Which incentives can the county legally change, and what replaces the projected revenue or investment?","sources":[{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 5","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=5","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."},{"label":"Sinclair · priorities (home page)","url":"https://www.kipperlynsinclair.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Sinclair · data-center moratorium petition","url":"https://www.kipperlynsinclair.com/data-center-moritorium","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}],"affiliation":"Nonpartisan office","portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/kipperlyn-sinclair.webp","sourceUrl":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=5","credit":"Candidate-submitted photo · 2026 Washington County voters’ pamphlet","reviewed":"2026-09-21"},"analysis":{"values":["Farmland protection","Corporate accountability"],"tradeoff":"Ending data-center tax breaks and taxing existing facilities would change county revenue and land use; her materials say deficits would shrink but do not show the revenue math or which incentives the county can legally alter.","issues":{"housing":{"position":"Supports transit-oriented, affordable workforce housing, alongside backing independent businesses on main streets.","source":{"label":"Sinclair · priorities (home page)","url":"https://www.kipperlynsinclair.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"safety":{"position":"Would uphold due process, safeguard privacy from surveillance, protect public data and deliver what she calls transparent public safety.","source":{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 5","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=5","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"money":{"position":"Would end data-center tax breaks and tax existing facilities to reduce the county deficit, protect the power grid, lower utility costs and fund schools.","source":{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 5","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=5","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"climate":{"position":"Would halt data-center expansion onto farmland, backs a county moratorium on new data centers until their full costs are known, and would invest in farm-to-market hubs and a local food supply.","source":{"label":"Sinclair · data-center moratorium petition","url":"https://www.kipperlynsinclair.com/data-center-moritorium","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 5","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=5","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. 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Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"safety":{"position":"Would fully fund the Sheriff’s Office and emergency services.","source":{"label":"Savas · issues","url":"https://electpaulsavas.com/issues/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"money":{"position":"Would hold the line on the county budget, expanding essential services without raising taxes, and support property-tax deferral so seniors can stay in their homes.","source":{"label":"Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 17","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=17","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"climate":{"position":"Opposes ODOT tolling and would add road capacity through the Sunrise Project and I-205 widening, while protecting farmland and open space.","source":{"label":"Savas · issues","url":"https://electpaulsavas.com/issues/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 17","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=17","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. 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Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Savas · pausing data centers (September 18, 2026)","url":"https://electpaulsavas.com/pausing-data-centers/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}]}},{"id":"mark-shull","name":"Mark Shull","background":"Former county commissioner, retired military officer and business owner.","summary":"Runs on tax restraint, local control and state land-use reform.","priorities":["Seek senior property-tax relief and oppose new taxes.","Oppose I-205 tolls and Metro mandates.","Change land-use rules to permit housing while protecting rural character."],"interpretation":"His housing agenda depends partly on Salem, not just the county board. The scope of proposed program cuts is not specified in the statement.","question":"Which programs would you cut, and which land-use changes require state legislation?","sources":[{"label":"Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 17","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=17","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."}],"affiliation":"Nonpartisan office","portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/mark-shull.webp","sourceUrl":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=17","credit":"Candidate-submitted photo · 2026 Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet","reviewed":"2026-09-21"},"analysis":{"values":["Tax restraint","Local control"],"tradeoff":"Tax relief, no tolls and program cuts are commitments; which programs would be cut and what senior relief would cost are not in the statement, and land-use reform depends on the Legislature.","issues":{"housing":{"position":"Would build affordable housing by pushing for state land-use reform, while strictly protecting rural character and property rights.","source":{"label":"Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 17","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=17","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"money":{"position":"Would seek property-tax relief for seniors, cut programs he calls unnecessary and oppose any new taxes.","source":{"label":"Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 17","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=17","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"climate":{"position":"Opposes tolls on I-205 and would fix roads without charging daily drivers.","source":{"label":"Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 17","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=17","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. 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His comparative claims about qualifications require direct credential checks.","question":"Which performance measures and disciplinary disclosures would you publish?","sources":[{"label":"Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 16","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=16","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."},{"label":"O’Neil · priorities","url":"https://www.oneilforsheriff.com/brads-priorities/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. 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Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"safety":{"position":"Continue supporting the police and fire departments to maintain fast response times and keep every neighborhood safe; he cites funding 9 new sworn officers and 12 firefighters and restoring specialty units.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 41","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=41","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"money":{"position":"Secure Gresham’s long-term financial health through transparent budgeting and efficient city operations, and bring taxpayers’ dollars back from Salem and Washington, D.C., to fund roads, pipes and parks.","source":{"label":"Stovall · Gresham Together (results and next four years)","url":"https://greshamtogether.org/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 41","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=41","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. 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Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"safety":{"position":"Favors an individualized approach: nonprofit partners engage people living outside and match them to shelter, housing help, addiction treatment, mental-health care or education; when services are available and refused while camping or other laws are broken, supports enforcement.","source":{"label":"Schroeder · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#schroeder-2026-09-24","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 24, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate in reply to the Lab’s questions and kept on file; excerpts appear on his brief. 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Publication by the county does not verify the claims."},{"label":"Aziz · campaign home","url":"https://www.azizforgresham.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. 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Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"climate":{"position":"Strengthen hazardous-material emergency response, earthquake preparedness and infrastructure resilience, reduce harmful exposures, and give residents timely information and accountability on the transition to water wells.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 43","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=43","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 43","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=43","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Aziz · campaign home","url":"https://www.azizforgresham.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}]}},{"id":"joshua-al-jaouni","name":"Joshua Al-jaouni","background":"Pastor and small-business owner with nonprofit and youth-mentoring experience.","summary":"Supports limiting unnecessary costs, strengthening first responders and expanding treatment and recovery.","priorities":["Keep additional fees and costs off working households where possible.","Support treatment and pathways to self-sufficiency.","Promote local businesses and tourism."],"interpretation":"The program combines growth and enforcement with support services. Specific funding mechanisms remain to be established.","question":"How would you expand services while limiting fees, and which results would determine continued funding?","sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 44","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=44","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."},{"label":"Al-jaouni · campaign home and priorities","url":"https://www.joshuaforgresham.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Al-jaouni · about","url":"https://www.joshuaforgresham.com/about","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}],"affiliation":"Nonpartisan office","portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/joshua-al-jaouni.webp","sourceUrl":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=44","credit":"Candidate-submitted photo · 2026 Multnomah voters’ pamphlet","reviewed":"2026-09-21"},"analysis":{"values":["Second chances","Fewer fees"],"tradeoff":"The program combines growth and enforcement with treatment and recovery services; how expanded services would be paid for while keeping fees off households is not established.","issues":{"housing":{"position":"Encourage responsible growth, expand housing opportunities and reduce unnecessary barriers that drive up costs; connect people to treatment, recovery, mental-health resources and pathways to stable housing.","source":{"label":"Al-jaouni · campaign home and priorities","url":"https://www.joshuaforgresham.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"safety":{"position":"Support police and first responders so every family feels safe, expand access to treatment and recovery with clear expectations for public safety, and back restorative-justice programs that help people break destructive cycles and make amends.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 44","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=44","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. 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Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 44","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=44","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Al-jaouni · campaign home and priorities","url":"https://www.joshuaforgresham.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Al-jaouni · about","url":"https://www.joshuaforgresham.com/about","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}]}},{"id":"teo-ramirez","name":"Teo Ramirez","background":"Local-government analyst and former Gresham community-engagement coordinator.","summary":"Emphasizes workforce pathways, housing stability and accountability for city programs.","priorities":["Expand apprenticeships and youth opportunities.","Support small businesses and responsible local investment.","Involve residents earlier and measure program results."],"interpretation":"He treats employment access and accountable implementation as connected parts of economic stability.","question":"Which program would you expand first, with what cost and public performance measure?","sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 44","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=44","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."},{"label":"Ramirez · campaign home","url":"https://teoforgresham.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Ramirez · about the campaign and key issues","url":"https://teoforgresham.com/about-the-campaign/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}],"affiliation":"Nonpartisan office","portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/teo-ramirez.webp","sourceUrl":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=44","credit":"Candidate-submitted photo · 2026 Multnomah voters’ pamphlet","reviewed":"2026-09-21"},"analysis":{"values":["Workforce pathways","Measured follow-through"],"tradeoff":"He treats employment access and accountable implementation as connected parts of economic stability; which program he would expand first, and its cost, is not stated.","issues":{"housing":{"position":"Housing stability for working families, seniors and young people as well as people in crisis: connect people to addiction and mental-health support, shelter, services and long-term housing pathways, with regional coordination and more routes to stable housing and homeownership.","source":{"label":"Ramirez · about the campaign and key issues","url":"https://teoforgresham.com/about-the-campaign/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. 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Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"money":{"position":"Bring residents to the table early, communicate clearly and measure whether public dollars and city programs deliver results, with responsible local investment.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 44","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=44","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 44","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=44","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. 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Publication by the county does not verify the claims."},{"label":"Janine Gladfelter · City of Gresham candidate filing packet","url":"https://www.greshamoregon.gov/globalassets/government/candidate-janine-gladfelter---seat-6.pdf","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"The packet’s 100-word statement lists her priorities as public safety, financial stability, livability and housing for all."}],"affiliation":"Nonpartisan office","portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/janine-gladfelter.webp","sourceUrl":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=45","credit":"Candidate-submitted photo · 2026 Multnomah voters’ pamphlet","reviewed":"2026-09-21"},"analysis":{"values":["Continuity","Public safety first"],"tradeoff":"Her case is continuity through a new city manager and council turnover, built on levy-funded staffing she claims credit for; the statement names no measure for the outreach-plus-enforcement approach.","issues":{"housing":{"position":"Strengthen the seven-day housing-focused outreach team that moves people into housing while enforcing codes so streets and sidewalks stay clean and safe.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 45","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=45","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"safety":{"position":"Public safety first: restore specialty teams and continue strong community engagement; she cites fighting for the local-option levy that fully funded 40 police positions and added 33 fire positions.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 45","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=45","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. 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Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Janine Gladfelter · City of Gresham candidate filing packet","url":"https://www.greshamoregon.gov/globalassets/government/candidate-janine-gladfelter---seat-6.pdf","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"The packet’s 100-word statement lists her priorities as public safety, financial stability, livability and housing for all."}]}},{"id":"daniel-miller","name":"Daniel Miller","background":"Listed by the city’s election authority.","summary":"A current policy brief has not yet been completed.","priorities":[],"interpretation":"The absence of a reviewed statement is a research gap, not evidence that this candidate lacks positions.","question":"What changes would you make, what would they cost, and how would residents measure the result?","sources":[{"label":"Official candidate list","url":"https://www.greshamoregon.gov/government/elections/","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"}],"affiliation":"Nonpartisan office","missing":"No candidate statement was found in the pamphlet pages reviewed. 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Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"money":{"position":"Wants every new city tax proposal put to a public vote rather than adopted as flat fees on water bills, and supports corporate tax reform so big business pays more for infrastructure.","source":{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 9","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=9","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"climate":{"position":"Wants bus lines in South Cooper Mountain, priority for the Beaverton Loop and TV Highway projects, transit-oriented density downtown and, longer term, WES commuter rail extended to Salem.","source":{"label":"Kocher · priorities","url":"https://evelynforbeaverton.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 9","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=9","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Kocher · priorities","url":"https://evelynforbeaverton.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}]}},{"id":"rachel-philip","name":"Rachel Philip","background":"Software developer and former auditor; city budget and neighborhood-committee experience.","summary":"Emphasizes housing choice, safer streets, fiscal oversight and preparedness for climate-related emergencies.","priorities":["Expand apartments, townhomes and starter homes.","Prioritize safe school routes and traffic calming.","Protect essential services, trees and green spaces."],"interpretation":"Her approach puts infrastructure and budget management at the center of affordability and safety.","question":"Which street and housing investments would receive priority, and how would you cover their costs?","sources":[{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 9","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=9","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."},{"label":"Philip · priorities","url":"https://www.rachelforbeaverton.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. 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Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"money":{"position":"Would make data centers pay their fair share for the infrastructure and services they use and hold major polluters accountable; counts utility bills as part of affordability.","source":{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 16","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=16","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"climate":{"position":"Would protect farmland, wetlands, clean air and water, stop further data-center buildout, oppose luxury private-jet expansion and make sidewalks, streets, bus stops and MAX platforms safer.","source":{"label":"Marugg · what Sarah will fight for (home page)","url":"https://www.maruggforhillsboro.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 16","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=16","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. 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Her statement does not yet supply a detailed housing financing plan.","question":"Which housing and incentive changes would you enact first, and what would replace foregone investment or revenue?","sources":[{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 16","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=16","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."},{"label":"Jackson · priorities","url":"https://www.dianaforhillsboro.com/platform.html","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. 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Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"climate":{"position":"Would invest in safe neighborhoods, transportation and public spaces.","source":{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 18","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=18","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 18","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=18","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Wallace · priorities","url":"https://titonianforhillsboro.com/priorities/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}]}},{"id":"dorian-russell","name":"Dorian Russell","background":"HomePlate Youth Services executive director; education-service board member.","summary":"Connects affordability and youth wellbeing with worker benefits, environmental protection and civil rights.","priorities":["Protect farms, nature and residents from unchecked data-center expansion.","Support living wages and stable benefits.","Make local government responsive to community needs and immigrant protections."],"interpretation":"Russell asks whether economic growth produces material security for residents. Specific legal and budget mechanisms still need fuller review.","question":"What data-center conditions and youth-service investments would you propose first?","sources":[{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 18","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=18","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."},{"label":"Russell · issues","url":"https://votedorianrussell.com/issues/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}],"affiliation":"Nonpartisan office","portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/dorian-russell.webp","sourceUrl":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=18","credit":"Candidate-submitted photo · 2026 Washington County voters’ pamphlet","reviewed":"2026-09-21"},"analysis":{"values":["Working-class economics","Youth stability"],"tradeoff":"They ask whether growth produces material security for residents; the site states commitments and beliefs rather than budget or ordinance mechanisms, so delivery would depend on council partners.","issues":{"housing":{"position":"Wants safe, stable housing and homelessness made a brief, one-time experience, with public and private efforts to prevent gentrification and evictions.","source":{"label":"Russell · issues","url":"https://votedorianrussell.com/issues/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"safety":{"position":"Would invest in trauma-informed care rather than police response to homelessness, and wants local government to follow community priorities rather than what they call illegal ICE actions.","source":{"label":"Russell · issues","url":"https://votedorianrussell.com/issues/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"money":{"position":"Wants major industries contributing to community wealth through education and workforce development, and business leaders paying living wages, benefits and stable retirement.","source":{"label":"Russell · issues","url":"https://votedorianrussell.com/issues/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"climate":{"position":"Would preserve family farms, natural areas and waterways and check data-center expansion they say makes the rich richer at the expense of air, water, land and jobs.","source":{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 18","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=18","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 18","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=18","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Russell · issues","url":"https://votedorianrussell.com/issues/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}]}},{"id":"kimberly-culbertson","name":"Kimberly Culbertson","background":"Listed by the city’s election authority.","summary":"A current policy brief has not yet been completed.","priorities":[],"interpretation":"The absence of a reviewed statement is a research gap, not evidence that this candidate lacks positions.","question":"What changes would you make, what would they cost, and how would residents measure the result?","sources":[{"label":"Official candidate list","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/city-hillsboro-certified-candidates-nov-2026/download?inline","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"}],"affiliation":"Nonpartisan office","missing":"No candidate statement was found in the pamphlet pages reviewed. Campaign, interview and public-record research remains open."}],"seats":1,"method":"Vote for one","authority":"The mayor and council set city policy, adopt the budget and oversee the city manager. One member cannot enact a proposal alone. Schools, transit and county health services involve separate governing bodies.","stakes":"Housing and development, public safety, streets, utilities, parks and the cost and accountability of city services.","comparison":"Wallace emphasizes jobs, housing and infrastructure. Russell foregrounds youth stability, worker benefits and limits on industrial impacts. Culbertson’s substantive brief remains open.","rosterStatus":"Official list checked","rosterSource":{"label":"City election authority · qualified candidates","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/city-hillsboro-certified-candidates-nov-2026/download?inline","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"}},{"id":"tigard-mayor","title":"Tigard Mayor","geography":"Washington","jurisdiction":"City of Tigard","candidates":[{"id":"yi-kang-hu","name":"Yi-Kang Hu","background":"Incumbent mayor and attorney; former research scientist.","summary":"Supports more housing choices, easier business processes and reliable city services.","priorities":["Control resident costs through budgeting.","Revitalize downtown and commercial districts.","Improve transportation safety, parks and library services."],"interpretation":"He presents continuity and regional relationships as tools for implementation. Claims about closing the budget gap require checking against adopted financial records.","question":"What recurring budget choices would sustain services without new shortfalls?","sources":[{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 35","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=35","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."},{"label":"Hu · priorities","url":"https://www.yikanghu.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. 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Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"safety":{"position":"Would keep public-safety services reliable, responsive and accountable, with emergency readiness and trust between residents and agencies.","source":{"label":"Hu · priorities","url":"https://www.yikanghu.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"money":{"position":"Would control residents’ costs through responsible budgeting; says he led efforts to close a $6.5 million shortfall while protecting essential services.","source":{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 35","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=35","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"climate":{"position":"Would improve transportation safety for pedestrians, cyclists and motorists and fill gaps in sidewalks, trails and infrastructure with regional partners.","source":{"label":"Hu · priorities","url":"https://www.yikanghu.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 35","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=35","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Hu · priorities","url":"https://www.yikanghu.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}]}},{"id":"bill-monahan","name":"Bill Monahan","background":"Former Tigard and Milwaukie city manager; attorney and consultant.","summary":"Calls for less expensive police-facility solutions, transparent financial analysis and core-service affordability.","priorities":["Reassess police-facility plans.","Tie project decisions to reliable needs and cost estimates.","Improve council, staff and community relationships."],"interpretation":"His case centers on changing how major capital commitments are planned and explained. His criticism of previous decisions is attributed to his statement, not independently adjudicated here.","question":"What facility alternative would you propose, and what is its full construction and operating cost?","sources":[{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 35","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=35","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."},{"label":"Monahan · why I’m running (home page)","url":"https://www.citizenstoelectbillmonahan.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Monahan · comparing methods to plan for public facilities","url":"https://www.citizenstoelectbillmonahan.com/new-page","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}],"affiliation":"Nonpartisan office","portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/bill-monahan.webp","sourceUrl":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=35","credit":"Candidate-submitted photo · 2026 Washington County voters’ pamphlet","reviewed":"2026-09-21"},"analysis":{"values":["Facilities restraint","Managerial experience"],"tradeoff":"He argues for cheaper, better-analyzed facilities and core services voters can afford; the alternative police-facility plan and its full cost are not yet specified.","issues":{"safety":{"position":"Would develop what he calls reasonable police-facility solutions after voters rejected the $150 million bond, while maintaining the public-safety levels residents and businesses need.","source":{"label":"Monahan · why I’m running (home page)","url":"https://www.citizenstoelectbillmonahan.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"money":{"position":"Would tie project decisions to reliable needs and cost estimates, deliver affordable core services and restore transparency about the failed bond measure’s true cost.","source":{"label":"Monahan · why I’m running (home page)","url":"https://www.citizenstoelectbillmonahan.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 35","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=35","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. 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Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}]}},{"id":"sue-garino","name":"Sue Garino","background":"Retired Tigard police-department employee and former union board member.","summary":"Prioritizes essential services, restrained costs and more responsive city administration.","priorities":["Limit growth in taxes, fees and spending.","Avoid financing ongoing programs with one-time money.","Improve accessible housing and transportation for older residents."],"interpretation":"Her program emphasizes recurring financial sustainability and service delivery. Specific spending reductions remain to be identified.","question":"Which spending would you reduce first, and what level of service would residents receive?","sources":[{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 36","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=36","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."},{"label":"Garino · priorities (home page)","url":"https://www.suefortigard.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}],"affiliation":"Nonpartisan office","portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/sue-garino.webp","sourceUrl":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=36","credit":"Candidate-submitted photo · 2026 Washington County voters’ pamphlet","reviewed":"2026-09-21"},"analysis":{"values":["Spending restraint","Essential services"],"tradeoff":"She would limit taxes, fees and spending while protecting emergency services and seniors; which spending would be reduced first is not identified.","issues":{"housing":{"position":"Would expand affordable workforce housing options and promote accessible housing for aging residents.","source":{"label":"Garino · priorities (home page)","url":"https://www.suefortigard.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. 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Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"climate":{"position":"Would maintain streets, parks and infrastructure and promote accessible transportation options for older residents.","source":{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 36","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=36","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 36","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=36","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Garino · priorities (home page)","url":"https://www.suefortigard.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}]}},{"id":"gabriel-elijio-velasquez","name":"Gabriel Elijio Velasquez","background":"Healthcare worker and Town Center Advisory Commission chair.","summary":"Supports stronger limits on corporate homebuying, connected streets and redevelopment of underused parking.","priorities":["Expand restrictions on corporate purchases of single-family homes.","Build protected cycling routes and continuous sidewalks.","Allow more housing and small-business uses on underused lots."],"interpretation":"He combines restrictions on housing ownership with more flexible development rules. The legal scope and practical effects of the proposed purchase limits need scrutiny.","question":"What purchase restriction is legally available to the city, and how would you measure its effect on prices?","sources":[{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 37","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=37","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."}],"affiliation":"Nonpartisan office","portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/gabriel-elijio-velasquez.webp","sourceUrl":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=37","credit":"Candidate-submitted photo · 2026 Washington County voters’ pamphlet","reviewed":"2026-09-21"},"analysis":{"values":["Ownership limits","Connected streets"],"tradeoff":"Restricting corporate home purchases and rezoning parking lots for homes and businesses rely on legal authority and market responses his statement does not examine.","issues":{"housing":{"position":"Would extend the ban on corporate single-family home buyers and bridge the gap between renters and owners.","source":{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 37","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=37","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"safety":{"position":"Would work with municipal, state and federal leaders on a single strategy so everyone has shelter and no one sleeps on Tigard’s streets.","source":{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 37","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=37","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"money":{"position":"Would streamline zoning to turn underused parking lots into hubs for small businesses and housing, and partner with local businesses on community spaces expanding fresh-food access.","source":{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 37","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=37","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"climate":{"position":"Would create a comprehensive citywide network of protected bike lanes and continuous sidewalks.","source":{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 37","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=37","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 37","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=37","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}]}},{"id":"jeff-darland","name":"Jeff Darland","background":"Former engineering leader and city budget-committee member.","summary":"Proposes clearer financial information, permanently affordable housing and development that covers its infrastructure costs.","priorities":["Explain utility rates and debt in plain language.","Use public-land partnerships and community land trusts.","Require growth to contribute its share of public costs."],"interpretation":"He distinguishes lasting affordability from simply adding units and emphasizes transparent allocation of development costs.","question":"Which public land and financing would support a land-trust project, and at what scale?","sources":[{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 37","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=37","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."}],"affiliation":"Nonpartisan office","portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/jeff-darland.webp","sourceUrl":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=37","credit":"Candidate-submitted photo · 2026 Washington County voters’ pamphlet","reviewed":"2026-09-21"},"analysis":{"values":["Fiscal transparency","Lasting affordability"],"tradeoff":"He separates lasting affordability from adding units and wants growth to pay its share; which public land and financing would support a land trust, and at what scale, are open.","issues":{"housing":{"position":"Supports thoughtful growth and would pursue partnerships using public land and community land trusts to create homes with lasting affordability.","source":{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 37","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=37","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"money":{"position":"Would push plain-language explanations of utility rates, debt and major investments, and require new growth to pay its fair share of public costs.","source":{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 37","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=37","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"climate":{"position":"Wants new growth to deliver walkable neighborhoods, protected natural areas, safe streets and public spaces.","source":{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 37","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=37","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 37","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=37","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}]}},{"id":"tom-anderson","name":"Tom Anderson","background":"City councilor and real-estate broker.","summary":"Supports entry-level housing, workforce development, better roads and sustained public services.","priorities":["Encourage starter and middle housing.","Pursue transfer and improvement of Hall Boulevard.","Improve emergency-service facilities and sustain parks funding."],"interpretation":"The program links growth with capital and service investment. Road transfers and funding require agreement from other governments.","question":"What would the city pay to take responsibility for Hall Boulevard and maintain it over time?","sources":[{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 38","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=38","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."},{"label":"Anderson · on the issues","url":"https://www.tomandersontigard.com/issues","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}],"affiliation":"Nonpartisan office","portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/tom-anderson.webp","sourceUrl":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=38","credit":"Candidate-submitted photo · 2026 Washington County voters’ pamphlet","reviewed":"2026-09-21"},"analysis":{"values":["Entry-level housing","Capital investment"],"tradeoff":"He ties growth to roads, facilities and parks funding; taking over Hall Boulevard and sustaining parks need money and agreements from other governments that his materials do not cost.","issues":{"housing":{"position":"Would encourage entry-level and middle housing to improve affordability.","source":{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 38","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=38","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"safety":{"position":"Would improve facility conditions for police and emergency responders.","source":{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 38","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=38","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"money":{"position":"Would partner workforce programs with industrial spaces to fill vacant facilities, address downtown parking needs and secure sustainable funding for parks, trails and ballfields.","source":{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 38","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=38","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"climate":{"position":"Would seek state transfer of Hall Boulevard to the city with corridor upgrades.","source":{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 38","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=38","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 38","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=38","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Anderson · on the issues","url":"https://www.tomandersontigard.com/issues","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}]}},{"id":"yousef-k-allouzi","name":"Yousef K. Allouzi","background":"Data analyst with budget-committee and court-system experience.","summary":"Emphasizes affordable multigenerational housing and public spaces designed around residents.","priorities":["Improve crossings and safe routes to schools and services.","Support housing that allows residents to remain in Tigard.","Use evidence and public accountability in city decisions."],"interpretation":"His statement establishes broad priorities; detailed housing tools, targets and funding remain less developed in the reviewed source.","question":"What housing policies would you adopt first, and how would you assess their affordability effects?","sources":[{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 38","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=38","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."},{"label":"Allouzi · priorities","url":"https://www.yousefallouzi.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}],"affiliation":"Nonpartisan office","portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/yousef-k-allouzi.webp","sourceUrl":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=38","credit":"Candidate-submitted photo · 2026 Washington County voters’ pamphlet","reviewed":"2026-09-21"},"analysis":{"values":["People-centered policy","Safe routes"],"tradeoff":"He wants multigenerational affordable housing and safer routes; the site names rent controls and paths to ownership as directions, without tools, targets or funding.","issues":{"housing":{"position":"Wants policies creating multigenerational affordable housing at every income level, including better paths to homeownership and rent controls.","source":{"label":"Allouzi · priorities","url":"https://www.yousefallouzi.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"safety":{"position":"Objects to automated license-plate readers and ICE actions that he says hunt residents and disregard due process.","source":{"label":"Allouzi · priorities","url":"https://www.yousefallouzi.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"money":{"position":"Opposes disproportionate budget cuts to the library and city events and wants evidence-based, accountable city decisions.","source":{"label":"Allouzi · priorities","url":"https://www.yousefallouzi.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"climate":{"position":"Wants dedicated trails and paths to schools, libraries and parks that avoid major roads, and sidewalks for safe walking, as safer and more sustainable street design.","source":{"label":"Allouzi · priorities","url":"https://www.yousefallouzi.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 38","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=38","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Allouzi · priorities","url":"https://www.yousefallouzi.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}]}},{"id":"kate-ristau","name":"Kate Ristau","background":"Nonprofit executive, author and library-board chair.","summary":"Proposes protecting community services while expanding housing, safer connections and downtown activity.","priorities":["Invest in library and recreation services.","Support starter homes and workforce housing.","Improve key corridors and streamline business permitting."],"interpretation":"She emphasizes the public services accompanying growth. The budget tradeoffs between services and new infrastructure require detail.","question":"Which services and capital projects would take priority if revenues fall short?","sources":[{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 39","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=39","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."},{"label":"Ristau · campaign site","url":"https://katefortigard.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}],"affiliation":"Nonpartisan office","portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/kate-ristau.webp","sourceUrl":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=39","credit":"Candidate-submitted photo · 2026 Washington County voters’ pamphlet","reviewed":"2026-09-21"},"analysis":{"values":["Community services","Planned growth"],"tradeoff":"She would protect library and recreation services while adding housing and corridor upgrades; if revenue falls short, the order between services and capital projects is not stated.","issues":{"housing":{"position":"Would encourage starter homes, workforce housing and smart land-use decisions from the Tigard Triangle to River Terrace 2.0.","source":{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 39","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=39","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"money":{"position":"Would make budget decisions that protect taxpayer dollars while investing in the library, recreation programs and child nutrition, and streamline business permitting.","source":{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 39","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=39","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"climate":{"position":"Would improve transportation and sidewalks on Hall Boulevard, Highway 99W and SW 72nd Avenue and invest in parks, trails and public spaces.","source":{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 39","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=39","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 39","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=39","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Ristau · campaign site","url":"https://katefortigard.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}]}},{"id":"shawne-martinez","name":"Shawne Martinez","background":"Tigard resident running on climate and active transportation, with a campaign site.","summary":"His site wants Tigard walkable, bikeable and denser near transit: infill housing and rezoning for energy-efficient homes near services, and fewer people driving alone on the way to net-zero emissions.","priorities":["Infill housing and rezoning for dense, energy-efficient homes near transit and services.","A more walkable and bikeable Tigard so fewer people drive alone.","Net-zero emissions as soon as possible."],"interpretation":"The absence of a reviewed statement is a research gap, not evidence that this candidate lacks positions.","question":"Which areas would be rezoned first, and what would the changes cost the city?","sources":[{"label":"Official candidate list","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/city-tigard-certified-candidates-nov-2026/download?inline","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"},{"label":"Martinez · campaign site (home page)","url":"https://shawne4tigard.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}],"affiliation":"Nonpartisan office","analysis":{"values":["Climate urgency","Active transportation"],"tradeoff":"He wants Tigard walkable, bikeable and denser near transit; the site states the goals and names rezoning as the tool, without a budget, timeline or which areas would change.","issues":{"housing":{"position":"Would focus on infill housing and rezoning to allow more energy-efficient, dense housing near transit and services such as grocery stores and the library, building up rather than out.","source":{"label":"Martinez · campaign site (home page)","url":"https://shawne4tigard.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"climate":{"position":"Wants Tigard more walkable and bikeable so fewer people drive alone, pushing toward net-zero emissions as soon as possible.","source":{"label":"Martinez · campaign site (home page)","url":"https://shawne4tigard.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Martinez · campaign site (home page)","url":"https://shawne4tigard.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}]}}],"seats":3,"method":"Vote for up to 3","authority":"The mayor and council set city policy, adopt the budget and oversee the city manager. One member cannot enact a proposal alone. Schools, transit and county health services involve separate governing bodies.","stakes":"Housing and development, public safety, streets, utilities, parks and the cost and accountability of city services.","comparison":"Look beyond shared affordability language: candidates propose different combinations of spending limits, housing rules, public-land partnerships, street investments and service protection.","rosterStatus":"Official list checked","rosterSource":{"label":"City election authority · qualified candidates","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/city-tigard-certified-candidates-nov-2026/download?inline","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"}},{"id":"lake-oswego-council","title":"Lake Oswego City Council","geography":"Clackamas","jurisdiction":"City of Lake Oswego · portions of all three counties","candidates":[{"id":"bryan-guiney","name":"Bryan Guiney","background":"HUD Oregon field-office director; former Marine officer and state development official.","summary":"Emphasizes fiscal discipline, sustainable growth, business activity and infrastructure.","priorities":["Improve mobility, traffic safety and connectivity.","Support commercial districts.","Make city administration responsive and transparent."],"interpretation":"He offers public-resource management experience as a way to balance growth and service needs.","question":"Which infrastructure projects would you prioritize, and what financial limits would guide them?","sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 46","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=46","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."},{"label":"Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 29","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=29","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Guiney · priorities","url":"https://www.bryanguiney.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}],"affiliation":"Nonpartisan office","portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/bryan-guiney.webp","sourceUrl":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=29","credit":"Candidate-submitted photo · 2026 Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet","reviewed":"2026-09-21"},"analysis":{"values":["Fiscal discipline","Growth in the right places"],"tradeoff":"He offers public-finance experience as the tool for balancing growth against service costs; which projects come first and what limits would bind them are not yet named.","issues":{"housing":{"position":"Would meet the need for more housing by focusing density in centers and corridors rather than uniformly across established neighborhoods.","source":{"label":"Guiney · priorities","url":"https://www.bryanguiney.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"money":{"position":"Would keep the budget balanced with long-range financial planning and controlled project scope as infrastructure costs rise, without promises the city cannot afford.","source":{"label":"Guiney · priorities","url":"https://www.bryanguiney.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"climate":{"position":"Would invest in infrastructure and mobility to improve traffic, safety and connectivity, with clean energy and environmental stewardship built into major decisions.","source":{"label":"Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 29","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=29","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 29","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=29","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 46","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=46","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Same statement as the Clackamas pamphlet; the page the research brief cites. Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Guiney · priorities","url":"https://www.bryanguiney.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}]}},{"id":"suzanne-miles","name":"Suzanne Miles","background":"Attorney, law professor and former federal prosecutor.","summary":"Prioritizes school partnerships, first responders, environmental protection and local business.","priorities":["Strengthen city partnerships with schools.","Support police and firefighters.","Protect natural resources and commercial activity."],"interpretation":"Her approach emphasizes existing institutions and community partnerships. School policy itself belongs to a separate elected board.","question":"Which school partnership can the city fund and deliver, with what measurable benefit?","sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 46","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=46","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."},{"label":"Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 30","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=30","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}],"affiliation":"Nonpartisan office","portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/suzanne-miles.webp","sourceUrl":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=30","credit":"Candidate-submitted photo · 2026 Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet","reviewed":"2026-09-21"},"analysis":{"values":["School partnerships","Police and fire support"],"tradeoff":"Her four commitments name partners and institutions rather than mechanisms; the school partnership she leads with depends on a separately elected board.","issues":{"safety":{"position":"Would support local police and firefighters to keep the community safe and welcoming.","source":{"label":"Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 30","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=30","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"climate":{"position":"Would nurture natural resources to keep Lake Oswego green.","source":{"label":"Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 30","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=30","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 30","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=30","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 46","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=46","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Same statement as the Clackamas pamphlet; the page the research brief cites. Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}]}},{"id":"peren-tiemann","name":"Peren Tiemann","background":"Law clerk and city diversity, equity and inclusion advisory-board chair.","summary":"Supports more accessible housing, transit and public programs, alongside climate and emergency preparedness.","priorities":["Expand housing and transit choices.","Plan for climate impacts and emergencies.","Make city resources accessible to more residents."],"interpretation":"The program emphasizes who can use and afford city amenities, as well as long-term resilience.","question":"Which accessibility or housing change would you deliver first, and how would it be financed?","sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 47","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=47","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."},{"label":"Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 31","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=31","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Tiemann · issues","url":"https://www.perentiemann.com/issues","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}],"affiliation":"Nonpartisan office","portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/peren-tiemann.webp","sourceUrl":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=31","credit":"Candidate-submitted photo · 2026 Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet","reviewed":"2026-09-21"},"analysis":{"values":["Accessibility","Climate resilience"],"tradeoff":"A broad program built on partnerships and exploration (subsidies, shuttles, scholarships) whose sequencing and financing are still open.","issues":{"housing":{"position":"Would add housing options for lower-wage earners, renters, seniors and first-time buyers, exploring subsidies, rental assistance and incentives for affordable homes.","source":{"label":"Tiemann · issues","url":"https://www.perentiemann.com/issues","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"safety":{"position":"Would keep prioritizing mental-health first responders, build on community policing, and expand emergency preparedness.","source":{"label":"Tiemann · issues","url":"https://www.perentiemann.com/issues","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"money":{"position":"Would keep city budgeting realistic and sound for long-term stability, and keep costs of living low.","source":{"label":"Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 31","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=31","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"climate":{"position":"Would expand transit, bike and walking options, partnering with TriMet and exploring community shuttles, and adopt climate plans that cut the city’s environmental impact.","source":{"label":"Tiemann · issues","url":"https://www.perentiemann.com/issues","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 31","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=31","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 47","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=47","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Same statement as the Clackamas pamphlet; the page the research brief cites. Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Tiemann · issues","url":"https://www.perentiemann.com/issues","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}]}},{"id":"neil-tunmore","name":"Neil Tunmore","background":"Retired Intel executive.","summary":"Emphasizes capital-project discipline, neighborhood character and long-term infrastructure planning.","priorities":["Keep major capital projects on schedule and budget.","Improve safe routes near schools.","Implement state requirements in ways consistent with local building standards."],"interpretation":"He puts management discipline and local discretion at the center of growth policy. 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Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Tunmore · priorities","url":"https://tunmoreforlo.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}],"affiliation":"Nonpartisan office","portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/neil-tunmore.webp","sourceUrl":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=31","credit":"Candidate-submitted photo · 2026 Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet","reviewed":"2026-09-21"},"analysis":{"values":["On budget, on time","Local building standards"],"tradeoff":"He puts project discipline and local discretion at the center; the city must still meet state housing law, and how his standards would differ from the mandates is not spelled out.","issues":{"housing":{"position":"Would implement state housing mandates in ways that conform to Lake Oswego’s building standards and keep neighborhood character.","source":{"label":"Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 31","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=31","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"money":{"position":"Would spend tax dollars only where they add value and manage the money for the North Anchor, fire station, sewer plant and library so they land on budget and on time.","source":{"label":"Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 31","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=31","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"climate":{"position":"Would make walking routes and intersections around schools safer and plan ahead for population growth, more cars and new transportation technology.","source":{"label":"Tunmore · priorities","url":"https://tunmoreforlo.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 31","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=31","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 47","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=47","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Same statement as the Clackamas pamphlet; the page the research brief cites. Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Tunmore · priorities","url":"https://tunmoreforlo.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}]}},{"id":"heather-ramsey","name":"Heather Ramsey","background":"Executive coach and local chamber-board chair.","summary":"Supports business development, reliable capital-project delivery and growth that preserves valued community features.","priorities":["Keep infrastructure projects on budget and schedule.","Balance housing requirements with local needs.","Protect parks and waterways and support emergency readiness."],"interpretation":"Her program stresses execution and balancing growth with preservation; the specific housing and budget choices need further detail.","question":"What would you change when housing goals conflict with existing neighborhood preferences?","sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 48","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=48","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."},{"label":"Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 32","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=32","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Ramsey · home page","url":"https://www.heatherforlakeoswego.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}],"affiliation":"Nonpartisan office","portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/heather-ramsey.webp","sourceUrl":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=32","credit":"Candidate-submitted photo · 2026 Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet","reviewed":"2026-09-21"},"analysis":{"values":["Execution","Balanced growth"],"tradeoff":"Her program stresses delivery and balance; the specific housing and budget choices behind those words are not yet detailed.","issues":{"housing":{"position":"Would balance state housing mandates with local needs while preserving the community’s character.","source":{"label":"Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 32","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=32","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"safety":{"position":"Would support police, fire and emergency preparedness so residents feel secure.","source":{"label":"Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 32","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=32","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"money":{"position":"Would keep infrastructure improvements on time and on budget and guide fiscally responsible plans for the Foothills, the library and other major efforts.","source":{"label":"Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 32","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=32","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"climate":{"position":"Would safeguard parks and waterways through committed environmental stewardship.","source":{"label":"Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 32","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=32","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 32","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=32","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 48","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=48","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Same statement as the Clackamas pamphlet; the page the research brief cites. Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Ramsey · home page","url":"https://www.heatherforlakeoswego.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}]}},{"id":"patrick-walsh","name":"Patrick Walsh","background":"Nonprofit executive and library board chair; his statement appears in the Clackamas County pamphlet.","summary":"His pamphlet statement runs on quiet, steady governance: balanced budgets with predictable costs, new homes directed to areas with existing infrastructure, well-equipped emergency services and protected tree canopy and watersheds.","priorities":["Meet state housing requirements where infrastructure already exists, with design standards and tree preservation.","Keep budgets balanced, costs predictable and every fee, bond and levy explained.","Protect tree canopy and watersheds and calm cut-through traffic with data-driven fixes."],"interpretation":"The absence of a reviewed statement is a research gap, not evidence that this candidate lacks positions.","question":"What would you cut or defer if costs rise faster than revenue?","sources":[{"label":"Official candidate list","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/city-lake-oswego-certified-candidates-nov-2026/download?inline","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"},{"label":"Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 30","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=30","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Walsh · platform (“Why I’m running”)","url":"https://walsh4lo.com/why-im-running/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}],"affiliation":"Nonpartisan office","portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/patrick-walsh.webp","sourceUrl":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=30","credit":"Candidate-submitted photo · 2026 Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet","reviewed":"2026-09-21"},"analysis":{"values":["Calm leadership","Infrastructure first"],"tradeoff":"A platform of process (transparency, sequencing, predictable costs) more than of named projects; what he would cut or defer if costs rise is not said.","issues":{"housing":{"position":"Would meet state housing requirements by directing new homes to areas with existing infrastructure and services, with design standards and tree preservation.","source":{"label":"Walsh · platform (“Why I’m running”)","url":"https://walsh4lo.com/why-im-running/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"safety":{"position":"Would give police, fire and medical teams the training, staffing and equipment needed for rapid response.","source":{"label":"Walsh · platform (“Why I’m running”)","url":"https://walsh4lo.com/why-im-running/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"money":{"position":"Would keep budgets balanced and costs predictable, prioritize core infrastructure, and explain every fee, bond and levy clearly.","source":{"label":"Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 30","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=30","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"climate":{"position":"Would protect tree canopy and watersheds, invest in sustainable infrastructure, and calm cut-through traffic and speeding with data-driven fixes.","source":{"label":"Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 30","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=30","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 30","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=30","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. 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Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}]}},{"id":"adam-marl","name":"Adam Marl","background":"City commissioner and state land-use agency legislative coordinator.","summary":"Supports public safety, homeownership, road improvements and conditions for small businesses to grow.","priorities":["Improve streets and safe school routes.","Expand homeownership opportunities.","Coordinate regionally on homelessness and oppose tolling."],"interpretation":"His program uses infrastructure and economic development to support affordability. 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Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}],"affiliation":"Nonpartisan office","portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/adam-marl.webp","sourceUrl":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=37","credit":"Candidate-submitted photo · 2026 Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet","reviewed":"2026-09-21"},"analysis":{"values":["Hold the line on taxes","Roads and safe routes"],"tradeoff":"His plan pairs infrastructure and small-business growth with a no-new-property-tax stance; the $4 million and past-vote claims are the campaign’s own account.","issues":{"housing":{"position":"Would expand homeownership by encouraging starter-home development, and work with regional partners to connect people who are homeless with services.","source":{"label":"Marl · priorities","url":"https://www.adammarl.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"safety":{"position":"Would fund the Oregon City police, invest in behavioral health and youth substance-abuse programs, and keep public spaces clean.","source":{"label":"Marl · priorities","url":"https://www.adammarl.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"money":{"position":"Would hold the line on property taxes, push for lower residential utility fees and hold private utilities accountable for ratepayers.","source":{"label":"Marl · priorities","url":"https://www.adammarl.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"climate":{"position":"Would fix potholes and build safe routes to school, oppose tolling, and keep local road projects at the front of ODOT’s queue.","source":{"label":"Marl · priorities","url":"https://www.adammarl.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 37","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=37","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Marl · priorities","url":"https://www.adammarl.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}]}},{"id":"rodney-la-barr","name":"Rodney La Barr","background":"Facilities safety technician with building-trades experience.","summary":"Argues that lower permitting, regulatory and fee burdens would revive properties and expand housing.","priorities":["Reduce unnecessary construction and business barriers.","Encourage housing of several types.","Use growth-related revenue for services and parks without raising taxes."],"interpretation":"The proposed chain is lower costs, more activity and then more public revenue. 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Publication by the county does not verify the claims."}],"affiliation":"Nonpartisan office","portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/rodney-la-barr.webp","sourceUrl":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=38","credit":"Candidate-submitted photo · 2026 Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet","reviewed":"2026-09-21"},"analysis":{"values":["Fewer fees and permits","Growth pays for services"],"tradeoff":"The chain runs lower costs, more building, more revenue, then services and parks; the size and timing of that revenue are assumed rather than shown.","issues":{"housing":{"position":"Would create affordable housing by cutting permits, fees and regulations so builders can produce homes of all types, from ADUs (backyard cottages) to apartments.","source":{"label":"Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 38","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=38","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. 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Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 38","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=38","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}]}}],"seats":1,"method":"Vote for one","authority":"The mayor and council set city policy, adopt the budget and oversee the city manager. One member cannot enact a proposal alone. 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Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"money":{"position":"Would review carefully any proposal that raises residents’ costs, protect essential services, and grow the tax base, starting with another hotel.","source":{"label":"Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 39","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=39","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 39","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=39","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}]}},{"id":"james-nicita","name":"James Nicita","background":"Historian, retired attorney and former city commissioner.","summary":"Proposes changes to urban renewal, city legal services and economic development, with historic preservation and opposition to data centers.","priorities":["Redirect urban-renewal tax resources toward police or smaller public-designed projects.","Create an independent charter office of city attorney.","Explore a food hub, solar district and Metro partnership for Water Board Park."],"interpretation":"His agenda changes both development priorities and governance. Charter changes and regional partnerships require authority beyond an individual commissioner.","question":"Which proposal comes first, and how would you handle existing urban-renewal obligations?","sources":[{"label":"Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 39","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=39","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."}],"affiliation":"Nonpartisan office","portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/james-nicita.webp","sourceUrl":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=39","credit":"Candidate-submitted photo · 2026 Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet","reviewed":"2026-09-21"},"analysis":{"values":["Right to vote on urban renewal","Historic preservation"],"tradeoff":"His agenda changes both spending priorities and governance; charter changes, a Metro partnership and redirecting urban-renewal money need votes beyond one commissioner.","issues":{"housing":{"position":"Would defend the Park Place Concept Plan and develop its North Village, the planned neighborhood area on the city’s edge.","source":{"label":"Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 39","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=39","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"safety":{"position":"Would fully fund police by restoring tax dollars now diverted to urban renewal (a district that keeps part of property-tax growth for development projects).","source":{"label":"Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 39","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=39","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"money":{"position":"Would redirect urban-renewal tax dollars to police or to small citizen-designed projects, and keep residents’ right to vote on urban renewal.","source":{"label":"Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 39","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=39","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"climate":{"position":"Opposes data centers, would create a solar-generation district in the North End and build the Holly Lane Connector road.","source":{"label":"Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 39","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=39","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 39","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=39","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}]}},{"id":"paul-espe","name":"Paul Espe","background":"Urban planner and planning-commission chair.","summary":"Supports business growth and tourism, better services, disaster preparation and resource protection.","priorities":["Use incentives to attract and retain taxable businesses.","Maintain and improve parks and other services.","Evaluate government performance and strengthen emergency planning."],"interpretation":"He expects business growth to support service capacity. Incentive costs and resulting revenue need to be evaluated together.","question":"Which incentives would generate a net public benefit, and how would you demonstrate it?","sources":[{"label":"Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 40","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=40","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."}],"affiliation":"Nonpartisan office","portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/paul-espe.webp","sourceUrl":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=40","credit":"Candidate-submitted photo · 2026 Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet","reviewed":"2026-09-21"},"analysis":{"values":["Get stuff done","Business growth"],"tradeoff":"He expects business growth to carry service capacity; the cost of the incentives and the revenue they would return are not estimated.","issues":{"safety":{"position":"Would strengthen the city’s existing disaster-preparedness program.","source":{"label":"Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 40","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=40","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"money":{"position":"Would grow the tax base with incentives to attract and keep businesses, and fill vacant buildings with taxpaying businesses rather than government services.","source":{"label":"Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 40","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=40","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"climate":{"position":"Would protect the city’s natural resources.","source":{"label":"Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 40","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=40","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 40","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=40","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}]}},{"id":"gordon-j-lawrence","name":"Gordon J Lawrence","background":"Contracting-business owner and civic volunteer.","summary":"Emphasizes fewer business barriers, stronger regional partnerships, housing and investment in parks.","priorities":["Encourage new businesses and investment.","Improve housing opportunities and support services.","Connect historic preservation with revitalization and tourism."],"interpretation":"The statement describes a collaborative growth agenda but leaves specific regulatory and financing decisions open.","question":"What barriers would you remove first, and how would you measure whether residents benefit?","sources":[{"label":"Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 40","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=40","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."},{"label":"Lawrence · meet Gordon (April 2026 interview)","url":"https://gordonforoc.com/meet-gordon/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}],"affiliation":"Nonpartisan office","portrait":{"src":"/images/voters-guide/2026/gordon-j-lawrence.webp","sourceUrl":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=40","credit":"Candidate-submitted photo · 2026 Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet","reviewed":"2026-09-21"},"analysis":{"values":["Fresh perspective","Regional partnerships"],"tradeoff":"A collaborative growth agenda; the regulatory and financing choices behind it are left open.","issues":{"housing":{"position":"Would pursue more housing opportunities and stronger services for people who are homeless.","source":{"label":"Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 40","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=40","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"money":{"position":"Would fund services by growing the tax base, removing barriers to business and welcoming development rather than blocking it.","source":{"label":"Lawrence · meet Gordon (April 2026 interview)","url":"https://gordonforoc.com/meet-gordon/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"climate":{"position":"Would give more attention to parks, recreation and the city’s natural assets.","source":{"label":"Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 40","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=40","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}}},"sources":[{"label":"Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 40","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=40","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Lawrence · meet Gordon (April 2026 interview)","url":"https://gordonforoc.com/meet-gordon/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}]}}],"seats":2,"method":"Two commission seats · follow the official ballot’s voting instructions","authority":"The mayor and council set city policy, adopt the budget and oversee the city manager. One member cannot enact a proposal alone. Schools, transit and county health services involve separate governing bodies.","stakes":"Housing and development, public safety, streets, utilities, parks and the cost and accountability of city services.","comparison":"Candidates differ on urban renewal, development incentives, parks and administrative changes. Compare the mechanism and funding behind each promise.","rosterStatus":"Official list checked","rosterSource":{"label":"City election authority · qualified candidates","url":"https://www.orcity.org/3547/Current-Candidates","kind":"Election authority","date":"Checked September 18, 2026"}}],"councilDecisions":[{"id":"parks-police","title":"Move proposed new police funding to parks","voteLabel":"Budget amendment","summary":"Avalos 1 redirected about $1.9 million of proposed new police funding to parks maintenance. Passed 7–5 in the May 2025 preliminary budget process.","limit":"This was a choice about a proposed increase, not a vote to lay off existing officers. The police chief warned it would affect recruitment and services; supporters disputed the staffing impact.","source":{"label":"May 21 budget · clerk’s amendment roll calls","url":"https://efiles.portlandoregon.gov/record/17392841/file/document/","date":"May 21, 2025","kind":"Public record"},"votes":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":"Yes","Angelita Morillo":"Yes","Steve Novick":"Yes","Mitch Green":"Yes","Olivia Clark":"No","Eric Zimmerman":"No"}},{"id":"services-first","title":"Use climate-fund interest for broad service restoration","voteLabel":"Budget amendment","summary":"The Services First amendment used about $16 million in climate-fund interest, plus other funds, for parks, unarmed police support, fire rescue and core city staff. Failed 6–6.","limit":"The final amendment used $16,034,349 in PCEF interest. Early promotional material described a $16.5 million version. This package included public-safety services as well as other jobs.","source":{"label":"Clerk’s amendment roll call · PDF page 58","url":"https://efiles.portlandoregon.gov/record/18024844/file/document/#page=58","date":"June 10, 2026","kind":"Public record"},"votes":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":"Yes","Angelita Morillo":"Yes","Steve Novick":"No","Mitch Green":"Yes","Olivia Clark":"No","Eric Zimmerman":"No"}},{"id":"oversight-funding","title":"Use expected police-oversight underspending for public safety","voteLabel":"Budget amendment","summary":"Clark 2 proposed $7.68 million for police support, training and fire rescue: draw contingency now, then replenish it with expected police-accountability office underspending in spring 2027. Failed 5–6, with one absent.","limit":"The tradeoff concerned using money allocated to the new oversight office. The proposal did not abolish that office, and expected underspending was a forecast.","source":{"label":"Clerk’s amendment roll call · PDF page 59","url":"https://efiles.portlandoregon.gov/record/18024844/file/document/#page=59","date":"June 10, 2026","kind":"Public record"},"votes":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":"No","Angelita Morillo":"No","Steve Novick":"Yes","Mitch Green":"No","Olivia Clark":"Yes","Eric Zimmerman":"Yes"}},{"id":"novick-restorations","title":"Use a smaller amount of climate interest for selected restorations","voteLabel":"Budget amendment","summary":"Pirtle-Guiney–Novick 4 proposed $8.42 million in climate-fund interest for selected restorations and a business-tax reserve, alongside other funding. Failed 3–8, with one absent.","limit":"This was a separate package from Services First and Clark 2. It included police training, 12 unarmed support positions, fire rescue, gardens, worker benefits and selected core staff.","source":{"label":"Clerk’s amendment roll call · PDF page 60","url":"https://efiles.portlandoregon.gov/record/18024844/file/document/#page=60","date":"June 10, 2026","kind":"Public record"},"votes":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":"No","Angelita Morillo":"No","Steve Novick":"Yes","Mitch Green":"No","Olivia Clark":"No","Eric Zimmerman":"No"}},{"id":"annual-budget","title":"Adopt the 2026–27 annual budget","voteLabel":"Final adoption","summary":"After the competing restoration amendments failed, the annual budget passed 9–2, with one abstention. Zimmerman was the only no among these six incumbents.","limit":"Adopting the overall budget did not mean endorsing every cut. Council returned to service restorations in July.","source":{"label":"Ordinance 192195 · annual budget and final roll call","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192195","date":"June 17, 2026","kind":"Public record"},"votes":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":"Yes","Angelita Morillo":"Yes","Steve Novick":"Yes","Mitch Green":"Yes","Olivia Clark":"Yes","Eric Zimmerman":"No"}},{"id":"zenith-investigation","title":"Demand an investigation of Zenith’s franchise","voteLabel":"Resolution vote","summary":"Resolution 37702 sought investigation of potential franchise violations and City permitting, with administrative pauses where legally available. Passed 11–1; Novick voted no.","limit":"In February 2026, the City’s investigation, reviewed by outside counsel, reported no basis for franchise revocation. The 2025 allegations are not findings of wrongdoing.","source":{"label":"Resolution 37702 · investigation and amendments","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37702","date":"March 19, 2025","kind":"Public record"},"votes":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":"Yes","Angelita Morillo":"Yes","Steve Novick":"No","Mitch Green":"Yes","Olivia Clark":"Yes","Eric Zimmerman":"Yes"}},{"id":"zenith-enforcement","title":"Give residents a right to enforce Zenith’s franchise in court","voteLabel":"Amendment vote","summary":"Green–Morillo 1 would condition the transfer on allowing residents to sue to enforce the franchise. Failed 6–6.","limit":"A proposed additional enforcement mechanism for the pipeline franchise—not a vote on the state air permit or a citywide fossil-fuel ban.","source":{"label":"Zenith transfer · amendments and roll calls","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/zenith-franchise-transfer-isq-holdings","date":"September 9, 2026","kind":"Public record"},"votes":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":"Yes","Angelita Morillo":"Yes","Steve Novick":"No","Mitch Green":"Yes","Olivia Clark":"No","Eric Zimmerman":"No"}},{"id":"zenith-transfer","title":"Transfer Zenith’s pipeline franchise to the new owner","voteLabel":"September 16 vote","summary":"The transfer to ISQ Springer Holdings failed 5–6, with one absent. A motion to reconsider remained pending as of September 18, with the next discussion scheduled for September 23.","limit":"This is an unresolved decision. The proposal transfers the existing franchise obligations; it does not itself grant a new air permit or stop terminal operations.","source":{"label":"Zenith transfer · amendments and roll calls","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/zenith-franchise-transfer-isq-holdings","date":"September 9–16, 2026; reviewed September 18","kind":"Public record"},"votes":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":"No","Angelita Morillo":"No","Steve Novick":"Yes","Mitch Green":"No","Olivia Clark":"Yes","Eric Zimmerman":"Yes"}},{"id":"camp-removal","title":"Shift funding away from homeless-camp removals","voteLabel":"Budget amendment","summary":"Morillo 1 proposed reducing the Impact Reduction Program by about $4.3 million within a package supporting personnel, housing, food and immigration services. Failed with five yes, three no and four absent.","limit":"This was a spending amendment, not a vote to repeal the criminal camping ban. Green’s related Ground Score amendment did not take effect because the parent proposal failed.","source":{"label":"Fall budget · Morillo 1 amendment roll call","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/fy-2025-26-fall-supplemental-budget","date":"November 12, 2025","kind":"Public record"},"votes":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":"Yes","Angelita Morillo":"Yes","Steve Novick":"No","Mitch Green":"Yes","Olivia Clark":"Absent","Eric Zimmerman":"Absent"}},{"id":"detention-fees","title":"Create impact fees and nuisance rules for detention facilities","voteLabel":"Final ordinance vote","summary":"The detention-facility ordinance passed 9–2, with Zimmerman absent. Clark joined Koyama Lane, Morillo and Green in support; Novick opposed it.","limit":"The ordinance did not close ICE’s facility. The lease-related fee would apply on renewal; nuisance rules and fee implementation have separate requirements.","source":{"label":"Detention-facility ordinance · adopted text and roll call","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/detention-facility-impact-fee-protect-taxpayers","date":"December 3, 2025","kind":"Public record"},"votes":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":"Yes","Angelita Morillo":"Yes","Steve Novick":"No","Mitch Green":"Yes","Olivia Clark":"Yes","Eric Zimmerman":"Absent"}},{"id":"housing-fees","title":"Temporarily waive infrastructure charges on new housing","voteLabel":"Final ordinance vote","summary":"Ordinance 192082 created a temporary waiver of infrastructure charges for qualifying housing, aimed at encouraging 5,000 new homes. Passed 10–0; Clark and Smith were absent.","limit":"A shared vote among the five incumbents present. Reducing development costs trades potential infrastructure revenue for an incentive to build; the vote does not establish how many homes it produced.","source":{"label":"Ordinance 192082 · housing fee waiver","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192082","date":"July 16, 2025","kind":"Public record"},"votes":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":"Yes","Angelita Morillo":"Yes","Steve Novick":"Yes","Mitch Green":"Yes","Olivia Clark":"Absent","Eric Zimmerman":"Yes"}},{"id":"business-tax","title":"Expand the small-business tax exemption","voteLabel":"Final ordinance vote","summary":"Ordinance 192163 raised the gross-receipts exemption threshold from $50,000 to $75,000 for 2026 and $100,000 for 2027. Passed 11–0, including all six incumbents.","limit":"The threshold concerns gross receipts, not a tax-free profit allowance. The City forecast reduced revenue; unanimous support does not settle how to replace that revenue.","source":{"label":"Ordinance 192163 · exemption thresholds and roll call","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192163","date":"April 8, 2026","kind":"Public record"},"votes":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":"Yes","Angelita Morillo":"Yes","Steve Novick":"Yes","Mitch Green":"Yes","Olivia Clark":"Yes","Eric Zimmerman":"Yes"}},{"id":"performing-arts","title":"Advance PSU and Keller performing-arts planning","voteLabel":"Resolution vote","summary":"Resolution 37752 advanced a new Broadway-capable venue at PSU and planning for a smaller Keller Auditorium. Passed 8–4; Green joined Clark, Novick and Zimmerman in support.","limit":"This authorizes further planning and staff work, not the full construction budget or a final financing deal.","source":{"label":"Resolution 37752 · arts venues and roll call","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37752","date":"September 9, 2026","kind":"Public record"},"votes":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":"No","Angelita Morillo":"No","Steve Novick":"Yes","Mitch Green":"Yes","Olivia Clark":"Yes","Eric Zimmerman":"Yes"}},{"id":"water-bonds","title":"Borrow for Bull Run water treatment","summary":"Council authorized water-system revenue bonds with up to $525 million in net proceeds, principally for the Bull Run filtration project. The measure passed 9–3. Repayment comes from water-system revenues, making future customer bills part of the financing choice.","limit":"This was a borrowing authorization, separate from the annual ordinance setting water rates. The project’s revised $2.5 billion budget was larger than this individual bond authorization.","source":{"label":"Borrow for Bull Run water treatment · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192177","kind":"Public record","date":"May 20, 2026"},"votes":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":"Yes","Angelita Morillo":"No","Steve Novick":"Yes","Mitch Green":"No","Olivia Clark":"Yes","Eric Zimmerman":"Yes"}},{"id":"water-rates","title":"Raise annual water rates","summary":"The 2026–27 water-rate ordinance passed 8–4. It increased average effective retail water rates by 8.1%; the bureau estimated a typical residential water charge would rise from $65.57 to $70.89 per month, before sewer and stormwater charges.","limit":"The typical-bill estimate assumes five hundred cubic feet of monthly water use. Actual bills depend on use, billing period and applicable assistance; this is not the total combined utility bill.","source":{"label":"Raise annual water rates · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192183","kind":"Public record","date":"May 27, 2026"},"votes":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":"No","Angelita Morillo":"No","Steve Novick":"Yes","Mitch Green":"Yes","Olivia Clark":"Yes","Eric Zimmerman":"No"}},{"id":"sewer-rates","title":"Set sewer and stormwater rates","summary":"Council approved the 2026–27 sewer and stormwater rate schedule 9–3 to fund wastewater and stormwater services. Morillo supported this schedule after opposing the separate water-rate ordinance.","limit":"Water supply, wastewater and stormwater are separate services with separate rate decisions, even when their charges appear on the same bill.","source":{"label":"Set sewer and stormwater rates · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192182","kind":"Public record","date":"May 27, 2026"},"votes":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":"No","Angelita Morillo":"Yes","Steve Novick":"Yes","Mitch Green":"Yes","Olivia Clark":"Yes","Eric Zimmerman":"No"}},{"id":"street-fee","title":"Create a monthly transportation utility fee","summary":"Council passed the new fee 9–3, with collection beginning in January 2027. The initial monthly charge is $12 for a typical single-family home and $8.40 per apartment unit; commercial charges use a percentage of the utility bill. The adopted allocation sends 75% to maintenance and 25% to safety work.","limit":"Approving a revenue source does not show that every promised repair has happened. The ordinance includes review of business charges and assistance for residents.","source":{"label":"Create a monthly transportation utility fee · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192171","kind":"Public record","date":"April 29, 2026"},"votes":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":"Yes","Angelita Morillo":"Yes","Steve Novick":"Yes","Mitch Green":"Yes","Olivia Clark":"Yes","Eric Zimmerman":"No"}},{"id":"sidewalk-plan","title":"Develop a sidewalk and paving program","summary":"Council adopted the Sidewalk Improvement and Paving Program framework 11–1. It directed development of projects and funding options for neglected streets and missing sidewalks, highlighting gaps in Districts 1 and 4.","limit":"The resolution began planning; it did not appropriate the full cost of a construction program.","source":{"label":"Develop a sidewalk and paving program · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37705","kind":"Public record","date":"May 7, 2025"},"votes":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":"Yes","Angelita Morillo":"Yes","Steve Novick":"No","Mitch Green":"Yes","Olivia Clark":"Yes","Eric Zimmerman":"Yes"}},{"id":"transport-rates","title":"Update parking and transportation fees","summary":"Council approved the annual transportation fee schedule 10–2. The package updated parking, permits and other transportation charges, generally using a 6.18% cost escalation, and incorporated the separately approved transportation utility fee.","limit":"This vote set a fee schedule; it did not independently authorize new staffing or additional spending.","source":{"label":"Update parking and transportation fees · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192181","kind":"Public record","date":"May 27, 2026"},"votes":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":"Yes","Angelita Morillo":"Yes","Steve Novick":"Yes","Mitch Green":"Yes","Olivia Clark":"Yes","Eric Zimmerman":"No"}},{"id":"arts-tax","title":"Raise the arts tax and expand exemptions","summary":"Council passed the arts-tax reform 7–5. It raised the individual assessment from $35 to $50 while replacing the old low-income rules with filing thresholds of $20,000 for single filers and $40,000 for joint filers, measured using Oregon taxable income. It also provided for inflation indexing.","limit":"The reform changed who files and pays as well as the assessment. Calling it only a tax increase or only tax relief leaves out part of the decision.","source":{"label":"Raise the arts tax and expand exemptions · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192185","kind":"Public record","date":"May 27, 2026"},"votes":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":"Yes","Angelita Morillo":"Yes","Steve Novick":"No","Mitch Green":"Yes","Olivia Clark":"No","Eric Zimmerman":"No"}},{"id":"psr-framework","title":"Expand Portland Street Response’s role","summary":"Council voted 10–2 to support expanding Portland Street Response as an unarmed, co-equal branch of the emergency-response system and to establish a community committee. Clark and Ryan voted no.","limit":"The resolution set Council’s direction and petitioned the mayor; it did not itself deliver round-the-clock service or fund every expansion.","source":{"label":"Expand Portland Street Response’s role · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37709","kind":"Public record","date":"June 25, 2025"},"votes":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":"Yes","Angelita Morillo":"Yes","Steve Novick":"Yes","Mitch Green":"Yes","Olivia Clark":"No","Eric Zimmerman":"Yes"}},{"id":"psr-committee","title":"Appoint the Street Response community committee","summary":"All 12 councilors approved the membership of the Portland Street Response Committee: 14 community members and one staff representative. This implemented the community-oversight part of the earlier resolution.","limit":"Clark supported these appointments after opposing the June framework. An appointment vote and a vote on service design answer different questions.","source":{"label":"Appoint the Street Response community committee · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37728","kind":"Public record","date":"December 18, 2025"},"votes":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":"Yes","Angelita Morillo":"Yes","Steve Novick":"Yes","Mitch Green":"Yes","Olivia Clark":"Yes","Eric Zimmerman":"Yes"}},{"id":"oversight-first-board","title":"Appoint the first police-accountability board","summary":"Council appointed 21 members and six alternates to the Community Board for Police Accountability, 11–1. All six incumbents in these races supported the appointments.","limit":"Voters authorized the system in 2020 and the previous Council adopted its code. These councilors were voting on appointments, not creating the entire system from scratch.","source":{"label":"Appoint the first police-accountability board · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/report/accepted/2025-246","kind":"Public record","date":"June 18, 2025"},"votes":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":"Yes","Angelita Morillo":"Yes","Steve Novick":"Yes","Mitch Green":"Yes","Olivia Clark":"Yes","Eric Zimmerman":"Yes"}},{"id":"oversight-replacements","title":"Fill vacancies and restart accountability-board terms","summary":"Council approved the replacement and term-setting resolution 10–2. It moved two alternates into member positions, reset terms to the first meeting date, requested quarterly reporting and directed further recruitment. Clark and Zimmerman opposed it.","limit":"This was a particular appointment package. It was not a referendum on every power of the accountability system or on the separate question of its budget.","source":{"label":"Fill vacancies and restart accountability-board terms · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37737","kind":"Public record","date":"February 12, 2026"},"votes":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":"Yes","Angelita Morillo":"Yes","Steve Novick":"Yes","Mitch Green":"Yes","Olivia Clark":"No","Eric Zimmerman":"No"}},{"id":"community-policing","title":"Preserve a community-policing advisory body in code","summary":"Council voted 11–0, with Koyama Lane absent, to put the Portland Committee on Community-Engaged Policing into City Code. The action preserved a public advisory channel as federal settlement requirements changed.","limit":"This advisory committee is distinct from the Community Board for Police Accountability and its misconduct-review system.","source":{"label":"Preserve a community-policing advisory body in code · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192168","kind":"Public record","date":"April 16, 2026"},"votes":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":"Absent","Angelita Morillo":"Yes","Steve Novick":"Yes","Mitch Green":"Yes","Olivia Clark":"Yes","Eric Zimmerman":"Yes"}},{"id":"police-staffing","title":"Request a police staffing and cost assessment","summary":"Council approved a police organizational and staffing assessment 7–5. The final resolution requested staffing levels, recruitment and retention plans, training and ongoing costs, and the effect of other services such as Street Response on police workload.","limit":"The adopted text requested an assessment; it did not appropriate money to hire 400 officers. The original impact statement’s reference to 400 should not be mistaken for an enacted hiring commitment.","source":{"label":"Request a police staffing and cost assessment · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37738","kind":"Public record","date":"February 12, 2026"},"votes":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":"No","Angelita Morillo":"No","Steve Novick":"Yes","Mitch Green":"No","Olivia Clark":"Yes","Eric Zimmerman":"Yes"}},{"id":"nuisance-properties","title":"Expand chronic-nuisance property enforcement","summary":"Council passed the amended property-enforcement ordinance 7–5. It expanded the activities covered by chronic-nuisance rules and gave the City a longer period to document repeated incidents, with the final threshold of three incidents in 90 days rather than 30.","limit":"The initial proposal used two incidents in 90 days; Council amended it to three. The final vote should be described using that adopted threshold.","source":{"label":"Expand chronic-nuisance property enforcement · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192173","kind":"Public record","date":"May 6, 2026"},"votes":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":"No","Angelita Morillo":"No","Steve Novick":"Yes","Mitch Green":"No","Olivia Clark":"Yes","Eric Zimmerman":"Yes"}},{"id":"firearms-table","title":"Pause the firearms-in-public-buildings proposal","summary":"The five-member Community and Public Safety Committee voted 3–2 to table the proposal restricting firearms, including licensed concealed carry, in specified City buildings used for official meetings. Zimmerman supported the pause; Morillo and Novick opposed it.","limit":"This was a committee motion to table, not a full-Council vote to enact or reject a citywide gun ban. Koyama Lane, Green and Clark were not on this committee.","source":{"label":"Pause the firearms-in-public-buildings proposal · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/protecting-public-buildings","kind":"Public record","date":"September 15, 2026"},"votes":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":"Not on committee","Angelita Morillo":"No","Steve Novick":"No","Mitch Green":"Not on committee","Olivia Clark":"Not on committee","Eric Zimmerman":"Yes"},"voteLabel":"Committee vote to table"},{"id":"psychedelics-referral","title":"Advance a natural-psychedelics enforcement proposal","summary":"The public-safety committee recommended passage 4–1 of a proposal making non-commercial personal use of natural psychedelics a low enforcement priority and creating an advisory commission. Morillo, Novick and Zimmerman supported referral.","limit":"This committee recommendation did not enact the proposal. Full Council consideration was scheduled for September 23, after this guide’s September 18 review.","source":{"label":"Advance a natural-psychedelics enforcement proposal · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/psychedelic-health-and-safety-act","kind":"Public record","date":"August 4, 2026"},"votes":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":"Not on committee","Angelita Morillo":"Yes","Steve Novick":"Yes","Mitch Green":"Not on committee","Olivia Clark":"Not on committee","Eric Zimmerman":"Yes"},"voteLabel":"Committee referral"},{"id":"climate-plan","title":"Amend the five-year climate investment plan","summary":"Council approved amendments to the Portland Clean Energy Community Benefits Fund’s five-year investment plan 9–3. The amended plan allocated approximately $1.59 billion through June 2029, with budget changes subject to subsequent authorization.","limit":"This was a vote on the particular allocation package, not on whether Portland should have a climate fund. The final resolution and amendment roll calls are available in the linked record.","source":{"label":"Amend the five-year climate investment plan · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192154","kind":"Public record","date":"March 11, 2026"},"votes":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":"Yes","Angelita Morillo":"No","Steve Novick":"Yes","Mitch Green":"No","Olivia Clark":"Yes","Eric Zimmerman":"Yes"}},{"id":"climate-interest","title":"Transfer climate-fund interest into the general budget","summary":"Council voted 10–2 to transfer $26,890,729 in audited climate-fund interest earnings into the General Fund for the 2026–27 budget. Morillo and Avalos opposed it.","limit":"This transfer concerned interest earnings, rather than the fund’s principal. It was separate from the June and July fights over additional service restorations.","source":{"label":"Transfer climate-fund interest into the general budget · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192179","kind":"Public record","date":"May 27, 2026"},"votes":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":"Yes","Angelita Morillo":"No","Steve Novick":"Yes","Mitch Green":"Yes","Olivia Clark":"Yes","Eric Zimmerman":"Yes"}},{"id":"homebuyer-income","title":"Remove an income test for certain fee-exempt homes","summary":"Council passed a temporary change 8–3, with one absent, removing the buyer-income test for a defined group of previously permitted homes in the affordable-housing development-charge exemption program. The program’s owner-occupancy and sale-price conditions remained distinct from the waived income test.","limit":"This was narrower than the 2025 general housing-fee waiver. It addressed homes permitted before January 1, 2026 under the affordable-housing program and was tied to the September 2028 sunset.","source":{"label":"Remove an income test for certain fee-exempt homes · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192210","kind":"Public record","date":"July 29, 2026"},"votes":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":"No","Angelita Morillo":"Yes","Steve Novick":"Yes","Mitch Green":"Yes","Olivia Clark":"Yes","Eric Zimmerman":"No"}},{"id":"housing-strategy","title":"Require a unified housing strategy","summary":"Council voted 11–1 to direct a unified housing strategy aligning existing City plans and agreements, including housing production, affordability and homelessness prevention.","limit":"A direction to develop a strategy is not evidence that housing targets were achieved or that every later housing proposal received the same support.","source":{"label":"Require a unified housing strategy · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37714","kind":"Public record","date":"August 6, 2025"},"votes":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":"Yes","Angelita Morillo":"Yes","Steve Novick":"Yes","Mitch Green":"Yes","Olivia Clark":"Yes","Eric Zimmerman":"Yes"}},{"id":"homelessness-plan","title":"Adopt the updated homelessness action plan and measures","summary":"Council adopted the updated City–County Homelessness Response System action plan and performance measures 9–3. All six incumbents in these races voted yes.","limit":"The plan and performance measures did not by themselves appropriate all resources for implementation. Support also does not settle a member’s position on individual camp-removal policies.","source":{"label":"Adopt the updated homelessness action plan and measures · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37726","kind":"Public record","date":"December 17, 2025"},"votes":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":"Yes","Angelita Morillo":"Yes","Steve Novick":"Yes","Mitch Green":"Yes","Olivia Clark":"Yes","Eric Zimmerman":"Yes"}},{"id":"permit-pause","title":"Temporarily suspend selected development upgrade requirements","summary":"Council approved a temporary pause in four development-related upgrade requirements 11–0, with Zimmerman absent. The measure sought to reduce project costs, while the budget analysis warned that some sidewalk-ramp and tree responsibilities could shift to the City.","limit":"The pause runs through January 1, 2029. It was not a repeal of all permitting standards; the City’s analysis identified possible costs and infrastructure gaps.","source":{"label":"Temporarily suspend selected development upgrade requirements · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192095","kind":"Public record","date":"September 24, 2025"},"votes":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":"Yes","Angelita Morillo":"Yes","Steve Novick":"Yes","Mitch Green":"Yes","Olivia Clark":"Yes","Eric Zimmerman":"Absent"}},{"id":"permit-reform","title":"Develop a second phase of permitting reform","summary":"Council directed a second phase of code alignment and permitting reform, 11–0 with one absent. The resolution called for coordinated code writing, practical expertise and measures of permitting performance.","limit":"This resolution directed further work. It did not itself enact every future code change or establish that permit processing had already become faster.","source":{"label":"Develop a second phase of permitting reform · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37749","kind":"Public record","date":"July 16, 2026"},"votes":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":"Yes","Angelita Morillo":"Yes","Steve Novick":"Yes","Mitch Green":"Yes","Olivia Clark":"Yes","Eric Zimmerman":"Yes"}},{"id":"urban-forest-plan","title":"Adopt the updated Urban Forest Plan","summary":"Council adopted the updated Urban Forest Plan 11–0, with one absent, after debating how the City should approach street-tree care and sidewalk damage. All six supported the final plan.","limit":"The resolution is non-binding City policy. Adoption did not immediately transfer every property owner’s street-tree or sidewalk responsibility to the City.","source":{"label":"Adopt the updated Urban Forest Plan · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37720","kind":"Public record","date":"October 22, 2025"},"votes":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":"Yes","Angelita Morillo":"Yes","Steve Novick":"Yes","Mitch Green":"Yes","Olivia Clark":"Yes","Eric Zimmerman":"Yes"}},{"id":"tree-responsibility","title":"Make the street-tree responsibility plan explicitly conditional","summary":"Before adopting the forest plan, Council voted 7–4, with one absent, to make an action item explicitly describe a plan that would allow the proposed change if implemented. This qualified the language about a future City role in street-tree maintenance.","limit":"The underlying amendment changed the strength of a planning commitment, not an immediate service or liability transfer.","source":{"label":"Make the street-tree responsibility plan explicitly conditional · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37720","kind":"Public record","date":"October 22, 2025"},"votes":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":"No","Angelita Morillo":"No","Steve Novick":"Yes","Mitch Green":"Yes","Olivia Clark":"Yes","Eric Zimmerman":"Yes"},"voteLabel":"Amendment vote"},{"id":"forest-park","title":"Overturn approval of the Forest Park power-line proposal","summary":"All 12 councilors granted the appeal and overturned the hearings officer’s approval of the proposed utility work affecting Forest Park. The decision denied the environmental review while approving the other specified reviews.","limit":"This was a land-use decision on a particular application and its approval criteria. It was not a general vote against electricity infrastructure.","source":{"label":"Overturn approval of the Forest Park power-line proposal · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/report/findings-adopted/2025-161","kind":"Public record","date":"May 7, 2025"},"votes":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":"Yes","Angelita Morillo":"Yes","Steve Novick":"Yes","Mitch Green":"Yes","Olivia Clark":"Yes","Eric Zimmerman":"Yes"}},{"id":"parks-levy","title":"Refer the five-year parks levy to voters","summary":"Council voted 11–0, with Clark absent, to send a five-year parks levy to the November 2025 ballot at $1.40 per $1,000 of assessed property value, up from the expiring levy’s $0.80. The proposal sought to sustain park services and provide some maintenance funding.","limit":"This roll call records the Council’s ballot referral, not the subsequent public election. Assessed property value is not the same as market value.","source":{"label":"Refer the five-year parks levy to voters · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37710","kind":"Public record","date":"July 16, 2025"},"votes":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":"Yes","Angelita Morillo":"Yes","Steve Novick":"Yes","Mitch Green":"Yes","Olivia Clark":"Absent","Eric Zimmerman":"Yes"}},{"id":"sellwood","title":"Transfer Sellwood Community House to its nonprofit operator","summary":"Council approved selling the Sellwood Community Center property to Friends of Sellwood Community House for $1, with a deed restriction requiring public benefit in perpetuity. The measure passed 10–1, with Koyama Lane absent.","limit":"The symbolic sale price came with a continuing use restriction. The City’s analysis also identified a reduction in potential future capital-maintenance exposure.","source":{"label":"Transfer Sellwood Community House to its nonprofit operator · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192130","kind":"Public record","date":"December 3, 2025"},"votes":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":"Absent","Angelita Morillo":"Yes","Steve Novick":"Yes","Mitch Green":"Yes","Olivia Clark":"Yes","Eric Zimmerman":"Yes"}},{"id":"vision-zero","title":"Renew the traffic-death prevention effort","summary":"All 12 councilors reaffirmed the goal of eliminating traffic deaths and serious injuries, called for a renewed cross-bureau task force and added attention to deaths involving people experiencing homelessness.","limit":"The resolution renewed direction and coordination. It did not prove that traffic deaths had fallen or fund every future safety project.","source":{"label":"Renew the traffic-death prevention effort · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37716","kind":"Public record","date":"September 17, 2025"},"votes":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":"Yes","Angelita Morillo":"Yes","Steve Novick":"Yes","Mitch Green":"Yes","Olivia Clark":"Yes","Eric Zimmerman":"Yes"}},{"id":"82nd-transit","title":"Approve the preferred 82nd Avenue transit alternative","summary":"Council unanimously approved the locally preferred alternative for the 82nd Avenue transit project, establishing its route, general station locations and transit mode as a basis for further design and funding work.","limit":"Approval of the preferred alternative was a project-development decision, not authorization of the entire construction budget or proof of completed service improvements.","source":{"label":"Approve the preferred 82nd Avenue transit alternative · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37706","kind":"Public record","date":"May 21, 2025"},"votes":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":"Yes","Angelita Morillo":"Yes","Steve Novick":"Yes","Mitch Green":"Yes","Olivia Clark":"Yes","Eric Zimmerman":"Yes"}},{"id":"privacy-office","title":"Create a City Data and Privacy Office","summary":"Council unanimously created a City Data and Privacy Office and a chief data officer role to coordinate protection and stewardship of City-held information.","limit":"The ordinance established responsibilities and a transition process. It did not demonstrate that every City dataset or outside data-sharing risk had already been secured.","source":{"label":"Create a City Data and Privacy Office · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192143","kind":"Public record","date":"February 5, 2026"},"votes":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":"Yes","Angelita Morillo":"Yes","Steve Novick":"Yes","Mitch Green":"Yes","Olivia Clark":"Yes","Eric Zimmerman":"Yes"}},{"id":"privacy-framework","title":"Adopt the City’s data-governance and privacy framework","summary":"Council unanimously adopted the amended framework accompanying the privacy office, addressing data sharing, surveillance risks and secondary uses of information, including artificial intelligence.","limit":"Zimmerman opposed the December committee referral of this resolution but supported the amended final measure in February.","source":{"label":"Adopt the City’s data-governance and privacy framework · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37736","kind":"Public record","date":"February 5, 2026"},"votes":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":"Yes","Angelita Morillo":"Yes","Steve Novick":"Yes","Mitch Green":"Yes","Olivia Clark":"Yes","Eric Zimmerman":"Yes"}},{"id":"asset-strategy","title":"Develop a citywide infrastructure and asset strategy","summary":"Council unanimously directed development of a citywide strategy for managing roughly $80 billion in public assets, including roads, water systems, buildings and other infrastructure.","limit":"This directed planning and analysis, including possible bond options. It did not itself approve a new general-obligation bond or fund the full maintenance backlog.","source":{"label":"Develop a citywide infrastructure and asset strategy · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37715","kind":"Public record","date":"August 6, 2025"},"votes":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":"Yes","Angelita Morillo":"Yes","Steve Novick":"Yes","Mitch Green":"Yes","Olivia Clark":"Yes","Eric Zimmerman":"Yes"}},{"id":"committee-structure","title":"Replace eight policy committees with five","summary":"Council adopted a new committee structure 8–3, with Morillo absent. It replaced eight policy committees with five, including a Finance and Governance Committee of the Whole, effective March 30.","limit":"Committee structure determines where legislation is developed and scrutinized; this was not a change to the voter-approved four electoral districts.","source":{"label":"Replace eight policy committees with five · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/establish-city-council-committees","kind":"Public record","date":"February 19, 2026"},"votes":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":"Yes","Angelita Morillo":"Absent","Steve Novick":"Yes","Mitch Green":"Yes","Olivia Clark":"Yes","Eric Zimmerman":"No"}},{"id":"council-office-budget","title":"Increase Council and mayoral office budgets","summary":"Council approved a $4,588,234 midyear transfer from General Fund contingency to Council and mayoral offices, 10–2. The package increased staffing and office resources as the new government began work.","limit":"The measure addressed the remaining 2024–25 fiscal year. Annualized office figures should not be confused with this midyear appropriation.","source":{"label":"Increase Council and mayoral office budgets · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192020","kind":"Public record","date":"January 15, 2025"},"votes":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":"Yes","Angelita Morillo":"Yes","Steve Novick":"No","Mitch Green":"Yes","Olivia Clark":"Yes","Eric Zimmerman":"Yes"}},{"id":"council-priorities","title":"Establish an annual Council priority-setting process","summary":"Council approved an annual priority-setting process 10–2. It provided for January planning meetings, possible temporary suspension of policy committees and a shared framework, while preserving councilors’ ability to develop their own legislation.","limit":"The resolution set a process rather than deciding a particular policy agenda. It expressly preserved independent legislative work.","source":{"label":"Establish an annual Council priority-setting process · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37730","kind":"Public record","date":"December 18, 2025"},"votes":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":"Yes","Angelita Morillo":"Yes","Steve Novick":"No","Mitch Green":"Yes","Olivia Clark":"Yes","Eric Zimmerman":"Yes"}},{"id":"surplus-inquiry","title":"Require a public inquiry into unspent housing funds","summary":"Council approved a public-information and inquiry process 8–4 after questions about unspent rental-registry funds and how the administration communicated them during budget deliberations.","limit":"An inquiry is not a finding of wrongdoing. Novick and Clark supported an unsuccessful alternative directing an administrative investigation or work with the Auditor.","source":{"label":"Require a public inquiry into unspent housing funds · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37734","kind":"Public record","date":"February 4, 2026"},"votes":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":"Yes","Angelita Morillo":"Yes","Steve Novick":"No","Mitch Green":"Yes","Olivia Clark":"No","Eric Zimmerman":"No"}},{"id":"campaign-enforcement","title":"Update campaign-finance enforcement after a court ruling","summary":"Council passed amendments to campaign-finance enforcement code 10–1, with one absent, following a court ruling concerning the City’s voter-approved campaign-finance regulations.","limit":"This final vote concerned enforcement rules. It should not be treated as an endorsement of every position taken on individual amendments.","source":{"label":"Update campaign-finance enforcement after a court ruling · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192156","kind":"Public record","date":"March 18, 2026"},"votes":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":"Yes","Angelita Morillo":"Yes","Steve Novick":"Yes","Mitch Green":"Yes","Olivia Clark":"Yes","Eric Zimmerman":"Yes"}},{"id":"small-donor","title":"Revise the Small Donor Elections program","summary":"Council voted 11–1 to revise the public campaign-financing program following recommendations from the Independent Portland Elections Commission. All six incumbents supported the ordinance.","limit":"A vote on the public financing program is separate from a candidate’s own eligibility, participation or compliance record.","source":{"label":"Revise the Small Donor Elections program · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192098","kind":"Public record","date":"September 24, 2025"},"votes":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":"Yes","Angelita Morillo":"Yes","Steve Novick":"Yes","Mitch Green":"Yes","Olivia Clark":"Yes","Eric Zimmerman":"Yes"}},{"id":"labor-complaint","title":"Withdraw authority for an unfair-labor-practice complaint","summary":"All 12 councilors withdrew the previous Council’s authorization to file an unfair-labor-practice complaint against AFSCME. Green and Zimmerman introduced the resolution.","limit":"This decision addressed a particular City labor dispute; it did not settle every later disagreement over contracts, staffing or layoffs.","source":{"label":"Withdraw authority for an unfair-labor-practice complaint · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37695","kind":"Public record","date":"January 15, 2025"},"votes":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":"Yes","Angelita Morillo":"Yes","Steve Novick":"Yes","Mitch Green":"Yes","Olivia Clark":"Yes","Eric Zimmerman":"Yes"}},{"id":"professional-workers","title":"Ratify the first Professional Workers union contract","summary":"Council unanimously ratified the first agreement with City of Portland Professional Workers. The City estimated $5.9 million in 2025–26 costs, including wage adjustments, a one-time payment, leave and other negotiated terms.","limit":"Ratification establishes contract terms. It does not guarantee that all funded positions will be retained in later budgets.","source":{"label":"Ratify the first Professional Workers union contract · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192076","kind":"Public record","date":"June 18, 2025"},"votes":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":"Yes","Angelita Morillo":"Yes","Steve Novick":"Yes","Mitch Green":"Yes","Olivia Clark":"Yes","Eric Zimmerman":"Yes"}},{"id":"afscme-contract","title":"Ratify the AFSCME Local 189 successor contract","summary":"Council approved the successor agreement with AFSCME Local 189, 11–0 with Koyama Lane absent. The agreement included wage and benefit changes; the City estimated $6 million in added 2025–26 costs.","limit":"The fiscal estimate is for this contract’s changes, not the entire City payroll.","source":{"label":"Ratify the AFSCME Local 189 successor contract · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192032","kind":"Public record","date":"March 20, 2025"},"votes":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":"Absent","Angelita Morillo":"Yes","Steve Novick":"Yes","Mitch Green":"Yes","Olivia Clark":"Yes","Eric Zimmerman":"Yes"}},{"id":"trade-unions-contract","title":"Ratify the District Council of Trade Unions contract","summary":"Council approved the successor agreement with the District Council of Trade Unions, 11–0 with Koyama Lane absent. The City estimated approximately $1.8 million in added 2025–26 costs for the negotiated changes.","limit":"The approval of negotiated terms was separate from the annual decision about how many positions to fund.","source":{"label":"Ratify the District Council of Trade Unions contract · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192033","kind":"Public record","date":"March 20, 2025"},"votes":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":"Absent","Angelita Morillo":"Yes","Steve Novick":"Yes","Mitch Green":"Yes","Olivia Clark":"Yes","Eric Zimmerman":"Yes"}},{"id":"review-staff-contract","title":"Approve retention terms for Independent Police Review staff","summary":"Council approved the contract for represented Independent Police Review employees, 10–1 with Koyama Lane absent. It included retention payments, with total new spending capped at $161,500.","limit":"These were civilian review employees. This was not a collective-bargaining agreement with the police officers’ union.","source":{"label":"Approve retention terms for Independent Police Review staff · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192132","kind":"Public record","date":"December 10, 2025"},"votes":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":"Absent","Angelita Morillo":"Yes","Steve Novick":"Yes","Mitch Green":"Yes","Olivia Clark":"Yes","Eric Zimmerman":"Yes"}},{"id":"children-remand","title":"Send Children’s Levy funding recommendations back for reconsideration","summary":"Council voted 7–5 to remand the Children’s Levy allocation recommendations rather than immediately approve the proposed grants. Morillo moved the remand and Green seconded it.","limit":"This was a motion to send recommendations back, not a vote to abolish the levy or eliminate all children’s services.","source":{"label":"Send Children’s Levy funding recommendations back for reconsideration · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/council-action-see-notes/2025-207","kind":"Public record","date":"June 4, 2025"},"votes":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":"Yes","Angelita Morillo":"Yes","Steve Novick":"No","Mitch Green":"Yes","Olivia Clark":"No","Eric Zimmerman":"No"},"voteLabel":"Vote to remand"},{"id":"children-grants","title":"Approve the three-year Children’s Levy grants","summary":"Council ultimately approved roughly $71 million in three-year Children’s Levy grants unanimously. Earlier in the same meeting, Morillo’s amendment to continue waiting for revised recommendations failed 6–6.","limit":"The final unanimous vote followed a divided process. It should be read alongside the remand and the unsuccessful amendment, rather than used to erase them.","source":{"label":"Approve the three-year Children’s Levy grants · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192080","kind":"Public record","date":"June 25, 2025"},"votes":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":"Yes","Angelita Morillo":"Yes","Steve Novick":"Yes","Mitch Green":"Yes","Olivia Clark":"Yes","Eric Zimmerman":"Yes"}},{"id":"sanctuary-code","title":"Strengthen sanctuary protections in City Code","summary":"Council unanimously strengthened sanctuary protections in City Code, including limits on using City resources for immigration enforcement and measures for staff training, access to City spaces and immigrant-community liaison work.","limit":"Local sanctuary rules govern City conduct and resources; they do not give Council control over all federal immigration operations.","source":{"label":"Strengthen sanctuary protections in City Code · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192115","kind":"Public record","date":"October 15, 2025"},"votes":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":"Yes","Angelita Morillo":"Yes","Steve Novick":"Yes","Mitch Green":"Yes","Olivia Clark":"Yes","Eric Zimmerman":"Yes"}},{"id":"protect-portland","title":"Adopt the Protect Portland initiative","summary":"Council unanimously approved the Protect Portland initiative, calling for preparedness, public information about rights, transparency and local protections against unlawful federal actions.","limit":"This resolution and the binding sanctuary code were separate measures adopted on the same day.","source":{"label":"Adopt the Protect Portland initiative · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37719","kind":"Public record","date":"October 15, 2025"},"votes":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":"Yes","Angelita Morillo":"Yes","Steve Novick":"Yes","Mitch Green":"Yes","Olivia Clark":"Yes","Eric Zimmerman":"Yes"}},{"id":"officer-identification","title":"Require law-enforcement identification and restrict masking","summary":"Council passed the amended law-enforcement identification ordinance 8–4. It addressed visible identification, facial coverings and procedures for responding to people claiming police authority, with implementation subject to applicable labor-bargaining obligations.","limit":"Passage is not proof that the City can compel every federal agency to comply. The record includes amendments responding to legal and implementation questions.","source":{"label":"Require law-enforcement identification and restrict masking · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192184","kind":"Public record","date":"May 27, 2026"},"votes":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":"Yes","Angelita Morillo":"Yes","Steve Novick":"Yes","Mitch Green":"Yes","Olivia Clark":"No","Eric Zimmerman":"No"}},{"id":"investment-policy","title":"Adopt investment policy and seek ethical-screening options","summary":"Council adopted the investment-policy resolution 10–1, with Clark absent. An amendment called for developing ethical investment options considering human rights, labor, environmental and consumer impacts.","limit":"The resolution called for options and public consideration; it did not itself enact a named-company divestment list.","source":{"label":"Adopt investment policy and seek ethical-screening options · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37723","kind":"Public record","date":"December 3, 2025"},"votes":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":"Yes","Angelita Morillo":"Yes","Steve Novick":"Yes","Mitch Green":"Yes","Olivia Clark":"Absent","Eric Zimmerman":"No"}},{"id":"storefront-plan","title":"Accept the Storefront Support Program action plan","summary":"Council accepted the storefront-support report 9–3. It outlined responses to commercial vacancies, street-level problems and business-support needs; accepting the report did not itself fund all proposed actions.","limit":"This was acceptance of a report. Proposed program costs still belonged in subsequent budget decisions.","source":{"label":"Accept the Storefront Support Program action plan · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/report/accepted/2026-080","kind":"Public record","date":"March 4, 2026"},"votes":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":"Yes","Angelita Morillo":"No","Steve Novick":"Yes","Mitch Green":"Yes","Olivia Clark":"Yes","Eric Zimmerman":"Yes"}},{"id":"cully-plan","title":"Approve Cully’s five-year investment action plan","summary":"Council approved Cully’s tax-increment-financing action plan 10–1, with Zimmerman absent. It set priorities for affordable housing, anti-displacement work, community assets and business opportunities in the district.","limit":"Tax-increment financing uses growth in designated property-tax revenues for district investment. The action plan guided later budgets rather than appropriating every project’s full cost.","source":{"label":"Approve Cully’s five-year investment action plan · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37744","kind":"Public record","date":"March 11, 2026"},"votes":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":"Yes","Angelita Morillo":"Yes","Steve Novick":"Yes","Mitch Green":"Yes","Olivia Clark":"Yes","Eric Zimmerman":"Absent"}},{"id":"campesinos","title":"Rename César E. Chávez Boulevard as Campesinos Boulevard","summary":"Council unanimously approved renaming the boulevard to honor farmworkers collectively, following community concerns about its existing namesake. Koyama Lane co-sponsored the measure; the Council also adopted amendments and an emergency clause.","limit":"The adopted ordinance is the latest action. Earlier proposals referred back to committee should not be presented as if Council had never reached a decision.","source":{"label":"Rename César E. Chávez Boulevard as Campesinos Boulevard · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/renaming-cesar-e-chavez-blvd","kind":"Public record","date":"September 9, 2026"},"votes":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":"Yes","Angelita Morillo":"Yes","Steve Novick":"Yes","Mitch Green":"Yes","Olivia Clark":"Yes","Eric Zimmerman":"Yes"}},{"id":"force-fed-poultry","title":"Prohibit sales of products from force-fed poultry","summary":"Council passed the ordinance 7–5 to prohibit sales of products from force-fed poultry, including foie gras made that way. It provided a delayed start for the prohibited-conduct rules to allow affected businesses to adjust.","limit":"The ordinance concerns products from force-fed poultry, not every poultry product. A no vote alone does not establish opposition to all animal-welfare protections.","source":{"label":"Prohibit sales of products from force-fed poultry · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192190","kind":"Public record","date":"June 4, 2026"},"votes":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":"Yes","Angelita Morillo":"Yes","Steve Novick":"Yes","Mitch Green":"Yes","Olivia Clark":"No","Eric Zimmerman":"No"}},{"id":"board-eligibility","title":"Consider removing an accountability-board member as ineligible","summary":"Council rejected, 5–7, the portion of the administration’s report that would have declared board member Schuyler (Hugh) Halsey ineligible. The separate vote left him on the board.","limit":"This was a contested appointment-eligibility decision, not an independent finding by this guide about the member’s conduct or views.","source":{"label":"Consider removing an accountability-board member as ineligible · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/report/accepted/2026-047","kind":"Public record","date":"February 11, 2026"},"votes":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":"No","Angelita Morillo":"No","Steve Novick":"Yes","Mitch Green":"No","Olivia Clark":"Yes","Eric Zimmerman":"Yes"},"voteLabel":"Divided report: eligibility"},{"id":"board-removal","title":"Remove an accountability-board alternate for cause","summary":"In a separate 7–5 vote on the same report, Council approved removing alternate Bob Weinstein for cause, based on the administration’s account of incomplete required onboarding. Novick joined Koyama Lane, Morillo and Green on this vote.","limit":"The two contested removals received separate votes. The later unanimous vote on the remainder of the report must not be presented as unanimous support for either removal.","source":{"label":"Remove an accountability-board alternate for cause · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/report/accepted/2026-047","kind":"Public record","date":"February 11, 2026"},"votes":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":"Yes","Angelita Morillo":"Yes","Steve Novick":"Yes","Mitch Green":"Yes","Olivia Clark":"No","Eric Zimmerman":"No"},"voteLabel":"Divided report: removal"},{"id":"rental-pricing","title":"Restrict algorithmic rent coordination","summary":"Ordinance 192122 restricted certain rental-pricing coordination software. Passed 8–2, with two absent.","limit":"An enacted regulation, not evidence that rents subsequently fell. Absence is not a vote against the ordinance.","source":{"label":"Ordinance 192122 · final roll call","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192122","kind":"Public record","date":"November 19, 2025"},"votes":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":"Yes","Angelita Morillo":"Yes","Steve Novick":"Absent","Mitch Green":"Yes","Olivia Clark":"No","Eric Zimmerman":"Absent"}},{"id":"supplemental-budget","title":"Restore services using one-time funds","summary":"Ordinance 192207 used about $12.2 million, including contingency reserves, to preserve 30 positions and restore services. Passed 10–2.","limit":"One-time funding did not resolve the recurring budget gap. The final package differed from amendments; a no vote does not prove opposition to every funded service.","source":{"label":"Ordinance 192207 · amended budget and final roll call","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192207","kind":"Public record","date":"July 22, 2026"},"votes":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":"No","Angelita Morillo":"Yes","Steve Novick":"Yes","Mitch Green":"Yes","Olivia Clark":"Yes","Eric Zimmerman":"Yes"}},{"id":"moda","title":"Approve the Moda negotiating framework","summary":"Resolution 37750 approved the amended, non-binding Moda Center term sheet. Passed 8–4.","limit":"A negotiating framework, not a final construction contract. Support or opposition to this package is not a complete position on retaining the Trail Blazers.","source":{"label":"Resolution 37750 · final roll call and amendments","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37750","kind":"Public record","date":"August 12, 2026"},"votes":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":"No","Angelita Morillo":"No","Steve Novick":"Yes","Mitch Green":"No","Olivia Clark":"Yes","Eric Zimmerman":"Yes"}},{"id":"data-centers","title":"Seek transparency and future data-center restrictions","summary":"Resolution 37753 sought disclosure of major data-center inquiries and expressed intent to pursue restrictions. Passed 11–0, with one absent.","limit":"This resolution did not itself enact a moratorium. All six incumbents in these races voted yes on the final text, despite differences over an amendment.","source":{"label":"Resolution 37753 · adopted text and final roll call","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37753","kind":"Public record","date":"September 16, 2026"},"votes":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":"Yes","Angelita Morillo":"Yes","Steve Novick":"Yes","Mitch Green":"Yes","Olivia Clark":"Yes","Eric Zimmerman":"Yes"}}],"decisionAccounts":{"parks-police":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"choice":"Put the proposed increase into parks","action":"Voted to redirect the proposed new police allocation to parks maintenance."},"Angelita Morillo":{"choice":"Put the proposed increase into parks","action":"Seconded and supported Avalos’ parks amendment.","reason":{"label":"Their stated case","text":"Distinguished redirecting an increase from laying off officers and pointed to funded police vacancies.","source":{"label":"Willamette Week · parks and police debate","url":"https://www.wweek.com/news/city/2025/05/22/just-before-midnight-the-city-council-votes-to-divert-19-million-in-new-funding-from-the-police-bureau-to-parks/","date":"May 22, 2025","kind":"Reporting"}}},"Steve Novick":{"choice":"Put the proposed increase into parks","action":"Supported the parks amendment despite wanting a larger police budget.","reason":{"label":"Their stated case","text":"Said he could not accept increasing police funding while parks maintenance faced deep cuts.","source":{"label":"Willamette Week · parks and police debate","url":"https://www.wweek.com/news/city/2025/05/22/just-before-midnight-the-city-council-votes-to-divert-19-million-in-new-funding-from-the-police-bureau-to-parks/","date":"May 22, 2025","kind":"Reporting"}}},"Mitch Green":{"choice":"Put the proposed increase into parks","action":"Voted to redirect the proposed new police allocation to parks maintenance."},"Olivia Clark":{"choice":"Keep the proposed police increase","action":"Voted against transferring the proposed police allocation to parks.","reason":{"label":"Their stated case","text":"Said the transfer would send the wrong signal to Portlanders.","source":{"label":"Willamette Week · parks and police debate","url":"https://www.wweek.com/news/city/2025/05/22/just-before-midnight-the-city-council-votes-to-divert-19-million-in-new-funding-from-the-police-bureau-to-parks/","date":"May 22, 2025","kind":"Reporting"}}},"Eric Zimmerman":{"choice":"Keep the proposed police increase","action":"Voted against transferring the proposed police allocation to parks.","reason":{"label":"Their stated case","text":"Prioritized police staffing and argued that parks could be funded through other proposals.","source":{"label":"Willamette Week · parks and police debate","url":"https://www.wweek.com/news/city/2025/05/22/just-before-midnight-the-city-council-votes-to-divert-19-million-in-new-funding-from-the-police-bureau-to-parks/","date":"May 22, 2025","kind":"Reporting"}}}},"services-first":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"choice":"Restore a broad set of services","action":"Backed Services First: climate-fund interest and other funds for parks, fire rescue, unarmed police support and core city staff."},"Angelita Morillo":{"choice":"Restore a broad set of services","action":"Co-proposed Services First with Green and Avalos, then voted for it."},"Steve Novick":{"choice":"Rejected the larger climate-interest package","action":"Voted no on Services First. Compare the separate funding proposals below to see which alternatives this councilor supported."},"Mitch Green":{"choice":"Restore a broad set of services","action":"Co-proposed and moved Services First, then voted for it."},"Olivia Clark":{"choice":"Rejected the larger climate-interest package","action":"Voted no on Services First. Compare the separate funding proposals below to see which alternatives this councilor supported."},"Eric Zimmerman":{"choice":"Rejected the larger climate-interest package","action":"Voted no on Services First. Compare the separate funding proposals below to see which alternatives this councilor supported."}},"oversight-funding":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"choice":"Keep the oversight funding in place","action":"Rejected using expected police-accountability office underspending to reimburse the public-safety restoration package."},"Angelita Morillo":{"choice":"Keep the oversight funding in place","action":"Rejected using expected police-accountability office underspending to reimburse the public-safety restoration package."},"Steve Novick":{"choice":"Use expected oversight underspending","action":"Supported the $7.68 million plan for police support, training and fire rescue, backed by expected underspending in the oversight office."},"Mitch Green":{"choice":"Keep the oversight funding in place","action":"Rejected using expected police-accountability office underspending to reimburse the public-safety restoration package."},"Olivia Clark":{"choice":"Proposed using oversight underspending","action":"Supported the $7.68 million plan for police support, training and fire rescue, backed by expected underspending in the oversight office.","reason":{"label":"Their stated case","text":"Her amendment argued that projected unspent oversight funding could restore police and fire services while meeting the adopted-budget charter requirement.","source":{"label":"Clark 2 · amendment text, PDF page 9","url":"https://efiles.portlandoregon.gov/record/18024844/file/document/#page=9","date":"June 10, 2026","kind":"Public record"}}},"Eric Zimmerman":{"choice":"Use expected oversight underspending","action":"Supported the $7.68 million plan for police support, training and fire rescue, backed by expected underspending in the oversight office."}},"novick-restorations":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"choice":"Rejected this smaller package","action":"Voted no on Pirtle-Guiney–Novick 4 after supporting Services First."},"Angelita Morillo":{"choice":"Rejected this smaller package","action":"Voted no on Pirtle-Guiney–Novick 4 after supporting Services First."},"Steve Novick":{"choice":"Proposed the smaller climate-interest plan","action":"Co-proposed and moved the $8.42 million climate-interest package after voting against Services First."},"Mitch Green":{"choice":"Rejected this smaller package","action":"Voted no on Pirtle-Guiney–Novick 4 after supporting Services First."},"Olivia Clark":{"choice":"Rejected this climate-interest alternative","action":"Voted no on Pirtle-Guiney–Novick 4 after backing the oversight-funding proposal."},"Eric Zimmerman":{"choice":"Rejected this climate-interest alternative","action":"Voted no on Pirtle-Guiney–Novick 4 after backing the oversight-funding proposal."}},"annual-budget":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"choice":"Adopted the overall budget","action":"Voted yes on the final annual budget after the competing restoration amendments failed."},"Angelita Morillo":{"choice":"Adopted the overall budget","action":"Voted yes on the final annual budget after the competing restoration amendments failed."},"Steve Novick":{"choice":"Adopted the overall budget","action":"Voted yes on the final annual budget after the competing restoration amendments failed."},"Mitch Green":{"choice":"Adopted the overall budget","action":"Voted yes on the final annual budget after the competing restoration amendments failed."},"Olivia Clark":{"choice":"Adopted the overall budget","action":"Voted yes on the final annual budget after the competing restoration amendments failed."},"Eric Zimmerman":{"choice":"Rejected the overall budget","action":"Voted no on the final annual budget; later supported the July service-restoration package."}},"zenith-investigation":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"choice":"Backed the investigation","action":"Voted to request investigation of the franchise and City permitting process."},"Angelita Morillo":{"choice":"Backed the investigation","action":"Voted to request investigation of the franchise and City permitting process."},"Steve Novick":{"choice":"Rejected the investigation resolution","action":"Supported removing disputed preamble language and attachments, then cast the sole no on the amended resolution."},"Mitch Green":{"choice":"Backed the investigation","action":"Voted to request investigation of the franchise and City permitting process."},"Olivia Clark":{"choice":"Requested revisions, then backed investigation","action":"Supported removing disputed preamble language and attachments. Those changes failed; she still voted for the final resolution."},"Eric Zimmerman":{"choice":"Requested revisions, then backed investigation","action":"Moved to remove disputed preamble language and attachments. Those changes failed; he still voted for the final resolution."}},"zenith-enforcement":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"choice":"Add residents’ right to sue","action":"Supported making residents able to enforce the franchise in court as a condition of transfer."},"Angelita Morillo":{"choice":"Add residents’ right to sue","action":"Co-proposed and seconded the resident-enforcement amendment with Green."},"Steve Novick":{"choice":"Rejected the resident-enforcement amendment","action":"Voted against adding the citizen-suit condition to the franchise transfer."},"Mitch Green":{"choice":"Add residents’ right to sue","action":"Co-proposed and moved the resident-enforcement amendment with Morillo."},"Olivia Clark":{"choice":"Rejected the resident-enforcement amendment","action":"Voted against adding the citizen-suit condition to the franchise transfer."},"Eric Zimmerman":{"choice":"Rejected the resident-enforcement amendment","action":"Voted against adding the citizen-suit condition to the franchise transfer."}},"zenith-transfer":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"choice":"Reject the transfer as presented","action":"Voted against the transfer after supporting the failed citizen-suit amendment. Reconsideration remained pending."},"Angelita Morillo":{"choice":"Reject the transfer as presented","action":"Voted against the transfer after supporting the failed citizen-suit amendment. Reconsideration remained pending."},"Steve Novick":{"choice":"Approve the transfer","action":"Voted to transfer the existing pipeline franchise to ISQ Springer Holdings after the citizen-suit amendment failed."},"Mitch Green":{"choice":"Reject the transfer as presented","action":"Voted against the transfer after supporting the failed citizen-suit amendment. Reconsideration remained pending."},"Olivia Clark":{"choice":"Approve the transfer","action":"Voted to transfer the existing pipeline franchise to ISQ Springer Holdings after the citizen-suit amendment failed."},"Eric Zimmerman":{"choice":"Approve the transfer","action":"Voted to transfer the existing pipeline franchise to ISQ Springer Holdings after the citizen-suit amendment failed."}},"camp-removal":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"choice":"Move money from removals to other services","action":"Backed Morillo’s spending shift away from the camp-removal program toward personnel and social-service support."},"Angelita Morillo":{"choice":"Proposed the shift away from removals","action":"Backed Morillo’s spending shift away from the camp-removal program toward personnel and social-service support.","reason":{"label":"Their stated case","text":"Argued that repeated removals and overnight shelter were insufficient and that the city should change its approach.","source":{"label":"OPB · camp-removal funding debate","url":"https://www.opb.org/article/2025/11/13/homeless-camp-removal-sweep-portland/","date":"November 13, 2025","kind":"Reporting"}}},"Steve Novick":{"choice":"Rejected the spending shift","action":"Voted against Morillo’s proposed $4.3 million shift from camp-removal operations to personnel and social-service support.","reason":{"label":"Their stated case","text":"Objected to making a major policy change with five days to review it; wanted a detailed policy discussion before cutting the program.","source":{"label":"OPB · camp-removal funding debate","url":"https://www.opb.org/article/2025/11/13/homeless-camp-removal-sweep-portland/","date":"November 13, 2025","kind":"Reporting"}}},"Mitch Green":{"choice":"Move money from removals to other services","action":"Backed Morillo’s spending shift away from the camp-removal program toward personnel and social-service support.","reason":{"label":"Their stated case","text":"Argued that camp removals were ineffective and inflicted further harm on people living outside.","source":{"label":"OPB · camp-removal funding debate","url":"https://www.opb.org/article/2025/11/13/homeless-camp-removal-sweep-portland/","date":"November 13, 2025","kind":"Reporting"}}},"Olivia Clark":{"choice":"Absent on the amendment","action":"Did not cast a yes or no vote on Morillo 1. Earlier discussion and the later overall budget vote are different actions."},"Eric Zimmerman":{"choice":"Absent on the amendment","action":"Did not cast a yes or no vote on Morillo 1. Earlier discussion and the later overall budget vote are different actions."}},"detention-fees":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"choice":"Backed detention-facility fees","action":"Voted for the impact-fee and nuisance ordinance applying to qualifying private detention facilities."},"Angelita Morillo":{"choice":"Introduced the fees and nuisance rules","action":"Voted for the impact-fee and nuisance ordinance applying to qualifying private detention facilities.","reason":{"label":"Their stated case","text":"Argued that Portland should use the limited tools available to local government to respond to detention facilities.","source":{"label":"OPB · detention facility debate","url":"https://www.opb.org/article/2025/12/03/portland-council-sanctions-detention-facilities/","date":"December 3, 2025; updated December 4","kind":"Reporting"}}},"Steve Novick":{"choice":"Opposed the fee precedent","action":"Voted against the detention-facility fee and nuisance ordinance.","reason":{"label":"Their stated case","text":"Questioned penalizing landlords for protest-related costs and whether the same rule would be acceptable outside an abortion clinic.","source":{"label":"OPB · detention facility debate","url":"https://www.opb.org/article/2025/12/03/portland-council-sanctions-detention-facilities/","date":"December 3, 2025; 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The vote rejected this financing decision; it did not establish a position against providing safe drinking water."},"Steve Novick":{"choice":"Approved the water borrowing","action":"Voted to authorize the bond financing for Bull Run water treatment and related water-system needs, accepting repayment obligations supported by water revenues."},"Mitch Green":{"choice":"Opposed this borrowing package","action":"Voted against authorizing this water-system bond package. The vote rejected this financing decision; it did not establish a position against providing safe drinking water."},"Olivia Clark":{"choice":"Approved the water borrowing","action":"Voted to authorize the bond financing for Bull Run water treatment and related water-system needs, accepting repayment obligations supported by water revenues."},"Eric Zimmerman":{"choice":"Approved the water borrowing","action":"Voted to authorize the bond financing for Bull Run water treatment and related water-system needs, accepting repayment obligations supported by water revenues."}},"water-rates":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"choice":"Opposed the water-rate increase","action":"Voted against the annual water-rate schedule and its increase in customer charges."},"Angelita Morillo":{"choice":"Opposed the water-rate increase","action":"Voted against the annual water-rate schedule and its increase in customer charges."},"Steve Novick":{"choice":"Approved the water-rate increase","action":"Voted for the annual water-rate schedule supporting treatment, operations, maintenance and debt payments, including the 8.1% average effective retail increase."},"Mitch Green":{"choice":"Approved the water-rate increase","action":"Voted for the annual water-rate schedule supporting treatment, operations, maintenance and debt payments, including the 8.1% average effective retail increase."},"Olivia Clark":{"choice":"Approved the water-rate increase","action":"Voted for the annual water-rate schedule supporting treatment, operations, maintenance and debt payments, including the 8.1% average effective retail increase."},"Eric Zimmerman":{"choice":"Opposed the water-rate increase","action":"Voted against the annual water-rate schedule and its increase in customer charges.","reason":{"label":"Zimmerman · June explanation","text":"He grouped these increases with new transportation charges and the arts-tax increase, arguing that their combined burden was too much while residents faced rising living costs.","source":{"label":"Zimmerman · June explanation","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/districts/4/eric-zimmerman/news/2026/6/30/june-newsletter-q2-review","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"June 30, 2026"}}}},"sewer-rates":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"choice":"Opposed sewer and stormwater rates","action":"Voted against the annual sewer and stormwater rate schedule."},"Angelita Morillo":{"choice":"Approved sewer and stormwater rates","action":"Voted for the annual rates and charges funding sewer and stormwater operations and infrastructure."},"Steve Novick":{"choice":"Approved sewer and stormwater rates","action":"Voted for the annual rates and charges funding sewer and stormwater operations and infrastructure."},"Mitch Green":{"choice":"Approved sewer and stormwater rates","action":"Voted for the annual rates and charges funding sewer and stormwater operations and infrastructure."},"Olivia Clark":{"choice":"Approved sewer and stormwater rates","action":"Voted for the annual rates and charges funding sewer and stormwater operations and infrastructure."},"Eric Zimmerman":{"choice":"Opposed sewer and stormwater rates","action":"Voted against the annual sewer and stormwater rate schedule.","reason":{"label":"Zimmerman · June explanation","text":"He grouped these increases with new transportation charges and the arts-tax increase, arguing that their combined burden was too much while residents faced rising living costs.","source":{"label":"Zimmerman · June explanation","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/districts/4/eric-zimmerman/news/2026/6/30/june-newsletter-q2-review","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"June 30, 2026"}}}},"street-fee":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"choice":"Approved a new source of street funding","action":"Co-authored the allocation amendment with Zimmerman, then voted for the fee. It reserves 75% of revenue for maintenance and divides the remaining 25% between Vision Zero safety work and the sidewalk program.","reason":{"label":"Koyama Lane · case for the allocation","text":"She connected the spending requirements to constituent priorities for road repair, walking and cycling infrastructure, and fewer traffic deaths.","source":{"label":"Koyama Lane · case for the allocation","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/districts/3/tiffany-koyama-lane/news/2026/5/21/councilor-koyama-lane-delivers-vision-zero","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"May 21, 2026"}}},"Angelita Morillo":{"choice":"Approved a new source of street funding","action":"Voted to add the transportation fee to utility bills, with dedicated maintenance and safety spending, financial assistance and public reporting."},"Steve Novick":{"choice":"Approved a new source of street funding","action":"Voted to add the transportation fee to utility bills, with dedicated maintenance and safety spending, financial assistance and public reporting."},"Mitch Green":{"choice":"Approved a new source of street funding","action":"Co-authored the business-rate review amendment with Clark, then supported the fee and its dedicated maintenance and safety funding."},"Olivia Clark":{"choice":"Approved a new source of street funding","action":"Helped lead the fee proposal and co-authored a business-rate review amendment with Green, then voted for the new revenue source.","reason":{"label":"Clark · explanation reported by the Mercury","text":"She argued that postponing repairs would leave future residents with a larger burden, and described stable transportation revenue as the fiscally responsible choice.","source":{"label":"Clark · explanation reported by the Mercury","url":"https://www.portlandmercury.com/news/portland-city-council-officially-adopts-transportation-utility-fee/","kind":"Reporting","date":"April 29, 2026; updated August 24"}}},"Eric Zimmerman":{"choice":"Opposed the fee after helping shape it","action":"Voted against creating the fee, after working with Koyama Lane on the amendment allocating revenue to maintenance, traffic safety and missing sidewalks.","reason":{"label":"Zimmerman · why he voted no","text":"He said residents should have a vote before another monthly charge was added. Because he expected passage, he worked on directing the money toward existing roads and Southwest sidewalks.","source":{"label":"Zimmerman · why he voted no","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/districts/4/eric-zimmerman/news/2026/5/29/may-newsletter-approved-budget-protecting-pemo-nw","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"May 29, 2026"}}}},"sidewalk-plan":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"choice":"Supported the sidewalk program framework","action":"Voted to develop the sidewalk and paving program, including a project and funding plan for historically underserved areas."},"Angelita Morillo":{"choice":"Supported the sidewalk program framework","action":"Voted to develop the sidewalk and paving program, including a project and funding plan for historically underserved areas."},"Steve Novick":{"choice":"Opposed this program framework","action":"Cast the sole vote against the final sidewalk-program resolution. He later supported the citywide transportation utility fee; this vote therefore does not establish opposition to all street funding."},"Mitch Green":{"choice":"Supported the sidewalk program framework","action":"Voted to develop the sidewalk and paving program, including a project and funding plan for historically underserved areas."},"Olivia Clark":{"choice":"Supported the sidewalk program framework","action":"Voted to develop the sidewalk and paving program, including a project and funding plan for historically underserved areas."},"Eric Zimmerman":{"choice":"Supported the sidewalk program framework","action":"Voted to develop the sidewalk and paving program, including a project and funding plan for historically underserved areas."}},"transport-rates":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"choice":"Approved the annual transportation charges","action":"Voted for the updated parking, permit and transportation fee schedule supporting the transportation budget."},"Angelita Morillo":{"choice":"Approved the annual transportation charges","action":"Voted for the updated parking, permit and transportation fee schedule supporting the transportation budget."},"Steve Novick":{"choice":"Approved the annual transportation charges","action":"Voted for the updated parking, permit and transportation fee schedule supporting the transportation budget."},"Mitch Green":{"choice":"Approved the annual transportation charges","action":"Voted for the updated parking, permit and transportation fee schedule supporting the transportation budget."},"Olivia Clark":{"choice":"Approved the annual transportation charges","action":"Voted for the updated parking, permit and transportation fee schedule supporting the transportation budget."},"Eric Zimmerman":{"choice":"Opposed the annual transportation charges","action":"Voted against the package updating parking and other transportation fees.","reason":{"label":"Zimmerman · June explanation","text":"He identified street-parking increases as one part of the combined tax and fee burden he opposed because of residents’ rising living costs.","source":{"label":"Zimmerman · June explanation","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/districts/4/eric-zimmerman/news/2026/6/30/june-newsletter-q2-review","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"June 30, 2026"}}}},"arts-tax":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"choice":"Supported a higher tax with broader exemptions","action":"Co-sponsored the reform and helped advance its revised income thresholds, then supported the final package of a higher assessment and broader exemptions."},"Angelita Morillo":{"choice":"Supported a higher tax with broader exemptions","action":"Voted for the package intended to preserve arts-education and arts funding while removing the filing or payment obligation for many lower-income residents."},"Steve Novick":{"choice":"Opposed the final arts-tax package","action":"Voted against the package increasing the assessment and changing its exemptions and administration.","reason":{"label":"Novick · earlier objection reported by OPB","text":"During the May 13 debate, he criticized the structure and inconvenience of the tax, arguing that the proposed changes did not fix its underlying problems.","source":{"label":"Novick · earlier objection reported by OPB","url":"https://www.opb.org/article/2026/05/27/portland-votes-to-increase-arts-tax-allow-fewer-people-to-pay/","kind":"Reporting","date":"May 13 remarks; reported May 27, 2026"}}},"Mitch Green":{"choice":"Supported a higher tax with broader exemptions","action":"Voted for the package intended to preserve arts-education and arts funding while removing the filing or payment obligation for many lower-income residents."},"Olivia Clark":{"choice":"Opposed the final arts-tax package","action":"Voted against the package increasing the assessment and changing its exemptions and administration."},"Eric Zimmerman":{"choice":"Opposed the final arts-tax package","action":"Voted against the package increasing the assessment and changing its exemptions and administration.","reason":{"label":"Zimmerman · why he voted no","text":"He argued that the higher charge would still burden minimum-wage workers and that voters should decide major changes to a tax they originally approved.","source":{"label":"Zimmerman · why he voted no","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/districts/4/eric-zimmerman/news/2026/5/29/may-newsletter-approved-budget-protecting-pemo-nw","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"May 29, 2026"}}}},"psr-framework":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"choice":"Supported expanding the unarmed response","action":"Voted for a framework to expand the role of Portland Street Response and establish community participation in its development."},"Angelita Morillo":{"choice":"Supported expanding the unarmed response","action":"Voted for a framework to expand the role of Portland Street Response and establish community participation in its development.","reason":{"label":"Earlier joint statement on Street Response","text":"In a joint statement before the vote, supported broader unarmed response and voluntary transport, while warning that routine police involvement could undermine trust in Street Response.","source":{"label":"Earlier joint statement on Street Response","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/districts/2/sameer-kanal/news/2025/3/25/statement-councilors-candace-avalos-mitch-green","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"March 25, 2025"}}},"Steve Novick":{"choice":"Supported expanding the unarmed response","action":"Voted for a framework to expand the role of Portland Street Response and establish community participation in its development."},"Mitch Green":{"choice":"Supported expanding the unarmed response","action":"Voted for a framework to expand the role of Portland Street Response and establish community participation in its development.","reason":{"label":"Earlier joint statement on Street Response","text":"In a joint statement before the vote, supported broader unarmed response and voluntary transport, while warning that routine police involvement could undermine trust in Street Response.","source":{"label":"Earlier joint statement on Street Response","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/districts/2/sameer-kanal/news/2025/3/25/statement-councilors-candace-avalos-mitch-green","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"March 25, 2025"}}},"Olivia Clark":{"choice":"Opposed this expansion framework","action":"Voted against this resolution setting out Portland Street Response’s expanded role and its community committee."},"Eric Zimmerman":{"choice":"Supported expanding the unarmed response","action":"Opposed sending the proposal forward in committee in April, then voted yes on the amended resolution before full Council in June. His final position on that resolution was support."}},"psr-committee":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"choice":"Supported the committee appointments","action":"Voted to seat the community committee that would advise the development of Portland Street Response."},"Angelita Morillo":{"choice":"Supported the committee appointments","action":"Voted to seat the community committee that would advise the development of Portland Street Response."},"Steve Novick":{"choice":"Supported the committee appointments","action":"Voted to seat the community committee that would advise the development of Portland Street Response."},"Mitch Green":{"choice":"Supported the committee appointments","action":"Voted to seat the community committee that would advise the development of Portland Street Response."},"Olivia Clark":{"choice":"Supported the committee appointments","action":"Voted to seat the community committee that would advise the development of Portland Street Response."},"Eric Zimmerman":{"choice":"Supported the committee appointments","action":"Voted to seat the community committee that would advise the development of Portland Street Response."}},"oversight-first-board":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"choice":"Supported launching the board through appointments","action":"Voted to appoint the first members and alternates of the new community police-accountability board."},"Angelita Morillo":{"choice":"Supported launching the board through appointments","action":"Voted to appoint the first members and alternates of the new community police-accountability board."},"Steve Novick":{"choice":"Supported launching the board through appointments","action":"Voted to appoint the first members and alternates of the new community police-accountability board."},"Mitch Green":{"choice":"Supported launching the board through appointments","action":"Voted to appoint the first members and alternates of the new community police-accountability board."},"Olivia Clark":{"choice":"Supported launching the board through appointments","action":"Voted to appoint the first members and alternates of the new community police-accountability board."},"Eric Zimmerman":{"choice":"Supported launching the board through appointments","action":"Voted to appoint the first members and alternates of the new community police-accountability board."}},"oversight-replacements":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"choice":"Supported the board’s replacement and term plan","action":"Voted for the replacement appointments, revised term dates and reporting arrangements to help the police-accountability board begin work."},"Angelita Morillo":{"choice":"Supported the board’s replacement and term plan","action":"Voted for the replacement appointments, revised term dates and reporting arrangements to help the police-accountability board begin work."},"Steve Novick":{"choice":"Supported the board’s replacement and term plan","action":"Voted for the replacement appointments, revised term dates and reporting arrangements to help the police-accountability board begin work."},"Mitch Green":{"choice":"Supported the board’s replacement and term plan","action":"Voted for the replacement appointments, revised term dates and reporting arrangements to help the police-accountability board begin work."},"Olivia Clark":{"choice":"Opposed this board appointment and term package","action":"Voted against the February replacement and term-setting resolution, after supporting the board’s initial appointments in June 2025."},"Eric Zimmerman":{"choice":"Opposed this board appointment and term package","action":"Voted against the February replacement and term-setting resolution, after supporting the board’s initial appointments in June 2025."}},"community-policing":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"choice":"Absent from this vote","action":"Was absent when Council voted on preserve a community-policing advisory body in code. The record does not contain a yes or no vote for this decision."},"Angelita Morillo":{"choice":"Supported a continuing community advisory role","action":"Voted to preserve the community-policing committee’s formal role advising the mayor and police chief."},"Steve Novick":{"choice":"Supported a continuing community advisory role","action":"Voted to preserve the community-policing committee’s formal role advising the mayor and police chief."},"Mitch Green":{"choice":"Supported a continuing community advisory role","action":"Voted to preserve the community-policing committee’s formal role advising the mayor and police chief."},"Olivia Clark":{"choice":"Supported a continuing community advisory role","action":"Voted to preserve the community-policing committee’s formal role advising the mayor and police chief."},"Eric Zimmerman":{"choice":"Supported a continuing community advisory role","action":"Voted to preserve the community-policing committee’s formal role advising the mayor and police chief."}},"police-staffing":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"choice":"Opposed this staffing-assessment resolution","action":"Voted against this resolution directing a police organizational and staffing report."},"Angelita Morillo":{"choice":"Opposed this staffing-assessment resolution","action":"Voted against this resolution directing a police organizational and staffing report."},"Steve Novick":{"choice":"Supported the police staffing assessment","action":"Voted to request the organizational, recruitment and cost report to inform future police staffing decisions."},"Mitch Green":{"choice":"Opposed this staffing-assessment resolution","action":"Voted against this resolution directing a police organizational and staffing report."},"Olivia Clark":{"choice":"Supported the police staffing assessment","action":"Voted to request the organizational, recruitment and cost report to inform future police staffing decisions."},"Eric Zimmerman":{"choice":"Supported the police staffing assessment","action":"Voted to request the organizational, recruitment and cost report to inform future police staffing decisions."}},"nuisance-properties":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"choice":"Opposed the expanded enforcement rules","action":"Voted against expanding the chronic-nuisance ordinance and its enforcement framework."},"Angelita Morillo":{"choice":"Opposed the expanded enforcement rules","action":"Voted against expanding the chronic-nuisance ordinance and its enforcement framework."},"Steve Novick":{"choice":"Led the revised enforcement proposal","action":"Led the proposal and amendments before voting for passage. The final rules extended the documentation window while retaining a three-incident threshold.","reason":{"label":"Novick · explanation after passage","text":"He argued that the old 30-day window made enforcement too difficult for a stretched police force. He cited trafficking near McDaniel High School and urged holding property owners responsible for taking preventive steps.","source":{"label":"Novick · explanation after passage","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/districts/3/steve-novick/news/2026/5/8/novick-newsletter-may-8th","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"May 8, 2026"}}},"Mitch Green":{"choice":"Opposed the expanded enforcement rules","action":"Voted against expanding the chronic-nuisance ordinance and its enforcement framework."},"Olivia Clark":{"choice":"Supported stronger tools against repeated property crime","action":"Voted for the amended rules allowing the City to require property owners to address repeated criminal activity, including trafficking-related activity."},"Eric Zimmerman":{"choice":"Supported stronger tools against repeated property crime","action":"Voted for the amended rules allowing the City to require property owners to address repeated criminal activity, including trafficking-related activity."}},"firearms-table":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"choice":"Not a member of this committee","action":"Did not have a vote in this five-member committee. This is not an absence from Council or a position against the proposal."},"Angelita Morillo":{"choice":"Opposed putting the proposal on hold","action":"Voted against the committee motion to table the firearms proposal, keeping a distinction between delaying consideration and voting on the final law."},"Steve Novick":{"choice":"Opposed putting the proposal on hold","action":"Voted against the committee motion to table the firearms proposal, keeping a distinction between delaying consideration and voting on the final law."},"Mitch Green":{"choice":"Not a member of this committee","action":"Did not have a vote in this five-member committee. This is not an absence from Council or a position against the proposal."},"Olivia Clark":{"choice":"Not a member of this committee","action":"Did not have a vote in this five-member committee. This is not an absence from Council or a position against the proposal."},"Eric Zimmerman":{"choice":"Voted to put the proposal on hold","action":"Moved and supported the committee motion to table the proposed public-building firearms restrictions."}},"psychedelics-referral":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"choice":"Not a member of this committee","action":"Did not have a vote in this five-member committee. This is not an absence from Council or a position against the proposal."},"Angelita Morillo":{"choice":"Supported advancing the amended proposal","action":"Voted to send the amended natural-psychedelics proposal to full Council with a recommendation for passage."},"Steve Novick":{"choice":"Supported advancing the amended proposal","action":"Voted to send the amended natural-psychedelics proposal to full Council with a recommendation for passage."},"Mitch Green":{"choice":"Not a member of this committee","action":"Did not have a vote in this five-member committee. This is not an absence from Council or a position against the proposal."},"Olivia Clark":{"choice":"Not a member of this committee","action":"Did not have a vote in this five-member committee. This is not an absence from Council or a position against the proposal."},"Eric Zimmerman":{"choice":"Supported advancing the amended proposal","action":"Opposed Kanal’s amendment in committee, then supported referring the amended proposal to full Council. His referral vote was yes; full Council had not yet voted."}},"climate-plan":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"choice":"Approved the amended climate-investment package","action":"Voted for the final package of revisions to the climate fund’s multi-year investment plan."},"Angelita Morillo":{"choice":"Opposed the final investment-plan package","action":"Voted against the final package of climate-investment amendments, after participating in changes to the proposal."},"Steve Novick":{"choice":"Approved the amended climate-investment package","action":"Voted for the final package of revisions to the climate fund’s multi-year investment plan."},"Mitch Green":{"choice":"Opposed the final investment-plan package","action":"Voted against the final package of climate-investment amendments, after participating in changes to the proposal."},"Olivia Clark":{"choice":"Approved the amended climate-investment package","action":"Voted for the final package of revisions to the climate fund’s multi-year investment plan."},"Eric Zimmerman":{"choice":"Approved the amended climate-investment package","action":"Voted for the final package of revisions to the climate fund’s multi-year investment plan."}},"climate-interest":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"choice":"Supported this interest transfer","action":"Voted to transfer the specified climate-fund interest into the general budget to support City expenses."},"Angelita Morillo":{"choice":"Opposed this particular interest transfer","action":"Voted against the May interest-transfer ordinance. Morillo later proposed using climate-fund interest for specified service restorations, so this vote does not establish opposition to every such use."},"Steve Novick":{"choice":"Supported this interest transfer","action":"Voted to transfer the specified climate-fund interest into the general budget to support City expenses."},"Mitch Green":{"choice":"Supported this interest transfer","action":"Voted to transfer the specified climate-fund interest into the general budget to support City expenses."},"Olivia Clark":{"choice":"Supported this interest transfer","action":"Voted to transfer the specified climate-fund interest into the general budget to support City expenses."},"Eric Zimmerman":{"choice":"Supported this interest transfer","action":"Voted to transfer the specified climate-fund interest into the general budget to support City expenses."}},"homebuyer-income":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"choice":"Opposed removing the buyer-income test","action":"Voted against the temporary removal of the income qualification for this group of homes receiving development-charge exemptions."},"Angelita Morillo":{"choice":"Supported widening the eligible buyer pool","action":"Voted to remove the income qualification temporarily for the specified already-permitted homes, making it possible to sell them to a wider group of buyers."},"Steve Novick":{"choice":"Supported widening the eligible buyer pool","action":"Voted to remove the income qualification temporarily for the specified already-permitted homes, making it possible to sell them to a wider group of buyers."},"Mitch Green":{"choice":"Supported widening the eligible buyer pool","action":"Voted to remove the income qualification temporarily for the specified already-permitted homes, making it possible to sell them to a wider group of buyers."},"Olivia Clark":{"choice":"Supported widening the eligible buyer pool","action":"Voted to remove the income qualification temporarily for the specified already-permitted homes, making it 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plan and the measures used to track its progress."},"Steve Novick":{"choice":"Supported the shared action plan and performance measures","action":"Voted to update the coordinated City–County homelessness plan and the measures used to track its progress."},"Mitch Green":{"choice":"Supported the shared action plan and performance measures","action":"Voted to update the coordinated City–County homelessness plan and the measures used to track its progress."},"Olivia Clark":{"choice":"Supported the shared action plan and performance measures","action":"Voted to update the coordinated City–County homelessness plan and the measures used to track its progress."},"Eric Zimmerman":{"choice":"Supported the shared action plan and performance measures","action":"Voted to update the coordinated City–County homelessness plan and the measures used to track its progress."}},"permit-pause":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"choice":"Supported the temporary development-cost relief","action":"Voted for the pause in selected infrastructure and site-upgrade requirements associated with development, accepting the tradeoff between lower project costs and improvements otherwise delivered by applicants."},"Angelita Morillo":{"choice":"Supported the temporary development-cost relief","action":"Voted for the pause in selected infrastructure and site-upgrade requirements associated with development, accepting the tradeoff between lower project costs and improvements otherwise delivered by applicants."},"Steve Novick":{"choice":"Supported the temporary development-cost relief","action":"Voted for the pause in selected infrastructure and site-upgrade requirements associated with development, accepting the tradeoff between lower project costs and improvements otherwise delivered by applicants."},"Mitch Green":{"choice":"Supported the temporary development-cost relief","action":"Voted for the pause in selected infrastructure and site-upgrade requirements associated with development, accepting the tradeoff 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His committee support and final absence are separate facts."}},"permit-reform":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"choice":"Supported further permitting reform","action":"Voted to pursue simpler, better-coordinated development rules and a process for measuring whether permitting service improves."},"Angelita Morillo":{"choice":"Supported further permitting reform","action":"Voted to pursue simpler, better-coordinated development rules and a process for measuring whether permitting service improves."},"Steve Novick":{"choice":"Supported further permitting reform","action":"Voted to pursue simpler, better-coordinated development rules and a process for measuring whether permitting service improves."},"Mitch Green":{"choice":"Supported further permitting reform","action":"Voted to pursue simpler, better-coordinated development rules and a process for measuring whether permitting service improves."},"Olivia Clark":{"choice":"Supported further permitting reform","action":"Voted to pursue simpler, better-coordinated development rules and a process for measuring whether permitting service improves."},"Eric Zimmerman":{"choice":"Supported further permitting reform","action":"Voted to pursue simpler, better-coordinated development rules and a process for measuring whether permitting service improves."}},"urban-forest-plan":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"choice":"Supported the amended urban-forest plan","action":"Voted for the final plan guiding tree-canopy protection, growth and management across Portland."},"Angelita Morillo":{"choice":"Supported the amended urban-forest plan","action":"Voted for the final plan guiding tree-canopy protection, growth and management across Portland."},"Steve Novick":{"choice":"Supported the amended urban-forest plan","action":"Voted for the final plan guiding tree-canopy protection, growth and management across Portland."},"Mitch Green":{"choice":"Supported the amended urban-forest plan","action":"Voted for the final plan guiding tree-canopy protection, growth and management across Portland."},"Olivia Clark":{"choice":"Supported the amended urban-forest plan","action":"Voted for the final plan guiding tree-canopy protection, growth and management across Portland."},"Eric Zimmerman":{"choice":"Supported the amended urban-forest plan","action":"Voted for the final plan guiding tree-canopy protection, growth and management across Portland."}},"tree-responsibility":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"choice":"Opposed weakening the commitment’s wording","action":"Voted against replacing the more direct planning instruction with expressly conditional language. Both still supported the final forest plan."},"Angelita Morillo":{"choice":"Opposed weakening the commitment’s wording","action":"Voted against replacing the more direct planning instruction with expressly conditional language. Both still supported the final forest plan."},"Steve Novick":{"choice":"Supported the conditional wording","action":"Voted to make clear that developing the plan was a step toward a possible future change, rather than the immediate implementation of that change."},"Mitch Green":{"choice":"Supported the conditional wording","action":"Voted to make clear that developing the plan was a step toward a possible future change, rather than the immediate implementation of that change."},"Olivia Clark":{"choice":"Supported the conditional wording","action":"Voted to make clear that developing the plan was a step toward a possible future change, rather than the immediate implementation of that change."},"Eric Zimmerman":{"choice":"Supported the conditional wording","action":"Voted to make clear that developing the plan was a step toward a possible future change, rather than the immediate implementation of that change."}},"forest-park":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"choice":"Supported the appeal and environmental-review denial","action":"Voted to overturn approval of this Forest Park utility proposal on the findings adopted by Council."},"Angelita Morillo":{"choice":"Supported the appeal and environmental-review denial","action":"Voted to overturn approval of this Forest Park utility proposal on the findings adopted by Council."},"Steve Novick":{"choice":"Supported the appeal and environmental-review denial","action":"Voted to overturn approval of this Forest Park utility proposal on the findings adopted by Council."},"Mitch Green":{"choice":"Supported the appeal and environmental-review denial","action":"Voted to overturn approval of this Forest Park utility proposal on the findings adopted by Council."},"Olivia Clark":{"choice":"Supported the appeal and environmental-review denial","action":"Voted to overturn approval of this Forest Park utility proposal on the findings adopted by Council."},"Eric Zimmerman":{"choice":"Supported the appeal and environmental-review denial","action":"Voted to overturn approval of this Forest Park utility proposal on the findings adopted by Council."}},"parks-levy":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"choice":"Supported asking voters for the higher parks levy","action":"Voted to place the proposed parks funding measure before voters, with the higher levy rate and its service commitments."},"Angelita Morillo":{"choice":"Supported asking voters for the higher parks levy","action":"Voted to place the proposed parks funding measure before voters, with the higher levy rate and its service commitments."},"Steve Novick":{"choice":"Supported asking voters for the higher parks levy","action":"Voted to place the proposed parks funding measure before voters, with the higher levy rate and its service commitments."},"Mitch Green":{"choice":"Supported asking voters for the higher parks levy","action":"Voted to place the proposed parks funding measure before voters, with the higher levy rate and its service commitments."},"Olivia Clark":{"choice":"Absent from this vote","action":"Was absent when Council voted on refer the five-year parks levy to voters. The record does not contain a yes or no vote for this decision."},"Eric Zimmerman":{"choice":"Supported asking voters for the higher parks levy","action":"Voted to place the proposed parks funding measure before voters, with the higher levy rate and its service commitments."}},"sellwood":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"choice":"Absent from this vote","action":"Was absent when Council voted on transfer Sellwood Community House to its nonprofit operator. 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public-benefit conditions","action":"Voted to transfer the property to the nonprofit operator while retaining a permanent public-benefit restriction."}},"vision-zero":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"choice":"Supported the traffic-safety framework","action":"Sponsored the Vision Zero resolution, supported adding community engagement and voted for the final traffic-safety framework."},"Angelita Morillo":{"choice":"Supported the traffic-safety framework","action":"Voted for the renewed Vision Zero effort, community participation and analysis of disproportionate traffic deaths among people experiencing homelessness."},"Steve Novick":{"choice":"Supported the traffic-safety framework","action":"Voted for the renewed Vision Zero effort, community participation and analysis of disproportionate traffic deaths among people experiencing homelessness."},"Mitch Green":{"choice":"Supported the traffic-safety framework","action":"Voted for the renewed Vision Zero effort, community participation and analysis 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risks."},"Eric Zimmerman":{"choice":"Supported the final privacy framework","action":"Opposed the December committee referral and sought to table the proposal, then supported the amended final framework before full Council in February."}},"asset-strategy":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"choice":"Supported coordinated infrastructure planning","action":"Voted to assess infrastructure needs, align investment priorities across bureaus and examine long-term financing options."},"Angelita Morillo":{"choice":"Supported coordinated infrastructure planning","action":"Voted to assess infrastructure needs, align investment priorities across bureaus and examine long-term financing options."},"Steve Novick":{"choice":"Supported coordinated infrastructure planning","action":"Voted to assess infrastructure needs, align investment priorities across bureaus and examine long-term financing options."},"Mitch Green":{"choice":"Supported coordinated infrastructure planning","action":"Voted to assess infrastructure needs, align investment priorities across bureaus and examine long-term financing options."},"Olivia Clark":{"choice":"Supported coordinated infrastructure planning","action":"Voted to assess infrastructure needs, align investment priorities across bureaus and examine long-term financing options."},"Eric Zimmerman":{"choice":"Supported coordinated infrastructure planning","action":"Voted to assess infrastructure needs, align investment priorities across bureaus and examine long-term financing options."}},"committee-structure":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"choice":"Supported the revised committee structure","action":"Voted for the five-committee structure and full-Council finance and governance committee."},"Angelita Morillo":{"choice":"Absent from this vote","action":"Was absent when Council voted on replace eight policy committees with five. 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funds to increase Council and mayoral office budgets and staffing during the transition to the new government."},"Olivia Clark":{"choice":"Supported additional resources for elected offices","action":"Voted to use contingency funds to increase Council and mayoral office budgets and staffing during the transition to the new government."},"Eric Zimmerman":{"choice":"Supported additional resources for elected offices","action":"Voted to use contingency funds to increase Council and mayoral office budgets and staffing during the transition to the new government."}},"council-priorities":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"choice":"Supported a shared annual priority-setting process","action":"Voted for the annual Council planning procedure, including a shared framework that identifies agreement, disagreement and unresolved priorities."},"Angelita Morillo":{"choice":"Supported a shared annual priority-setting process","action":"Voted for the annual Council planning procedure, including a shared framework that identifies agreement, disagreement and unresolved priorities."},"Steve Novick":{"choice":"Opposed this annual planning procedure","action":"Voted against the final procedure for annual Council priority-setting."},"Mitch Green":{"choice":"Supported a shared annual priority-setting process","action":"Voted for the annual Council planning procedure, including a shared framework that identifies agreement, disagreement and unresolved priorities."},"Olivia Clark":{"choice":"Supported a shared annual priority-setting process","action":"Voted for the annual Council planning procedure, including a shared framework that identifies agreement, disagreement and unresolved priorities."},"Eric Zimmerman":{"choice":"Supported a shared annual priority-setting process","action":"Voted for the annual Council planning procedure, including a shared framework that identifies agreement, disagreement and unresolved priorities."}},"surplus-inquiry":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"choice":"Supported the 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This records a choice about the proposed investigation process rather than establishing approval of any financial mismanagement."}},"campaign-enforcement":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"choice":"Supported the revised enforcement code","action":"Voted to update the City’s campaign-finance code in response to the court ruling and the amendments considered by Council."},"Angelita Morillo":{"choice":"Supported the revised enforcement code","action":"Voted to update the City’s campaign-finance code in response to the court ruling and the amendments considered by Council."},"Steve Novick":{"choice":"Supported the revised enforcement code","action":"Voted to update the City’s campaign-finance code in response to the court ruling and the amendments considered by Council."},"Mitch Green":{"choice":"Supported the revised enforcement code","action":"Voted to update the City’s campaign-finance code in response to the court ruling and the amendments considered by Council."},"Olivia 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program after the 2024 election."},"Mitch Green":{"choice":"Supported the public campaign-finance program revisions","action":"Voted for the Small Donor Elections code changes recommended to improve the program after the 2024 election."},"Olivia Clark":{"choice":"Supported the public campaign-finance program revisions","action":"Voted for the Small Donor Elections code changes recommended to improve the program after the 2024 election."},"Eric Zimmerman":{"choice":"Supported the public campaign-finance program revisions","action":"Voted for the Small Donor Elections code changes recommended to improve the program after the 2024 election."}},"labor-complaint":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"choice":"Supported withdrawing the complaint authority","action":"Voted to reverse the prior authorization for the City Attorney to file the labor complaint."},"Angelita Morillo":{"choice":"Supported withdrawing the complaint authority","action":"Voted to reverse the prior authorization for the City Attorney to file the labor complaint."},"Steve Novick":{"choice":"Supported withdrawing the complaint authority","action":"Voted to reverse the prior authorization for the City Attorney to file the labor complaint."},"Mitch Green":{"choice":"Supported withdrawing the complaint authority","action":"Co-introduced the resolution to withdraw the previous Council’s complaint authority, then supported its unanimous passage."},"Olivia Clark":{"choice":"Supported withdrawing the complaint authority","action":"Voted to reverse the prior authorization for the City Attorney to file the labor complaint."},"Eric Zimmerman":{"choice":"Supported withdrawing the complaint authority","action":"Co-introduced the resolution to withdraw the previous Council’s complaint authority, then supported its unanimous passage."}},"professional-workers":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"choice":"Supported the first Professional Workers contract","action":"Voted to approve the negotiated initial agreement establishing pay, 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The record does not contain a yes or no vote for this decision."},"Angelita Morillo":{"choice":"Supported the negotiated AFSCME agreement","action":"Voted to ratify the successor agreement covering wages, benefits and working conditions for represented City employees."},"Steve Novick":{"choice":"Supported the negotiated AFSCME agreement","action":"Voted to ratify the successor agreement covering wages, benefits and working conditions for represented City employees."},"Mitch Green":{"choice":"Supported the negotiated AFSCME agreement","action":"Voted to ratify the successor agreement covering wages, benefits and working conditions for represented City employees."},"Olivia Clark":{"choice":"Supported the negotiated AFSCME agreement","action":"Voted to ratify the successor agreement covering wages, benefits and working conditions for represented City employees."},"Eric Zimmerman":{"choice":"Supported the negotiated AFSCME agreement","action":"Voted to ratify the successor agreement covering wages, benefits and working conditions for represented City employees."}},"trade-unions-contract":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"choice":"Absent from this vote","action":"Was absent when Council voted on ratify the District Council of Trade Unions contract. 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staff."}},"children-remand":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"choice":"Supported reconsidering the proposed grants","action":"Voted to send the allocation recommendations back for further work rather than approve the proposed awards at that meeting."},"Angelita Morillo":{"choice":"Supported reconsidering the proposed grants","action":"Voted to send the allocation recommendations back for further work rather than approve the proposed awards at that meeting."},"Steve Novick":{"choice":"Opposed sending the recommendations back","action":"Voted against remanding the proposed Children’s Levy allocations for reconsideration."},"Mitch Green":{"choice":"Supported reconsidering the proposed grants","action":"Voted to send the allocation recommendations back for further work rather than approve the proposed awards at that meeting."},"Olivia Clark":{"choice":"Opposed sending the recommendations back","action":"Voted against remanding the proposed Children’s Levy allocations for reconsideration."},"Eric 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The record does not contain a yes or no vote for this decision."},"Eric Zimmerman":{"choice":"Opposed the amended investment-policy resolution","action":"Voted against the ethical-policy amendment and the final investment-policy resolution."}},"storefront-plan":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"choice":"Supported accepting the storefront action plan","action":"Voted to accept the proposed direction for improving storefront conditions and City support for business owners."},"Angelita Morillo":{"choice":"Opposed accepting this storefront action plan","action":"Voted against accepting this report and action plan. The record does not turn that vote into opposition to every form of small-business assistance."},"Steve Novick":{"choice":"Supported accepting the storefront action plan","action":"Voted to accept the proposed direction for improving storefront conditions and City support for business owners."},"Mitch Green":{"choice":"Supported accepting the storefront action plan","action":"Voted to accept the proposed direction for improving storefront conditions and City support for business owners."},"Olivia Clark":{"choice":"Supported accepting the storefront action plan","action":"Voted to accept the proposed direction for improving storefront conditions and City support for business owners."},"Eric Zimmerman":{"choice":"Supported accepting the storefront action plan","action":"Voted to accept the proposed direction for improving storefront conditions and City support for business owners."}},"cully-plan":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"choice":"Supported the Cully investment priorities","action":"Voted to approve the community-developed framework directing future district investments, including housing stability and small-business support."},"Angelita Morillo":{"choice":"Supported the Cully investment priorities","action":"Voted to approve the community-developed framework directing future district investments, including housing stability and small-business support."},"Steve Novick":{"choice":"Supported the Cully investment priorities","action":"Voted to approve the community-developed framework directing future district investments, including housing stability and small-business support."},"Mitch Green":{"choice":"Supported the Cully investment priorities","action":"Opposed the plan’s committee referral in February, then supported the final resolution in March. His final vote approved the district’s investment priorities."},"Olivia Clark":{"choice":"Supported the Cully investment priorities","action":"Voted to approve the community-developed framework directing future district investments, including housing stability and small-business support."},"Eric Zimmerman":{"choice":"Absent from this vote","action":"Was absent when Council voted on approve Cully’s five-year investment action plan. The record does not contain a yes or no vote for this decision."}},"campesinos":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"choice":"Supported the Campesinos Boulevard name","action":"Co-sponsored the renaming ordinance, advanced an amendment accepted unanimously and voted for passage."},"Angelita Morillo":{"choice":"Supported the Campesinos Boulevard name","action":"Voted to rename the street in recognition of farmworkers collectively and authorize the City’s implementation and notification work."},"Steve Novick":{"choice":"Supported the Campesinos Boulevard name","action":"Advanced an amendment accepted unanimously and voted for the final renaming ordinance."},"Mitch Green":{"choice":"Supported the Campesinos Boulevard name","action":"Voted to rename the street in recognition of farmworkers collectively and authorize the City’s implementation and notification work."},"Olivia Clark":{"choice":"Supported the Campesinos Boulevard name","action":"Moved the unanimously approved emergency clause to respond to community concerns and facilitate staff implementation, then supported the ordinance."},"Eric Zimmerman":{"choice":"Supported the Campesinos Boulevard name","action":"Voted to rename the street in recognition of farmworkers collectively and authorize the City’s implementation and notification work."}},"force-fed-poultry":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"choice":"Supported the sales prohibition","action":"Voted for the ordinance restricting sales of products from force-fed poultry after the transition period."},"Angelita Morillo":{"choice":"Supported the sales prohibition","action":"Voted for the ordinance restricting sales of products from force-fed poultry after the transition period."},"Steve Novick":{"choice":"Supported the sales prohibition","action":"Voted for the ordinance restricting sales of products from force-fed poultry after the transition period."},"Mitch Green":{"choice":"Supported the sales prohibition","action":"Voted for the ordinance restricting sales of products from force-fed poultry after the transition period."},"Olivia Clark":{"choice":"Opposed the final sales prohibition","action":"Advanced an amendment that Council adopted, then opposed the final sales prohibition. Her participation in revising implementation did not change her final no vote."},"Eric Zimmerman":{"choice":"Opposed the final sales prohibition","action":"Voted against the final ordinance restricting these products."}},"board-eligibility":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"choice":"Rejected the proposed eligibility removal","action":"Voted against the administration’s proposed ineligibility finding for Halsey, helping defeat that part of the report."},"Angelita Morillo":{"choice":"Rejected the proposed eligibility removal","action":"Voted against the administration’s proposed ineligibility finding for Halsey, helping defeat that part of the report."},"Steve Novick":{"choice":"Supported the proposed eligibility removal","action":"Voted to approve the administration’s proposed ineligibility finding for Halsey. The motion failed."},"Mitch Green":{"choice":"Rejected the proposed eligibility removal","action":"Voted against the administration’s proposed ineligibility finding for Halsey, helping defeat that part of the report."},"Olivia Clark":{"choice":"Supported the proposed eligibility removal","action":"Voted to approve the administration’s proposed ineligibility finding for Halsey. The motion failed."},"Eric Zimmerman":{"choice":"Supported the proposed eligibility removal","action":"Voted to approve the administration’s proposed ineligibility finding for Halsey. The motion failed."}},"board-removal":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"choice":"Supported removing the alternate","action":"Voted to approve the portion of the report removing Weinstein for cause under the board’s requirements."},"Angelita Morillo":{"choice":"Supported removing the alternate","action":"Voted to approve the portion of the report removing Weinstein for cause under the board’s requirements."},"Steve Novick":{"choice":"Supported removing the alternate","action":"Voted to approve the portion of the report removing Weinstein for cause under the board’s requirements."},"Mitch Green":{"choice":"Supported removing the alternate","action":"Voted to approve the portion of the report removing Weinstein for cause under the board’s requirements."},"Olivia Clark":{"choice":"Opposed removing the alternate","action":"Voted against the portion of the report removing Weinstein from the alternate roster."},"Eric Zimmerman":{"choice":"Opposed removing the alternate","action":"Voted against the portion of the report removing Weinstein from the alternate roster."}},"rental-pricing":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"choice":"Co-sponsored and voted for the ban","action":"Co-sponsored the restriction on software that coordinates rental prices between landlords, then voted to enact it."},"Angelita Morillo":{"choice":"Co-sponsored and voted for the ban","action":"Introduced the ban and revised it after legal objections. The final ordinance exempted affordable housing and landlords with fewer than six units.","actionSource":{"label":"OPB · development of the ordinance","url":"https://www.opb.org/article/2025/11/19/portland-city-council-proposal-ban-rent-setting-software/","kind":"Reporting","date":"November 19, 2025"},"reason":{"label":"Her stated case","text":"Argued that protecting tenants from coordinated price-setting and building more housing should happen together.","source":{"label":"Morillo’s office · November 19 remarks reported by the Mercury","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/districts/3/angelita-morillo/morillo-news","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 19, 2025 remarks; reviewed September 18, 2026"}}},"Mitch Green":{"choice":"Co-sponsored and voted for the ban","action":"Co-sponsored the restriction on software that coordinates rental prices between landlords, then voted to enact it."},"Steve Novick":{"choice":"Absent from the final vote","action":"Absent on November 19. No yes or no vote on the final ordinance."},"Eric Zimmerman":{"choice":"Absent from the final vote","action":"Absent on November 19. No yes or no vote on the final ordinance."},"Olivia Clark":{"choice":"Opposed the ban","action":"Voted against the ordinance; it passed 8–2.","reason":{"label":"Her stated concern · November 12","text":"Said another restriction would discourage needed housing investment and raised the risk of a lawsuit.","source":{"label":"OPB · Clark’s objections","url":"https://www.opb.org/article/2025/11/19/portland-city-council-proposal-ban-rent-setting-software/","kind":"Reporting","date":"November 19, 2025"}}}},"supplemental-budget":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"choice":"Larger plan only","action":"Co-sponsored and backed the larger restoration plan using climate-fund interest. After it failed, voted no on the smaller package.","actionSource":{"label":"Both budget proposals · roll calls","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/agenda/2026/7/22","kind":"Public record","date":"July 22, 2026"}},"Angelita Morillo":{"choice":"Larger plan, then smaller fallback","action":"Co-sponsored and backed the larger plan. After it failed, voted for the smaller package.","actionSource":{"label":"Both budget proposals · roll calls","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/agenda/2026/7/22","kind":"Public record","date":"July 22, 2026"},"reason":{"label":"Her stated condition","text":"Warned that she would fight any subsequent move to pay for it from the police-accountability office’s budget.","source":{"label":"OPB · budget debate","url":"https://www.opb.org/article/2026/07/22/portland-city-council-job-cuts-budget/","kind":"Reporting","date":"July 22, 2026"}}},"Mitch Green":{"choice":"Larger plan, then smaller fallback","action":"Co-sponsored and backed the larger plan using climate-fund interest. After it failed, voted for the smaller package.","actionSource":{"label":"Both budget proposals · roll calls","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/agenda/2026/7/22","kind":"Public record","date":"July 22, 2026"}},"Steve Novick":{"choice":"Smaller package only","action":"Co-sponsored the smaller service-restoration package. Voted against the larger alternative, then for the smaller package.","actionSource":{"label":"Both budget proposals · roll calls","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/agenda/2026/7/22","kind":"Public record","date":"July 22, 2026"},"reason":{"label":"Why he opposed the larger plan","text":"Said Services First spent money the city should be counting on to balance next year’s already tough budget, and that restoring cuts to police training, such as de-escalation and emergency driving, was essential.","source":{"label":"Novick · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#novick-2026-09-21","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 21, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate in reply to the Lab’s questions and kept on file; excerpts appear on his brief. Receipt does not verify the claims."}}},"Olivia Clark":{"choice":"Smaller package only","action":"Co-sponsored the smaller service-restoration package. Voted against the larger alternative, then for the smaller package.","actionSource":{"label":"Both budget proposals · roll calls","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/agenda/2026/7/22","kind":"Public record","date":"July 22, 2026"},"reason":{"label":"Why she backed the smaller plan","text":"Said it restored critical positions identified with labor unions and was the more fiscally responsible option.","source":{"label":"Portland Mercury · Clark on the two budget plans","url":"https://www.portlandmercury.com/news/a-budget-fix-a-mayors-influence-and-the-subtext-of-that-unsavory-banter-among-councilors/","kind":"Reporting","date":"July 24, 2026; updated July 27"}}},"Eric Zimmerman":{"choice":"Smaller package only","action":"Voted against the larger restoration plan and for the smaller package funded from contingency reserves and other funds.","actionSource":{"label":"Both budget proposals · roll calls","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/agenda/2026/7/22","kind":"Public record","date":"July 22, 2026"}}},"moda":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"choice":"Rejected the framework","action":"Backed higher rent and a required opportunity-cost report, then voted no on the amended term sheet.","reason":{"label":"Her earlier stated concern · July 13","text":"Said she needed to know whether and how the deal would use the voter-approved climate fund before approving a term sheet.","source":{"label":"OPB · Koyama Lane on the funding question","url":"https://www.opb.org/article/2026/07/13/portland-oregon-moda-center-sports-basketball/","kind":"Reporting","date":"July 13, 2026"}}},"Angelita Morillo":{"choice":"Required more financial safeguards","action":"Co-proposed an opportunity-cost report before a financial vote. That amendment failed 6–6; she voted no on the framework.","reason":{"label":"Why she said no","text":"Wanted the Blazers to stay, but said Council needed to know the funding source, what services would lose out and the public’s return before committing.","source":{"label":"Green and Morillo · explanations after the vote","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/districts/4/mitch-green/news/2026/8/13/press-release-portland-city-councilors-green-morillo","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"August 13, 2026"}}},"Mitch Green":{"choice":"Rejected the public cost","action":"Tried to remove the additional $275 million commitment for future capital needs. That amendment failed; he voted no on the framework.","reason":{"label":"Why he said no","text":"Argued that the city was cutting basic services while offering a costly arena deal whose necessity and promised economic benefits had not been established.","source":{"label":"Green and Morillo · explanations after the vote","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/districts/4/mitch-green/news/2026/8/13/press-release-portland-city-councilors-green-morillo","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"August 13, 2026"}}},"Steve Novick":{"choice":"Raised the rent, then approved","action":"Won an amendment raising proposed annual rent from $2 million to $3.17 million, then voted for the framework.","reason":{"label":"Why he said yes","text":"Called it a strong opening offer for negotiations and said he could accept a less demanding final deal.","source":{"label":"Willamette Week · Novick’s explanation","url":"https://www.wweek.com/news/city/2026/08/12/council-approves-moda-center-term-sheet-to-kick-off-negotiations-with-blazers/","kind":"Reporting","date":"August 12, 2026"}}},"Olivia Clark":{"choice":"Approved; opposed the rent increase","action":"Opposed Novick’s increase in proposed annual rent from $2 million to $3.17 million, then voted for the amended framework.","reason":{"label":"Why she said yes","text":"Emphasized the state’s matching investment and said she did not want the city to lose that opportunity.","source":{"label":"Portland Mercury · Clark’s explanation","url":"https://www.portlandmercury.com/news/portland-offers-blazers-a-fully-funded-arena-renovation-but-will-it-be-enough/","kind":"Reporting","date":"August 13, 2026; updated August 14"}}},"Eric Zimmerman":{"choice":"Approved; opposed the rent increase","action":"Opposed Novick’s increase in proposed annual rent from $2 million to $3.17 million, then voted for the amended framework.","reason":{"label":"His earlier stated case · April 30","text":"Argued that Portland should follow through on the state investment to support arena jobs, events, tourism and union construction work.","source":{"label":"Zimmerman · April newsletter","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/districts/4/eric-zimmerman/news/2026/4/30/april-newsletter-budget-season-moda-center","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"April 30, 2026"}}}},"data-centers":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"choice":"Backed disclosure and future restrictions","action":"Voted to disclose major data-center inquiries and pursue restrictions. The resolution did not itself enact a moratorium."},"Angelita Morillo":{"choice":"Backed disclosure and future restrictions","action":"Voted to disclose major data-center inquiries and pursue restrictions. The resolution did not itself enact a moratorium."},"Steve Novick":{"choice":"Backed disclosure and future restrictions","action":"Voted to disclose major data-center inquiries and pursue restrictions. The resolution did not itself enact a moratorium."},"Mitch Green":{"choice":"Backed disclosure and future restrictions","action":"Voted to disclose major data-center inquiries and pursue restrictions. The resolution did not itself enact a moratorium."},"Olivia Clark":{"choice":"Backed disclosure and future restrictions","action":"Voted to disclose major data-center inquiries and pursue restrictions. The resolution did not itself enact a moratorium."},"Eric Zimmerman":{"choice":"Backed disclosure and future restrictions","action":"Voted to disclose major data-center inquiries and pursue restrictions. The resolution did not itself enact a moratorium."}}},"councilDisagreements":[{"id":"supplemental-budget","label":"Budget priorities","decisionIds":["parks-police","services-first","oversight-funding","novick-restorations","annual-budget","supplemental-budget"],"contrast":"They differed over which services to protect, how many jobs to restore and whether to use climate-fund interest, police-oversight funds or reserves.","question":"What did they protect when money ran short?","context":"Portland faced service cuts as the cost of maintaining its operations outpaced available revenue. The budget fights were about both what to preserve and how to pay for it. The broad Services First proposal used interest from the voter-created climate fund to restore police support, fire rescue, parks and other staff. Clark offered an alternative using expected police-oversight underspending; Novick offered a smaller climate-interest package. All three failed in June. Council revisited restorations in July and passed a smaller package using one-time funds.","takeaway":"Our reading: the dividing line was how broadly to restore services and which funds were available—not a simple choice between public safety and other services. Novick’s smaller climate-interest proposal and Koyama Lane’s rejection of July’s fallback are important exceptions.","sources":[{"label":"Both budget proposals · roll calls","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/agenda/2026/7/22","kind":"Public record","date":"July 22, 2026"},{"label":"OPB · budget debate","url":"https://www.opb.org/article/2026/07/22/portland-city-council-job-cuts-budget/","kind":"Reporting","date":"July 22, 2026"}],"readings":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"headline":"Broad service restoration; rejected July’s fallback","text":"Backed parks over the proposed police increase in 2025 and the larger climate-interest plan in 2026. Rejected using oversight funds. Unlike Morillo and Green, voted no on July’s smaller restoration package."},"Angelita Morillo":{"headline":"Broad restorations, with oversight funds protected","text":"Backed parks over the proposed police increase, co-proposed Services First and rejected using oversight funds. After the larger July plan failed, accepted the smaller package while warning against later tapping oversight money."},"Steve Novick":{"headline":"Different funding routes for selected services","text":"Joined the parks shift in 2025. In June 2026, rejected Services First but proposed a smaller climate-interest package and supported the oversight-funding option. Backed July’s smaller restoration plan."},"Mitch Green":{"headline":"Broad restorations, then a smaller compromise","text":"Backed the parks shift, co-proposed Services First and rejected using oversight funds. In July, backed the larger restoration plan, then the smaller fallback when the larger plan failed."},"Olivia Clark":{"headline":"Police and fire restorations; oversight money available","text":"Opposed shifting the proposed police increase to parks. Proposed using expected oversight underspending for police and fire services. Rejected both June climate-interest packages; backed the smaller July restoration plan."},"Eric Zimmerman":{"headline":"Protect police funding; reject the annual budget","text":"Opposed shifting the proposed police increase to parks. Backed using expected oversight underspending and rejected both June climate-interest packages. Voted no on the annual budget, then yes on July’s smaller restoration plan."}}},{"id":"zenith","label":"Zenith & climate oversight","decisionIds":["zenith-investigation","zenith-enforcement","zenith-transfer"],"contrast":"Three distinct choices: investigate the old agreement, add public enforcement, and approve a transfer to the new owner.","question":"Who should enforce Zenith’s obligations?","context":"Zenith’s Northwest Portland fuel terminal uses pipelines in City streets under a franchise agreement. Council first debated whether the agreement had been properly granted, then whether to transfer it to a new owner and give residents a right to sue to enforce its terms. After the 2025 investigation request, City staff and an outside legal review reported in February 2026 that they found no basis to revoke the franchise. Green and Morillo’s later resident-enforcement amendment failed 6–6; the transfer failed 5–6. As of September 18, reconsideration was scheduled for September 23.","takeaway":"Our reading: supporting an investigation did not imply supporting citizen-suit enforcement. Clark and Zimmerman voted for the investigation but against that condition. The transfer remains unresolved; this was not a vote to close the terminal.","sources":[{"label":"City investigation and outside legal review · findings","url":"https://www.portland.gov/hello/news/2026/2/19/investigation-zenith-energy-franchise-agreement-finds-city-upheld-law-and","date":"February 19, 2026","kind":"Public record"}],"readings":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"headline":"Supported investigation and a right for residents to enforce the terms","text":"Voted for investigating the franchise in 2025 and for the 2026 amendment allowing residents to sue to enforce it. After that amendment failed, voted against transferring the franchise to the new owner."},"Angelita Morillo":{"headline":"Proposed a right for residents to enforce the agreement","text":"Supported investigating the franchise and co-proposed an amendment giving residents a right to sue to enforce its terms. Voted against the transfer after Council rejected that condition."},"Steve Novick":{"headline":"Opposed the investigation; supported the ownership transfer","text":"Tried to remove disputed language in 2025, then rejected the investigation resolution. Opposed citizen-suit enforcement and supported the 2026 transfer."},"Mitch Green":{"headline":"Proposed a right for residents to enforce the agreement","text":"Supported investigating the franchise and co-proposed an amendment giving residents a right to sue to enforce its terms. Voted against the transfer after Council rejected that condition."},"Olivia Clark":{"headline":"Supported investigation, but opposed the resident-lawsuit condition","text":"Sought changes to the investigation resolution but supported its final passage in 2025. In 2026, opposed adding a resident-lawsuit provision and supported transferring the franchise to the new owner."},"Eric Zimmerman":{"headline":"Supported investigation, but opposed the resident-lawsuit condition","text":"Sought changes to the investigation resolution but supported its final passage in 2025. In 2026, opposed adding a resident-lawsuit provision and supported transferring the franchise to the new owner."}}},{"id":"camp-removal","label":"Homelessness & removals","decisionIds":["camp-removal","housing-strategy","homelessness-plan"],"contrast":"A proposed $4.3 million shift from camp removals to personnel and social-service support.","question":"Shift spending away from clearing camps?","context":"The City funds both services for people without housing and operations that clear encampments. Morillo’s November 2025 amendment proposed moving $4.3 million from camp removals to personnel and social-service support. Koyama Lane and Green backed it; Novick opposed it; Clark and Zimmerman were absent. The amendment failed. All six nevertheless supported the broader unified housing strategy and the updated City–County homelessness plan, showing that agreement on overall goals did not resolve the choice about removals.","takeaway":"Our reading: this vote tests the role of camp removals in the homelessness response. Novick’s recorded objection focused on the rushed process and need for a policy debate. An absence supplies no yes/no position.","sources":[]},{"id":"rental-pricing","label":"Housing & development","decisionIds":["rental-pricing","housing-fees","homebuyer-income"],"contrast":"A split over rent-setting regulation, alongside broad support for lowering upfront housing-development costs.","question":"Which rules help housing—and which discourage it?","context":"Council considered several ways to change the housing market: restrict software that coordinates rents, waive upfront infrastructure charges on new construction, and remove a buyer-income test for certain previously permitted homes receiving affordable-housing fee exemptions. These choices affect different people and different costs. The 2026 income-test change drew a new coalition: Morillo, Novick, Green and Clark supported it, while Koyama Lane and Zimmerman opposed it.","takeaway":"Our reading: support for building incentives does not predict every housing vote. Morillo and Green joined Koyama Lane on the rent-software ban, but split from her when Council removed the buyer-income test for a defined group of fee-exempt homes.","sources":[]},{"id":"moda","label":"Moda & arts venues","decisionIds":["moda","performing-arts"],"contrast":"Different coalitions on the arena negotiating framework and the PSU/Keller planning strategy.","question":"Which big projects—and on what terms?","context":"Council approved the non-binding Moda framework with a $120 million renovation commitment and $275 million for future capital needs over 20 years. A later resolution advanced PSU/Keller planning, without approving a full construction budget. Green opposed the arena framework but backed the arts planning resolution.","takeaway":"Our reading: votes against a particular deal do not establish opposition to all large public projects. Compare the size and stage of the commitment, the proposed rent, and the financial safeguards.","sources":[{"label":"Moda amendments · roll calls","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37750","kind":"Public record","date":"August 12, 2026"}]},{"id":"detention-fees","label":"ICE & local authority","decisionIds":["detention-fees"],"contrast":"Clark joined Morillo, Green and Koyama Lane; Novick objected to the precedent; Zimmerman was absent.","question":"Charge detention-facility owners for local impacts?","context":"The ordinance created impact fees and nuisance rules for qualifying privately owned detention facilities. It did not close ICE’s facility. The lease-related fee applies on renewal; the separate nuisance provisions address harms such as chemical contamination.","takeaway":"Our reading: this split concerns which local tools to use against detention-related harms. Novick’s objection was about the precedent for charging landlords for protest impacts, not an endorsement of ICE operations.","sources":[]},{"id":"shared-ground","label":"Where they agreed","decisionIds":["business-tax","data-centers"],"contrast":"All six backed a larger small-business tax exemption and data-center disclosure with a call for future restrictions.","question":"What disappears if we show only conflict?","context":"In April 2026, all six supported expanding the business-license-tax exemption. In September, all six supported the final data-center resolution. The latter expressed intent to pursue restrictions; it did not itself enact a moratorium.","takeaway":"Agreement matters too. These actions do not distinguish the six incumbents on their final votes; differences elsewhere should not erase this shared ground.","sources":[]},{"id":"water","label":"Water bills & Bull Run","decisionIds":["water-bonds","water-rates","sewer-rates"],"question":"Who accepted the borrowing—and who accepted higher bills?","context":"Portland is building a filtration system for its Bull Run drinking-water supply. Council faced two different questions: whether to authorize borrowing for construction, and what to charge customers for the water system’s annual costs. Sewer and stormwater rates were decided separately. Reading these votes together exposes differences that a single “for or against Bull Run” label would conceal.","contrast":"Green opposed the bonds but backed the water-rate increase. Koyama Lane and Zimmerman backed the bonds but opposed the rate increase.","takeaway":"Our reading: the coalitions changed between financing construction and setting household charges. Morillo opposed both water decisions but supported the sewer and stormwater schedule.","sources":[],"readings":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"headline":"Supported borrowing; opposed higher water bills","text":"Approved the Bull Run bond financing, then voted against both the annual water-rate increase and the sewer/stormwater schedule. Her votes distinguish paying for construction from accepting those annual charges."},"Angelita Morillo":{"headline":"Opposed water borrowing and the water-rate increase","text":"Voted no on the bonds and the annual water schedule, but yes on sewer and stormwater rates. Her opposition was not a blanket rejection of every utility funding decision."},"Steve Novick":{"headline":"Supported the borrowing and the annual rates","text":"Approved the water bonds, the water-rate increase and the sewer/stormwater schedule. These votes accepted both construction financing and the annual charges supporting the systems."},"Mitch Green":{"headline":"Opposed the bonds; supported annual rates","text":"Rejected the water bond authorization but approved the water-rate increase and sewer/stormwater schedule. His votes separated the construction-financing decision from annual utility funding."},"Olivia Clark":{"headline":"Supported the borrowing and the annual rates","text":"Approved the water bonds and both annual utility-rate schedules. On these votes, she accepted the financing package and the customer charges that support utility operations and obligations."},"Eric Zimmerman":{"headline":"Supported the bonds; opposed the rate increases","text":"Approved the water bond authorization, then opposed the water and sewer/stormwater rate schedules. He publicly placed those no votes within his concern about the cumulative cost of living."}}},{"id":"transportation","label":"Street funding & sidewalks","decisionIds":["street-fee","sidewalk-plan","transport-rates"],"question":"How should Portland pay for streets it already has?","context":"Portland’s street budget has struggled to keep up with deteriorating roads, missing sidewalks and safety needs. A monthly utility fee creates a steadier revenue source, but adds another recurring household and business expense. The comparison separates that new fee from the earlier sidewalk-planning resolution and the annual parking and permit schedule.","contrast":"Five of these six supported the new monthly fee; Zimmerman opposed it. Novick was the exception on the earlier sidewalk-program vote.","takeaway":"Our reading: Zimmerman helped determine how the fee would be spent while opposing its creation. Novick opposed one sidewalk framework but supported the broader revenue package; those are different decisions.","sources":[],"readings":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"headline":"Supported the fee and directed money to safety","text":"Backed the sidewalk framework and annual fee schedule. With Zimmerman, she secured the maintenance and safety allocation in the new utility fee, then voted to enact it."},"Angelita Morillo":{"headline":"Supported new revenue and the sidewalk framework","text":"Voted for the sidewalk program, the transportation utility fee and the annual transportation schedule. These choices accepted additional charges to support repairs and safety work."},"Steve Novick":{"headline":"Supported the fee; rejected the earlier sidewalk framework","text":"Voted against the 2025 sidewalk-program resolution but for the 2026 utility fee and annual transportation charges. His record does not fit a simple opposition-to-street-spending description."},"Mitch Green":{"headline":"Supported the fee and a review of business charges","text":"Backed all three measures. He and Clark added a process to reconsider how commercial properties are charged, reflecting that business utility use is not the same thing as road use."},"Olivia Clark":{"headline":"Favored stable revenue for repairs","text":"Supported all three measures and helped lead the utility-fee effort. Her public argument was that deferring maintenance would make future residents pay more."},"Eric Zimmerman":{"headline":"Opposed new charges, but shaped their use","text":"Supported the sidewalk framework, opposed the utility fee and annual transportation schedule, and helped direct the fee’s revenue toward maintenance and safety before its passage."}}},{"id":"arts-tax","label":"Arts tax & household costs","decisionIds":["arts-tax"],"question":"Preserve arts funding by charging fewer people more?","context":"The arts tax helps pay for elementary-school arts teachers and nonprofit arts organizations. Its flat assessment and separate filing requirement have also drawn criticism. The 2026 reform tried to maintain revenue while exempting more low-income residents; those still subject to the tax would pay a higher amount. Council’s disagreement was about that combination, not whether art itself has value.","contrast":"Koyama Lane, Morillo and Green backed the reform. Novick, Clark and Zimmerman voted no.","takeaway":"Our reading: the yes votes accepted a larger assessment paired with broader exemptions. Novick criticized the tax’s design; Zimmerman emphasized affordability and a public vote. The roll call alone does not supply Clark’s individual explanation.","sources":[]},{"id":"street-response","label":"Unarmed crisis response","decisionIds":["psr-framework","psr-committee"],"question":"What role should unarmed responders have in emergencies?","context":"Portland Street Response sends mental-health and medical responders to certain crises that do not require an armed police response. Council’s 2025 resolution sought a broader, co-equal role for that service and a community committee to help guide it. Whether to endorse that framework, how to staff it and who to appoint were separate decisions.","contrast":"Clark opposed the expansion framework, while the other five supported the final resolution. All six later backed committee appointments.","takeaway":"Our reading: the final June vote distinguishes Clark from the other five. Zimmerman changed from opposing the committee referral to supporting the amended Council resolution; Clark’s later appointment vote also belongs in the record.","sources":[],"readings":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"headline":"Supported the framework and community committee","text":"Backed the expanded unarmed-response framework in June and the committee appointments in December."},"Angelita Morillo":{"headline":"Supported expansion with an unarmed-service emphasis","text":"Backed both decisions. Her earlier joint statement supported expanding access while warning that police involvement could weaken trust in the service."},"Steve Novick":{"headline":"Supported the final expansion framework","text":"Supported sending the proposal forward from committee and voted for the final resolution and the later committee appointments."},"Mitch Green":{"headline":"Supported expansion with an unarmed-service emphasis","text":"Backed both decisions. His earlier joint statement favored preserving the service’s unarmed mission while expanding the situations it could respond to."},"Olivia Clark":{"headline":"Opposed the framework; supported later appointments","text":"Voted no on the June expansion resolution, then yes on seating its community committee in December. Those votes show a distinction between the framework and carrying out the appointments."},"Eric Zimmerman":{"headline":"Changed from a committee no to a final yes","text":"Opposed referral in April, then supported the amended resolution in June and committee appointments in December. Showing only the committee vote would misstate his final position."}}},{"id":"police-accountability","label":"Police accountability","decisionIds":["oversight-first-board","board-eligibility","board-removal","oversight-replacements","community-policing","oversight-funding"],"question":"Where did they agree on oversight—and where did they split?","context":"Portland has a new police-misconduct accountability system and a separate community-policing advisory committee. Council appointed the first accountability board, then split over two proposed removals: it rejected declaring Schuyler (Hugh) Halsey ineligible but approved removing alternate Bob Weinstein for cause. A later budget fight asked whether expected oversight underspending could pay for other services. These decisions reveal different coalitions within the same institution.","contrast":"All six supported the initial board. Novick joined Clark and Zimmerman on the unsuccessful eligibility removal, but joined Koyama Lane, Morillo and Green on removing the alternate.","takeaway":"Our reading: support for creating a functioning board did not settle disputes about its membership or budget. The separate removal votes and the June funding amendment are more revealing than a single “supports police oversight” label.","sources":[],"readings":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"headline":"Backed the board and protected its expected underspending","text":"Supported the initial and replacement appointments, rejected the proposed ineligibility removal and supported removing the alternate. She opposed Clark’s June proposal to use expected oversight underspending elsewhere."},"Angelita Morillo":{"headline":"Backed the board and protected its expected underspending","text":"Supported the appointments, rejected the proposed ineligibility removal and supported removing the alternate. She opposed the proposed use of expected oversight underspending for other services."},"Steve Novick":{"headline":"Supported both proposed removals and the funding alternative","text":"Supported the appointments and both proposed removals, though the eligibility motion failed. He also backed Clark’s proposal to use expected oversight underspending for selected service restorations."},"Mitch Green":{"headline":"Backed the board and protected its expected underspending","text":"Supported the appointments, rejected the proposed ineligibility removal and supported removing the alternate. He opposed using expected oversight underspending for the alternative service package."},"Olivia Clark":{"headline":"Split on membership; proposed using expected underspending","text":"Supported the first appointments, backed the failed eligibility removal, opposed removing the alternate and opposed the replacement package. She later proposed using expected oversight underspending to restore police and fire services."},"Eric Zimmerman":{"headline":"Split on membership; supported the funding alternative","text":"Supported the first appointments, backed the failed eligibility removal, opposed removing the alternate and opposed the replacement package. He supported Clark’s alternative use of expected oversight underspending."}}},{"id":"police-enforcement","label":"Police staffing & property enforcement","decisionIds":["police-staffing","nuisance-properties"],"question":"How much emphasis should the City put on police capacity and enforcement?","context":"Two debates concerned the reach of conventional policing. One requested a costed assessment of future staffing; the other expanded the tools used against properties associated with repeated criminal activity, including trafficking. The staffing resolution was a planning decision, while the nuisance ordinance changed enforcement rules. Neither should be confused with an immediate appropriation for more officers.","contrast":"Novick, Clark and Zimmerman supported both measures. Koyama Lane, Morillo and Green opposed both.","takeaway":"Our reading: these votes show a consistent difference over these specific policing initiatives. Novick’s public case for the nuisance ordinance emphasized trafficking survivors, students near McDaniel High School and the practical difficulty of documenting repeated incidents.","sources":[]},{"id":"firearms","label":"Firearms in public buildings","decisionIds":["firearms-table"],"question":"Proceed with building-specific gun restrictions, or put the proposal on hold?","context":"A change in state law allowed local governments to restrict licensed concealed carry in certain public buildings used for official meetings. Portland’s proposal addressed specified City facilities; it was not a prohibition on all firearms throughout Portland. As of September 18, the latest action was a committee decision to table the item after months of consideration.","contrast":"Zimmerman voted to table it. Morillo and Novick voted against that pause. The other three were not committee members.","takeaway":"The stage matters: a yes here means support for pausing the proposal, not support for the gun restriction. No final full-Council vote is available as of the review date.","sources":[]},{"id":"psychedelics","label":"Natural psychedelics","decisionIds":["psychedelics-referral"],"question":"Should personal use receive lower police priority?","context":"The proposal concerns non-commercial personal use of naturally occurring psychedelic plants and fungi. It would set a local enforcement priority and establish an advisory commission, while retaining enforcement against sales, impaired driving and unsafe conduct. A city enforcement priority would not repeal state or federal drug laws. The three incumbents serving on the committee supported advancing the amended proposal.","contrast":"Morillo, Novick and Zimmerman supported referral. Koyama Lane, Green and Clark had no vote in that committee.","takeaway":"This is a pending proposal, not an enacted legalization measure. The guide records the committee action without inventing final positions for members who have not had a full-Council vote.","sources":[]},{"id":"climate-fund","label":"Climate fund & general services","decisionIds":["climate-plan","climate-interest"],"question":"Which climate investments—and when should interest pay for other services?","context":"Voters created the Portland Clean Energy Community Benefits Fund to finance climate action with community benefits. Council now makes decisions about its large investment plan and about using interest earnings in the City’s general budget. Those are distinct choices: a councilor can support climate investments, oppose a particular allocation package and still support a specified use of interest for services.","contrast":"Morillo and Green opposed the amended investment plan. Morillo alone among these six opposed the May interest transfer; their later budget-restoration positions differed again.","takeaway":"Our reading: there is no single “protect or spend the climate fund” split. Compare the proposed uses and conditions. The budget section separately explains the June and July service-restoration amendments.","sources":[],"readings":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"headline":"Supported the plan and the May transfer","text":"Approved the investment-plan amendments and the transfer of audited interest to the general budget. She also supported later efforts to use additional interest for service restorations."},"Angelita Morillo":{"headline":"Opposed both May’s transfer and the final plan package","text":"Rejected these two measures but later promoted targeted service restorations using climate-fund interest. The terms and beneficiaries of a transfer matter to understanding her record."},"Steve Novick":{"headline":"Supported the plan and interest for selected services","text":"Approved both measures. In the later budget fight, he offered a smaller interest-funded restoration package rather than supporting every proposed use of the fund."},"Mitch Green":{"headline":"Opposed the plan package; supported the interest transfer","text":"Voted no on the final investment-plan amendments but yes on May’s interest transfer. He also backed later service-restoration proposals using interest earnings."},"Olivia Clark":{"headline":"Supported the plan and the May transfer","text":"Approved both measures. She later proposed paying for selected restorations with expected police-oversight underspending and backed July’s smaller package."},"Eric Zimmerman":{"headline":"Supported the plan and the May transfer","text":"Approved both measures but opposed the broader June service-restoration proposal. His record distinguishes this baseline interest transfer from further proposed spending."}}},{"id":"permitting","label":"Permitting & development costs","decisionIds":["permit-pause","permit-reform"],"question":"Reduce construction barriers—and who covers the public improvements?","context":"Some development permits trigger requirements for sidewalks, accessibility ramps, street trees or other site improvements. Pausing selected requirements can make projects less expensive, but it can also leave the City with work that private applicants would otherwise provide. Council paired temporary relief with a longer effort to make its codes and permitting process more consistent.","contrast":"All five incumbents present supported the 2025 pause; Zimmerman supported committee referral but missed the final vote. All six supported the next reform phase.","takeaway":"These measures show substantial agreement, along with a concrete tradeoff: easier development can defer public improvements or shift their costs. Whether the reforms deliver more homes and faster permits must be evaluated separately from these votes.","sources":[]},{"id":"parks-trees","label":"Parks, trees & public land","decisionIds":["parks-levy","urban-forest-plan","tree-responsibility","forest-park","sellwood"],"question":"Who should pay for and care for Portland’s parks and trees?","context":"The record includes a parks-tax referral, an urban-forest plan, a contested amendment about future City responsibility, a Forest Park land-use appeal and the transfer of a neighborhood community facility to its nonprofit operator. These decisions concern both public access and who bears maintenance costs. Their different legal effects matter: a planning commitment, a tax referral and a property transfer are not interchangeable.","contrast":"There was broad agreement on the final parks and forest decisions, but Koyama Lane and Morillo opposed adding conditional wording to the tree-responsibility plan.","takeaway":"Our reading: the forest-plan amendment reveals a difference concealed by the unanimous final vote. The parks levy and Sellwood transfer also show that public services can be supported through different funding and ownership arrangements.","sources":[],"readings":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"headline":"Supported the levy and a stronger tree-planning commitment","text":"Backed the parks-levy referral, final forest plan and Forest Park appeal. She opposed making the tree-responsibility planning instruction expressly conditional and was absent from the Sellwood transfer vote."},"Angelita Morillo":{"headline":"Supported the levy and a stronger tree-planning commitment","text":"Backed the levy referral, forest plan, Forest Park appeal and Sellwood transfer. She joined Koyama Lane in opposing the conditional wording added to the tree-responsibility plan."},"Steve Novick":{"headline":"Supported the levy and conditional tree planning","text":"Backed the final levy referral, forest plan, Forest Park appeal and Sellwood transfer. He supported qualifying the commitment to future City responsibility in the forest plan."},"Mitch Green":{"headline":"Supported the levy and conditional tree planning","text":"Backed all four final measures and supported the conditional wording in the tree-responsibility plan. On that amendment, he differed from Koyama Lane and Morillo."},"Olivia Clark":{"headline":"Supported the forest decisions and nonprofit transfer","text":"Backed the final forest plan, conditional tree-planning language, Forest Park appeal and Sellwood transfer. She was absent on the parks-levy referral, so that roll call supplies no yes or no vote."},"Eric Zimmerman":{"headline":"Supported the levy and conditional tree planning","text":"Backed the parks-levy referral, final forest plan, conditional wording, Forest Park appeal and Sellwood transfer. These votes combine support for public services with different ways of funding and maintaining them."}}},{"id":"traffic-transit","label":"Traffic safety & 82nd Avenue","decisionIds":["vision-zero","82nd-transit"],"question":"Where did they agree on safer streets and better transit?","context":"Vision Zero is the City’s effort to prevent traffic deaths and serious injuries. The 82nd Avenue project addresses slow and unreliable transit on a major corridor. Both received unanimous support, but they involve different work: coordinating safety measures across bureaus versus choosing the framework for a specific transit investment.","contrast":"All six supported both measures. Koyama Lane sponsored the Vision Zero resolution; Zimmerman added attention to traffic deaths among homeless residents.","takeaway":"There is shared ground here. Disagreements about new street fees elsewhere in the guide should not be used to erase these recorded votes for safety planning and transit development.","sources":[]},{"id":"privacy","label":"Privacy, surveillance & AI","decisionIds":["privacy-office","privacy-framework","data-centers"],"question":"How should City data and new technology be governed?","context":"Routine City records can reveal sensitive information about residents when shared, combined or reused. Council created a central privacy office and a framework for managing those risks, including surveillance and artificial intelligence. A separate data-center resolution addressed transparency and possible future restrictions on facilities; it did not impose a moratorium.","contrast":"All six supported the final privacy measures and data-center resolution. Zimmerman moved from opposing committee referral of the privacy framework to supporting the amended final version.","takeaway":"Our reading: the final votes show substantial agreement on public oversight of data and technology. Distinguish rules for City-held information from regulation of privately operated data centers.","sources":[]},{"id":"infrastructure","label":"Infrastructure & maintenance","decisionIds":["asset-strategy"],"question":"How should Portland prioritize its aging public assets?","context":"Bureaus maintain different inventories, budgets and standards for roads, buildings, utilities and other public assets. The citywide strategy was intended to make those needs comparable, identify financial gaps and help Council decide what to repair first. It also called for considering longer-term funding tools.","contrast":"All six supported developing the asset-management strategy.","takeaway":"The shared planning vote is useful context, but choices about actual borrowing and new charges appear in the water and street-funding comparisons. Supporting a strategy does not establish support for every future funding measure.","sources":[]},{"id":"governance","label":"Council powers, offices & oversight","decisionIds":["council-office-budget","committee-structure","council-priorities","surplus-inquiry"],"question":"How much capacity should Council build, and how should it exercise oversight?","context":"The new 12-member Council had to decide how to staff its offices, organize committee work, set priorities and obtain information from the administration. These choices affect who develops policy and how spending is scrutinized. They also carry tradeoffs between legislative capacity, administrative cooperation, transparency and the money left for direct services.","contrast":"Novick opposed the initial office-budget increase and the annual priority process. Zimmerman opposed the committee reorganization. The housing-funds inquiry split Koyama Lane, Morillo and Green from Novick, Clark and Zimmerman.","takeaway":"Our reading: these are disagreements about how the new government should work, not merely parliamentary housekeeping. Novick and Clark’s support for an alternative investigation matters when interpreting their no votes on the final inquiry.","sources":[],"readings":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"headline":"Supported added office resources and the public inquiry","text":"Backed the office-budget increase, committee reorganization, annual priority process and inquiry into housing funds. Her votes supported building Council’s policy and oversight capacity."},"Angelita Morillo":{"headline":"Supported added office resources and the public inquiry","text":"Backed the office-budget increase, priority-setting process and housing-funds inquiry. She was absent from the committee-reorganization vote."},"Steve Novick":{"headline":"Opposed higher office spending and the final inquiry process","text":"Rejected the office-budget increase and annual priority procedure, but supported reorganizing committees. On the housing funds, he backed an alternative administrative investigation or audit approach before opposing the final inquiry resolution."},"Mitch Green":{"headline":"Supported added office resources and the public inquiry","text":"Backed all four measures: office resources, committee reorganization, annual priority-setting and the public inquiry into how housing-fund information reached Council."},"Olivia Clark":{"headline":"Supported office capacity; preferred a different investigation","text":"Backed office resources, the committee structure and annual priorities. She supported an alternative investigation or audit approach to the housing funds, then opposed the final inquiry resolution."},"Eric Zimmerman":{"headline":"Supported office resources; opposed the reorganization and inquiry","text":"Backed the office-budget increase and annual priority-setting, but opposed the five-committee reorganization and the final housing-funds inquiry resolution."}}},{"id":"elections","label":"Campaign finance & elections","decisionIds":["small-donor","campaign-enforcement"],"question":"What rules should govern money in City elections?","context":"Portland has both limits and disclosure requirements for campaign money and a Small Donor Elections program that supplies public matching funds to qualifying candidates. Council considered revisions to program administration and, separately, changes to campaign-finance enforcement after a court ruling. These final votes show agreement among the six incumbents.","contrast":"All six backed the Small Donor Elections revisions and the amended campaign-finance enforcement code.","takeaway":"The votes describe their legislative choices. They do not by themselves evaluate any candidate’s fundraising practices or establish that all amendment debates were unanimous.","sources":[]},{"id":"labor","label":"Labor contracts & City workers","decisionIds":["labor-complaint","professional-workers","afscme-contract","trade-unions-contract","review-staff-contract"],"question":"Where did they agree on worker contracts—and where does the budget record differ?","context":"Council ratifies negotiated contracts setting pay, benefits and working conditions, then makes separate budget decisions about services and staffing. The major agreements here drew broad support. The layoff and restoration fights in the budget comparison reveal more disagreement than the contract votes themselves.","contrast":"All six supported the first Professional Workers contract and withdrawal of the labor-complaint authority. All five present supported the other three agreements.","takeaway":"Our reading: the contract votes do not justify labeling only one side of the later budget divide as supportive of workers. Compare negotiated terms alongside the specific jobs each member sought to retain or restore.","sources":[]},{"id":"children","label":"Children’s Levy & grant choices","decisionIds":["children-remand","children-grants"],"question":"Reconsider the grant awards, or move ahead to fund services?","context":"The Children’s Levy finances services through grants to outside organizations. In June 2025, Council first split over whether to send funding recommendations back, then returned to decide how to fund the next three years. The central distinction was whether to continue reconsidering the allocation process or proceed with the grant package.","contrast":"Koyama Lane, Morillo and Green backed reconsideration. Novick, Clark and Zimmerman opposed the remand. All six ultimately approved the grants.","takeaway":"Our reading: the disagreement concerned allocation and timing, followed by shared support for the final funding. A bare unanimous roll call would miss the dispute; a bare remand vote would miss the eventual resolution.","sources":[]},{"id":"sanctuary","label":"Sanctuary & officer identification","decisionIds":["sanctuary-code","protect-portland","officer-identification"],"question":"Where did shared support for sanctuary give way to disagreement?","context":"All six backed the October 2025 sanctuary and Protect Portland measures. A later ordinance went further into visible law-enforcement identification, facial coverings and procedures for checking claimed authority. The two sets of decisions show why a general label such as “supports sanctuary” is not enough to describe the methods a councilor will endorse.","contrast":"All six supported the sanctuary measures. Novick joined Koyama Lane, Morillo and Green on the identification ordinance; Clark and Zimmerman opposed it.","takeaway":"Our reading: the disagreement is over this additional enforcement and identification tool, within an earlier shared sanctuary position. The detention-facility fee comparison shows another distinct coalition.","sources":[],"readings":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"headline":"Supported sanctuary and the identification ordinance","text":"Backed both October sanctuary measures and the later law-enforcement identification and masking ordinance."},"Angelita Morillo":{"headline":"Supported sanctuary and the identification ordinance","text":"Backed the sanctuary measures and the later identification ordinance. These votes sit alongside her sponsorship of the separate detention-facility fee measure."},"Steve Novick":{"headline":"Supported identification rules, despite opposing detention fees","text":"Backed sanctuary and the identification ordinance, while opposing the separate detention-fee precedent. His choices vary with the local tool being proposed."},"Mitch Green":{"headline":"Supported sanctuary and the identification ordinance","text":"Backed the October sanctuary measures and the later identification rules. He also supported the separate detention-facility fees."},"Olivia Clark":{"headline":"Supported sanctuary; opposed the identification ordinance","text":"Backed both sanctuary measures and the detention-fee ordinance, but opposed the later identification and masking rules. Her record distinguishes among the proposed local responses."},"Eric Zimmerman":{"headline":"Supported sanctuary; opposed the identification ordinance","text":"Backed the October sanctuary measures, then opposed the later identification ordinance. He was absent from the separate final detention-fee vote."}}},{"id":"economy","label":"Business support & City investments","decisionIds":["storefront-plan","cully-plan","business-tax","investment-policy"],"question":"Which tools should support local businesses and guide public investment?","context":"Council considered storefront assistance, neighborhood investment, a larger business-tax exemption and ethical criteria for the City’s own investment portfolio. These are different tools with different beneficiaries. A councilor’s vote on one does not establish a general position for or against business.","contrast":"All six backed the business-tax exemption. Morillo opposed accepting the storefront plan; Zimmerman opposed the amended investment-policy resolution.","takeaway":"Our reading: the small-business tax vote shows common ground, while the storefront and investment-policy votes reveal disagreements about particular approaches. The ethical-investment resolution sought options; it did not enact a company blacklist.","sources":[],"readings":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"headline":"Backed tax relief, storefront support and ethical-policy work","text":"Supported the business-tax exemption, storefront report, Cully investment plan and amended investment-policy resolution."},"Angelita Morillo":{"headline":"Backed tax relief; opposed the storefront report","text":"Supported the larger business-tax exemption, Cully plan and ethical-investment work, but opposed accepting the storefront-support report. The report vote did not erase her support for those other business and investment tools."},"Steve Novick":{"headline":"Backed the four measures","text":"Supported the business-tax exemption, storefront report, Cully plan and amended investment-policy resolution. These votes combined tax relief, place-based investment and further ethical-policy work."},"Mitch Green":{"headline":"Backed the final measures after a committee disagreement","text":"Supported all four final measures. On Cully, he opposed committee referral before supporting the final plan, a change that a single-stage summary would miss."},"Olivia Clark":{"headline":"Backed tax relief, storefront support and the Cully plan","text":"Supported those three measures and was absent from the final investment-policy vote. Her absence supplies no final position on the ethical-policy amendment."},"Eric Zimmerman":{"headline":"Backed tax relief and storefront support; opposed the investment resolution","text":"Co-sponsored the tax exemption and supported the storefront report, but opposed the amended investment-policy resolution. He was absent from the final Cully-plan vote."}}},{"id":"public-memory","label":"Campesinos Boulevard & public recognition","decisionIds":["campesinos"],"question":"Whom should a public street honor?","context":"Council chose to honor farmworkers as a group through the name Campesinos Boulevard rather than continue the existing individual commemoration. The ordinance also addressed how the change would proceed: Council waived the usual renaming process and directed public notice and sign changes. The final vote occurred in September 2026 after earlier proposals had returned to committee.","contrast":"All six supported the renaming. Koyama Lane co-sponsored it; Novick and Clark also advanced changes adopted during the final consideration.","takeaway":"This is shared ground in the final record. Distinctions in their roles can be described without manufacturing a disagreement where the final votes were unanimous.","sources":[]},{"id":"animal-welfare","label":"Animal welfare & business rules","decisionIds":["force-fed-poultry"],"question":"Should animal-welfare concerns justify a local sales restriction?","context":"The foie gras debate asked whether Portland should prohibit products made by force-feeding poultry, and how to manage the transition for businesses that sell them. The policy creates a targeted market restriction to address a production practice. Council also considered amendments before reaching the final vote.","contrast":"Koyama Lane, Morillo, Novick and Green voted yes. Clark and Zimmerman voted no.","takeaway":"The vote identifies a concrete difference over local regulation of this practice. It does not support a sweeping judgment about either side’s concern for animals or businesses.","sources":[]}],"councilReaderVersion":"2026-09-19-context-1","councilReaderCopy":{"supplemental-budget":{"context":"In May 2025, Council moved about $1.9 million in proposed new police funding to park maintenance. In June and July 2026, the debates concerned restoring jobs and services facing cuts. Funding could come from interest earned by the climate fund, expected unspent police-oversight money, or reserves set aside for unexpected costs. July’s smaller plan used about $12.2 million in one-time money to preserve 30 positions and restore services.","contrast":"The councilors disagreed about which services to restore and which money should pay for them. Their votes also changed between the larger and smaller proposals.","takeaway":"Compare both the services and the funding source. Supporting park maintenance, police services or climate spending did not put a councilor on the same side of every budget vote.","readings":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"headline":"Favored restoring more services; rejected July’s smaller plan","text":"In 2025, supported moving about $1.9 million in proposed new police funding to park maintenance.\n\nIn 2026, backed using climate-fund interest to restore parks, fire rescue, unarmed police support and other city jobs. Opposed using money expected to go unspent by the police-accountability office, which oversees police misconduct.\n\nIn July, supported the larger plan to restore services. When it failed, voted against the smaller plan funded with reserves and other one-time money."},"Angelita Morillo":{"headline":"Favored restoring more services while keeping police-oversight money","text":"In 2025, supported moving proposed new police funding to park maintenance.\n\nIn June 2026, helped propose Services First: a plan using about $16 million in climate-fund interest, plus other money, to restore parks, fire rescue, unarmed police support and other city jobs. Opposed using money budgeted for investigating police misconduct that the accountability office was expected not to spend.\n\nIn July, backed the larger plan, then the smaller plan using reserves and other one-time money. Warned against later paying for it with police-oversight money."},"Steve Novick":{"headline":"Supported several ways to pay for a smaller set of services","text":"In 2025, supported moving proposed new police funding to park maintenance.\n\nIn June 2026, opposed the larger plan to restore parks, fire rescue, unarmed police support and other city jobs. Proposed using $8.42 million in climate-fund interest for a smaller mix of services and a business-tax reserve. Also supported using money expected to go unspent by the police-accountability office for police and fire services.\n\nIn July, supported the smaller plan to restore services using reserves and other one-time money."},"Mitch Green":{"headline":"Favored restoring more services, then accepted a smaller plan","text":"In 2025, supported moving proposed new police funding to park maintenance.\n\nIn June 2026, helped propose Services First: a plan using about $16 million in climate-fund interest, plus other money, to restore parks, fire rescue, unarmed police support and other city jobs. Opposed using money budgeted for investigating police misconduct that the accountability office was expected not to spend.\n\nIn July, supported the larger plan to restore services. After it failed, supported the smaller plan funded with reserves and other one-time money."},"Olivia Clark":{"headline":"Favored police and fire services, using expected police-oversight savings","text":"In 2025, opposed moving proposed new police funding to park maintenance.\n\nIn June 2026, proposed $7.68 million for police support, training and fire rescue. Her plan would use reserves first, then repay them with expected unspent money from the office overseeing police misconduct. Those savings were a forecast, not money already available.\n\nOpposed both June alternatives using climate-fund interest to restore parks, public-safety support and other services. In July, supported the smaller plan to restore services using reserves and other one-time money."},"Eric Zimmerman":{"headline":"Kept the proposed police increase; opposed the overall annual budget","text":"In 2025, opposed moving proposed new police funding to park maintenance.\n\nIn June 2026, supported using money expected to go unspent by the police-accountability office for police and fire services. Opposed both June alternatives using climate-fund interest to restore parks, public-safety support and other services, and voted against the overall 2026–27 budget.\n\nIn July, supported the smaller plan to restore services using reserves and other one-time money."}}},"zenith":{"context":"Zenith operates a fuel terminal in Northwest Portland. Its agreement with the City allows fuel pipelines in public streets and sets conditions on that use. Council considered investigating how the agreement was granted, allowing residents to sue over violations, and transferring the agreement to a new owner. These were three separate decisions.","contrast":"Koyama Lane, Morillo and Green supported giving residents a right to enforce the pipeline agreement in court. Novick, Clark and Zimmerman opposed that condition and supported the ownership transfer.","takeaway":"The City’s February 2026 investigation and outside legal review found no basis to revoke the agreement. The transfer vote failed on September 16; reconsideration was scheduled for September 23 as of this guide’s September 18 review. None of these votes closed the terminal.","readings":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"headline":"Supported an investigation and a right for residents to sue","text":"Supported investigating Zenith’s pipeline agreement in 2025. In 2026, supported allowing residents to sue to enforce its conditions. After that condition failed, opposed transferring the agreement to the new owner."},"Angelita Morillo":{"headline":"Helped propose a right for residents to enforce the agreement","text":"Supported investigating Zenith’s pipeline agreement. With Green, proposed allowing residents to sue over violations of its conditions. After Council rejected that condition, opposed transferring the agreement to the new owner."},"Steve Novick":{"headline":"Opposed the investigation; supported the transfer","text":"In 2025, sought to remove disputed introductory language and attachments, then opposed investigating Zenith’s pipeline agreement. In 2026, opposed giving residents an added right to sue over its conditions and supported transferring the agreement to the new owner."},"Mitch Green":{"headline":"Helped propose a right for residents to enforce the agreement","text":"Supported investigating Zenith’s pipeline agreement. With Morillo, proposed allowing residents to sue over violations of its conditions. After Council rejected that condition, opposed transferring the agreement to the new owner."},"Olivia Clark":{"headline":"Supported investigating the agreement, but opposed the right to sue","text":"Sought changes to the 2025 proposal to investigate Zenith’s pipeline agreement, then supported the investigation. In 2026, opposed giving residents an added right to sue over its conditions and supported transferring the agreement to the new owner."},"Eric Zimmerman":{"headline":"Supported investigating the agreement, but opposed the right to sue","text":"Sought changes to the 2025 proposal to investigate Zenith’s pipeline agreement, then supported the investigation. In 2026, opposed giving residents an added right to sue over its conditions and supported transferring the agreement to the new owner."}}},"water":{"context":"Portland is building a filtration system for its Bull Run drinking-water supply. Council voted separately on borrowing money for construction and increasing annual water charges. A third vote set sewer and stormwater charges. A vote for borrowing does not tell you how someone voted on customer bills.","contrast":"Green opposed borrowing for the water project but supported higher water charges. Koyama Lane and Zimmerman supported the borrowing but opposed the higher charges.","takeaway":"Read the construction and customer-bill votes together. Morillo opposed both water measures but supported the separate sewer and stormwater charges.","readings":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"headline":"Supported construction borrowing; opposed higher utility charges","text":"Approved borrowing through bonds for the Bull Run water-filtration project. Opposed the annual water-rate increase and the separate sewer and stormwater charges."},"Angelita Morillo":{"headline":"Opposed the water borrowing and higher water charges","text":"Opposed borrowing through bonds for the Bull Run water-filtration project and the annual water-rate increase. Supported the separate sewer and stormwater charges."},"Steve Novick":{"headline":"Supported water-project borrowing and the annual utility charges","text":"Approved borrowing through bonds for the Bull Run water-filtration project. Also supported the annual water-rate increase and the separate sewer and stormwater charges."},"Mitch Green":{"headline":"Opposed construction borrowing; supported the annual charges","text":"Opposed borrowing through bonds for the Bull Run water-filtration project. Supported the annual water-rate increase and the separate sewer and stormwater charges."},"Olivia Clark":{"headline":"Supported water-project borrowing and the annual utility charges","text":"Approved borrowing through bonds for the Bull Run water-filtration project. Also supported the annual water-rate increase and the separate sewer and stormwater charges."},"Eric Zimmerman":{"headline":"Supported construction borrowing; opposed higher utility charges","text":"Approved borrowing through bonds for the Bull Run water-filtration project. Opposed the annual water-rate increase and the separate sewer and stormwater charges, citing the combined burden of rising living costs."}}},"transportation":{"context":"Council considered a new monthly transportation fee to help pay for street maintenance and safety. Separate votes concerned a plan for sidewalks and annual parking and permit charges. The debate involved both raising money and deciding how that money would be spent.","contrast":"Five of the six supported the new monthly street fee; Zimmerman opposed it. Novick opposed the earlier sidewalk-planning proposal but supported the fee.","takeaway":"A councilor could oppose a new charge while still helping decide how its revenue should be used. These votes concern different proposals, not a single yes-or-no choice about repairing streets.","readings":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"headline":"Supported the street fee and set priorities for spending it","text":"Supported the sidewalk plan, annual parking and permit charges, and the new monthly transportation fee. With Zimmerman, secured a requirement directing the new fee’s money toward maintenance and safety."},"Angelita Morillo":{"headline":"Supported new street funding and the sidewalk plan","text":"Supported the sidewalk plan, annual parking and permit charges, and the new monthly transportation fee. The fee adds a recurring charge to help pay for road repairs and safety work."},"Steve Novick":{"headline":"Supported the street fee; opposed the earlier sidewalk plan","text":"Opposed the 2025 proposal to organize a sidewalk program. Supported the 2026 monthly transportation fee and annual parking and permit charges. His vote against that sidewalk proposal was not a vote against all street spending."},"Mitch Green":{"headline":"Supported the fee and reconsidering how businesses are charged","text":"Supported the sidewalk plan, annual parking and permit charges, and the new monthly transportation fee. With Clark, added a process to review how commercial properties would be charged, because utility use and road use are different."},"Olivia Clark":{"headline":"Supported a steady source of money for street repairs","text":"Supported the sidewalk plan, annual parking and permit charges, and the new monthly transportation fee. Helped lead the fee proposal and argued that delaying maintenance would leave future residents with higher repair costs."},"Eric Zimmerman":{"headline":"Opposed the new charges, but helped direct the spending","text":"Supported the sidewalk plan but opposed the new monthly transportation fee and annual parking and permit charges. Before the fee passed, worked with Koyama Lane to direct its money toward maintenance and safety."}}},"street-response":{"context":"Portland Street Response sends unarmed mental-health and medical responders to certain emergencies. Council considered expanding its role and creating a community committee to help guide it. Voting for that direction and later choosing committee members were separate decisions.","contrast":"Clark opposed the final June 2025 plan to expand the service; the other five supported it. All six later supported appointing the community committee.","takeaway":"Zimmerman opposed advancing an earlier version from committee, then supported the revised plan. Clark opposed the plan but later supported filling the committee’s seats.","readings":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"headline":"Supported expanding unarmed response and appointing its advisers","text":"Supported the June 2025 plan to expand Portland Street Response, which sends unarmed mental-health and medical responders to certain crises. In December, supported appointing its community advisory committee."},"Angelita Morillo":{"headline":"Supported expansion while protecting the service’s unarmed role","text":"Supported the plan to expand Portland Street Response and later appoint its community advisers. In an earlier joint statement, warned that police involvement could weaken trust in this unarmed crisis-response service."},"Steve Novick":{"headline":"Supported the expansion plan and community advisers","text":"Supported advancing the Portland Street Response proposal from committee, adopting the final plan to expand unarmed crisis response, and later appointing its community advisory committee."},"Mitch Green":{"headline":"Supported expansion while protecting the service’s unarmed role","text":"Supported the plan to expand Portland Street Response and later appoint its community advisers. In an earlier joint statement, favored keeping the service unarmed while expanding the situations its mental-health and medical responders could handle."},"Olivia Clark":{"headline":"Opposed the expansion plan; supported appointing the advisers","text":"Opposed the June 2025 plan to expand Portland Street Response, the unarmed crisis-response service. In December, supported appointing the community committee that would help guide it."},"Eric Zimmerman":{"headline":"Opposed an earlier version, then supported the revised plan","text":"In April 2025, opposed advancing the Portland Street Response proposal from committee. In June, supported the revised plan to expand unarmed crisis response. In December, supported appointing its community advisory committee."}}},"police-accountability":{"context":"Portland’s police-accountability board is part of its system for investigating police misconduct. Council voted on its members and on whether money budgeted for oversight, but expected to go unspent, should pay for police and fire services instead. Two separate removal votes concerned member Schuyler (Hugh) Halsey’s eligibility and alternate Bob Weinstein’s conduct.","contrast":"All six supported the first board appointments. They split over removing members and using the oversight office’s expected unspent money for other services.","takeaway":"Council rejected the proposed eligibility-based removal of Halsey but approved removing Weinstein. Those are separate decisions from establishing the board or funding its work.","readings":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"headline":"Supported the board and keeping its budgeted money for oversight","text":"Supported the first board appointments and later replacements. Opposed removing Halsey over eligibility, but supported removing alternate member Bob Weinstein over his conduct. Opposed using money the police-accountability office was expected not to spend for police and fire services instead."},"Angelita Morillo":{"headline":"Supported the board and keeping its budgeted money for oversight","text":"Supported the first board appointments and later replacements. Opposed removing Halsey over eligibility, but supported removing alternate member Bob Weinstein over his conduct. Opposed using money the police-accountability office was expected not to spend for police and fire services instead."},"Steve Novick":{"headline":"Supported both removals and using expected savings for services","text":"Supported board appointments and both proposed removals: Halsey over eligibility and alternate member Bob Weinstein over his conduct. Also supported Clark’s plan to use money expected to go unspent by the police-accountability office for police and fire services."},"Mitch Green":{"headline":"Supported the board and keeping its budgeted money for oversight","text":"Supported the first board appointments and later replacements. Opposed removing Halsey over eligibility, but supported removing alternate member Bob Weinstein over his conduct. Opposed using money the police-accountability office was expected not to spend for police and fire services instead."},"Olivia Clark":{"headline":"Split on board membership; proposed using expected savings","text":"Supported the first board appointments and removing Halsey over eligibility. Opposed removing alternate member Bob Weinstein over his conduct and opposed the later replacement appointments. Proposed using reserves for police and fire services, then repaying them with money the police-accountability office was expected not to spend."},"Eric Zimmerman":{"headline":"Split on board membership; supported using expected savings","text":"Supported the first board appointments and removing Halsey over eligibility. Opposed removing alternate member Bob Weinstein over his conduct and opposed the later replacement appointments. Supported Clark’s plan to use money expected to go unspent by the police-accountability office for police and fire services."}}},"climate-fund":{"context":"The Portland Clean Energy Community Benefits Fund pays for climate-related projects. Council voted on changes to its investment plan and, separately, on moving interest earned by the fund into the City’s general budget. Later budget votes proposed additional uses of that interest to restore jobs and services.","contrast":"Morillo and Green opposed the final investment-plan changes. Morillo was the only one of these six to oppose the May interest transfer. Their votes on later uses of interest differed again.","takeaway":"Using interest for one purpose does not establish support for every use of the fund. The budget comparison names the services and funding sources in the later proposals.","readings":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"headline":"Supported the climate plan and transferring interest to city services","text":"Approved changes to the climate fund’s investment plan and the May transfer of audited interest earnings into the City’s general budget. Later supported using additional climate-fund interest to restore jobs and services facing cuts."},"Angelita Morillo":{"headline":"Opposed these two measures; later supported a different use of interest","text":"Opposed the final climate-investment changes and the May transfer of interest to the general budget. Later helped propose using climate-fund interest specifically to restore parks, fire rescue, unarmed police support and other city jobs."},"Steve Novick":{"headline":"Supported the plan and using interest for selected services","text":"Approved the climate-investment changes and the May interest transfer to the general budget. Later proposed a smaller plan using climate-fund interest for selected services and a business-tax reserve, while opposing the larger proposal for parks, fire rescue, unarmed police support and other city jobs."},"Mitch Green":{"headline":"Opposed the investment-plan changes; supported transferring interest","text":"Opposed the final changes to the climate fund’s investment plan but supported the May transfer of interest to the general budget. Later backed using additional interest to restore parks, fire rescue, unarmed police support and other city jobs."},"Olivia Clark":{"headline":"Supported the climate plan and the May interest transfer","text":"Approved the climate-investment changes and the May transfer of interest to the general budget. Later proposed restoring police and fire services with money expected to go unspent by the police-accountability office, and backed July’s smaller plan using reserves and other one-time money."},"Eric Zimmerman":{"headline":"Supported the climate plan and the May interest transfer","text":"Approved the climate-investment changes and the May transfer of interest to the general budget. Opposed the later Services First proposal to use additional interest for parks, fire rescue, unarmed police support and other city jobs."}}},"parks-trees":{"context":"Council voted on asking voters to renew and increase a parks property tax, planning for tree care, rejecting a power-line proposal in Forest Park, and selling Sellwood Community House to its nonprofit operator. A disputed change to the tree plan made clear that the City taking on more tree-care responsibility depended on a future decision to carry it out.","contrast":"Koyama Lane and Morillo opposed weakening the commitment to plan for City responsibility for street trees. The other four supported that wording change. All six supported the final forest plan.","takeaway":"The parks vote put a tax proposal on the ballot; it did not itself approve the tax. The tree plan did not immediately shift residents’ maintenance duties to the City. The Sellwood sale required the property to keep serving a public benefit.","readings":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"headline":"Supported a parks-tax vote and a firmer commitment on tree care","text":"Supported putting a five-year parks property tax before voters and adopting the forest plan. Opposed wording that made future City responsibility for street trees more conditional. Supported overturning approval of the Forest Park power-line proposal. Was absent from the Sellwood Community House sale vote."},"Angelita Morillo":{"headline":"Supported a parks-tax vote and a firmer commitment on tree care","text":"Supported putting a five-year parks property tax before voters and adopting the forest plan. Opposed wording that made future City responsibility for street trees more conditional. Supported overturning the Forest Park power-line approval and selling Sellwood Community House to its nonprofit operator, with a public-benefit requirement."},"Steve Novick":{"headline":"Supported the parks-tax vote and leaving tree-care changes conditional","text":"Supported putting a five-year parks property tax before voters. Backed the forest plan and wording that left expanded City responsibility for street trees dependent on future implementation. Supported overturning the Forest Park power-line approval and selling Sellwood Community House to its nonprofit operator, with a public-benefit requirement."},"Mitch Green":{"headline":"Supported the parks-tax vote and leaving tree-care changes conditional","text":"Supported putting a five-year parks property tax before voters. Backed the forest plan and wording that left expanded City responsibility for street trees dependent on future implementation. Supported overturning the Forest Park power-line approval and selling Sellwood Community House to its nonprofit operator, with a public-benefit requirement."},"Olivia Clark":{"headline":"Supported the forest plan and Sellwood sale; missed the parks-tax vote","text":"Supported the forest plan and wording that left expanded City responsibility for street trees dependent on future implementation. Supported overturning the Forest Park power-line approval and selling Sellwood Community House to its nonprofit operator, with a public-benefit requirement. Was absent when Council put the parks tax before voters."},"Eric Zimmerman":{"headline":"Supported the parks-tax vote and leaving tree-care changes conditional","text":"Supported putting a five-year parks property tax before voters. Backed the forest plan and wording that left expanded City responsibility for street trees dependent on future implementation. Supported overturning the Forest Park power-line approval and selling Sellwood Community House to its nonprofit operator, with a public-benefit requirement."}}},"governance":{"context":"Portland’s new Council voted on money for its offices, how to organize policy committees, and a yearly process for setting priorities. It also considered a public inquiry into unspent money from the rental-registration program and how city administrators had told Council about that money during budget discussions.","contrast":"Koyama Lane, Morillo and Green supported the public housing-funds inquiry. Novick, Clark and Zimmerman opposed it; Novick and Clark had supported a different investigation or audit approach.","takeaway":"The inquiry vote concerned how to obtain and examine information; it was not a finding of wrongdoing. Office budgets, committee structure and the inquiry were separate decisions.","readings":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"headline":"Supported more office resources and a public housing-funds inquiry","text":"Supported increasing Council office budgets, replacing eight policy committees with five, and creating an annual priority-setting process. Also supported a public inquiry into unspent rental-registration money and how administrators informed Council about it."},"Angelita Morillo":{"headline":"Supported more office resources and a public housing-funds inquiry","text":"Supported increasing Council office budgets, setting annual priorities, and a public inquiry into unspent rental-registration money and how administrators informed Council about it. Was absent from the vote to replace eight policy committees with five."},"Steve Novick":{"headline":"Opposed higher office spending and preferred a different inquiry","text":"Opposed increasing Council office budgets and the annual priority-setting process, but supported replacing eight policy committees with five. Supported an alternative investigation by administrators or the Auditor into the rental-registration money, then opposed the final public-inquiry proposal."},"Mitch Green":{"headline":"Supported more office resources and a public housing-funds inquiry","text":"Supported increasing Council office budgets, replacing eight policy committees with five, and creating an annual priority-setting process. Also supported a public inquiry into unspent rental-registration money and how administrators informed Council about it."},"Olivia Clark":{"headline":"Supported office resources; preferred a different investigation","text":"Supported increasing Council office budgets, reorganizing policy committees, and setting annual priorities. Supported an alternative investigation by administrators or the Auditor into unspent rental-registration money, then opposed the final public-inquiry proposal."},"Eric Zimmerman":{"headline":"Supported office resources; opposed the committee change and inquiry","text":"Supported increasing Council office budgets and setting annual priorities. Opposed replacing eight policy committees with five and opposed the final public inquiry into unspent rental-registration money and how administrators informed Council about it."}}},"sanctuary":{"context":"Sanctuary policies limit the City’s role in federal immigration enforcement. All six supported Portland’s October 2025 protections. A later proposal required visible law-enforcement identification, restricted facial coverings and set procedures for checking officers’ claimed authority. Council voted separately on fees for privately owned detention facilities.","contrast":"Novick joined Koyama Lane, Morillo and Green in supporting the officer-identification rules. Clark and Zimmerman opposed those rules despite supporting the earlier sanctuary measures.","takeaway":"These votes distinguish specific local responses to immigration enforcement. Agreement on sanctuary protections did not settle the separate choices about officer identification or detention-facility fees.","readings":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"headline":"Supported sanctuary protections and officer-identification rules","text":"Supported the October measures limiting the City’s role in federal immigration enforcement. Later supported rules on visible officer identification, facial coverings and checking claimed law-enforcement authority."},"Angelita Morillo":{"headline":"Supported sanctuary protections, identification rules and detention fees","text":"Supported the October sanctuary measures and later rules on visible officer identification, facial coverings and checking claimed authority. Also sponsored the separate proposal to charge qualifying private detention facilities for local impacts."},"Steve Novick":{"headline":"Supported officer-identification rules; opposed detention-facility fees","text":"Supported sanctuary protections and later rules on officer identification, facial coverings and checking claimed authority. Opposed the separate detention-facility fees because of the precedent for charging landlords for protest-related costs."},"Mitch Green":{"headline":"Supported sanctuary protections, identification rules and detention fees","text":"Supported sanctuary protections and later rules on officer identification, facial coverings and checking claimed authority. Also supported the separate fees for qualifying privately owned detention facilities."},"Olivia Clark":{"headline":"Supported sanctuary protections; opposed officer-identification rules","text":"Supported the October sanctuary measures and the separate detention-facility fees. Opposed the later rules on visible officer identification, facial coverings and checking claimed law-enforcement authority."},"Eric Zimmerman":{"headline":"Supported sanctuary protections; opposed officer-identification rules","text":"Supported the October sanctuary measures but opposed the later rules on visible officer identification, facial coverings and checking claimed authority. Was absent from the final vote on the separate detention-facility fees."}}},"economy":{"context":"Council considered exempting more small businesses from the business-license tax, a plan to help struggling storefronts, investment in the Cully neighborhood, and possible ethical standards for investing City money. Cully’s plan uses growth in designated property-tax revenue for local housing, anti-displacement work and other neighborhood priorities.","contrast":"All six supported the larger business-tax exemption. Morillo opposed accepting the storefront-support report. Zimmerman opposed the investment-policy resolution that called for ethical-investment options.","takeaway":"Accepting a plan does not fund every project in it. The investment vote requested options considering human rights, labor, environmental and consumer impacts; it did not create a list of companies the City must stop investing in.","readings":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"headline":"Supported business-tax relief, neighborhood investment and ethical options","text":"Supported exempting more small businesses from the business-license tax, accepting a storefront-support plan, and Cully’s investment plan for housing and neighborhood needs. Also supported developing ethical options for investing City money."},"Angelita Morillo":{"headline":"Supported business-tax relief; opposed the storefront-support report","text":"Supported the larger small-business tax exemption, Cully’s housing and neighborhood investment plan, and work on ethical options for investing City money. Opposed accepting the report proposing responses to vacant storefronts and business-support needs."},"Steve Novick":{"headline":"Supported business-tax relief, neighborhood investment and ethical options","text":"Supported exempting more small businesses from the business-license tax, accepting a storefront-support plan, and Cully’s investment plan for housing and neighborhood needs. Also supported developing ethical options for investing City money."},"Mitch Green":{"headline":"Supported the final measures, including a revised position on Cully","text":"Supported the small-business tax exemption, storefront-support plan, Cully investment plan and work on ethical options for investing City money. Earlier opposed advancing the Cully plan from committee, then supported the final neighborhood plan."},"Olivia Clark":{"headline":"Supported tax relief and local investment; missed the investment-policy vote","text":"Supported the larger small-business tax exemption, storefront-support plan, and Cully’s housing and neighborhood investment plan. Was absent from the final vote on developing ethical options for investing City money."},"Eric Zimmerman":{"headline":"Supported business-tax relief; opposed the investment-policy resolution","text":"Co-sponsored the larger small-business tax exemption and supported accepting the storefront-support report. Opposed the resolution calling for ethical options for investing City money. Was absent from the final vote on Cully’s housing and neighborhood investment plan."}}},"camp-removal":{"context":"In November 2025, Council considered moving about $4.3 million from the program that clears homeless camps into a package supporting city personnel, housing, food and immigration services. The proposal failed. It would have changed spending, not repealed the criminal camping ban.","contrast":"Morillo proposed the change; Koyama Lane and Green supported it. Novick opposed it. Clark and Zimmerman were absent.","takeaway":"All six also supported the broader housing strategy and City–County homelessness plan. Their agreement on those goals did not resolve how much to spend on clearing camps.","readings":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"headline":"Supported moving camp-removal money to other services","text":"Supported Morillo’s proposal to move about $4.3 million from clearing homeless camps into a package supporting personnel, housing, food and immigration services. The proposal failed."},"Angelita Morillo":{"headline":"Proposed moving camp-removal money to other services","text":"Proposed moving about $4.3 million from clearing homeless camps into a package supporting personnel, housing, food and immigration services. Argued that repeated removals and overnight shelter were not enough. The proposal failed."},"Steve Novick":{"headline":"Opposed moving the camp-removal money in this proposal","text":"Opposed moving about $4.3 million from camp removals to personnel and social-service support. Said five days was too little time to consider a major policy change and wanted a fuller debate before cutting the program."},"Mitch Green":{"headline":"Supported moving camp-removal money to other services","text":"Supported moving about $4.3 million from clearing homeless camps into a package supporting personnel, housing, food and immigration services. Argued that removals were ineffective and harmed people living outside. The proposal failed."},"Olivia Clark":{"headline":"Absent from the camp-removal spending vote","text":"Was absent when Council voted on moving about $4.3 million from camp removals to personnel and social-service support. This roll call records no position for or against that proposal."},"Eric Zimmerman":{"headline":"Absent from the camp-removal spending vote","text":"Was absent when Council voted on moving about $4.3 million from camp removals to personnel and social-service support. This roll call records no position for or against that proposal."}}},"rental-pricing":{"context":"Council voted on restricting software that helps landlords coordinate rents, temporarily waiving some fees builders pay for public infrastructure, and removing the buyer-income limit for certain homes that already qualified for an affordable-housing fee exemption. The last change applied to homes permitted before 2026; buyers still had to live in them and meet the sale-price rules.","contrast":"Koyama Lane, Morillo and Green supported the rent-software restriction; Clark opposed it. On the separate buyer-income rule, Morillo, Novick, Green and Clark supported removing the limit; Koyama Lane and Zimmerman opposed removing it.","takeaway":"These policies affect different parts of housing costs. Support for reducing construction fees does not predict a councilor’s position on rent-setting software or who should qualify for an affordable-housing benefit.","readings":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"headline":"Supported restricting rent-setting software","text":"Co-sponsored and supported the restriction on software that lets landlords coordinate rents. Also supported the temporary housing-construction fee waiver, but opposed removing the buyer-income limit for certain homes already receiving an affordable-housing fee exemption."},"Angelita Morillo":{"headline":"Introduced the rent-software restriction; supported the income-rule change","text":"Introduced the restriction on software that lets landlords coordinate rents, revising it to exempt affordable housing and landlords with fewer than six units. Also supported the construction-fee waiver and removing the buyer-income limit for certain previously approved, fee-exempt homes."},"Steve Novick":{"headline":"Missed the rent-software vote; supported the two fee-related changes","text":"Was absent from the final vote on restricting landlords’ rent-setting software. Supported temporarily waiving housing-construction fees and removing the buyer-income limit for certain homes already receiving an affordable-housing fee exemption."},"Mitch Green":{"headline":"Supported restricting rent-setting software and the income-rule change","text":"Co-sponsored and supported the restriction on software that lets landlords coordinate rents. Also supported the construction-fee waiver and removing the buyer-income limit for certain homes already receiving an affordable-housing fee exemption."},"Olivia Clark":{"headline":"Opposed the rent-software restriction; supported the income-rule change","text":"Opposed restricting landlords’ rent-setting software, citing housing-investment and lawsuit concerns. Was absent from the final construction-fee waiver vote. Supported removing the buyer-income limit for certain homes already receiving an affordable-housing fee exemption."},"Eric Zimmerman":{"headline":"Missed the rent-software vote; opposed removing the buyer-income limit","text":"Was absent from the final vote on restricting landlords’ rent-setting software. Supported the temporary construction-fee waiver, but opposed removing the buyer-income limit for certain homes already receiving an affordable-housing fee exemption."}}},"moda":{"context":"Council approved proposed negotiating terms for the Moda Center arena: $120 million for renovation and $275 million for future building needs over 20 years. These were non-binding terms, not a final construction contract. A separate vote advanced plans for a new performing-arts venue at Portland State University and a smaller Keller Auditorium.","contrast":"Koyama Lane, Morillo and Green opposed the arena terms; Novick, Clark and Zimmerman supported them. Green joined the latter three in supporting the separate performing-arts planning proposal.","takeaway":"Compare what each vote actually committed the City to. The arena vote set negotiating terms; the performing-arts vote authorized planning rather than a full construction budget.","readings":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"headline":"Rejected the arena terms after seeking stronger financial conditions","text":"Supported charging the arena tenant more rent and requiring a report on what other public spending might be displaced by the deal. Then opposed the proposed Moda Center terms. Also opposed the separate plan for a new Portland State University performing-arts venue and a smaller Keller Auditorium."},"Angelita Morillo":{"headline":"Sought more financial safeguards before an arena commitment","text":"Helped propose a report on what other public spending might be displaced by the Moda Center deal. That requirement failed; she opposed the arena terms, saying the City needed to know the funding source and public return. Also opposed the separate Portland State University and Keller Auditorium planning proposal."},"Steve Novick":{"headline":"Raised the proposed arena rent, then supported the terms","text":"Won a change raising the arena tenant’s proposed annual rent from $2 million to $3.17 million, then supported the Moda Center negotiating terms. Also supported planning a new Portland State University performing-arts venue and a smaller Keller Auditorium."},"Mitch Green":{"headline":"Rejected the arena cost; supported performing-arts planning","text":"Tried to remove the proposed $275 million commitment for future Moda Center building needs. After that change failed, opposed the arena terms. Supported the separate planning proposal for a new Portland State University performing-arts venue and a smaller Keller Auditorium."},"Olivia Clark":{"headline":"Supported the arena terms while opposing the higher proposed rent","text":"Opposed increasing the arena tenant’s proposed annual rent from $2 million to $3.17 million, then supported the revised Moda Center terms. Emphasized the opportunity for state matching investment. Also supported the separate Portland State University and Keller Auditorium performing-arts planning proposal."},"Eric Zimmerman":{"headline":"Supported the arena terms while opposing the higher proposed rent","text":"Opposed increasing the arena tenant’s proposed annual rent from $2 million to $3.17 million, then supported the revised Moda Center terms. Previously argued that the state investment could support jobs and events. Also supported the separate Portland State University and Keller Auditorium performing-arts planning proposal."}}},"detention-fees":{"context":"Council considered charging owners of qualifying private detention facilities for local impacts and setting rules to address harms such as chemical contamination. The lease-related fee would apply when a lease was renewed. The ordinance did not close the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility, commonly called ICE.","contrast":"Koyama Lane, Morillo, Green and Clark supported the fees and rules. Novick opposed them. Zimmerman was absent from the final vote.","takeaway":"Novick’s stated concern was the precedent for charging landlords for protest-related impacts. This vote concerned a specific local response to detention facilities, not whether a councilor supported federal immigration enforcement.","readings":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"headline":"Supported fees for detention facilities’ local impacts","text":"Supported charging qualifying private detention facilities for local impacts and adopting rules to address harms such as chemical contamination. The ordinance did not close the ICE facility."},"Angelita Morillo":{"headline":"Introduced fees and rules for detention facilities’ local impacts","text":"Introduced and supported the fees and rules for qualifying private detention facilities. Argued that Portland should use the local tools available to respond to detention-related harms. The ordinance did not close the ICE facility."},"Steve Novick":{"headline":"Opposed charging detention-facility landlords for these impacts","text":"Opposed the detention-facility fees and rules. Questioned the precedent of charging landlords for protest-related costs, including whether the same approach would be acceptable outside an abortion clinic."},"Mitch Green":{"headline":"Supported fees for detention facilities’ local impacts","text":"Supported charging qualifying private detention facilities for local impacts and adopting rules to address harms such as chemical contamination. The ordinance did not close the ICE facility."},"Olivia Clark":{"headline":"Supported fees for detention facilities’ local impacts","text":"Supported charging qualifying private detention facilities for local impacts and adopting rules to address harms such as chemical contamination. The ordinance did not close the ICE facility."},"Eric Zimmerman":{"headline":"Absent from the final detention-facility vote","text":"Was absent from the final vote on fees and rules for qualifying private detention facilities. This roll call records no vote for or against that ordinance."}}},"shared-ground":{"context":"All six councilors voted to exempt more small businesses from the business-license tax. They also supported disclosing major data-center inquiries and pursuing restrictions on those facilities. Data centers house large amounts of computing equipment; the vote called for further policy work rather than imposing a ban.","contrast":"These final votes show agreement among all six incumbents, despite their disagreements on other issues.","takeaway":"The business-tax exemption is based on gross receipts—the money a business receives before subtracting expenses. The data-center resolution did not itself stop new facilities from being approved.","readings":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"headline":"Supported small-business tax relief and data-center disclosure","text":"Supported exempting more small businesses from the business-license tax. Also supported disclosing major data-center inquiries and pursuing future restrictions. That second vote did not itself ban data centers."},"Angelita Morillo":{"headline":"Supported small-business tax relief and data-center disclosure","text":"Supported exempting more small businesses from the business-license tax. Also supported disclosing major data-center inquiries and pursuing future restrictions. That second vote did not itself ban data centers."},"Steve Novick":{"headline":"Supported small-business tax relief and data-center disclosure","text":"Supported exempting more small businesses from the business-license tax. Also supported disclosing major data-center inquiries and pursuing future restrictions. That second vote did not itself ban data centers."},"Mitch Green":{"headline":"Supported small-business tax relief and data-center disclosure","text":"Supported exempting more small businesses from the business-license tax. Also supported disclosing major data-center inquiries and pursuing future restrictions. That second vote did not itself ban data centers."},"Olivia Clark":{"headline":"Supported small-business tax relief and data-center disclosure","text":"Supported exempting more small businesses from the business-license tax. Also supported disclosing major data-center inquiries and pursuing future restrictions. That second vote did not itself ban data centers."},"Eric Zimmerman":{"headline":"Helped propose the business-tax relief; supported data-center disclosure","text":"Co-sponsored the larger business-license-tax exemption and moved an amendment before voting for it. Also supported disclosing major data-center inquiries and pursuing future restrictions, without enacting a ban in that vote."}}},"arts-tax":{"context":"The arts tax helps pay for school arts teachers and arts organizations. The proposal increased the individual tax from $35 to $50 while exempting more lower-income residents. New filing thresholds used Oregon taxable income: $20,000 for a single filer and $40,000 for joint filers. It also allowed inflation adjustments.","contrast":"Koyama Lane, Morillo and Green supported charging a higher amount while exempting more people. Novick, Clark and Zimmerman opposed that combination.","takeaway":"Both parts matter: a higher charge for those who pay, and broader exemptions for lower-income residents. The record does not give a separate stated explanation for Clark’s no vote.","readings":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"headline":"Supported a $50 arts tax with more low-income exemptions","text":"Co-sponsored the change from $35 to $50 and helped advance the revised income thresholds. Supported the final combination of a higher individual tax and exemptions for more lower-income residents."},"Angelita Morillo":{"headline":"Supported a $50 arts tax with more low-income exemptions","text":"Supported raising the arts tax from $35 to $50 while exempting more lower-income residents. The package was intended to maintain funding for school arts teachers and arts organizations."},"Steve Novick":{"headline":"Opposed the revised arts tax","text":"Opposed the package raising the arts tax from $35 to $50 and expanding low-income exemptions. Earlier criticized the tax’s structure and separate filing burden, saying the changes did not solve those problems."},"Mitch Green":{"headline":"Supported a $50 arts tax with more low-income exemptions","text":"Supported raising the arts tax from $35 to $50 while exempting more lower-income residents. The package was intended to maintain funding for school arts teachers and arts organizations."},"Olivia Clark":{"headline":"Opposed the revised arts tax","text":"Opposed the package raising the arts tax from $35 to $50 and expanding low-income exemptions. The roll call establishes her vote; the sources here do not establish a separate stated reason."},"Eric Zimmerman":{"headline":"Opposed the higher charge and wanted voters to decide","text":"Opposed raising the arts tax from $35 to $50 while changing its exemptions. Argued that the higher charge could still burden minimum-wage workers and that voters should decide major changes to the tax."}}},"police-enforcement":{"context":"One proposal asked staff to assess police staffing needs and costs. Another changed enforcement rules for properties linked to repeated criminal activity, including trafficking. The staffing vote commissioned an assessment; it did not fund the hiring of 400 officers.","contrast":"Novick, Clark and Zimmerman supported both measures. Koyama Lane, Morillo and Green opposed both.","takeaway":"These votes concern a particular staffing assessment and property-enforcement rules. They do not establish a position on every police budget or public-safety proposal.","readings":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"headline":"Opposed the staffing assessment and property-enforcement changes","text":"Opposed requesting a police staffing-and-cost assessment and opposed expanding enforcement rules for properties linked to repeated criminal activity. The assessment proposal was a planning step, not an immediate decision to hire more officers."},"Angelita Morillo":{"headline":"Opposed the staffing assessment and property-enforcement changes","text":"Opposed requesting a police staffing-and-cost assessment and opposed expanding enforcement rules for properties linked to repeated criminal activity. The assessment proposal was a planning step, not an immediate decision to hire more officers."},"Steve Novick":{"headline":"Supported the staffing assessment and property-enforcement changes","text":"Supported assessing police staffing needs and costs, and expanding enforcement rules for properties linked to repeated crime. His case for the property rules emphasized trafficking survivors, students near McDaniel High School and the difficulty of documenting repeated incidents."},"Mitch Green":{"headline":"Opposed the staffing assessment and property-enforcement changes","text":"Opposed requesting a police staffing-and-cost assessment and opposed expanding enforcement rules for properties linked to repeated criminal activity. The assessment proposal was a planning step, not an immediate decision to hire more officers."},"Olivia Clark":{"headline":"Supported the staffing assessment and property-enforcement changes","text":"Supported requesting a police staffing-and-cost assessment and expanding enforcement rules for properties linked to repeated criminal activity. The assessment vote did not itself fund new officer positions."},"Eric Zimmerman":{"headline":"Supported the staffing assessment and property-enforcement changes","text":"Supported requesting a police staffing-and-cost assessment and expanding enforcement rules for properties linked to repeated criminal activity. The assessment vote did not itself fund new officer positions."}}},"firearms":{"context":"The proposal would restrict carrying concealed firearms, even with a license, in specified City buildings used for official meetings. A committee voted to put the proposal on hold. This was not a final Council vote on adopting gun restrictions across Portland.","contrast":"Zimmerman voted to put the proposal on hold. Morillo and Novick voted against pausing it. Koyama Lane, Green and Clark were not members of that committee.","takeaway":"Here a yes vote means support for pausing the proposal. As of the September 18 review, the full Council had not taken a final vote on adopting it.","readings":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"headline":"Not a member of the committee that voted","text":"Did not have a vote on whether to pause the proposal restricting licensed concealed carry in specified City buildings. This committee record does not establish a position for or against the gun restrictions."},"Angelita Morillo":{"headline":"Voted against putting the gun proposal on hold","text":"Voted against pausing the proposal to restrict licensed concealed carry in specified City buildings. This was a committee vote about whether work should proceed, not final adoption of the restrictions."},"Steve Novick":{"headline":"Voted against putting the gun proposal on hold","text":"Voted against pausing the proposal to restrict licensed concealed carry in specified City buildings. This was a committee vote about whether work should proceed, not final adoption of the restrictions."},"Mitch Green":{"headline":"Not a member of the committee that voted","text":"Did not have a vote on whether to pause the proposal restricting licensed concealed carry in specified City buildings. This committee record does not establish a position for or against the gun restrictions."},"Olivia Clark":{"headline":"Not a member of the committee that voted","text":"Did not have a vote on whether to pause the proposal restricting licensed concealed carry in specified City buildings. This committee record does not establish a position for or against the gun restrictions."},"Eric Zimmerman":{"headline":"Voted to put the gun proposal on hold","text":"Supported pausing the proposal to restrict licensed concealed carry in specified City buildings. His yes vote was for that pause, not for adopting the gun restrictions."}}},"psychedelics":{"context":"The proposal would make non-commercial personal use of naturally occurring psychedelic plants and fungi a lower police-enforcement priority and create an advisory commission. Sales, impaired driving and unsafe conduct would remain enforcement concerns. Changing local priorities would not repeal state or federal drug laws.","contrast":"Morillo, Novick and Zimmerman supported sending the revised proposal from committee to Council. The other three had no vote in that committee.","takeaway":"This was still a pending proposal at the September 18 review. Advancing it from committee did not legalize psychedelics or establish a final Council position.","readings":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"headline":"Not a member of the committee that voted","text":"Had no committee vote on advancing the proposal to make personal use of natural psychedelics a lower police priority. This record supplies no final position on the proposal."},"Angelita Morillo":{"headline":"Supported advancing the lower-enforcement-priority proposal","text":"Supported sending the revised proposal from committee to Council. It would make non-commercial personal use of natural psychedelics a lower police priority, without repealing state or federal drug laws."},"Steve Novick":{"headline":"Supported advancing the lower-enforcement-priority proposal","text":"Supported sending the revised proposal from committee to Council. It would make non-commercial personal use of natural psychedelics a lower police priority, without repealing state or federal drug laws."},"Mitch Green":{"headline":"Not a member of the committee that voted","text":"Had no committee vote on advancing the proposal to make personal use of natural psychedelics a lower police priority. This record supplies no final position on the proposal."},"Olivia Clark":{"headline":"Not a member of the committee that voted","text":"Had no committee vote on advancing the proposal to make personal use of natural psychedelics a lower police priority. This record supplies no final position on the proposal."},"Eric Zimmerman":{"headline":"Supported advancing the lower-enforcement-priority proposal","text":"Supported sending the revised proposal from committee to Council. It would make non-commercial personal use of natural psychedelics a lower police priority, without repealing state or federal drug laws."}}},"permitting":{"context":"Some building projects must also provide public improvements, such as sidewalk ramps and street trees. Council temporarily paused selected requirements to reduce development costs. It separately directed more work to make building rules consistent and improve the permit process.","contrast":"All five present supported the temporary pause; Zimmerman had supported advancing it from committee but missed the final vote. All six supported the next phase of permit reform.","takeaway":"The pause can lower a developer’s costs while leaving improvements undone or shifting costs to the City. A vote to improve permitting does not prove that permits are already faster or that more homes have been built.","readings":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"headline":"Supported pausing some developer-paid improvements","text":"Supported temporarily pausing selected requirements for improvements such as sidewalk ramps and street trees associated with development. Also supported further work to make building rules consistent and improve permitting. The pause could shift some improvement costs to the City."},"Angelita Morillo":{"headline":"Supported pausing some developer-paid improvements","text":"Supported temporarily pausing selected requirements for improvements such as sidewalk ramps and street trees associated with development. Also supported further work to make building rules consistent and improve permitting. The pause could shift some improvement costs to the City."},"Steve Novick":{"headline":"Supported pausing some developer-paid improvements","text":"Supported temporarily pausing selected requirements for improvements such as sidewalk ramps and street trees associated with development. Also supported further work to make building rules consistent and improve permitting. The pause could shift some improvement costs to the City."},"Mitch Green":{"headline":"Supported pausing some developer-paid improvements","text":"Supported temporarily pausing selected requirements for improvements such as sidewalk ramps and street trees associated with development. Also supported further work to make building rules consistent and improve permitting. The pause could shift some improvement costs to the City."},"Olivia Clark":{"headline":"Supported pausing some developer-paid improvements","text":"Supported temporarily pausing selected requirements for improvements such as sidewalk ramps and street trees associated with development. Also supported further work to make building rules consistent and improve permitting. The pause could shift some improvement costs to the City."},"Eric Zimmerman":{"headline":"Supported advancing the pause; missed the final vote","text":"Supported sending the proposed pause in selected development-upgrade requirements from committee to Council, but was absent from the final vote. Later supported further work to make building rules consistent and improve permitting."}}},"traffic-transit":{"context":"Vision Zero is Portland’s effort to prevent traffic deaths and serious injuries. Council renewed that effort and, in a separate vote, approved a route, general station locations and transit type for the 82nd Avenue project. The transit vote allowed further design and funding work.","contrast":"All six supported both proposals. Koyama Lane sponsored the traffic-safety resolution; Zimmerman added a requirement to examine traffic deaths among people experiencing homelessness.","takeaway":"These were planning and coordination votes. They did not fund every safety project or the full transit construction budget, and they do not show whether traffic deaths have since fallen.","readings":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"headline":"Sponsored traffic-safety work; supported the 82nd Avenue plan","text":"Sponsored the Vision Zero resolution to prevent traffic deaths and serious injuries, and supported adding community participation. Also supported the route, general station locations and transit type chosen for further 82nd Avenue project planning."},"Angelita Morillo":{"headline":"Supported traffic-safety work and the 82nd Avenue transit plan","text":"Supported renewing Portland’s effort to prevent traffic deaths and serious injuries, including community participation and attention to deaths among homeless residents. Also supported the route, general station locations and transit type chosen for further 82nd Avenue project planning."},"Steve Novick":{"headline":"Supported traffic-safety work and the 82nd Avenue transit plan","text":"Supported renewing Portland’s effort to prevent traffic deaths and serious injuries, including community participation and attention to deaths among homeless residents. Also supported the route, general station locations and transit type chosen for further 82nd Avenue project planning."},"Mitch Green":{"headline":"Supported traffic-safety work and the 82nd Avenue transit plan","text":"Supported renewing Portland’s effort to prevent traffic deaths and serious injuries, including community participation and attention to deaths among homeless residents. Also supported the route, general station locations and transit type chosen for further 82nd Avenue project planning."},"Olivia Clark":{"headline":"Supported traffic-safety work and the 82nd Avenue transit plan","text":"Supported renewing Portland’s effort to prevent traffic deaths and serious injuries, including community participation and attention to deaths among homeless residents. Also supported the route, general station locations and transit type chosen for further 82nd Avenue project planning."},"Eric Zimmerman":{"headline":"Added attention to homeless residents’ traffic deaths","text":"Won a change requiring analysis of traffic deaths among people experiencing homelessness, then supported the renewed traffic-safety effort. Also supported the route, general station locations and transit type chosen for further 82nd Avenue project planning."}}},"privacy":{"context":"City records can contain sensitive information about residents. Council created a central privacy office and adopted rules for managing data sharing, surveillance risks and reuse of information, including by artificial intelligence. A separate proposal concerned public disclosure and possible restrictions on data centers, which house large amounts of computing equipment.","contrast":"All six supported the final privacy measures and the data-center resolution. Zimmerman had opposed advancing an earlier version of the privacy rules from committee, then supported the revised final version.","takeaway":"Protecting information held by the City is different from regulating private data-center facilities. The data-center vote called for further action; it did not itself ban new facilities.","readings":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"headline":"Supported a central privacy office and rules for City-held information","text":"Supported creating a privacy office and adopting rules to manage how City departments share and reuse residents’ information, including surveillance and artificial-intelligence risks. Also supported disclosing data-center inquiries and pursuing future restrictions on those facilities."},"Angelita Morillo":{"headline":"Supported a central privacy office and rules for City-held information","text":"Supported creating a privacy office and adopting rules to manage how City departments share and reuse residents’ information, including surveillance and artificial-intelligence risks. Also supported disclosing data-center inquiries and pursuing future restrictions on those facilities."},"Steve Novick":{"headline":"Supported a central privacy office and rules for City-held information","text":"Supported creating a privacy office and adopting rules to manage how City departments share and reuse residents’ information, including surveillance and artificial-intelligence risks. Also supported disclosing data-center inquiries and pursuing future restrictions on those facilities."},"Mitch Green":{"headline":"Supported a central privacy office and rules for City-held information","text":"Supported creating a privacy office and adopting rules to manage how City departments share and reuse residents’ information, including surveillance and artificial-intelligence risks. Also supported disclosing data-center inquiries and pursuing future restrictions on those facilities."},"Olivia Clark":{"headline":"Supported a central privacy office and rules for City-held information","text":"Supported creating a privacy office and adopting rules to manage how City departments share and reuse residents’ information, including surveillance and artificial-intelligence risks. Also supported disclosing data-center inquiries and pursuing future restrictions on those facilities."},"Eric Zimmerman":{"headline":"Supported the final privacy rules after opposing an earlier version","text":"Supported creating a central privacy office. Opposed advancing an earlier version of the accompanying privacy rules from committee, then supported the revised final version. Also supported disclosing data-center inquiries and pursuing future restrictions on those facilities."}}},"infrastructure":{"context":"Portland maintains roads, water systems, buildings and other public property. Different departments track their needs separately. Council requested a citywide plan to compare those needs, identify funding gaps and decide what should be repaired first.","contrast":"All six supported developing this citywide repair and investment plan.","takeaway":"This vote requested planning, including possible ways to borrow money. It did not approve a new bond or pay for the full repair backlog. Specific borrowing and fee votes appear in the water and street-funding topics.","readings":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"headline":"Supported a citywide plan for repairs and investment","text":"Supported comparing repair needs across roads, water systems, buildings and other City property, and examining how to pay for them. This was a planning vote; it did not itself authorize new borrowing or fund every repair."},"Angelita Morillo":{"headline":"Supported a citywide plan for repairs and investment","text":"Supported comparing repair needs across roads, water systems, buildings and other City property, and examining how to pay for them. This was a planning vote; it did not itself authorize new borrowing or fund every repair."},"Steve Novick":{"headline":"Supported a citywide plan for repairs and investment","text":"Supported comparing repair needs across roads, water systems, buildings and other City property, and examining how to pay for them. This was a planning vote; it did not itself authorize new borrowing or fund every repair."},"Mitch Green":{"headline":"Supported a citywide plan for repairs and investment","text":"Supported comparing repair needs across roads, water systems, buildings and other City property, and examining how to pay for them. This was a planning vote; it did not itself authorize new borrowing or fund every repair."},"Olivia Clark":{"headline":"Supported a citywide plan for repairs and investment","text":"Supported comparing repair needs across roads, water systems, buildings and other City property, and examining how to pay for them. This was a planning vote; it did not itself authorize new borrowing or fund every repair."},"Eric Zimmerman":{"headline":"Supported a citywide plan for repairs and investment","text":"Supported comparing repair needs across roads, water systems, buildings and other City property, and examining how to pay for them. This was a planning vote; it did not itself authorize new borrowing or fund every repair."}}},"elections":{"context":"Portland’s Small Donor Elections program uses public money to match qualifying campaign donations. Council voted to revise how that program operates after the 2024 election. A separate vote updated enforcement of campaign-finance rules following a court ruling.","contrast":"All six supported the public campaign-financing changes and the final update to campaign-finance enforcement rules.","takeaway":"These votes concern election rules. They do not establish whether a particular candidate participates in public financing or has complied with every campaign-finance requirement.","readings":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"headline":"Supported changes to public campaign funding and enforcement","text":"Supported revising Small Donor Elections, the program that matches qualifying campaign donations with public money. Also supported the final update to enforcement of campaign-finance rules after a court ruling."},"Angelita Morillo":{"headline":"Supported changes to public campaign funding and enforcement","text":"Supported revising Small Donor Elections, the program that matches qualifying campaign donations with public money. Also supported the final update to enforcement of campaign-finance rules after a court ruling."},"Steve Novick":{"headline":"Supported changes to public campaign funding and enforcement","text":"Supported revising Small Donor Elections, the program that matches qualifying campaign donations with public money. Also supported the final update to enforcement of campaign-finance rules after a court ruling."},"Mitch Green":{"headline":"Supported changes to public campaign funding and enforcement","text":"Supported revising Small Donor Elections, the program that matches qualifying campaign donations with public money. Also supported the final update to enforcement of campaign-finance rules after a court ruling."},"Olivia Clark":{"headline":"Supported changes to public campaign funding and enforcement","text":"Supported revising Small Donor Elections, the program that matches qualifying campaign donations with public money. Also supported the final update to enforcement of campaign-finance rules after a court ruling."},"Eric Zimmerman":{"headline":"Supported changes to public campaign funding and enforcement","text":"Supported revising Small Donor Elections, the program that matches qualifying campaign donations with public money. Also supported the final update to enforcement of campaign-finance rules after a court ruling."}}},"labor":{"context":"Council approves negotiated contracts covering City workers’ pay, benefits and working conditions. It also voted to withdraw the previous Council’s permission for the City Attorney to file a labor-law complaint against AFSCME, a union representing City workers. Contract votes and decisions about how many jobs to fund are separate.","contrast":"All six supported the first Professional Workers contract and withdrawing permission to file the complaint. Koyama Lane was absent from three other contract votes; the other five supported those agreements.","takeaway":"Approving a contract sets employment terms. Later budgets still determine which jobs are funded. The budget topic explains the disagreements over layoffs and restoring positions.","readings":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"headline":"Supported the first Professional Workers contract; missed three later votes","text":"Supported the first Professional Workers contract and withdrawing permission to file the labor-law complaint against AFSCME. Was absent from votes on the AFSCME, trade-union and civilian police-review staff agreements."},"Angelita Morillo":{"headline":"Supported the worker agreements and withdrawing complaint authority","text":"Supported the Professional Workers contract and later agreements with AFSCME, trade-union workers and civilian police-review employees. Also supported withdrawing permission for the City Attorney to file the labor-law complaint against AFSCME. These votes were separate from later staffing and layoff decisions."},"Steve Novick":{"headline":"Supported the worker agreements and withdrawing complaint authority","text":"Supported the Professional Workers contract and later agreements with AFSCME, trade-union workers and civilian police-review employees. Also supported withdrawing permission for the City Attorney to file the labor-law complaint against AFSCME. These votes were separate from later staffing and layoff decisions."},"Mitch Green":{"headline":"Helped withdraw complaint authority and supported the worker agreements","text":"With Zimmerman, introduced the decision withdrawing permission for the City Attorney to file a labor-law complaint against AFSCME. Supported the Professional Workers, AFSCME, trade-union and civilian police-review staff agreements."},"Olivia Clark":{"headline":"Supported the worker agreements and withdrawing complaint authority","text":"Supported the Professional Workers contract and later agreements with AFSCME, trade-union workers and civilian police-review employees. Also supported withdrawing permission for the City Attorney to file the labor-law complaint against AFSCME. These votes were separate from later staffing and layoff decisions."},"Eric Zimmerman":{"headline":"Helped withdraw complaint authority and supported the worker agreements","text":"With Green, introduced the decision withdrawing permission for the City Attorney to file a labor-law complaint against AFSCME. Supported the Professional Workers, AFSCME, trade-union and civilian police-review staff agreements."}}},"children":{"context":"The Children’s Levy uses tax revenue to fund organizations providing children’s services. Council first voted on whether to send proposed grant awards back for more work, then later approved roughly $71 million in grants for three years. A vote to reconsider the awards was not a vote to end children’s services.","contrast":"Koyama Lane, Morillo and Green supported sending the proposed awards back for reconsideration. Novick, Clark and Zimmerman opposed that delay. All six ultimately supported the grants.","takeaway":"The final agreement on funding followed a disagreement about how to choose recipients and when to approve the awards. Both parts belong in the record.","readings":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"headline":"Supported reconsidering the grant awards, then funding them","text":"Supported sending the proposed Children’s Levy grant awards back for more work before approval. Later supported the roughly $71 million package funding children’s services over three years."},"Angelita Morillo":{"headline":"Proposed reconsidering the grant awards, then supported final funding","text":"Moved to send the Children’s Levy grant recommendations back for more work. Later tried to keep waiting for revised recommendations; that change failed. Ultimately supported the roughly $71 million, three-year grant package."},"Steve Novick":{"headline":"Opposed sending the awards back; supported final funding","text":"Opposed sending the Children’s Levy grant recommendations back for reconsideration. Later supported the roughly $71 million package funding children’s services over three years."},"Mitch Green":{"headline":"Helped send the awards back, then supported final funding","text":"Seconded the proposal to return the Children’s Levy grant recommendations for more work. Later supported the roughly $71 million package funding children’s services over three years."},"Olivia Clark":{"headline":"Opposed sending the awards back; supported final funding","text":"Opposed sending the Children’s Levy grant recommendations back for reconsideration. Later supported the roughly $71 million package funding children’s services over three years."},"Eric Zimmerman":{"headline":"Opposed sending the awards back; supported final funding","text":"Opposed sending the Children’s Levy grant recommendations back for reconsideration. Later supported the roughly $71 million package funding children’s services over three years."}}},"public-memory":{"context":"Council voted to rename César E. Chávez Boulevard as Campesinos Boulevard, honoring farmworkers as a group. It also decided how to carry out the change, including public notice and new signs. The September 2026 vote came after earlier proposals had been sent back to committee.","contrast":"All six supported the final renaming. Koyama Lane co-sponsored it; Novick and Clark also advanced changes during its consideration.","takeaway":"This was an adopted street-renaming decision, not a proposal still waiting in committee. The final votes show agreement, with different roles in shaping the measure.","readings":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"headline":"Helped propose the boulevard’s new name","text":"Co-sponsored renaming César E. Chávez Boulevard as Campesinos Boulevard to honor farmworkers collectively. Advanced a change accepted unanimously and voted for the final renaming."},"Angelita Morillo":{"headline":"Supported renaming the boulevard to honor farmworkers","text":"Supported renaming César E. Chávez Boulevard as Campesinos Boulevard and authorizing the City to notify the public and carry out the change. The new name honors farmworkers collectively."},"Steve Novick":{"headline":"Supported the renaming and helped amend the proposal","text":"Advanced a change accepted unanimously, then supported renaming César E. Chávez Boulevard as Campesinos Boulevard to honor farmworkers collectively."},"Mitch Green":{"headline":"Supported renaming the boulevard to honor farmworkers","text":"Supported renaming César E. Chávez Boulevard as Campesinos Boulevard and authorizing the City to notify the public and carry out the change. The new name honors farmworkers collectively."},"Olivia Clark":{"headline":"Supported the renaming and a quicker implementation process","text":"Moved the emergency clause to respond to community concerns and help staff carry out the change. Supported renaming César E. Chávez Boulevard as Campesinos Boulevard to honor farmworkers collectively."},"Eric Zimmerman":{"headline":"Supported renaming the boulevard to honor farmworkers","text":"Supported renaming César E. Chávez Boulevard as Campesinos Boulevard and authorizing the City to notify the public and carry out the change. The new name honors farmworkers collectively."}}},"animal-welfare":{"context":"Council considered banning sales of products made from force-fed birds, including foie gras produced that way. The proposal delayed the start of the sales restrictions so affected businesses could adjust. It did not ban all poultry products.","contrast":"Koyama Lane, Morillo, Novick and Green supported the sales restriction. Clark and Zimmerman opposed it.","takeaway":"This vote shows a difference over regulating a particular production practice. It does not establish a councilor’s position on every animal-welfare or business regulation.","readings":{"Tiffany Koyama Lane":{"headline":"Supported banning sales of products from force-fed birds","text":"Supported prohibiting sales of products made from force-fed birds, with a delayed start so affected businesses could adjust."},"Angelita Morillo":{"headline":"Supported banning sales of products from force-fed birds","text":"Supported prohibiting sales of products made from force-fed birds, with a delayed start so affected businesses could adjust."},"Steve Novick":{"headline":"Supported banning sales of products from force-fed birds","text":"Supported prohibiting sales of products made from force-fed birds, with a delayed start so affected businesses could adjust."},"Mitch Green":{"headline":"Supported banning sales of products from force-fed birds","text":"Supported prohibiting sales of products made from force-fed birds, with a delayed start so affected businesses could adjust."},"Olivia Clark":{"headline":"Helped revise the proposal, then opposed the sales ban","text":"Advanced a change Council accepted, then voted against the final ban on sales of products from force-fed birds. Helping revise the proposal did not change her final no vote."},"Eric Zimmerman":{"headline":"Opposed the ban on products from force-fed birds","text":"Voted against the final proposal to prohibit sales of products made from force-fed birds, including foie gras produced that way."}}}},"councilCoverageAudit":{"reviewed":"2026-09-18","dossierCount":24,"indexedFinalActions":339,"note":"Coverage of all 24 topic dossiers and a scan of 339 unique final-action entries in the Council site index. A topic match is not a claim to include every motion, hearing, statement or routine transaction. Official records establish the dates, motions and votes; index summaries are discovery aids.","dossiers":[{"dossier":"https://council.portlandciviclab.org/topics/zenith-energy","issueId":"zenith"},{"dossier":"https://council.portlandciviclab.org/topics/moda-center","issueId":"moda"},{"dossier":"https://council.portlandciviclab.org/topics/psychedelic-health-policy","issueId":"psychedelics"},{"dossier":"https://council.portlandciviclab.org/topics/firearms-in-public-buildings","issueId":"firearms"},{"dossier":"https://council.portlandciviclab.org/topics/campesinos-boulevard-renaming","issueId":"public-memory"},{"dossier":"https://council.portlandciviclab.org/topics/city-budget-service-cuts","issueId":"supplemental-budget"},{"dossier":"https://council.portlandciviclab.org/topics/housing-homelessness-strategy","issueId":"camp-removal"},{"dossier":"https://council.portlandciviclab.org/topics/police-accountability","issueId":"police-accountability"},{"dossier":"https://council.portlandciviclab.org/topics/portland-street-response","issueId":"street-response"},{"dossier":"https://council.portlandciviclab.org/topics/arts-tax-reform","issueId":"arts-tax"},{"dossier":"https://council.portlandciviclab.org/topics/pcef-climate-investments","issueId":"climate-fund"},{"dossier":"https://council.portlandciviclab.org/topics/housing-sdc-exemptions","issueId":"rental-pricing"},{"dossier":"https://council.portlandciviclab.org/topics/transportation-funding","issueId":"transportation"},{"dossier":"https://council.portlandciviclab.org/topics/vision-zero","issueId":"traffic-transit"},{"dossier":"https://council.portlandciviclab.org/topics/82nd-avenue-transit","issueId":"traffic-transit"},{"dossier":"https://council.portlandciviclab.org/topics/performing-arts-venues","issueId":"moda"},{"dossier":"https://council.portlandciviclab.org/topics/city-data-privacy","issueId":"privacy"},{"dossier":"https://council.portlandciviclab.org/topics/urban-forest-plan","issueId":"parks-trees"},{"dossier":"https://council.portlandciviclab.org/topics/permitting-reform","issueId":"permitting"},{"dossier":"https://council.portlandciviclab.org/topics/citywide-asset-management","issueId":"infrastructure"},{"dossier":"https://council.portlandciviclab.org/topics/new-council-governance","issueId":"governance"},{"dossier":"https://council.portlandciviclab.org/topics/protect-portland","issueId":"sanctuary"},{"dossier":"https://council.portlandciviclab.org/topics/bull-run-filtration","issueId":"water"},{"dossier":"https://council.portlandciviclab.org/topics/parks-levy","issueId":"parks-trees"}]},"raceSheet":{"version":"2026-09-19.1","status":"Current presentation layer. Short lines are shortened from the named parent field and carry a review status; 'pending' means separate human review has not yet occurred.","issues":[{"id":"housing","label":"Rent and homes","short":"Homes","noun":"housing","question":"How would they make housing more affordable?","context":"Building more homes, protecting tenants and changing ownership are different tools. Look for the mechanism, who benefits and how it would be funded."},{"id":"safety","label":"Camps, crime and who responds","short":"Safety","noun":"safety","question":"What balance of enforcement, prevention and care do they propose?","context":"Support for police and support for unarmed response can coexist. Shelter, treatment and housing commitments are distinct; capacity and implementation matter."},{"id":"money","label":"Your bills and taxes","short":"Money","noun":"taxes and bills","question":"Who pays, and what would receive priority?","context":"A promise of better management is not a costed saving. New services need both startup money and continuing revenue."},{"id":"climate","label":"Streets, buses and air","short":"Streets","noun":"streets and climate","question":"Where would they invest, and what would they restrict?","context":"Compare street space, infrastructure and climate spending. Council sets city policy; regional transit decisions also require partners."}],"featuredVotes":[{"raceId":"portland-district-3","questionId":"camp-removal"},{"raceId":"portland-district-3","questionId":"water-rates"},{"raceId":"portland-district-3","questionId":"oversight-funding"},{"raceId":"portland-district-3","questionId":"moda"},{"raceId":"portland-district-4","questionId":"water-rates"},{"raceId":"portland-district-4","questionId":"street-fee"},{"raceId":"portland-district-4","questionId":"oversight-funding"},{"raceId":"portland-district-4","questionId":"moda"}],"choiceParagraphs":[{"raceId":"portland-district-3","text":"Candidates differ on how far to rely on building new homes versus protecting renters, on the mix of police and unarmed responders, and on how far to lean on taxes and utility bills versus trimming services. Many propose some of each.","from":"race.comparison","reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-19"},{"raceId":"portland-district-4","text":"Candidates differ on how far to fund recovery through public housing and new corporate contributions versus private development and restraint on taxes, on camp enforcement, and on public investment in Moda Center. Many propose some of each.","from":"race.comparison","reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-19"},{"raceId":"multnomah-chair","text":"All three criticize current county outcomes. The differences are in the remedy: one stresses service-system experience and collaboration, one implementation, contract accountability and tax relief, and one a more fundamental reset of how the county is managed.","from":"race.comparison","reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"raceId":"multnomah-district-2","text":"Compare the concrete mechanisms each names: performance-based contracts, housing-retention reporting, publicly owned housing, culturally specific care and coordination with employers. Broad promises of accountability are common; the differences are in what would be measured.","from":"race.comparison","reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"raceId":"multnomah-auditor","text":"One candidate appears on the county’s checked filing list. An uncontested race still deserves a look at what the office would audit first, how fast reports would arrive and how open recommendations would be tracked.","from":"race.comparison","reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"raceId":"multnomah-sheriff","text":"One candidate appears on the county’s checked filing list. An uncontested race still warrants scrutiny: which independent jail-review recommendations remain open, how staffing and crime trends are measured, and what the next term would change.","from":"race.comparison","reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"raceId":"washington-chair","text":"Both candidates promise affordability and safety. The difference is the route: one leans on tax restraint and business growth, the other on housing and treatment investment funded partly by larger contributions from data centers. Ask which services each would protect first.","from":"race.comparison","reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"raceId":"washington-district-4","text":"One candidate would end data-center tax breaks and halt expansion onto farmland outright; the other promises careful, project-by-project evaluation without a categorical commitment. The choice is between a fixed rule and case-by-case judgment on the county’s biggest land-use question.","from":"race.comparison","reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"raceId":"clackamas-clerk","text":"One case is continuity: professional administration and wider voter access. The other would replace machine tabulation with hand counting. The factual premise behind changing the counting system deserves scrutiny.","from":"race.comparison","reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"raceId":"clackamas-treasurer","text":"One candidate is on the ballot. The question left is how safety, liquidity and return will be balanced, and which benchmarks and risk measures the office will publish.","from":"race.comparison","reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"raceId":"clackamas-sheriff","text":"Both run on experience and careful spending. Compare an accountability-and-management case, with rural response times as its measured goal, against a list of operational priorities: traffic and impaired-driving enforcement, property-crime follow-up and fentanyl investigations.","from":"race.comparison","reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"raceId":"clackamas-position-2","text":"Both oppose I-205 tolls and lead with affordability. One case rests on services and capital projects delivered inside the current budget; the other on limiting county government, cutting programs and resisting Metro mandates.","from":"race.comparison","reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"raceId":"clackamas-position-4","text":"Both would limit large data centers, one as a pause while the county writes rules, the other as outright opposition. Beyond that, compare faster permitting against independent fiscal review as the route to affordability.","from":"race.comparison","reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"raceId":"oregon-governor","text":"Compare the mechanisms as well as the goals: expanded childcare, preschool and housing production with new data-center standards; tax, fee and regulatory cuts with stricter accountability for services; and state limits on participation in unauthorized wars. 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A current policy brief for the challenger is still missing; do not infer his positions from his party alone.","from":"race.comparison","reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"raceId":"oregon-house-4","text":"One emphasizes public investment and labor protections; another combines enforcement and regulatory relief with a conditional immigration-status proposal; a third proposes much larger changes to ownership, social provision and military spending.","from":"race.comparison","reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"raceId":"oregon-house-5","text":"One emphasizes housing access and health coverage; another emphasizes affordability, law enforcement and congressional ethics. A current profile for the third candidate remains a research gap.","from":"race.comparison","reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"raceId":"oregon-house-6","text":"One favors targeted federal investment and healthcare protections. The other proposes a much smaller federal role in several policy areas and stricter immigration enforcement.","from":"race.comparison","reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"raceId":"oregon-state-senate-13","text":"One candidate would keep the state investing in schools, tenant protections and family services; another would stop tax increases, loosen housing rules and enforce existing laws. A third has no published brief, so party alone says nothing about his positions.","from":"race.comparison","reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"raceId":"oregon-state-senate-15","text":"One candidate would condition growth on land-use and data-center safeguards while investing in housing and healthcare; the other would cut regulation, raise academic standards and replace property-tax funding. Look for the financing behind each.","from":"race.comparison","reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"raceId":"oregon-state-senate-16","text":"One candidate leads with tax restraint, timber and local control; another with household costs, faster permitting and road funding; a third with oversight and independence from party networks. Compare the concrete legislation behind each.","from":"race.comparison","reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"raceId":"oregon-state-senate-17","text":"One candidate frames the term around child poverty, healthcare access and gun-violence prevention; the other around lower property and inheritance taxes, prosecuting street disorder and support for young men in the trades. His fuller brief is still open.","from":"race.comparison","reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"raceId":"oregon-state-senate-19","text":"One candidate would keep the state investing in housing production, schools and rights protections; the other leads with lower taxes, spending scrutiny, public safety and parental involvement. Both call it affordability with different tools.","from":"race.comparison","reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"raceId":"oregon-state-senate-20","text":"Both candidates promise affordability and public safety. One pairs those goals with housing, healthcare and school investment; the other with a no-new-taxes pledge conditioned on accountability, stronger enforcement and relief for childcare providers.","from":"race.comparison","reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"raceId":"oregon-state-senate-24","text":"One named candidate appears in the checked filings. Judge the priorities, the mechanisms behind them and what he says would show they worked, even without a listed opponent.","from":"race.comparison","reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"raceId":"oregon-state-senate-26","text":"One candidate leads with rural services, land-use protection and clean-energy investment; the other with tax relief, policing and conservative positions on abortion and firearms. Both name jobs and local opportunity as priorities.","from":"race.comparison","reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"raceId":"oregon-state-house-26","text":"One candidate leads with public services and rights protections, another with business conditions and performance budgeting, and a third with a dignity-centered critique of shareholder-first capitalism that carries less policy detail.","from":"race.comparison","reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"raceId":"oregon-state-house-29","text":"One candidate leads with public education, infrastructure, civil rights and housing investment; the other with implementation, fiscal discipline and measurable results. 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Compare how each would fund services and accommodate needed housing.","from":"race.comparison","reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"raceId":"oregon-state-house-52","text":"The concrete disagreement is data centers: one candidate would allow no new ones, the other would leave the decision to local communities. Both back more housing and wildfire prevention, but differ on the state tools and fiscal limits they favor.","from":"race.comparison","reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"raceId":"portland-auditor","text":"One candidate appears on the city’s checked register. Even uncontested, the office’s choices matter: which audits come first, whether recommendations get done, and how the auditor keeps independence from the bureaus it reviews.","from":"race.comparison","reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"raceId":"gresham-mayor","text":"Both put police, fire and business growth first. One case rests on continuing current investments and youth programs; the other on new leadership, spending scrutiny and lower fees. Ask each which budget lines would actually move.","from":"race.comparison","reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"raceId":"gresham-position-2","text":"Compare how each candidate would combine public-safety spending, housing development and budget discipline, and which of the three would give way when they compete for the same dollars.","from":"race.comparison","reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"raceId":"gresham-position-4","text":"All four share broad affordability goals but reach for different tools: long-term infrastructure planning, emergency resilience, recovery services, and workforce pathways. Ask which tool comes first and what it would cost.","from":"race.comparison","reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"raceId":"gresham-position-6","text":"One candidate’s case is continuity in public safety, housing-focused outreach and economic development; the other has no reviewed platform yet, which is a research gap rather than a position. Ask both what they would change first.","from":"race.comparison","reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"raceId":"beaverton-position-1","text":"Both candidates want more housing choices and safer streets. One adds specific limits: public votes on new taxes and removing Flock cameras. The other leads with budget oversight and infrastructure ready for heat, smoke and storms. Ask which first-year actions each would take.","from":"race.comparison","reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"raceId":"hillsboro-ward-1","text":"The dividing line is how each candidate would condition industrial growth: measurable community benefits, decisions grounded in evidence and stewardship, full cost recovery from data centers, and ending data-center tax breaks altogether. Ask what each would require before approving the next project.","from":"race.comparison","reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"raceId":"hillsboro-ward-2","text":"One candidate emphasizes schools, employers and family stability, offering childcare and school-board experience. The other proposes specific changes: tighter conditions on corporate incentives, expanded immigrant services and weekly town halls. Ask what each would cost and which council votes would change.","from":"race.comparison","reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"raceId":"hillsboro-ward-3","text":"One candidate emphasizes jobs, housing and infrastructure delivered through practical growth. Another foregrounds youth stability, worker benefits and limits on industrial impacts. A third has filed without a published platform for this seat. Ask what each would require of the next data-center proposal.","from":"race.comparison","reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"raceId":"tigard-mayor","text":"One candidate offers continuity after leadership and budget turmoil, with regional relationships as the tool. The other argues facilities planning and affordability need a different approach, starting with a cheaper police-facility plan. 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Compare how each would meet state housing requirements, hold infrastructure costs, keep neighborhood character and widen access to city services.","from":"race.comparison","reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"raceId":"oregon-city-mayor","text":"Three approaches: parks funded by reworking the current budget; housing, safety and roads with property taxes held flat; and lower permit and fee costs so growth pays for services. Compare each plan’s funding source.","from":"race.comparison","reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"raceId":"oregon-city-commission","text":"Two seats. The candidates differ on urban renewal, business incentives, parks and how City Hall is run. 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My goal is to reduce the cost of delivering infrastructure, not reduce necessary infrastructure. I support stronger competitive bidding, independent cost estimates, tighter control of project scope and change orders, and comparing Portland’s project costs with comparable cities.","received":"2026-09-19"},{"candidateId":"keir-legree","question":"Housing affordability and production","text":"I support increasing housing supply, speeding up permitting and reducing unnecessary barriers to construction. I also support expanding government-owned affordable housing and preserving existing affordable housing. Portland should focus more on whether subsidized units are actually affordable to lower-income residents and on getting existing vacant affordable units occupied.","received":"2026-09-19"},{"candidateId":"keir-legree","question":"Homelessness","text":"I support a different approach focused on measurable results: moving people from the street into shelter, treatment, housing and greater stability. That includes expanding shelter and mental-health/addiction treatment capacity; expecting reasonable progress toward stability in exchange for publicly funded services; and greater accountability for how City and County homelessness dollars are spent.","received":"2026-09-19"},{"candidateId":"keir-legree","question":"Climate, transportation and environmental health","text":"I support reducing emissions and improving environmental health, but I believe programs should be evaluated for measurable results and cost effectiveness. I support a balanced transportation system where people can safely walk, bike, take transit or drive, [with] pedestrian and bicycle improvements where there is demonstrated safety or transportation need.","received":"2026-09-19"},{"candidateId":"keir-legree","question":"Business experience","text":"I have spent approximately 30 years managing Savoy Studios, an architectural art-glass company, where I manage employees, budgets, contracts, vendors, schedules and complex projects in the U.S. and internationally. I also founded PlanXT, a project-management software company.","received":"2026-09-19"},{"candidateId":"keir-legree","question":"Rent and homes: how would you deliver it?","text":"My approach would be a change in priorities. I would explore expanding the allowable use of PCEF funds so they can help acquire, build or preserve affordable housing when those projects also meet strong energy-efficiency and carbon-reduction standards. [...] I would also prioritize purchasing existing apartment buildings when that is faster and less expensive than building new housing.","received":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"keir-legree","question":"Streets, buses and air: what would show it worked?","text":"When we see fewer traffic deaths and serious injuries, while maintaining reasonable travel times for buses and cars and avoiding significant traffic diversion onto neighborhood streets. For major street redesigns, PBOT should publish before-and-after results so we can see whether the project actually worked. If it didn’t, we should be willing to modify it.","received":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"keir-legree","question":"Street Response","text":"I support Portland Street Response and believe it plays an important role. Before expanding PSR to 24/7, however, I would prioritize increasing the number of police officers available to respond to 911 calls and to situations where PSR needs police support. Once we have adequate police staffing, I would be open to expanding PSR.","received":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"keir-legree","question":"Moda Center deal","text":"I think it’s very important that we keep the Trail Blazers in Portland. But I don’t like the idea of spending hundreds of millions of public dollars on the Moda Center we don’t have. One option I’d want to explore is transferring ownership of the Moda Center to the Blazers’ new owner in exchange for an ironclad agreement to keep the Blazers in Portland for at least 20 years. The City acquired the arena for $1 in 2024.","received":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"keir-legree","question":"New taxes or fees","text":"My priority is to hold the line on new taxes and fees.","received":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"keir-legree","question":"Data centers","text":"I support restricting new AI data centers.","received":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"keir-legree","question":"Street repair fee","text":"I would keep the street repair fee only if PBOT can clearly demonstrate that it is necessary and show measurable results. If they cannot demonstrate that the fee is necessary and effective, I would support repealing it.","received":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"timothy-tj-anderson","question":"Three policies and what each would cost","text":"First would be a value-based audit and investigation of where our money went over this year and the past two years as a starting point. [...] I would expect that to cost no more than $5 million. [...] While this is going on, no additional taxes or fees would be passed until we figure out where everything is going. Second would be [...] a resolution that each councilor would put in 100 hours of volunteer work per year while they are on council. [...] Third would be that until the City of Portland is back to growth in average salaries and jobs for at least two full years, with tests done every six months, benefits and the pay structure for City Council would be frozen at current levels.","received":"2026-09-19"},{"candidateId":"timothy-tj-anderson","question":"Housing affordability and production","text":"We need more housing, and the fastest way could be to make the city more investable, but there may also be ways we could reuse city assets to help with it. [...] Reuse city assets at a lower cost for short-term help, and for the long term, we need to make the city more approachable and investable, not just to big accounts but to people who want to make Portland a home.","received":"2026-09-19"},{"candidateId":"timothy-tj-anderson","question":"Public safety","text":"Get police response times down. We will need more officers. That is pretty much a given. But if we can find ways to handle issues that may not need our most highly trained officers and instead give those responsibilities to a combination of cadets, volunteers, and other programs as appropriate, we can work on getting response times down faster.","received":"2026-09-19"},{"candidateId":"timothy-tj-anderson","question":"Homelessness","text":"Spending money without thought is not helping. We need to figure out what has been working, what has not, and work with urgency because there are people who need help. But there are also citizens who do not want to see their taxes wasted, so first a clear understanding of what got us hear, a timeline of peoples needs through homelessness and a method to best work with others in the city to accelerate it and covering what needs remain.","received":"2026-09-19"},{"candidateId":"timothy-tj-anderson","question":"City spending and revenue","text":"Get it under control. We have enough to do what we need with what we have, or at least get a full view of what we need before asking for more. Revenue is in the same boat. When revenue is not growing, we are not growing our tax base, and that means what we have available for next year will generally be smaller than this year's budget.","received":"2026-09-19"},{"candidateId":"timothy-tj-anderson","question":"Climate, transportation and environmental health","text":"I think we can use this to help our business investability. [...] It is good for both, and we can use those areas of focus that benefit multiple things to help our climate efforts. [...] We are always going to have some cars and trucks, but I would like to see more public transit and better train systems. Leave cars for those who want them and those who need them for their services. Don’t burn our finances for the future for what we want now.","received":"2026-09-19"},{"candidateId":"timothy-tj-anderson","question":"Advisory and budget-committee work","text":"As chair for the Department of County Assets and Management, I helped bring the group's thoughts together toward the budget recommendations for our department and the projects being considered. [...] TriMet Committee for Accessible Transportation: We have gone through information related to recent cuts, trying to make sure the lowest number of people would be affected, as changes to the TriMet service area are also reflected in paratransit. [...] Tuition Review Advisory Committee at Portland State: As a student, we voted on a recommendation for an 8% tuition increase for students. [...] The 8% vote in our group passed 5-4 as a recommendation. The finance board ultimately felt it was not a move they could make.","received":"2026-09-19"},{"candidateId":"cristal-otero","question":"Which buildings could transition to resident ownership?","text":"I have proposed creating a pathway for roughly 5–20% of the Portland Housing Bureau’s affordable rental portfolio to transition to limited-equity cooperative ownership over time. The Portland Housing Bureau currently regulates more than 19,000 affordable units, so at today’s scale that would represent approximately 950 to 3,800 homes. [...] I would begin with publicly owned or publicly financed affordable housing where residents are interested in cooperative ownership and where the building is financially and physically appropriate for conversion.","received":"2026-09-19"},{"candidateId":"cristal-otero","question":"How would residents be protected from financial risk?","text":"Residents should not have to qualify for conventional individual mortgages or suddenly become responsible for major building repairs. The cooperative would own the property and carry the primary financing, while residents would purchase an affordable—and for extremely low-income households potentially heavily subsidized—membership share. Buildings would need capital-needs assessments, adequate replacement reserves, and resources to address deferred maintenance before conversion. [...] Resale would be governed by an affordability formula rather than unrestricted market appreciation.","received":"2026-09-19"},{"candidateId":"cristal-otero","question":"Who would pay for it?","text":"Portland cannot do this alone. Making this model work for households at 0–30% of area median income would require a stronger partnership among the City, Multnomah County, Metro, Home Forward, the State of Oregon, and affordable-housing providers. The City could help with acquisition, capital investment, land, and financing, while regional, county, state, and federal resources could help provide the ongoing affordability and housing assistance that extremely low-income households may still need.","received":"2026-09-19"},{"candidateId":"cristal-otero","question":"Government experience","text":"After my fellowship ended, Fairview hired me as its COVID-19 Response Specialist. One of the first major municipal programs I developed and implemented was an emergency assistance program for small businesses affected by the pandemic. [...] At Multnomah County, I joined the early implementation of the Metro Supportive Housing Services measure. [...] One project I am particularly proud of was helping develop the first joint social-services procurement undertaken by Multnomah, Washington, and Clackamas counties. [...] Since 2024, much of my work has focused on Supportive Housing Services-funded programs operating in other Multnomah County departments.","received":"2026-09-19"},{"candidateId":"cristal-otero","question":"Camps, crime and who responds","text":"I would focus more intensive resources on the smaller group of people repeatedly cycling through the street, shelters, emergency rooms and jail, rather than treating homelessness as one undifferentiated problem. I would assign Portland Street Response teams to high-contact areas so the same responders can build relationships over time and connect people to shelter, treatment and housing. I would also strengthen jail-release handoffs with peer support, transportation and dedicated shelter or treatment capacity. [...] I would measure success by whether the people we are targeting are spending fewer nights outside, cycling through jail and emergency rooms less often, and entering shelter, treatment and permanent housing at higher rates.","received":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"cristal-otero","question":"Your bills and taxes","text":"I would start with the bills the City directly controls. I would set a five-year goal of reducing the inflation-adjusted cost of water service by at least 5% while maintaining safe and reliable service. I would get there by scrutinizing major capital projects before costs are locked in, reducing reliance on expensive borrowing where lower-cost financing is available, pursuing more state and federal funding, reducing water loss, and reviewing the fees and overhead the City charges to the Water Bureau.","received":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"cristal-otero","question":"Streets, buses and air","text":"I would make those results more visible by connecting project-level reporting to Portland’s overall emissions goals, particularly transportation. I want more of our clean-energy investments coordinated with transportation—reducing transportation emissions while making transit, biking and clean transportation more affordable and accessible. Success should be visible in measurable emissions reductions as well as what Portlanders actually experience in their transportation costs and choices.","received":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"cristal-otero","question":"Moda Center deal","text":"I support renovating the Moda Center and keeping the Trail Blazers in their home, but I want us to be more creative about how we finance it. The State and Multnomah County are already making substantial commitments, so before Portland simply fills the remaining gap, I would explore whether Metro could take an investment or ownership role in this regional asset and pursue private philanthropy, sponsorship and naming opportunities.","received":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"cristal-otero","question":"Clearing camps","text":"Not in its current form. We still need the ability to remove camps that create serious health, safety or accessibility problems, but I would shift some Impact Reduction Program capacity into bureaus that encounter unsheltered homelessness every day, particularly Parks. [...] I would rather invest in reducing repeat problems than continually clear the same camps from one location to another.","received":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"cristal-otero","question":"Data centers","text":"I would put stronger conditions on large new data centers where their energy, water or infrastructure demands could shift costs onto Portland residents. At minimum, the City should require transparency about resource use, recover infrastructure costs from the companies creating them, and establish strong energy-efficiency, water-use and labor standards.","received":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"cristal-otero","question":"Street Response","text":"Yes, but I would do it as part of the behavioral-health response system we already have rather than building another parallel system. [...] I would expand Portland Street Response to 24 hours while creating clearer roles and coordination among those programs so the right responder is dispatched and people with repeated crises receive sustained follow-up rather than another one-time intervention.","received":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"cristal-otero","question":"Street repair fee","text":"I am skeptical that basic street maintenance should require another monthly utility fee. [...] Before adding $12 a month to a household’s utility bill, I would revisit how transportation is funded through the regular City budget and determine whether more ongoing revenue can be dedicated to basic maintenance. If we cannot fund a core responsibility within the existing budget, I want a clear explanation of why before asking Portlanders to pay another fee.","received":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"timothy-tj-anderson","question":"The Council’s choices, in short","text":"I will say I’m not going to lock in to a lot with a full board view, so there is a lot I’m not going to see, but if we need the short list: [Moda Center] Yes, but no more than 60 million. [Clearing camps] Yes. [Data centers] Yes. [Street Response] No, not without additions. [Water rates] No. [Street repair fee] Need more info; not going to give a short answer.","received":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"john-mcdonald","question":"Moda Center deal","text":"I fully support the city’s current proposal of $120 million up front with $275 million in ongoing maintenance over a 20-year lease. I’m confident that other revenue streams will become available with the success of our teams.","received":"2026-09-23"},{"candidateId":"john-mcdonald","question":"Street Response","text":"I support making PSR a 24/7 operation (68 FTEs / $10.5 million annually) primarily funded through the general fund while also pursuing partnerships with the VA, TriMet and Central City Concern. Additionally, we must collaborate with healthcare agencies at an executive level to understand upcoming changes to Medicaid under H.R. 1. Shifting funds from the city’s share of the Oregon Opioid Settlement could fill gaps in years when general funds are needed elsewhere.","received":"2026-09-24"},{"candidateId":"john-mcdonald","question":"Journalism","text":"Here’s some of my most recent journalism: “Commuter rail’s price of protection” (Trains) and “In Vancouver, Pride Became An Answer To Fear” (OutSFL, August 26, 2026).","received":"2026-09-24"},{"candidateId":"heather-coleman-cox","question":"Rent and homes","text":"I serve as VChair on the City of Gresham Community Development and Housing Committee. In this role we identify programs that support pathways to homeownership, rental assistance, home mending, adapting and DIY programs. [...] I would like to support bringing the vacant storefronts back to life with thriving new business or the expansion of existing business.","received":"2026-09-23"},{"candidateId":"heather-coleman-cox","question":"Camps, crime and who responds","text":"I strongly support equipping our first responders with all of the tools, resources and personnel they need to keep our city safe; in addition supporting community partners that work with law enforcement to identify what strategies work to decrease crime, and listen to the professionals combatting homelessness and understand what strategies they recommend to aid in housing our houseless residents.","received":"2026-09-23"},{"candidateId":"heather-coleman-cox","question":"Your bills and taxes","text":"As Chair of the City of Gresham Public Safety Levy Committee it is the task of this committee to hold the city accountable for the tax dollars they are collecting to fund this levy. This is accomplished through quarterly meetings with city staff and first responder leaders. We then take this information and report out to the public. We ensure each dollar spent is directly tied to the language of the levy that voters passed.","received":"2026-09-23"},{"candidateId":"heather-coleman-cox","question":"Streets, buses and air","text":"When I talk about sustainable growth, I mean bringing good jobs to Gresham while making sure our roads and other infrastructure can support that growth and our natural resources are protected.","received":"2026-09-23"},{"candidateId":"heather-coleman-cox","question":"Levy and fire district","text":"I wholeheartedly support renewing the levy and beginning to make the case transparent for residents right now as to why we need to continually fund the public safety levy.","received":"2026-09-23"},{"candidateId":"heather-coleman-cox","question":"Groundwater and rates","text":"The financial investment to move from Bull Run water to groundwater is much too great to retract. I encourage residents to sound the alarm if something is terribly off with their water (sight, smell, taste) so the city can remedy it. [...] The move to groundwater seems logical. Nonetheless, the notification of the switch should have come with a lot more noise and information.","received":"2026-09-23"},{"candidateId":"heather-coleman-cox","question":"Public-safety fee","text":"I support keeping the Police, Fire and Parks Fee at $15 a month. Residents deserve to know what they are paying for and how this fee works alongside the fire and police levy. If Council considers changing the amount, I believe residents should have a chance to weigh in.","received":"2026-09-23"},{"candidateId":"heather-coleman-cox","question":"General-fund gap","text":"I would not continue using reserves to cover a gap that comes back every year. That money will run out, and we still need it for unexpected needs. I also would not jump to cutting services residents rely on. I would want staff to walk us through what is causing the gap, where we can save money, and what other revenue options would mean for residents. Then Council needs to make those decisions in public and explain them clearly.","received":"2026-09-23"},{"candidateId":"heather-coleman-cox","question":"Camping and shelters","text":"I support keeping our parks and public spaces safe and available for all residents. I also understand the need to keep reaching out to people experiencing homelessness and help connect them with shelter and a path to stable housing. I am open to pod shelters under the new permit process, but I would want to know who would run them, where they would go, how they would affect nearby residents, and whether they would help people move into housing.","received":"2026-09-23"},{"candidateId":"heather-coleman-cox","question":"Keep Gresham’s own fire department, or join a district?","text":"I have met with Gresham Fire, who is currently outsourced to Fairview, Wood Village and Troutdale. I also met with the Mayor of Wood Village, Jairo Rios-Campos; I support moving toward a fire district. A committee is already formed with this endeavor in mind. I believe sharing the responsibilities across the communities being served will produce more sustainable funding while maintaining strong fire and emergency services.","received":"2026-09-23"},{"candidateId":"gregory-schroeder","question":"Rent and homes","text":"As a Planning Commissioner, I have supported efforts to remove barriers to housing construction, and I would continue that work by looking for opportunities to reduce unnecessary City fees and streamline the development process so projects can move from conception to completion more quickly. Gresham cannot build its way out of a regional housing shortage by itself, so I also support expanding rehabilitation grants and down-payment assistance while measuring success by increased housing production, more opportunities for homeownership, preservation of existing housing, and fewer Gresham households that are housing-cost burdened.","received":"2026-09-24"},{"candidateId":"gregory-schroeder","question":"Camps, crime and who responds","text":"I favor an individualized approach that combines accountability with a genuine path off the street. I would like Gresham to strengthen partnerships with nonprofits that can engage people experiencing homelessness, identify whether they need temporary shelter, housing assistance, addiction treatment, mental-health care, education or other support, but when appropriate services are available and someone refuses them while continuing to violate camping or other laws, I support enforcement of those laws and the legal consequences that may follow.","received":"2026-09-24"},{"candidateId":"gregory-schroeder","question":"Bills and taxes","text":"My first priority is making sure the City is using the revenue it already receives efficiently and directing it toward core services and community needs; residents should not be asked to pay more simply to compensate for inefficiency. I also want to grow Gresham’s economy by attracting employers, supporting local businesses and encouraging investment because greater economic activity expands the tax base without automatically raising taxes.","received":"2026-09-24"},{"candidateId":"gregory-schroeder","question":"Streets, buses and air","text":"Gresham already has the foundation of an excellent bicycle and pedestrian network, and I would prioritize connecting and improving separated routes such as the Springwater Corridor, Wy’East Way and Gresham-Fairview Trail and strengthening their connections to transit. I do not support expanding conventional on-street bike lanes where bicycles and vehicle traffic share the roadway; wherever practical, I prefer infrastructure that separates bicycles from cars. [...] I want to prioritize filling [sidewalk] gaps, improving safe street crossings, and creating better pedestrian connections between neighborhoods, schools, parks, businesses and transit.","received":"2026-09-24"},{"candidateId":"gregory-schroeder","question":"Public-safety fee","text":"I would not expand the current $15 Police, Fire and Parks Fee, but because it currently provides significant funding for essential services, I would not eliminate it without a replacement. My preference would be to transition away from the Council-imposed fee toward voter-approved funding, with parks considered separately from police and fire so voters can make a clear choice about the level of funding they want for each.","received":"2026-09-24"},{"candidateId":"gregory-schroeder","question":"Levy and fire district","text":"I am open to a regional fire district. Gresham already provides fire services to neighboring communities through service agreements, so before changing that system I would want an honest cost-benefit analysis showing what each community currently contributes and comparing that with a district model, including costs, response times, staffing, service levels, governance and accountability. I would support a district if the analysis demonstrated that it makes financial sense for Gresham without degrading services, and preferably improves them. I would then use those findings, along with the results of the current voter-approved public-safety levy, to determine what funding is actually needed before asking voters to consider any levy renewal.","received":"2026-09-24"},{"candidateId":"gregory-schroeder","question":"General-fund gap","text":"A structural deficit that continues to grow is not sustainable, but I would need a much deeper understanding of the City’s budget and long-term forecasts before saying that the answer is simply cutting services or raising revenue. I would first look for operational efficiencies and opportunities to coordinate projects or funding where work overlaps, while making economic development a priority. Using reserves may be appropriate for one-time costs, but it cannot be the long-term solution to an ongoing structural deficit.","received":"2026-09-24"},{"candidateId":"gregory-schroeder","question":"Groundwater and rates","text":"I support Gresham having a reliable and resilient water supply, although I would have preferred retaining Bull Run as our primary source and developing groundwater as a backup. [...] Many residents, including me, have experienced a noticeable decline in taste and the everyday quality of the water even though it continues to meet drinking-water standards. I do not believe individual households should simply be expected to purchase filtration systems to address a systemwide change in water quality. Before supporting additional rate increases, I want a clear accounting of what those increases are paying for, what obligations remain from the groundwater transition, and what the City can do systemwide to improve taste and hardness.","received":"2026-09-24"},{"candidateId":"gregory-schroeder","question":"Camping and shelters","text":"I support maintaining Gresham’s camping restrictions while continuing housing-focused outreach and offering appropriate services and shelter before enforcement. I remain very wary of pod shelters in our community, although I am not categorically opposed to them. [...] Any proposal in Gresham would need careful scrutiny, particularly regarding its impact on the surrounding neighborhood, and I would want clear evidence that it provides a genuine path toward treatment, employment or stable housing rather than simply creating a more permanent place for homelessness.","received":"2026-09-24"},{"candidateId":"gregory-schroeder","question":"Immigration enforcement","text":"I believe the City Attorney has correctly described Gresham’s limited role. State law restricts the City’s participation in federal immigration enforcement, while the City also cannot interfere with lawful federal enforcement activity. I do not support declaring a local emergency when doing so would not materially change the City’s legal authority or the situation on the ground.","received":"2026-09-24"},{"candidateId":"matt-schulte","question":"Rent and homes","text":"Portland has to address both what it costs to live here and the potential for being able to earn here. Housing production is part of that, but the number of units is not the entire question. [...] The Home-Share Mitigation Fund would use part of the Home Sharing Pilot Program’s existing $500,000 budget to protect participating homeowners against property damage or sudden vacancy.","received":"2026-09-24"},{"candidateId":"matt-schulte","question":"Camps, crime and who responds","text":"ReBoot would provide continuing human connection through paid navigators, professional support, trained volunteers, a Navigation Center and an immediate-action fund. [...] If someone in a shelter bed needs medication but cannot get to the pharmacy, misses an appointment because a phone was lost, or loses contact during a handoff, ReBoot would act before that small failure becomes another disconnect.","received":"2026-09-24"},{"candidateId":"matt-schulte","question":"Your bills and taxes","text":"City Council’s first responsibility is to stop making Portland more expensive. [...] Put the combined effect of proposed City-controlled household costs in front of Council at the same time instead of approving increases separately. If the combined cost is growing faster than Portland household incomes, Council has to reduce, delay or offset discretionary increases.","received":"2026-09-24"},{"candidateId":"matt-schulte","question":"Streets, buses and air","text":"Complete the Safe Routes priority network around every District 4 elementary school within one Council term. [...] TriMet’s missing riders and downtown’s missing workers are basically the same missing trips.","received":"2026-09-24"},{"candidateId":"matt-schulte","question":"Moda Center deal","text":"Schulte would have been very hardline on requiring the Blazers to contribute. But the train has left the station on Portland’s approach. Now that we have committed, Schulte generally supports the term sheet and public funding as initial negotiating strategy, but not the City’s approach to negotiations. Portland should demand other concessions, such as what Dundon offered and agreed to in Raleigh. [...] Schulte would take Portland’s case directly and immediately to Commissioner Adam Silver and the NBA Board of Governors.","received":"2026-09-24"},{"candidateId":"matt-schulte","question":"Police staffing","text":"Fill the positions that are already funded. Before expanding police staffing, stop sending officers to thousands of calls that do not require them. Move appropriate welfare checks, unattended deaths and repeat false alarms away from armed officers. Reassign the officer hours that creates to emergency response and investigations.","received":"2026-09-24"},{"candidateId":"matt-schulte","question":"Street repair fee","text":"Yes. Portland’s streets need to be fixed. The fee should include completing the Safe Routes priority network around every District 4 elementary school.","received":"2026-09-24"},{"candidateId":"matt-schulte","question":"What utility partners, engineering studies and financing would the energy proposal require?","text":"The first phase of the Grid would have PGE, Pacific Power, participating building owners and Prosper Portland identify candidate buildings and measure what is actually there: electrical service, current loads, equipment, building conditions and local-grid capacity. [...] Upgrades could be financed through PropertyFit, PCEF loans, Energy Trust incentives, state and federal funding and private investment. The General Fund would not be the main source.","received":"2026-09-24"},{"candidateId":"will-delplato","question":"Rent and homes","text":"Gresham has some of the slowest permit approvals and highest permit fees in the area. I would streamline permitting, create a business liaison to help applicants through city red tape, and adopt a pre-approved home design program modeled on Bend’s, which saves homeowners $5,000–$10,000+ in design costs. Success: shorter permit timelines and lower fees than neighboring cities.","received":"2026-09-24"},{"candidateId":"will-delplato","question":"Camps, crime and who responds","text":"Police and Fire are core services I will protect, while making sure they have the tools and resources to do the job without red tape. I do not support Portland-style permissive camping policies. Success: faster response times.","received":"2026-09-24"},{"candidateId":"will-delplato","question":"Bills and taxes","text":"Gresham’s real structural shortfall is about $12 million this year, growing to $30.8 million by 2031. I would act early: review purchasing, contracts and technology for savings before adding new taxes or fees; review each major program’s cost against its results on a regular schedule; and match ongoing costs with ongoing money rather than one-time funds. Success: a shrinking structural gap in each adopted budget.","received":"2026-09-24"},{"candidateId":"will-delplato","question":"Streets, buses and air","text":"I would extend Gresham’s five-year Capital Improvement Program to a 10- to 20-year horizon, so we budget for road and pipe replacement before it becomes an emergency.","received":"2026-09-24"},{"candidateId":"will-delplato","question":"Groundwater and rates","text":"Keep the current groundwater system. There is no viable alternative today, and costs will be better controlled than buying Portland’s water, which is expected to become much higher than current prices. Residents also deserve honest answers and accountability on taste, odor and hardness concerns, and I support promoting the city’s free water testing and pushing for a responsive fix.","received":"2026-09-24"},{"candidateId":"will-delplato","question":"Public-safety fee","text":"Still reviewing.","received":"2026-09-24"},{"candidateId":"will-delplato","question":"Immigration enforcement","text":"I’m keeping my focus local, on Gresham’s budget, safety and services.","received":"2026-09-24"},{"candidateId":"david-russ","question":"Housing and homelessness","text":"Nearly every one of my statements, proposed Bills, and proposed actions will lead to reduced homelessness. My goal is to return the country, and prosperity, to the people. When the economy soars, homelessness will drop dramatically. Giving money to NGO’s to over pay their bloated staff only exacerbates the problem. We can not continue with the failed policies created by Progressive theology.","received":"2026-09-24"},{"candidateId":"david-russ","question":"Housing and homelessness (his clarification)","text":"My statement regarding distribution of federal funds was regarding NGO’s. I did not say “non-profits.” Many NGO’s are non-profit, but not all. [...] These entities spend more on their staff, consulting, and programs that actually make the homeless dependent on them than what they spend helping the homeless to become independent.","received":"2026-09-25"},{"candidateId":"david-russ","question":"Transportation, energy and climate","text":"I have not created a specific process by which I intend to make this happen, however, since the US Constitution does not provide for the Federal Government controlling large swaths of lands within state boundaries this should really not be a complicated issue. Removing lands that are not specifically National Parks Open to all, will also reduce the Federal Budget.","received":"2026-09-24"},{"candidateId":"david-russ","question":"ICE and border money","text":"I fully support ensuring that Federal Law Enforcement has sufficient funding to efficiently perform their duties.","received":"2026-09-24"},{"candidateId":"david-russ","question":"Fix Our Forests Act","text":"The Fix Our Forests act is OK. However, it is basically a bureaucratic maze designed to give the bureaucrats a way to claim they are doing things right while simultaneously wasting huge amounts of money in consulting and administration. I would support this legislation only as a gap stop. However, the fact is States could administrate exact same program for less.","received":"2026-09-24"},{"candidateId":"david-russ","question":"Medicaid and SNAP cuts","text":"Yes. Keep rules as long as the Federal Government is involved.","received":"2026-09-24"},{"candidateId":"david-russ","question":"ACA premium credits","text":"The “Affordable Care Act” has clearly damaged healthcare affordability. The issue is complicated, and Federal Overreach. I would support another possibility while it is unwound.","received":"2026-09-24"},{"candidateId":"david-russ","question":"Tariffs","text":"I do not support such a thing. That would require a re-write of The Constitution. This nation had no income tax and funded virtually everything via Tariffs until 1913 (137 years!).","received":"2026-09-24"},{"candidateId":"david-russ","question":"Iran war powers","text":"Anyone who has not participated in the highest level of National Security meetings in the White House only “imagines” that they have sufficient information to make a call on this issue. I have not been in one of those meetings.","received":"2026-09-24"},{"candidateId":"david-russ","question":"Federal housing programs","text":"The current level of Federal Involvement in housing is already a huge violation of the 10th Amendment. [...] If States believe that this type of program is important, they should institute them internally.","received":"2026-09-24"},{"candidateId":"david-russ","question":"Data-center costs","text":"At this point, smart municipalities are cutting deals with data centers that are very favorable for the municipality. Some have even secured free power for their residents! If the Federal Government gets involved it will undoubtedly start to skew the deals toward the data centers due to federal lobbying. [...] Smart people in local areas need to cut the right deals for their constituents.","received":"2026-09-24"},{"candidateId":"barbara-j-kahl","question":"Housing and homelessness","text":"Federal HUD grants should fund both new construction and brownstone rejuvenation so federal dollars reflect Oregon’s diversity, not just refugee-targeted capacity. Direct attention toward permitting speed and trades partnerships, with budget tracking of builds and rejuvenation publicly, transparency required. Pair this with Federal HHS funds for stepwise addiction/mental health recovery networks vetted through Oregon’s Medical Board blended with vetted, transparent accountability partners, who will measure patient outcomes. Measure results transparently: from intake to success as a productive citizen. Target 2027–2028 project windows, congressional budget permitting.","received":"2026-09-25"},{"candidateId":"barbara-j-kahl","question":"Public safety and immigration","text":"Federal funds are available through COPS and SAFER grants to supplement police and fire services via payroll and equipment purchases, provided federal accountability standards are attached. That federal accountability would require addressing Oregon’s sanctuary laws. Federal enforcement priorities would include cybercrime, narcotics and human trafficking task force enhancement. Audits of response times for 911 calls for both police and fire are measurable. Data showing crimes curtailed, pounds of drugs removed from the streets and people freed from trafficking would be immediately measurable. OR-1 has not seen those grants in 4 cycles with the current representative. It doesn’t require Salem to approve them.","received":"2026-09-25"},{"candidateId":"barbara-j-kahl","question":"Taxes and spending","text":"Tax code, federal audits, federal grant oversight. Multiple federal agencies have regulatory overlap with state agencies. Removing duplicate regulations and permitting fees on those duplicate regulations would ease burden in builds, environmental protections, energy and a multitude of other side areas. I’d work to develop an enlarged audit team, applying recovered waste to federal debt paydown, followed by a federal tax-code rebalance to ease the payroll tax burden on small businesses. The measurable results would be less regulatory burden and duplication when building or businesses want to grow, with more money left in taxpayers’ pockets. I made a commitment to not increase taxes; I intend to keep it.","received":"2026-09-25"},{"candidateId":"barbara-j-kahl","question":"Transportation, energy and environment","text":"Federally, I think of transportation as the Columbia River, an economic hub serving the entire NW and sometimes farther. To keep the Columbia moving billions in products, dredging must occur. Our dredging equipment is over 50 years old and the river depth is insufficient to accommodate larger, deeper-hulled shipping vessels. They are migrating towards the Puget Sound, taking billions of income from Oregon ports. Working with the Army Corps of Engineers, purchase modern dredging equipment, develop silt storage that protects our environment, to bring the Columbia River into the 21st century for cargo shipping. Additionally, the Columbia River is our most environmentally safe, dependable energy source through hydropower. Recent solar and wind energy projects have shown some benefit, but they are unreliable, requiring fossil fuel as back up and oil to keep the wind turbines moving. [...] Moving toward incorporating SMRs would be beneficial. These are zero carbon units that produce reliable constant energy lasting 60 years without needing storage units. Storage, post-lifecycle, is also an open area for resolution.","received":"2026-09-25"},{"candidateId":"barbara-j-kahl","question":"Medicaid and SNAP","text":"As a compassionate person, this is a difficult question, however, it is taxpayer money we are talking about. While I appreciate these programs in times of need, we must also understand that a culture of government dependence has been growing in our country. We are losing our workforce that provides the dollars to sustain these needed programs. Congress sets the eligibility rules regardless of state sanctuary policy. I support work requirements and real eligibility verification as basic accountability for taxpayer dollars, not a state fight, but a federal one. We must provide needed support to those who qualify, not to those who choose dependence over self-sustainability.","received":"2026-09-25"},{"candidateId":"barbara-j-kahl","question":"Federal housing programs","text":"Multiple housing programs are available, including HUD, USDA, FHA, and VA for those who qualify. I will ensure these programs are well funded to meet our needs. The federal ROAD to Housing Act was a great win that supports these agencies’ work on new housing construction or repairs needed to make homes livable. It supports reducing local permitting barriers, cutting regulatory delays due to environmental oversight, and duplicate permitting now in existence, where I will ensure the federal permitting processes are streamlined. [...] As these are new changes, I will ensure these agencies are held accountable for following the new laws.","received":"2026-09-25"},{"candidateId":"barbara-j-kahl","question":"ACA premium credits","text":"The ACA premium credits were restored temporarily. However, that won’t fix the broken medical system. Private equity has driven hospital pricing up 37%; Medicare pays conglomerates up to 4 times more for the same service a private physician provides. Those ACA credits are feeding the dragon that continues to raise the prices for their profit margins. I will work to revamp antitrust laws, placing guardrails on private equity firms. Creating standardized pricing throughout Medicare and Medicaid will bring costs down while requiring cost transparency to patients before services are provided.","received":"2026-09-25"},{"candidateId":"barbara-j-kahl","question":"Tariffs","text":"Tariffs, well intentioned, poorly executed. If we adopt the tariff model, it needs to be phased in instead of imposing them all at once. Pair each phase with an income tax reduction. Require large importers to sign enforceable agreements limiting cost transfer to consumers. Protect American industry by bringing manufacturing back to the U.S. (the original intent of the tariffs) and allow corporations to grow jobs without forcing families to pay for it.","received":"2026-09-25"},{"candidateId":"barbara-j-kahl","question":"ICE and border money","text":"Yes fund ICE, with caveats. Unfettered immigration most damages those who immigrated here legally. [...] To best use those funds, I’d begin by assessing the maximum number of people allowed into the U.S. annually and determine if that number still makes sense. I’d evaluate the manner in which they are allowed in: does it take American jobs or promote growth in American resources? I’d focus on citizenship processing for those immigrating legally. Perhaps this would remove the decades long backlog. Fund development of AI tools to perform background checks in minutes, not months. Reduce the redundant paperwork burden for legal entries. Enforce the law for those coming here illegally.","received":"2026-09-25"},{"candidateId":"barbara-j-kahl","question":"Iran war powers","text":"I come from a long line of military family members. My own husband was deployed in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz while I was the ship’s ombudsman; I know why they are there. [...] Congress should determine if the war should continue, but those with military experience in this conflict zone must be consulted to understand the true risks if we leave that area.","received":"2026-09-25"},{"candidateId":"barbara-j-kahl","question":"Fix Our Forests Act","text":"I was disappointed that our incumbent in CD1 voted No on the Fix our Forests Act. [...] Yes, I would vote to thin our forests, protect our environment by enforcing riparian zone areas, and bring that timber home to reopen our mills, put people back to work milling wood to build homes, reducing costs, bring revenue back to rural schools and for rural public safety needs.","received":"2026-09-25"},{"candidateId":"barbara-j-kahl","question":"Data-center costs","text":"I would like to see data centers controlled, tax breaks removed and those funds returned to the public trust. I’d like data centers to provide their own energy when their need exceeds other businesses of the same size, and mandate enclosed cooling systems to avoid draining water reservoirs and aquifers that feed public water. I’d like to envision re-engineering them to be stacked rather than sprawled.","received":"2026-09-25"},{"candidateId":"barbara-j-kahl","question":"Education and school choice","text":"Federal incentives and school choice go hand in hand for me. I’d remove ESSA and replace it with STEP (Student Teacher Empowerment Act), refocusing schools on measurable academic progress in math, reading, writing, civics, history, and science (STEM), with the science of reading and critical thinking built in throughout, backed by a required 15 hours of continuing education (CE) per year of academic-rigor, neuroscience, and child development training for educators. Based on educational research, I’d remove tablets below 9th grade. I would add PE, music, and art as core K–6th grade subjects, adding electives of trades education, math and art, for 7th–12th grades, handing that control back to states and districts. [...] Rural and underserved communities will be on an equal playing field to receive funding. That same principle—funding follows the student—drives my view on school choice. Administrative staff in schools has grown extensively while teacher staffing levels have fallen behind; I want to flip that by funding teachers and reducing class sizes. The administrative budget can be redirected to teacher salaries. [...] Where public education isn’t the right fit, funding should follow the student rather than staying locked to the district. [...] Bring back academics, smaller class sizes, and more teachers, and we wouldn’t be having this discussion.","received":"2026-09-25"},{"candidateId":"diana-helm","question":"Crisis care, jail and deflection","text":"Our deflection program is working well and we now have the Stabilization Center in Milwaukie that handles those in crisis, whether it’s mental health, substance abuse or other issues. Our Recovery Campus opens in fall of 2027 and will assist those with SUDs, mental health issues, homelessness, workforce training and transition housing. We need a new jail but are doing the best we can with a very old building. Part of our Strategic Plan is to research the cost of a new jail and where to site it. However, this is years away at this point.","received":"2026-09-25"},{"candidateId":"diana-helm","question":"Taxes and the budget gap","text":"Every budget cycle each department must present a balanced budget to the Board. Revenue is not keeping up with inflation, so cuts are sometimes necessary within each department. Priority General Fund dollars center on Public Safety, Health, Housing and Human Services (which includes seniors and those with disabilities), Transportation and more. Our County Budget is available at clackamas.us.","received":"2026-09-25"},{"candidateId":"diana-helm","question":"Roads, bridges and air (data centers)","text":"There is currently a moratorium on Data Centers in Clackamas County (with the exception of individual cities, which would have to institute their own policy). Nothing will happen until we codify a new policy that addresses water use, energy use, sound, and air quality.","received":"2026-09-25"},{"candidateId":"diana-helm","question":"Judicial-warrant rule","text":"County Counsel recommends we follow state law.","received":"2026-09-25"},{"candidateId":"ali-beaudoin","question":"Clearing camps","text":"I would support clearing unsafe camping areas while making sure we provide stable housing and appropriate support for the people living there.","received":"2026-09-25"},{"candidateId":"ali-beaudoin","question":"Rent and homes","text":"I would focus on increasing the supply of housing, simplifying complex permitting processes, reducing unnecessary regulatory costs, and supporting more middle-income and workforce housing. I also want to expand pathways to homeownership and make better use of vacant or underutilized properties. On the financing side, I would explore working with the city and financial institutions to offer first-time homebuyers temporary interest-rate assistance to reduce their monthly costs while mortgage rates remain elevated.","received":"2026-09-23"},{"candidateId":"ali-beaudoin","question":"Camps, crime and who responds","text":"We need enforcement when there is violence, property crime, or unsafe behavior; prevention through housing and behavioral-health services; and a stronger non-police response for people who need care rather than enforcement. The goal should be matching the response to the problem instead of using one system for everything.","received":"2026-09-23"},{"candidateId":"ali-beaudoin","question":"Your bills and taxes","text":"I would focus on reducing the city’s commercial vacancy rate and bringing businesses back to downtown Portland and neighborhood commercial corridors. That would create jobs and expand the city’s tax base without raising taxes, and as revenues improve, we should look for opportunities to reduce the tax burden and eliminate unnecessary fees.","received":"2026-09-23"},{"candidateId":"ali-beaudoin","question":"Streets, buses and air","text":"I would prioritize investment in basic transportation infrastructure, including street maintenance, sidewalks, safer crossings, reliable buses, and neighborhood connectivity, while continuing to support biking and pedestrian improvements.","received":"2026-09-23"},{"candidateId":"ali-beaudoin","question":"New taxes or fees","text":"I would generally hold the line on new taxes and fees until the city demonstrates that existing revenue is being spent efficiently and programs are producing measurable results. If a new revenue source is proposed, it should have a clear purpose, a sunset or review mechanism, and strong accountability for how the money is spent.","received":"2026-09-23"},{"candidateId":"ali-beaudoin","question":"Police staffing","text":"Portland needs enough officers to provide timely responses to serious crime and emergencies, so I support rebuilding staffing where there are documented service gaps. At the same time, I would invest in alternative responders, prevention, and community-based services so police are not the default response to every problem.","received":"2026-09-23"},{"candidateId":"ali-beaudoin","question":"Clearing camps","text":"I support enforcing public-space rules while making sure there are realistic pathways to shelter, housing, and services. The city should measure what happens after a removal, including where people go, whether the area stays clear, and the cost, rather than measuring success simply by the number of camps cleared.","received":"2026-09-23"},{"candidateId":"ali-beaudoin","question":"Data centers","text":"I support a temporary pause on new AI data centers while the city evaluates their impacts on electricity, water, infrastructure, noise, and surrounding neighborhoods. Portland should pursue economic development while making sure large users pay their fair share of the infrastructure and resources they require.","received":"2026-09-23"},{"candidateId":"ali-beaudoin","question":"Street Response","text":"I support expanding Portland Street Response toward 24/7 coverage where the data shows it can safely and effectively handle calls that do not require police. Expansion should be tied to measurable outcomes, response times, and demonstrated demand.","received":"2026-09-23"},{"candidateId":"ali-beaudoin","question":"Street repair fee","text":"I would oppose adding or maintaining fees without first demonstrating that they are necessary and that existing transportation dollars are being used effectively. Portland should prioritize maintaining the infrastructure we already have and be transparent about exactly what each fee delivers.","received":"2026-09-23"},{"candidateId":"ali-beaudoin","question":"Water rates","text":"I recognize that Bull Run filtration and aging infrastructure require substantial investment, and I support making the necessary investments in Portland’s water system. I would support necessary, phased increases, but only alongside aggressive cost controls, outside funding opportunities, and clear protections for households that cannot afford higher bills.","received":"2026-09-23"},{"candidateId":"jayne-cronlund","question":"What spending would you prioritize or reduce to sustain public-space investment?","text":"Sustain investment in our public parks and reduce the backlog of maintenance without reducing access. I propose a careful approach to achieving 35% reduction in the $800 million backlog without new taxes. I will advocate for clear reporting back to the voters on progress toward this goal. I support a modest increase in police if tied to decreasing response time. Moda Center renovations to secure short term, prevailing wage construction jobs and provide a centerpiece from which restorative development proposed in the Albina Vision Trust may succeed. [...] I will allocate funds from my office budget to support a City Hall led planning process.","received":"2026-09-23"},{"candidateId":"jayne-cronlund","question":"Housing affordability and production; public safety and homelessness","text":"I will advocate for Portland Housing Bureau to exercise greater oversight and accountability for its nonprofit partners, including 1) ensuring that nonprofit expenses are legal and within budget, 2) existing housing is full to capacity, 3) residents are cared for and 4) neighbors feel safe around these affordable housing properties. I would direct Bureau of Development Services to explore how we could streamline downtown office vacancy to housing for willing property owners. Office vacancy downtown is at 37%.","received":"2026-09-23"},{"candidateId":"jayne-cronlund","question":"Accomplishments","text":"While I was executive director of Three Rivers Land Conservancy, I championed and created the organizational foundation of the Backyard Habitat Certification program. The pilot program lasted for 4 years under Three Rivers before it was transferred to Audubon and Columbia Land Trust. [...] While working at Greenline Fine Woodworking with my husband on our small family business, I acted as business manager from 2010 through the end of 2023. [...] One of our significant accomplishments was restoring a private residence called Firehouse 17. This property and Greenline received a Restore Oregon DeMuro award in 2019.","received":"2026-09-23"},{"candidateId":"heather-coleman-cox","question":"Immigration enforcement","text":"I am a part of one of the community groups that supported the mayor and city council to produce the rule of law resolution. I support our local police focusing on keeping our city safe. I am open to an emergency declaration if it would give the City a practical way to better protect our residents.","received":"2026-09-23"},{"candidateId":"eli-arnold","question":"How would expanded staffing and transit commitments fit within existing revenue?","text":"No immediate increase to police funding. When vacancies are filled I would seek to increase authorized staffing if the city budget can accommodate. For fareless transit I would seek to use PCEF as a stable funding source. Total TriMet fare revenues are about $60 million, but only a portion of that is Portland. I would be seeking to redirect a portion of future revenue.","received":"2026-09-20"},{"candidateId":"eli-arnold","question":"Policing work: the downtown fentanyl partnership","text":"When street fentanyl sales became ubiquitous downtown I developed a program in which police partnered with organizations [to] identify high volume dealers. We established a relationship with Federal Prosecutors to hold high volume dealers accountable in 2023. This has resulted in dozens of successful prosecutions and a decline in the fentanyl trade downtown.","received":"2026-09-20"},{"candidateId":"eli-arnold","question":"Policing work: the Provider Police Joint Connection Program","text":"During Measure 110 I was concerned about the lack of meaningful interventions for people with serious addictions who were using drugs on the street downtown. The Portland Police Bureau Bike Squad and MHAAO partnered to bring peer support workers immediately to the scene and attempt to place people into treatment. The Provider Police Joint Connection Program was a success and was ultimately funded by the City, County, and State.","received":"2026-09-20"},{"candidateId":"steve-novick","question":"Why he opposed Services First and co-proposed the smaller restoration package","text":"I thought “services first” spent too much money that we should be counting on to balance next year’s budget, and would have unacceptably exacerbated what will already be a tough budget next year. Also, I thought restoring cuts in police training was essential. I agree with Zohran Mamdani that the police should be well trained in things like deescalation and driving safely in emergency situations.","received":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"steve-novick","question":"Concrete accomplishments, in his words","text":"Red flag law. Passed gas tax. Was the lead lawyer for the “cost recovery” portion of a Superfund lawsuit; won precedent-setting decisions. Was policy researcher and one of the lead communicators for the successful measures 66 and 67 in 2010.","received":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"steve-novick","question":"What evidence would determine when an unarmed response or camp removal is appropriate?","text":"I don’t understand the question — when is there a choice between unarmed response and camp removal? [The Lab has since clarified that it asked two separate questions: what should decide when an unarmed response is the right call, and what should decide when a camp removal is; his answer is pending.]","received":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"tom-sollitt","question":"Rent and homes","text":"On housing, I would focus first on preserving existing naturally occurring affordable housing and making better use of the resources we already have. [...] I would introduce a standardized fiscal scorecard for significant PHB investments showing the City's full contribution including direct funding, land and waived fees alongside outside funding, cost per unit, affordability and delivery schedule. [...] We should measure success through units preserved or created, units occupied, time from completion to occupancy, City contribution per occupied and/or preserved unit, outside dollars leveraged, permitting time, and actual versus projected project cost and schedule.","received":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"tom-sollitt","question":"Camps, crime and who responds","text":"My approach is to clearly define who responds to what. Police should handle situations that require police authority or present a public-safety threat. Fire/EMS should handle medical emergencies. Portland Street Response and CHAT should handle appropriate behavioral-health, welfare and non-emergency calls. [...] Recent budget decisions preserved visible police and fire staffing while reducing administrative, dispatch, technology and support capacity that those responders rely on. [...] Within my first year, I would want Council to have a clear response-allocation plan identifying which calls should be handled by police, Fire/EMS, PSR, CHAT or County resources, the staffing and support capacity required to provide those services reliably, and the cost of each response.","received":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"tom-sollitt","question":"Your bills and taxes","text":"Before asking Portlanders for more money, I want to demonstrate that we are using what they already give us wisely. Within my first budget, I would introduce a budget amendment to restore the Auditor's performance-audit capacity that was reduced because of the City's financial crisis. [...] I would not set an arbitrary savings target for the Auditor. [...] My first-year benchmark would be restoring the lost audit capacity and establishing a clear process for Council and the public to see what happens with the Auditor's findings.","received":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"tom-sollitt","question":"Streets, buses and air","text":"My priority after becoming elected is maintaining what we already have before committing to new projects until new funding sources can be identified. [...] I would also work with the PCEF Committee to determine whether existing voter-approved climate funding can be more strategically allocated, within its approved purpose, toward transportation and air-quality needs. If the public's direction needs to change, I would take that question back to voters rather than have Council circumvent it. I would restrict spending on projects without a clear public benefit, sustainable funding source and measurable outcome.","received":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"tom-sollitt","question":"Moda Center deal","text":"I would have voted no on adopting the proposed Moda Center renovation term sheet. I support keeping the Trail Blazers in Portland, but I believe the City should have started from a much stronger negotiating position. [...] Given the scale of the public investment, we should have secured a clear, material return for Portland, along with stronger accountability and remedies.","received":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"tom-sollitt","question":"Clearing camps","text":"No. I would pause any discussion about increasing or reducing funding until we have a clear accounting of the program in order to right-size funding. [...] I agree that we need to keep rights-of-way clear, but this has become a contentious point for our community that has raised some legitimate concerns.","received":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"tom-sollitt","question":"Data centers","text":"I support restricting new AI data centers in Portland. [...] I would support restrictions while we develop clear standards around resource use, environmental impacts, infrastructure costs, community impacts, and transparency. If a proposed facility can demonstrate that it meets those standards and provides a meaningful public benefit, that should be part of the conversation.","received":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"tom-sollitt","question":"Street Response","text":"I support eventually making Portland Street Response a 24/7 service, but simply adding City funding to the existing system isn't sustainable. PSR needs an operational overhaul, including dispatch, geographic coverage, recruitment, and retention. [...] I would also consider temporarily reducing hours to alleviate the burden on current staff rather than continuing to stretch the system beyond its capacity.","received":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"tom-sollitt","question":"Street repair fee","text":"I would eliminate the monthly street repair fee. [...] I don't want to pretend I have a single replacement funding source that solves this overnight. [...] This is exactly why I would want to undertake the hard work of auditing our transportation obligations, finding efficiencies, pursuing outside funding and partnerships, and identifying more equitable revenue options rather than defaulting to another fee.","received":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"tom-sollitt","question":"Which measurable service targets would you put in the next budget?","text":"Before we can consider measurable service targets we need to know what we can actually afford. I can identify general areas where the city should measure, such as permitting timelines, call and response times, street and sidewalk maintenance, 311, housing and homelessness outcomes, infrastructure condition, and major project delivery. [...] Every major service should have a credible baseline, a measurable target, an accountable owner, and an identified cost. [...] Requests for additional funding should identify the capacity it would restore or add and the measurable improvement residents should expect in return.","received":"2026-09-23"},{"candidateId":"tom-sollitt","question":"Climate, transportation and environmental health","text":"I support continued investment in clean energy, energy efficiency, building electrification and climate resilience, including through the Portland Clean Energy Community Benefits Fund. [...] I support reducing our dependence on fossil fuels and addressing the risks of the Critical Energy Infrastructure Hub, especially given Portland’s earthquake risk. I also support protecting our tree canopy, restoring natural areas and waterways, including Portland Harbor, and preparing neighborhoods for extreme heat and other climate impacts. [...] Whether it is a data center or a facility like Zenith, the public should understand the energy and water use, environmental and safety risks, infrastructure costs and commitments being made. There should not be secret deals or NDAs that prevent meaningful public scrutiny.","received":"2026-09-23"},{"candidateId":"tom-sollitt","question":"Accomplishments","text":"Legendary Makers Market: In 2023, I founded and produced the event through Asian American Town, leading the concept, partnerships, programming and production. The 2023 debut started with a $0 budget, brought together more than 100 AAPI vendors, and was presented in partnership with the Portland Night Market. The event grew substantially in its second year, more than 200 vendors and partners and an estimated 35,000 attendees with support from the City of Beaverton. [...] I Hope You Get Rich: In 2025, I founded and produced Oregon’s first Asian American pitch competition inspired by Pitch Black and Pitch Latino [...] It also started with a $0 budget.","received":"2026-09-23"},{"candidateId":"tom-sollitt","question":"Water rates","text":"I would not support additional rate increases without first exhausting meaningful alternatives to reduce the burden on ratepayers. [...] I can't promise that rate increases can be avoided given the commitment the City has already made, but I can promise that I would treat reducing the burden on ratepayers as a priority and require clear, independent accountability for the remaining work.","received":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"john-sweeney","question":"What agreements would permit the homelessness funding changes, and what happens to services during a transition?","text":"Under Resolution “A” in 1983, Multnomah County took over the jails, bridges and welfare services in Multnomah County. Before that, Multnomah County was a full-service government like the City of Portland. I think that moving the homeless/houseless services to the county would be more effective in serving those in need. The funding is with both federal and local money. Shifting it to the county, the federal funds would follow the services. This should be seamless in both the services provided and the funds to support them.","received":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"john-sweeney","question":"Housing","text":"Let’s take a hint from IKEA: IKEA builds to the price. Let’s look at the people we are trying to house and what their income is, and what they can afford. Then build to the price! There are new plans out there. One of them is Quonset houses. New models run less than $4,000 for the house. This has a lot of possibilities.","received":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"john-sweeney","question":"Parks and military work","text":"I was with the Portland Parks for 33 years, and I pride myself on the fact that more of my temporary employees became permanent. They were making just above minimum wage and became permanent. Many got married and started families. [...] I served in the Army Guard and Army Reserve for 28 years. Started as a private and ended as a captain. Over the years I met many fine people and encouraged them to join the city or the Guard or Reserves.","received":"2026-09-22"}],"extraTopics":[{"id":"moda","label":"Moda Center deal","short":"Moda","question":"Public money and terms for renovating the Moda Center?","context":"Council approved non-binding negotiating terms in August 2026. A final deal, and any public money, would need further votes.","decisionId":"moda"},{"id":"new-taxes","label":"New taxes or fees","short":"Taxes","question":"Raise new revenue, or hold the line on taxes and fees?","context":"Recent votes raised water rates and created a street repair fee; candidates differ on whether households or large companies should pay more."},{"id":"police-staffing","label":"Police staffing","short":"Police","question":"Hire more sworn officers, or invest first elsewhere?","context":"Council adopted a staffing assessment but has not funded a specific hiring target; unarmed responders and clinicians are the alternative or complement."},{"id":"camp-removal","label":"Clearing camps","short":"Camps","question":"Keep funding camp removals at current levels?","context":"A 2025 amendment to move about $4.3 million from removals to services failed; camping rules stayed in place.","decisionId":"camp-removal"},{"id":"data-centers","label":"Data centers","short":"Data centers","question":"Restrict new AI data centers in the city?","context":"Data centers draw large amounts of power and water; several candidates propose a moratorium or ban, others are silent."},{"id":"street-response","label":"Street Response","short":"Response","question":"Expand Portland Street Response to a full 24/7 role?","context":"The unarmed crisis team's scope and funding have been contested at Council.","decisionId":"psr-framework"},{"id":"street-fee","label":"Street repair fee","short":"Street fee","question":"Keep the monthly street repair fee?","context":"Council created a monthly transportation utility fee in 2026; some candidates would repeal or replace it.","decisionId":"street-fee"},{"id":"water-rates","label":"Water rates","short":"Water","question":"Raise water bills to pay for the Bull Run filtration plant and system repairs?","context":"Rates rose about $5 a month in 2026; the filtration plant and borrowing drive future increases.","decisionId":"water-rates"}],"topicStances":[{"candidateId":"ali-beaudoin","topicId":"moda","stance":"mixed","chip":"Deals must benefit residents","text":"Calls the packages the city offered a billionaire while cutting funds a lack of courage; would fight for deals where citizens and communities really benefit.","source":{"label":"Mercury questionnaire · Beaudoin’s responses","url":"https://www.portlandmercury.com/news/meet-the-candidates-for-city-council-district-3/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"September 9, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"ali-beaudoin","topicId":"new-taxes","stance":"mixed","chip":"Hold line until proven","text":"Would generally hold the line on new taxes and fees until the city shows existing revenue is spent efficiently; any new source needs a clear purpose, a sunset or review, and accountability.","source":{"label":"Beaudoin · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#beaudoin-2026-09-23","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 23, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"ali-beaudoin","topicId":"police-staffing","stance":"supports","chip":"Rebuild where gaps","text":"Supports rebuilding police staffing where there are documented service gaps, while investing in alternative responders, prevention and community services so police are not the default response.","source":{"label":"Beaudoin · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#beaudoin-2026-09-23","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 23, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"ali-beaudoin","topicId":"camp-removal","stance":"partial","chip":"Clear unsafe camps","text":"Would support clearing unsafe camping areas while providing stable housing and support for the people living there, and would measure where people go, whether areas stay clear and the cost; current funding levels unsaid.","source":{"label":"Beaudoin · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#beaudoin-2026-09-25","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 25, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate in reply to the Lab’s questions and kept on file; the answer is quoted on the brief. Receipt does not verify the claims."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"ali-beaudoin","topicId":"data-centers","stance":"supports","chip":"Temporary pause","text":"Supports a temporary pause on new AI data centers while the city evaluates their effects on electricity, water, infrastructure, noise and neighborhoods, with large users paying their share.","source":{"label":"Beaudoin · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#beaudoin-2026-09-23","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 23, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"ali-beaudoin","topicId":"street-response","stance":"mixed","chip":"Toward 24/7, if data","text":"Supports expanding Street Response toward 24/7 where data shows it can safely handle calls that do not need police, tied to measurable outcomes, response times and demand.","source":{"label":"Beaudoin · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#beaudoin-2026-09-23","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 23, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"ali-beaudoin","topicId":"street-fee","stance":"mixed","chip":"Only if proven","text":"Would oppose keeping or adding fees without first showing they are necessary and that existing transportation dollars are used well; wants to be clear about what each fee delivers.","source":{"label":"Beaudoin · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#beaudoin-2026-09-23","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 23, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"ali-beaudoin","topicId":"water-rates","stance":"supports","chip":"Phased, with protections","text":"Would support necessary, phased water-rate increases for filtration and aging pipes, but only with aggressive cost controls, outside funding and protections for households that cannot afford higher bills.","source":{"label":"Beaudoin · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#beaudoin-2026-09-23","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 23, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"joel-corcoran","topicId":"moda","stance":"mixed","chip":"Nothing without team commitment","text":"Says that if the new Blazers ownership will not commit to keeping the team in Portland, the city need not commit anything to them in return.","source":{"label":"Corcoran · Values","url":"https://www.corcoranforportland.org/values","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"joel-corcoran","topicId":"new-taxes","stance":"supports","chip":"Tax billionaires","text":"His pamphlet values list includes taxing billionaires “to hell and back”; no instrument is named.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 56","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=56","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-20"},{"candidateId":"joel-corcoran","topicId":"police-staffing","stance":"partial","chip":"Data over officer counts","text":"Would address public safety with data-driven, holistic solutions rather than debating the number of sworn officers; his answer does not say whether to hire more.","source":{"label":"Mercury questionnaire · Corcoran’s responses","url":"https://www.portlandmercury.com/news/meet-the-candidates-for-city-council-district-3/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"September 9, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"guy-frankenstein","topicId":"new-taxes","stance":"supports","chip":"Billion-dollar companies pay","text":"Says he would “bleed every billion dollar company operating within this city”; no instrument or amount is named.","source":{"label":"Mercury questionnaire · Frankenstein’s responses","url":"https://www.portlandmercury.com/news/meet-the-candidates-for-city-council-district-3/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"September 9, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-20"},{"candidateId":"matthias-hallett","topicId":"moda","stance":"mixed","chip":"Fair deal, keep Blazers","text":"Wants a deal that keeps the Blazers long-term while protecting taxpayers; calls for good-faith, transparent negotiation.","source":{"label":"Hallett · Trail Blazers press release (July 18, 2026)","url":"https://www.matthiashallett.com/press/hallett-demands-good-faith-negotiations-to-keep-the-portland-trail-blazers-calls-out-angelita-morillo-and-dsa-socialists-for-bad-faith-tactics-risking-rip-city","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 20, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-20"},{"candidateId":"matthias-hallett","topicId":"new-taxes","stance":"opposes","chip":"No new taxes","text":"Says Portland cannot tax its way out of a shrinking base and must grow it back; backs police funding with no new taxes.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 58","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=58","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-20"},{"candidateId":"matthias-hallett","topicId":"police-staffing","stance":"supports","chip":"Two officers per 1,000","text":"Backs the Safer Portland goal of two sworn officers per 1,000 residents, funded without raising taxes.","source":{"label":"Hallett · Re-Vision platform","url":"https://www.matthiashallett.com/revision","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 20, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-20"},{"candidateId":"patrick-hilton","topicId":"new-taxes","stance":"supports","chip":"Tax polluters, vacancies","text":"Would tax polluters and vacant units, and redirect consultant spending to core services.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 57","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=57","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-20"},{"candidateId":"patrick-hilton","topicId":"police-staffing","stance":"mixed","chip":"Fund PSR, add police","text":"Told OPB in 2024 he would fully fund Street Response and CHAT and use police sparingly, but that more police and budget are needed for officers who are well-trained and not over-stressed.","source":{"label":"OPB/Oregonian candidate questionnaire · Hilton (October 15, 2024)","url":"https://www.opb.org/article/2024/10/15/meet-patrick-hilton-candidate-for-portland-city-council-district-3/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"October 15, 2024, the 2024 District 3 race; read September 22, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"patrick-hilton","topicId":"camp-removal","stance":"partial","chip":"No sidewalk camping","text":"Says the city cannot allow camping on sidewalks anymore and must create managed campgrounds as soon as possible as the immediate alternative; his page does not say whether removal funding should stay at current levels.","source":{"label":"Hilton · Working class and unhoused housing first","url":"https://www.patrickhilton4pdx.org/take-action","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Campaign position. 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Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"larry-kelly","topicId":"street-response","stance":"partial","chip":"Support street response","text":"Says Portland needs to expand mental health and addiction services and support the street response team; his statement does not say whether Street Response should expand to a 24/7 role.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 54","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=54","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"tiffany-koyama-lane","topicId":"moda","stance":"mixed","chip":"Fair deal for taxpayers","text":"Says she fought for a fair deal for Portlanders in the Moda Center negotiations and will make sure it is fair for taxpayers.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 54","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=54","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-20"},{"candidateId":"tiffany-koyama-lane","topicId":"new-taxes","stance":"supports","chip":"Tax the rich","text":"Lists “Tax the Rich to Fund our Communities” as a goal while lowering the tax burden on working families.","source":{"label":"Koyama Lane · campaign home page","url":"https://teachertiffanyforthepeople.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 20, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-20"},{"candidateId":"tiffany-koyama-lane","topicId":"data-centers","stance":"supports","chip":"Data-center moratorium","text":"Would champion a moratorium on data centers to protect the water supply and farmland and keep costs off households.","source":{"label":"Koyama Lane · policy and track record","url":"https://teachertiffanyforthepeople.com/policy-track-record/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 20, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-20"},{"candidateId":"tiffany-koyama-lane","topicId":"street-fee","stance":"supports","chip":"Fee with low-income relief","text":"Says she secured low-income relief under the new Transportation Utility Fee and directed 25 percent of it to Vision Zero and sidewalks.","source":{"label":"Koyama Lane · policy and track record","url":"https://teachertiffanyforthepeople.com/policy-track-record/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 20, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-20"},{"candidateId":"tiffany-koyama-lane","topicId":"water-rates","stance":"mixed","chip":"Reduced utility hikes","text":"Says she reduced utility hikes for working-class Portlanders.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 54","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=54","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-20"},{"candidateId":"tiffany-koyama-lane","topicId":"police-staffing","stance":"partial","chip":"Free police for policing","text":"Told OPB in 2024 she wants to free police to do the job they were trained for, not fill safety-net holes, and supports expanding Street Response; her answer does not say whether to hire more officers.","source":{"label":"OPB/Oregonian candidate questionnaire · Koyama Lane (September 30, 2024)","url":"https://www.opb.org/article/2024/09/30/portland-oregon-city-council-tiffany-koyama-politics-government-district-3/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"September 30, 2024, the 2024 District 3 race; read September 22, 2026","note":"Campaign position. 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Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"kenneth-kent-r-landgraver-iii","topicId":"police-staffing","stance":"supports","chip":"Police at peer-city levels","text":"Told City Club in 2024 he would increase the police force to at least on par with other cities of Portland’s size, with first responders handling non-violent, low-risk calls.","source":{"label":"City Club of Portland 2024 council candidate survey · Landgraver’s responses","url":"https://pdxcityclub.org/2024-election-coverage-portland-council-candidate-survey/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Fall 2024 survey (the 2024 District 3 race); read September 22, 2026","note":"Campaign position. 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Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"keir-legree","topicId":"moda","stance":"opposes","chip":"Transfer arena, no cash","text":"Wants the Blazers kept but opposes spending hundreds of millions in public money on the Moda Center, which the City acquired for $1 in 2024; would explore giving it to the team’s new owner for an ironclad 20-year commitment.","source":{"label":"Legree · second emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#legree-2026-09-22","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 22, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"keir-legree","topicId":"new-taxes","stance":"opposes","chip":"Hold the line","text":"Says his priority is to hold the line on new taxes and fees.","source":{"label":"Legree · second emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#legree-2026-09-22","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 22, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"keir-legree","topicId":"police-staffing","stance":"supports","chip":"More officers, dispatchers","text":"Would hire more police officers and 911 dispatchers to improve response times.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 59","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=59","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-20"},{"candidateId":"keir-legree","topicId":"camp-removal","stance":"supports","chip":"Consistent camping enforcement","text":"Would consistently enforce clear boundaries citywide: when shelter is available, camping should not be allowed indefinitely in rights-of-way, parks or on private property, with camps near schools first.","source":{"label":"Legree · Homelessness plan","url":"https://www.keir4pdx.com/homelessness-plan","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"keir-legree","topicId":"data-centers","stance":"supports","chip":"Restrict new data centers","text":"Supports restricting new AI data centers.","source":{"label":"Legree · second emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#legree-2026-09-22","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 22, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"keir-legree","topicId":"street-response","stance":"mixed","chip":"Police staffing first","text":"Supports Street Response, but before a 24/7 expansion would first add police officers for 911 calls and for situations where Street Response needs police support; open to expanding it once police staffing is adequate.","source":{"label":"Legree · second emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#legree-2026-09-22","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 22, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"keir-legree","topicId":"street-fee","stance":"mixed","chip":"Keep only if proven","text":"Would keep the street repair fee only if PBOT clearly shows it is necessary and produces measurable results; otherwise would support repealing it.","source":{"label":"Legree · second emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#legree-2026-09-22","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 22, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"keir-legree","topicId":"water-rates","stance":"opposes","chip":"Lower water bills","text":"Says water and sewer bills are over four times Las Vegas’s and rising; would cut project costs to lower bills.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 59","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=59","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-20"},{"candidateId":"esther-leon","topicId":"moda","stance":"mixed","chip":"Only with guaranteed return","text":"Calls the current proposal opaque; would require union local contractors, no Clean Energy Fund money, a larger ticket share, a significant rent and a guaranteed net return.","source":{"label":"León · issue platform","url":"https://EstherForPortland.com","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 20, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-20"},{"candidateId":"esther-leon","topicId":"new-taxes","stance":"supports","chip":"Corporate vacancy taxes","text":"Proposes residential and commercial vacancy taxes on large corporate owners, a higher Clean Energy Fund surcharge and a shift to land-value taxation.","source":{"label":"León · issue platform","url":"https://EstherForPortland.com","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 20, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-20"},{"candidateId":"esther-leon","topicId":"police-staffing","stance":"partial","chip":"Unarmed responders first","text":"Says a policing approach does not make Portland safer; would expand Street Response and the bureau’s unarmed support specialists to reduce lethally armed responses. Her platform does not say whether to hire more sworn officers.","source":{"label":"León · issue platform","url":"https://EstherForPortland.com","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 20, 2026","note":"Campaign position. 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Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-20"},{"candidateId":"esther-leon","topicId":"data-centers","stance":"supports","chip":"Moratorium on AI centers","text":"Would implement a moratorium on AI data centers to stop the takeover of natural resources.","source":{"label":"León · issue platform","url":"https://EstherForPortland.com","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 20, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-20"},{"candidateId":"esther-leon","topicId":"street-response","stance":"supports","chip":"24/7 citywide coverage","text":"Commits to budget amendments and votes for full 24/7 citywide Street Response funding in every budget cycle.","source":{"label":"León · issue platform","url":"https://EstherForPortland.com","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 20, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-20"},{"candidateId":"darren-mccormick","topicId":"police-staffing","stance":"supports","chip":"More cops","text":"His filing says “More cops” and calls for locking up people he describes as dangerously unstable and drug-affected.","source":{"label":"2026 candidate filing · policy language on PDF page 4","url":"https://www.portland.gov/auditor/elections/documents/mccormick-darren-2026-aud-120/download#page=4","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed July 2026; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-20"},{"candidateId":"angelita-morillo","topicId":"moda","stance":"opposes","chip":"Not on taxpayers’ tab","text":"Says she demanded transparency on proposed Moda Center changes and pushed back on taxpayers footing that bill.","source":{"label":"Morillo · campaign home page","url":"https://www.angelitaforportland.com","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 20, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-20"},{"candidateId":"angelita-morillo","topicId":"new-taxes","stance":"supports","chip":"Small ride-hail fee","text":"Says she secured new funding for potholes and streetlights with a small fee on Uber and Lyft rides.","source":{"label":"Morillo · platform","url":"https://www.angelitaforportland.com/platform","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 20, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-20"},{"candidateId":"angelita-morillo","topicId":"police-staffing","stance":"partial","chip":"Unarmed responders, overtime cuts","text":"Moved over $2 million to hire unarmed crisis responders, cut police overtime and would audit police programs yearly; her platform does not say whether to hire more sworn officers.","source":{"label":"Morillo · platform","url":"https://www.angelitaforportland.com/platform","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 20, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"angelita-morillo","topicId":"camp-removal","stance":"opposes","chip":"Shift away from sweeps","text":"Says she prepared legislation supporting a shift away from costly homeless camp sweeps toward public bathrooms, sanitation and low-barrier jobs.","source":{"label":"Morillo · Councilor Morillo’s Work in 2026 (City of Portland council page)","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/districts/3/angelita-morillo/2026-morillo-work","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Councilor’s own office page; read September 22, 2026","note":"Campaign position. 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Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-20"},{"candidateId":"angelita-morillo","topicId":"street-response","stance":"supports","chip":"Expand to 24/7","text":"Would expand Portland Street Response to 24 hours a day, every day of the year.","source":{"label":"Morillo · platform","url":"https://www.angelitaforportland.com/platform","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 20, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-20"},{"candidateId":"angelita-morillo","topicId":"street-fee","stance":"partial","chip":"Affordability protections first","text":"Says she improved the proposed transportation utility fee by requiring the City to study fairer options and add affordability protections before it takes effect; the page does not say whether to keep the fee.","source":{"label":"Morillo · Councilor Morillo’s Work in 2026 (City of Portland council page)","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/districts/3/angelita-morillo/2026-morillo-work","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Councilor’s own office page; read September 22, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"angelita-morillo","topicId":"water-rates","stance":"opposes","chip":"Fought rate increases","text":"Lists “Fought water rate increases” among her first-term promises kept.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 56","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=56","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-20"},{"candidateId":"steve-novick","topicId":"moda","stance":"mixed","chip":"City must break even","text":"Wants to keep the Blazers, but only under a deal where the city gets as much money out of the Moda Center as it puts in.","source":{"label":"Novick · second-term priorities","url":"https://NovickForPortland.com","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 20, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-20"},{"candidateId":"steve-novick","topicId":"new-taxes","stance":"opposes","chip":"No Arts Tax increase","text":"Voted against increasing the Arts Tax and wants to replace it without cutting arts funding, possibly by folding it into the Children’s Levy.","source":{"label":"Novick · second-term priorities","url":"https://NovickForPortland.com","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 20, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-20"},{"candidateId":"steve-novick","topicId":"police-staffing","stance":"supports","chip":"Add detectives first","text":"Says that as Portland adds police officers it should prioritize detectives who follow through on reports.","source":{"label":"Novick · second-term priorities","url":"https://NovickForPortland.com","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 20, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-20"},{"candidateId":"steve-novick","topicId":"camp-removal","stance":"supports","chip":"Fund hazardous-camp removal","text":"Says he protected funding for removing the most hazardous camps when others tried to cut it; opposes indiscriminate sweeps.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 57","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=57","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-20"},{"candidateId":"steve-novick","topicId":"street-response","stance":"supports","chip":"Unarmed welfare checks","text":"Is working to move 911 welfare-check calls to unarmed responders and to get Medicaid to reimburse Street Response.","source":{"label":"Novick · second-term priorities","url":"https://NovickForPortland.com","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 20, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-20"},{"candidateId":"steve-novick","topicId":"water-rates","stance":"mixed","chip":"Offset with PCEF","text":"Would use Clean Energy Fund money to pay part of the water filtration plant and offset water-rate increases.","source":{"label":"Novick · second-term priorities","url":"https://NovickForPortland.com","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 20, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-20"},{"candidateId":"steve-novick","topicId":"street-fee","stance":"supports","chip":"Fees stop further decay","text":"Says Council should tell voters that at best the fees keep major streets from getting worse, and that the alternative is to let the city die.","source":{"label":"Portland Mercury · “Portland Moves To Shake Up Transportation Funding With New Utility Fee” (April 24, 2026)","url":"https://www.portlandmercury.com/news/after-years-of-false-starts-portland-moves-to-shake-up-transportation-funding/","kind":"Reporting","date":"April 24, 2026","note":"Reported statement; quote as printed by the Portland Mercury."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"cristal-otero","topicId":"moda","stance":"mixed","chip":"Metro and private money","text":"Supports renovating the Moda Center and keeping the Blazers, but before Portland fills the remaining gap would explore a Metro investment or ownership role and private philanthropy, sponsorship and naming rights to cut Portland taxpayers’ share.","source":{"label":"Otero · second emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#otero-2026-09-22","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 22, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"cristal-otero","topicId":"camp-removal","stance":"mixed","chip":"Shift some to Parks","text":"Not in its current form: would keep removals for camps posing serious health, safety or access problems, but shift some Impact Reduction Program capacity into an embedded team in Parks and other front-line bureaus.","source":{"label":"Otero · second emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#otero-2026-09-22","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 22, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"cristal-otero","topicId":"data-centers","stance":"supports","chip":"Conditions on big centers","text":"Would put stronger conditions on large new data centers: transparency on resource use, recovery of infrastructure costs from the companies, and strong energy-efficiency, water-use and labor standards, so residents do not subsidize them.","source":{"label":"Otero · second emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#otero-2026-09-22","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 22, 2026","note":"Campaign position. 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Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"cristal-otero","topicId":"street-fee","stance":"mixed","chip":"General Fund first","text":"Skeptical that street maintenance needs another monthly fee; notes under 2% of PBOT funding comes from the General Fund and would look there for more maintenance money before adding $12 a month to household bills.","source":{"label":"Otero · second emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#otero-2026-09-22","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 22, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"cristal-otero","topicId":"new-taxes","stance":"mixed","chip":"Wealthy first, if needed","text":"Says working households and small businesses should not be the automatic first source; when revenue is needed, asks more of the wealthiest households and largest corporations.","source":{"label":"Otero · policy platform","url":"https://www.cristalforportland.com/my-platform","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 20, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-20"},{"candidateId":"cristal-otero","topicId":"police-staffing","stance":"opposes","chip":"Outreach teams, not officers","text":"Told the 2024 OPB/Oregonian questionnaire she would not vote to fund hundreds more police officers, preferring clinical outreach teams with behavioral-health expertise and community-based safety.","source":{"label":"OPB/Oregonian candidate questionnaire · Otero (September 30, 2024)","url":"https://www.opb.org/article/2024/09/30/meet-cristal-azul-otero-candidate-for-portland-city-council-district-3/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"September 30, 2024, the 2024 District 3 race; read September 22, 2026","note":"Campaign position. 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Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-20"},{"candidateId":"terry-parker","topicId":"police-staffing","stance":"supports","chip":"Add police officers","text":"Would increase funding to add police officers and fully staff every fire station.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 55","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=55","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Campaign position. 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Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"terry-parker","topicId":"street-fee","stance":"partial","chip":"Costs shared by beneficiaries","text":"Wants Comprehensive Plan Policy 8.28, sharing facility costs among those who benefit, applied more broadly to transportation; his statement does not say whether to keep the monthly street repair fee.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 55","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=55","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"heart-free-pham","topicId":"new-taxes","stance":"mixed","chip":"Cost-benefit before taxes","text":"Would demand honest cost-benefit accounting before raising taxes or expanding programs, citing outmigration of high earners.","source":{"label":"Pham · Tax base and spending","url":"https://fightwithheartpdx.com/economics","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 20, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-20"},{"candidateId":"heart-free-pham","topicId":"police-staffing","stance":"supports","chip":"More police, cultural change","text":"Told the 2024 OPB/Oregonian questionnaire he supports hiring more police with stipulations: a cultural change, including no longer disqualifying applicants for past marijuana use.","source":{"label":"OPB/Oregonian candidate questionnaire · Pham (October 8, 2024)","url":"https://www.opb.org/article/2024/10/07/portland-oregon-city-council-district-3-politics-elections/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"October 8, 2024, the 2024 District 3 race; read September 22, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"tom-sollitt","topicId":"new-taxes","stance":"mixed","chip":"Scrutinize contracts first","text":"Would strengthen oversight and scrutinize contracts before raising taxes or fees.","source":{"label":"Sollitt · platform and campaign case studies","url":"https://TomForPDX.com","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 20, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-20"},{"candidateId":"tom-sollitt","topicId":"police-staffing","stance":"mixed","chip":"Needs, not a number","text":"If staffing must rise, would target investigations and specialized units; staffing should follow need, not a fixed officer total.","source":{"label":"Sollitt · platform and campaign case studies","url":"https://TomForPDX.com","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 20, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-20"},{"candidateId":"tom-sollitt","topicId":"moda","stance":"opposes","chip":"No on term sheet","text":"Says he would have voted no on the Moda term sheet: he wants the Blazers kept but says the City started from a weak position and should have secured a clear return, accountability and remedies.","source":{"label":"Sollitt · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#sollitt-2026-09-22","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 22, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"tom-sollitt","topicId":"camp-removal","stance":"mixed","chip":"Account first, then decide","text":"Answered no, but would pause any increase or cut until a clear accounting shows what the program spends and achieves; wants rights-of-way kept clear through a coordinated approach with the County and providers.","source":{"label":"Sollitt · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#sollitt-2026-09-22","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 22, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"tom-sollitt","topicId":"data-centers","stance":"supports","chip":"Restrict until standards","text":"Supports restricting new AI data centers while the City sets standards for resource use, environmental impacts, infrastructure costs, community impacts and transparency; a facility meeting them with a public benefit could be considered.","source":{"label":"Sollitt · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#sollitt-2026-09-22","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 22, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"tom-sollitt","topicId":"street-response","stance":"mixed","chip":"24/7 later, overhaul first","text":"Supports a 24/7 Street Response eventually, but first an operational overhaul of dispatch, coverage, recruitment and retention and a way to share the cost with the County; would consider temporarily reducing hours to relieve current staff.","source":{"label":"Sollitt · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#sollitt-2026-09-22","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 22, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"tom-sollitt","topicId":"street-fee","stance":"opposes","chip":"Eliminate the fee","text":"Would eliminate the monthly street repair fee, citing the equity of its largely flat charge for renters, transit users and lower-income households; would audit transportation obligations and seek outside and fairer revenue, naming no single replacement.","source":{"label":"Sollitt · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#sollitt-2026-09-22","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 22, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"tom-sollitt","topicId":"water-rates","stance":"mixed","chip":"Alternatives before increases","text":"Would not support more water-rate increases until alternatives are exhausted, through outside funding, scrutiny of remaining costs and independent oversight; says the plant is legally required and he cannot promise increases are avoidable.","source":{"label":"Sollitt · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#sollitt-2026-09-22","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 22, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"john-sweeney","topicId":"moda","stance":"opposes","chip":"No money for Blazers","text":"Says the Blazers are leaving regardless and any money spent to keep them is money Portland will need later.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 53","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=53","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-20"},{"candidateId":"john-sweeney","topicId":"police-staffing","stance":"supports","chip":"Increase police, reserve","text":"Told the 2024 OPB/Oregonian questionnaire his first priority would be to increase and refresh the Portland Police and the Police Reserve, the reserve serving as a stepping stone to full-time officers.","source":{"label":"OPB/Oregonian candidate questionnaire · Sweeney (September 30, 2024)","url":"https://www.opb.org/article/2024/09/30/portland-oregon-city-council-john-sweeney-politics-government-district-3/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"September 30, 2024, the 2024 District 3 race; read September 22, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"kellie-torres","topicId":"police-staffing","stance":"supports","chip":"Staff for investigations","text":"Supports public safety staffing and resources that let police follow through on investigations and fix response times.","source":{"label":"Torres · priorities","url":"https://www.KellieTorresForPortland.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 20, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-20"},{"candidateId":"kimberly-tucker","topicId":"police-staffing","stance":"supports","chip":"More officers, more specialists","text":"Says Portland needs additional armed officers and additional specialists to respond to non-criminal calls, with the police budget published jargon-free with a cost-benefit analysis.","source":{"label":"Tucker · The other issues","url":"https://kimberlyforpdxd3.com/the-other-issues","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"martin-ward","topicId":"moda","stance":"opposes","chip":"No Moda renovations","text":"States flatly: no renovations on the Moda Center, none.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 55","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=55","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-20"},{"candidateId":"martin-ward","topicId":"new-taxes","stance":"opposes","chip":"Cut most local taxes","text":"Would eliminate the Arts Tax, gas tax, lodging tax, heavy-vehicle tax, paid parking and the Clean Energy Fund, and restructure two others.","source":{"label":"Ward · tax cuts","url":"https://www.theprinceofpeace.net/home/city-policy/tax-cuts","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 20, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-20"},{"candidateId":"martin-ward","topicId":"police-staffing","stance":"supports","chip":"More officers, cameras","text":"Would increase police officers, install cameras at every intersection and buy non-lethal equipment.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 55","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=55","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-20"},{"candidateId":"martin-ward","topicId":"camp-removal","stance":"partial","chip":"Camps stay until shelters","text":"Says that until new shelters are built, people reported camping would return to their camp or a shelter as they prefer, then be moved into shelters; his page does not address current removal funding.","source":{"label":"Ward · budget cuts","url":"https://www.theprinceofpeace.net/home/city-policy/budget-cuts","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"timothy-tj-anderson","topicId":"new-taxes","stance":"opposes","chip":"None until audit done","text":"Says no additional taxes or fees would be passed until a value-based audit shows where the city’s money has gone.","source":{"label":"Anderson · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#anderson-2026-09-19","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 19, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-20"},{"candidateId":"timothy-tj-anderson","topicId":"police-staffing","stance":"supports","chip":"More officers, plus cadets","text":"Says more officers are “pretty much a given” to get response times down, with cadets, volunteers and other programs handling calls that do not need the most highly trained officers.","source":{"label":"Anderson · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#anderson-2026-09-19","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 19, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-20"},{"candidateId":"timothy-tj-anderson","topicId":"moda","stance":"supports","chip":"Yes, capped at $60M","text":"Answered yes to public money for the Moda Center renovation, at no more than $60 million.","source":{"label":"Anderson · second emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#anderson-2026-09-22","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 22, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"timothy-tj-anderson","topicId":"camp-removal","stance":"supports","chip":"Keep current funding","text":"Answered yes when asked whether to keep funding camp removals at current levels.","source":{"label":"Anderson · second emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#anderson-2026-09-22","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 22, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"timothy-tj-anderson","topicId":"data-centers","stance":"supports","chip":"Restrict new data centers","text":"Answered yes when asked whether to restrict new AI data centers in the city.","source":{"label":"Anderson · second emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#anderson-2026-09-22","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 22, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"timothy-tj-anderson","topicId":"street-response","stance":"mixed","chip":"Not without additions","text":"Answered no to a full 24/7 Street Response “not without additions,” without yet saying what those additions would be.","source":{"label":"Anderson · second emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#anderson-2026-09-22","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 22, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"timothy-tj-anderson","topicId":"water-rates","stance":"opposes","chip":"No rate increases","text":"Answered no when asked whether to raise water bills to pay for the Bull Run filtration plant and system repairs.","source":{"label":"Anderson · second emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#anderson-2026-09-22","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 22, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"jayne-cronlund","topicId":"moda","stance":"supports","chip":"Renovate for jobs","text":"Lists Moda Center renovations among spending she would prioritize, for short-term prevailing-wage construction jobs and as a centerpiece for the Albina Vision Trust’s restorative development.","source":{"label":"Cronlund · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#cronlund-2026-09-23","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 23, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"jayne-cronlund","topicId":"police-staffing","stance":"supports","chip":"Modest, tied to response","text":"Supports a modest increase in police if it is tied to decreasing response times.","source":{"label":"Cronlund · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#cronlund-2026-09-23","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 23, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"eli-arnold","topicId":"new-taxes","stance":"opposes","chip":"No new taxes, fees","text":"Says he will not support raising taxes and fees; his transit plan is framed as using existing PCEF revenue without new taxes.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 65","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=65","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-20"},{"candidateId":"eli-arnold","topicId":"police-staffing","stance":"supports","chip":"Fill vacancies, then grow","text":"Says there would be no immediate increase to police funding; once vacancies are filled he would seek more authorized positions if the budget can accommodate it, toward the roughly 1.5 officers per 1,000 residents on his site.","source":{"label":"Arnold · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#arnold-2026-09-20","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 20, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-20"},{"candidateId":"eli-arnold","topicId":"street-response","stance":"supports","chip":"Scale PSR citywide","text":"Would expand Street Response scope in 2027–2028 and citywide by 2029–2031 so calls go to the right responder; 24/7 is not stated.","source":{"label":"Arnold · public safety plan","url":"https://www.eliforportland.com/public-safety","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 20, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-20"},{"candidateId":"eli-arnold","topicId":"moda","stance":"supports","chip":"Best deal, but proceed","text":"Told the NW Examiner that securing the best possible deal with public funds is important but moving forward on the renovation is also crucial, to keep Moda’s economic activity, tourism and jobs.","source":{"label":"Arnold · “Eli Arnold stakes out campaign issues,” NW Examiner","url":"https://nwexaminer.com/p/eli-arnold-stakes-out-campaign-issues","kind":"Reporting","date":"August 18, 2026","note":"Reported statement; quote as printed by the NW Examiner. Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"olivia-clark","topicId":"camp-removal","stance":"supports","chip":"Remove street camping","text":"Would make the city safe by removing street camping and public drug use while adding shelter beds, sobering stations and treatment.","source":{"label":"Clark · priorities","url":"https://www.oliviaforportland.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 20, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-20"},{"candidateId":"olivia-clark","topicId":"police-staffing","stance":"supports","chip":"Understaffed police unacceptable","text":"Says the Police Bureau is one of the nation’s most understaffed and calls that unacceptable; her site says she acted to protect core police funding against proposed cuts.","source":{"label":"Clark · Bluesky post on Police Bureau staffing (official councilor account)","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/councilorclark.bsky.social/post/3mjniuw7cuc2c","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Posted April 16, 2026; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"jamey-evenstar","topicId":"new-taxes","stance":"supports","chip":"Fee on empty homes","text":"Proposes a Housing Supply Impact Fee on homes not used as a primary residence, with revenue building permanently affordable homes.","source":{"label":"Evenstar · Portland Community Housing Plan","url":"https://evenstarforportland.com/portland-community-housing-plan","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 20, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-20"},{"candidateId":"jamey-evenstar","topicId":"moda","stance":"partial","chip":"Terrible deal; amendments better","text":"Called the original Moda term sheet a terrible deal and the August 12 amendments a big improvement; other posts ask for Albina community benefits and escalating rent; she does not say whether public money should go in.","source":{"label":"Evenstar · Bluesky post on the Moda term sheet amendments","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/jameyevenstar.bsky.social/post/3msvpe6cdlc2t","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Posted August 12, 2026; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"jamey-evenstar","topicId":"street-response","stance":"partial","chip":"Unarmed response; 24/7 unsaid","text":"Would expand unarmed crisis response for behavioral-health and quality-of-life calls and, in a July post, backed approving a lease for Portland Street Response; she does not say whether it should run 24/7 citywide.","source":{"label":"Evenstar · campaign FAQ","url":"https://evenstarforportland.com/faq","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 20, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"mitch-green","topicId":"moda","stance":"opposes","chip":"Owners pay, not taxpayers","text":"Says Portlanders should not cover the cost of remodeling the Moda Center and the Blazers' ownership will pay their fair share; refused an NDA to negotiate.","source":{"label":"Green · record","url":"https://mitch4portland.com/record","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 20, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-20"},{"candidateId":"mitch-green","topicId":"new-taxes","stance":"supports","chip":"Big corporations pay more","text":"Plans to make the biggest corporations pay their fair share; no rate or instrument is named.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 62","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=62","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-20"},{"candidateId":"mitch-green","topicId":"street-response","stance":"supports","chip":"Fund PSR toward 24/7","text":"Created a public-safety set-aside fund to add Street Response staff as the program moves to a 24/7 model, and funded an independent evaluation.","source":{"label":"Green · record","url":"https://mitch4portland.com/record","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 20, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-20"},{"candidateId":"mitch-green","topicId":"water-rates","stance":"mixed","chip":"Bull Run cost controls","text":"Says he pushed for cost controls on the Bull Run project to prevent water rates from doubling; does not oppose the project itself.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 62","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=62","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-20"},{"candidateId":"josh-leake","topicId":"street-response","stance":"supports","chip":"Street Response 24/7","text":"Told the Mercury’s candidate questionnaire that expanding Portland Street Response to 24/7 service is one of his priorities; staffing or funding details are not given.","source":{"label":"Leake · priorities as summarized by the Portland Mercury from his questionnaire","url":"https://www.portlandmercury.com/news/meet-the-candidates-for-city-council-district-4/","kind":"Reporting","date":"September 11, 2026 (updated September 15)","note":"Reported statement; quote as printed by the Portland Mercury (paraphrase of his questionnaire answer). Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"john-mcdonald","topicId":"street-response","stance":"supports","chip":"24/7, General Fund","text":"Supports a 24/7 Street Response (he puts it at 68 full-time staff and $10.5 million a year) paid mainly from the General Fund, with VA, TriMet and Central City Concern partners and opioid-settlement money in lean years.","source":{"label":"McDonald · second emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#mcdonald-2026-09-24","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 24, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"john-mcdonald","topicId":"moda","stance":"supports","chip":"Backs the $120M plan","text":"Fully supports the City’s current proposal of $120 million up front and $275 million in ongoing maintenance over a 20-year lease, and expects other revenue to come with the teams’ success.","source":{"label":"McDonald · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#mcdonald-2026-09-23","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 23, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"matt-schulte","topicId":"moda","stance":"mixed","chip":"Back terms, demand more","text":"Generally supports the term sheet and public funding as a starting position but not the City’s negotiating approach; would press for concessions like the $800 million private investment he says Dundon pledged in Raleigh and appeal to the NBA.","source":{"label":"Schulte · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#schulte-2026-09-24","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 24, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"matt-schulte","topicId":"new-taxes","stance":"opposes","chip":"No new City taxes","text":"Says Portland’s tax burden is too high and he would not begin with new City business taxes or fees; his Affordability Rule would hold combined taxes, fees and rates below household income growth.","source":{"label":"Schulte · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#schulte-2026-09-24","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 24, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"matt-schulte","topicId":"police-staffing","stance":"mixed","chip":"Fill funded jobs first","text":"Would fill the police positions already funded and, before expanding, move welfare checks, unattended deaths and repeat false alarms away from armed officers, shifting those hours to emergencies and investigations.","source":{"label":"Schulte · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#schulte-2026-09-24","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 24, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"matt-schulte","topicId":"camp-removal","stance":"mixed","chip":"Not as structured","text":"Not as currently structured: removal may be needed for an immediate safety or access problem, but people need somewhere real to go, and his ReBoot program would keep them connected to services.","source":{"label":"Schulte · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#schulte-2026-09-24","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 24, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"matt-schulte","topicId":"street-response","stance":"supports","chip":"24/7 within a year","text":"Would require a plan and budget within 60 days for a citywide 24/7 Street Response and finish the expansion within a year, alongside the 911 call-allocation recommendations.","source":{"label":"Schulte · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#schulte-2026-09-24","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 24, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"matt-schulte","topicId":"street-fee","stance":"supports","chip":"Keep, add Safe Routes","text":"Would keep the monthly street repair fee because the streets need fixing, and include completing the Safe Routes network around every District 4 elementary school.","source":{"label":"Schulte · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#schulte-2026-09-24","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 24, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"matt-schulte","topicId":"water-rates","stance":"mixed","chip":"Under affordability cap","text":"Would fold already-committed Bull Run costs into his Affordability Rule baseline but not accept doubled bills; future discretionary increases would count against the cap, with grants, cost scrutiny and automatic discounts.","source":{"label":"Schulte · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#schulte-2026-09-24","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 24, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"matt-schulte","topicId":"data-centers","stance":"supports","chip":"Ban until value standard","text":"Supports a ban on data centers until a Load-Value Standard measures public return per megawatt in jobs, tax revenue, infrastructure cost and environmental effects.","source":{"label":"Schulte · data centers and megawatts","url":"https://mattschulte.wordpress.com/2026/09/10/data-centers-and-megawatts/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 20, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-20"},{"candidateId":"jeremy-beausoleil-smith","topicId":"data-centers","stance":"supports","chip":"Four-year moratorium","text":"Supports a four-year moratorium on new data-center development, citing electricity rates, water use, pollution and grid reliability.","source":{"label":"Beausoleil Smith · platform and issues","url":"https://jeremy4pdx.com/platform-and-issues/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 20, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-20"},{"candidateId":"jeremy-beausoleil-smith","topicId":"water-rates","stance":"opposes","chip":"Pursue Bull Run alternatives","text":"Says the $3 billion Bull Run filtration project will double water bills over a decade; asks Council for affordability, accountability and pursuit of alternatives to the plant.","source":{"label":"Beausoleil Smith · Bluesky post on the Bull Run filtration plant","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/jeremy4pdx.bsky.social/post/3mlmg4g7yfc23","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Posted May 11, 2026; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"jeremy-beausoleil-smith","topicId":"new-taxes","stance":"supports","chip":"Tax the rich","text":"Answers “Yes” to “Should we Tax the Rich in Portland?” in a campaign post; his platform expects large corporations to contribute their fair share, with no specific tax named.","source":{"label":"Beausoleil Smith · Bluesky post, “Should we Tax the Rich in Portland? Yes”","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/jeremy4pdx.bsky.social/post/3mnfery6dv22g","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Posted June 3, 2026; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"jeremy-beausoleil-smith","topicId":"street-response","stance":"supports","chip":"PSR 24/7 citywide","text":"Supports expanding Portland Street Response to 24/7 citywide coverage with more staff and transport capacity.","source":{"label":"Beausoleil Smith · platform and issues","url":"https://jeremy4pdx.com/platform-and-issues/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 20, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-20"},{"candidateId":"jeremy-beausoleil-smith","topicId":"police-staffing","stance":"mixed","chip":"Audit before more money","text":"Calls for a City Auditor review of police response times, staffing and overtime; says the answer cannot be more money for PPB without understanding the problem.","source":{"label":"Beausoleil Smith · platform and issues","url":"https://jeremy4pdx.com/platform-and-issues/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 20, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-20"},{"candidateId":"eric-zimmerman","topicId":"new-taxes","stance":"opposes","chip":"No tax increases","text":"Says he passed tax cuts and voted against increases, and is focused on lowering housing costs rather than raising taxes.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 64","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=64","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-20"},{"candidateId":"eric-zimmerman","topicId":"street-fee","stance":"opposes","chip":"Voted against street fee","text":"Cites his vote against the new street fee as part of a record of opposing tax increases.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 64","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=64","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-20"},{"candidateId":"eric-zimmerman","topicId":"police-staffing","stance":"supports","chip":"1,000 sworn officers","text":"Would expand the Police Bureau to 1,000 sworn officers, growing patrol and investigations and trimming other support roles until fully staffed.","source":{"label":"Zimmerman · public safety","url":"https://ez4pdx.com/issue/public-safety/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 20, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-20"},{"candidateId":"eric-zimmerman","topicId":"camp-removal","stance":"supports","chip":"End unsanctioned camping","text":"Calls ending unsanctioned camping a must, with an enforceable time-place-manner ordinance, camp cleanups and more TASS shelter sites.","source":{"label":"Zimmerman · homelessness","url":"https://ez4pdx.com/issue/homelessness/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 20, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-20"},{"candidateId":"eric-zimmerman","topicId":"street-response","stance":"supports","chip":"PSR may transport patients","text":"Would let Street Response transport people to sobering centers and psychiatric emergency care; 24/7 coverage is not addressed.","source":{"label":"Zimmerman · public safety","url":"https://ez4pdx.com/issue/public-safety/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 20, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-20"},{"candidateId":"julia-brim-edwards","topicId":"mult-pfa-delay","stance":"supports","chip":"Voted for 2028 delay","text":"Voted with the full Board on August 27, 2026 to push the scheduled 0.8-point increase to January 1, 2028, the ordinance's second reading.","source":{"label":"Board of County Commissioners · minutes, August 27, 2026 (R.2, Preschool for All ordinance)","url":"https://multnomah.granicus.com/MinutesViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=3575&doc_id=9a3cebd8-a303-11f1-a028-005056a89546","kind":"Public record","date":"Meeting of August 27, 2026; read September 21, 2026","note":"Second reading adopted 5–0 as amended; the transcript records the chair describing the one-year delay as the Singleton–Moyer amendment."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"julia-brim-edwards","topicId":"mult-shelter-cuts","stance":"opposes","chip":"Voted no on budget","text":"Cast the lone no vote on the FY 2027 budget, saying it leaves too many gaps and will not reduce homelessness or deliver the change the community is asking for.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County · Board adopts balanced $4 billion budget for Fiscal Year 2027","url":"https://multco.us/news/news-release-multnomah-county-board-commissioners-closes-significant-spending-gap-adopts","kind":"Public record","date":"June 5, 2026","note":"Adopted 4–1; the release carries each commissioner's statement and the roll of amendments."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"julia-brim-edwards","topicId":"mult-deflection","stance":"supports","chip":"Keep it, tighten rules","text":"Co-sponsored the February 26, 2026 resolution that keeps the center with stricter 90-day completion rules and housing links, saying deflection cannot be a revolving door back to the streets.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County · Board adopts resolution recommending policies to strengthen drug deflection program","url":"https://multco.us/news/multnomah-county-board-adopts-resolution-recommending-policies-aim-strengthen-drug-deflection","kind":"Public record","date":"March 2, 2026","note":"Adopted unanimously February 26, 2026; co-sponsored by Commissioners Brim-Edwards and Singleton."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"julia-brim-edwards","topicId":"mult-moda","stance":"supports","chip":"Voted for $101.6M terms","text":"Voted for the August 6, 2026 resolution setting terms for up to $101.6 million, with a clawback, a 20-year Blazers commitment and a payment in lieu of taxes; Commissioner Moyer cast the only no vote.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County · Board advances framework for regional investment in Moda Center renovation","url":"https://multco.us/news/news-release-board-commissioners-advances-framework-regional-investment-moda-center-renovation","kind":"Public record","date":"August 6, 2026","note":"Adopted 4–1 by the five-member Board; Commissioner Moyer cast the no vote, so the other four, Brim-Edwards and Singleton among them, voted aye."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"julia-brim-edwards","topicId":"mult-ambulance","stance":"supports","chip":"Backed one-paramedic model","text":"Cast the only vote for Meieran's July 2024 resolution pressing the chair to let ambulances run with one paramedic and one EMT, a week before mediation with AMR settled on a hybrid-staffing pilot.","source":{"label":"OPB · Multnomah County officials reject vote on ambulance staffing as AMR mediation comes to an end","url":"https://www.opb.org/article/2024/07/26/multnomah-county-officials-amr-mediation/","kind":"Reporting","date":"July 26, 2024","note":"Reports the July 25, 2024 vote: Meieran's resolution, as amended, failed 3–1 with Brim-Edwards the only vote in support."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"julia-brim-edwards","topicId":"mult-budget-gap","stance":"supports","chip":"Cut administrative layers","text":"Says she voted against the FY 2027 budget because it missed the chance to reduce outgrown layers of administrative leadership and prioritize direct services with demonstrated results.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County · Board adopts balanced $4 billion budget for Fiscal Year 2027","url":"https://multco.us/news/news-release-multnomah-county-board-commissioners-closes-significant-spending-gap-adopts","kind":"Public record","date":"June 5, 2026","note":"Adopted 4–1; the release carries each commissioner's statement and the roll of amendments."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"julia-brim-edwards","topicId":"mult-shs-tax","stance":"partial","chip":"Wary of Metro's timing","text":"Told KATU in January 2025 she was really concerned about the timing of Metro's draft to extend and broaden the tax, saying the county spends it as taxpayers want; she has not said whether to extend it past 2030.","source":{"label":"KATU · Multnomah County proposes funding changes to build more homeless housing, faster","url":"https://katu.com/news/local/multnomah-county-proposes-funding-changes-to-build-more-homeless-housing-faster","kind":"Reporting","date":"January 9, 2025","note":"On Metro's January 2025 draft to extend the tax to 2050 and let it fund housing construction. Reported statement; quote as printed by KATU."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"julia-brim-edwards","topicId":"mult-hsd-oversight","stance":"supports","chip":"Heed the auditor","text":"Said after the Sunstone Way findings that the public and Commission should not have to rely on whistleblowers to expose misused taxpayer dollars, faulting the chair for not heeding the auditor's earlier warnings.","source":{"label":"Willamette Week · Homeless Services Nonprofit Misspent $3.6 Million of Public Money, Report Finds","url":"https://www.wweek.com/news/county/2026/06/18/homeless-services-nonprofit-misspent-36-million-of-public-money-report-finds/","kind":"Reporting","date":"June 18, 2026","note":"Reported statement; quote as printed by Willamette Week."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"julia-brim-edwards","topicId":"mult-sobering","stance":"supports","chip":"Led sobering-center effort","text":"Her campaign says she led the effort to rebuild the 24/7 Sobering and Crisis Stabilization Center as the front door to addiction treatment instead of jail or the ER, and expanded recovery housing.","source":{"label":"Brim-Edwards · “Information About the Race” (media-resources PDF)","url":"https://www.juliabrim-edwards.com/s/Information-About-The-Race.pdf","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"julia-brim-edwards","topicId":"mult-jail-capacity","stance":"partial","chip":"Enough beds, no releases","text":"Her launch release says she offered budget amendments to fund public-safety positions and keep enough jail beds for serious crimes without emergency releases; it does not say whether both jails should keep their current funded capacity.","source":{"label":"Brim-Edwards · campaign launch release (May 5, 2026, PDF)","url":"https://www.juliabrim-edwards.com/s/Julia-Brim-Edwards-Press-Release-050526.pdf","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"julia-brim-edwards","topicId":"mult-sanctuary","stance":"supports","chip":"Voted for sanctuary code","text":"Voted for the April 9, 2026 ordinance writing sanctuary rules into county code, saying the action sends a message that immigrants belong here and the county will keep protecting civil rights.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County · Board unanimously approves enshrining sanctuary policies into County code","url":"https://multco.us/news/news-release-multnomah-county-board-unanimously-approves-enshrining-sanctuary-policies-county","kind":"Public record","date":"April 9, 2026","note":"Adopted unanimously on April 9, 2026; co-sponsored by Chair Vega Pederson and Commissioner Singleton; carries statements from Singleton and Brim-Edwards."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"shannon-singleton","topicId":"mult-pfa-delay","stance":"supports","chip":"One-year delay, hers","text":"Moved the ordinance delaying the increase to January 2028 and voted for it on August 27, 2026; she and Commissioner Moyer had proposed the one-year delay in place of the chair's two-year plan.","source":{"label":"Board of County Commissioners · minutes, August 27, 2026 (R.2, Preschool for All ordinance)","url":"https://multnomah.granicus.com/MinutesViewer.php?view_id=3&clip_id=3575&doc_id=9a3cebd8-a303-11f1-a028-005056a89546","kind":"Public record","date":"Meeting of August 27, 2026; read September 21, 2026","note":"Second reading adopted 5–0 as amended; the transcript records the chair describing the one-year delay as the Singleton–Moyer amendment."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"shannon-singleton","topicId":"mult-shelter-cuts","stance":"supports","chip":"Voted for the budget","text":"Voted for the FY 2027 budget and said she is proud that housing stability and placement out of shelter are now part of the county's commitment, while noting District 2's voices did not prevail on every vote.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County · Board adopts balanced $4 billion budget for Fiscal Year 2027","url":"https://multco.us/news/news-release-multnomah-county-board-commissioners-closes-significant-spending-gap-adopts","kind":"Public record","date":"June 5, 2026","note":"Adopted 4–1; the release carries each commissioner's statement and the roll of amendments."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"shannon-singleton","topicId":"mult-city-county","stance":"supports","chip":"One shelter system","text":"Told OPB she wants an end to both governments running shelters and other programs, saying the plan was written without a budget or clear roles and has too much duplication.","source":{"label":"OPB · Behind Portland's homelessness data, a familiar political fight emerges","url":"https://www.opb.org/article/2026/04/01/behind-portlands-homelessness-data-familial-political-fight-emerges/","kind":"Reporting","date":"April 1, 2026"},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"shannon-singleton","topicId":"mult-deflection","stance":"supports","chip":"Link to housing, keep","text":"Issued a November 2025 reform proposal tying the center to the by-name list, county sober shelters and outreach referrals, then co-sponsored the February 2026 resolution adopting stricter completion rules.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County · Board adopts resolution recommending policies to strengthen drug deflection program","url":"https://multco.us/news/multnomah-county-board-adopts-resolution-recommending-policies-aim-strengthen-drug-deflection","kind":"Public record","date":"March 2, 2026","note":"Adopted unanimously February 26, 2026; co-sponsored by Commissioners Brim-Edwards and Singleton."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"shannon-singleton","topicId":"mult-moda","stance":"supports","chip":"Voted for $101.6M terms","text":"Voted for the August 6, 2026 resolution setting terms for up to $101.6 million, with a clawback, a 20-year Blazers commitment and a payment in lieu of taxes; Commissioner Moyer cast the only no vote.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County · Board advances framework for regional investment in Moda Center renovation","url":"https://multco.us/news/news-release-board-commissioners-advances-framework-regional-investment-moda-center-renovation","kind":"Public record","date":"August 6, 2026","note":"Adopted 4–1 by the five-member Board; Commissioner Moyer cast the no vote, so the other four, Brim-Edwards and Singleton among them, voted aye."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"shannon-singleton","topicId":"mult-budget-gap","stance":"supports","chip":"Admin review, core services","text":"In March 2025 proposed moving $22 million in homeless-services tax dollars out of administrative and other programs outside the Homeless Services Department, plus a review of that department's administrative structure to prioritize service dollars.","source":{"label":"Commissioner Singleton · press release: proposes SHS reform; reallocation of $22 million","url":"https://multco.us/file/march_2025_singleton-shs-press-release.pdf/download","kind":"Public record","date":"March 3, 2025","note":"Published by her county office; the proposals are hers, not Board actions."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"shannon-singleton","topicId":"mult-shs-tax","stance":"partial","chip":"Let it build housing","text":"In January 2025 backed Metro's proposal to let the tax buy and build housing, saying it would spare the city and state from finding gap financing; she has not said whether to extend the tax past 2030.","source":{"label":"KATU · Multnomah County proposes funding changes to build more homeless housing, faster","url":"https://katu.com/news/local/multnomah-county-proposes-funding-changes-to-build-more-homeless-housing-faster","kind":"Reporting","date":"January 9, 2025","note":"On Metro's January 2025 draft to extend the tax to 2050 and let it fund housing construction. Reported statement; quote as printed by KATU."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"shannon-singleton","topicId":"mult-hsd-oversight","stance":"partial","chip":"No on new director","text":"Voted no on confirming director Nathaniel VerGow on April 9, 2026, preferring to wait for the chair election, after proposing commissioner-led reviews of the department in 2025; she has not said whether outside audits should follow Sunstone Way.","source":{"label":"KPTV · Commissioners divided on new Multnomah County Homeless Services director","url":"https://www.kptv.com/2026/04/10/commissioners-divided-new-multnomah-county-homeless-services-director/","kind":"Reporting","date":"April 10, 2026","note":"Reports the 3–2 confirmation vote of Thursday, April 9, 2026, naming Singleton and Jones-Dixon as the no votes on the five-member Board and her stated reason."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"shannon-singleton","topicId":"mult-sobering","stance":"partial","chip":"Voted for center plan","text":"Voted for the center's construction plan on March 12, 2026, saying she wants every opportunity for warm handoffs rather than referrals so care continues; she has not said whether to fund more detox beds beyond it.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County · Board approves construction plan for 24/7 Sobering and Crisis Stabilization Center","url":"https://multco.us/news/board-approves-construction-plan-247-sobering-and-crisis-stabilization-center-facility-track","kind":"Public record","date":"March 13, 2026","note":"Project plan approved 5–0 on March 12, 2026 (Board minutes); carries statements from Brim-Edwards and Singleton."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"shannon-singleton","topicId":"mult-jail-capacity","stance":"partial","chip":"Voted for the budget","text":"Voted for the FY 2027 budget that keeps both jails at full funded capacity; her budget statement speaks to housing stability and immigrant services, not to the jails.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County · Board adopts balanced $4 billion budget for Fiscal Year 2027","url":"https://multco.us/news/news-release-multnomah-county-board-commissioners-closes-significant-spending-gap-adopts","kind":"Public record","date":"June 5, 2026","note":"Adopted 4–1; the release carries each commissioner's statement and the roll of amendments."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"shannon-singleton","topicId":"mult-sanctuary","stance":"supports","chip":"Co-sponsored sanctuary code","text":"Co-sponsored the April 9, 2026 ordinance writing sanctuary rules into county code, saying the county will stand up to bullies for immigrant and refugee neighbors and that restricted areas mean all county facilities.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County · Board unanimously approves enshrining sanctuary policies into County code","url":"https://multco.us/news/news-release-multnomah-county-board-unanimously-approves-enshrining-sanctuary-policies-county","kind":"Public record","date":"April 9, 2026","note":"Adopted unanimously on April 9, 2026; co-sponsored by Chair Vega Pederson and Commissioner Singleton; carries statements from Singleton and Brim-Edwards."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"sharon-meieran","topicId":"mult-shelter-cuts","stance":"opposes","chip":"No closures without plan","text":"Called the FY 2027 budget's closure of hundreds of shelter beds with no plan for the people affected a profound moral failure that will push costs onto emergency rooms, crisis services and jails.","source":{"label":"Meieran · “When Too Much Is Not Enough” (newsletter, June 3, 2026)","url":"https://www.sharonforchair.com/newsletter/1h48ur4ba3mp3ylokn7o5gaho21mbn","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"sharon-meieran","topicId":"mult-city-county","stance":"mixed","chip":"Evaluate city-county merger","text":"Her turnaround plan would lay the groundwork and evaluate mechanisms for city-county consolidation to address redundancies from separate oversight and funding of overlapping functions.","source":{"label":"Meieran · Comprehensive Multnomah County Turnaround Plan (February 6, 2026 update), section IV, Governance Reset","url":"https://www.sharonforchair.com/s/Comprehensive-Multnomah-County-Turnaround-Plan-2-6-26-update.pdf","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"sharon-meieran","topicId":"mult-deflection","stance":"opposes","chip":"Halt current program","text":"Would halt the deflection program in its current form and replace the system that produced it, defining success by treatment completion and stable housing; says $20 million has not produced one such case.","source":{"label":"Meieran · “Multnomah County: Deflecting Responsibility” (newsletter, July 17, 2026)","url":"https://www.sharonforchair.com/newsletter/bxk3w0qbinlahsogwey6nkqvpvtaob","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"sharon-meieran","topicId":"mult-ambulance","stance":"supports","chip":"One paramedic, one EMT","text":"As a commissioner introduced the July 2024 resolution pressing the chair to let ambulances run with one paramedic and one EMT, saying speed to the emergency room matters most for survival.","source":{"label":"OPB · Multnomah County officials reject vote on ambulance staffing as AMR mediation comes to an end","url":"https://www.opb.org/article/2024/07/26/multnomah-county-officials-amr-mediation/","kind":"Reporting","date":"July 26, 2024","note":"Reports the July 25, 2024 vote: Meieran's resolution, as amended, failed 3–1 with Brim-Edwards the only vote in support."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"sharon-meieran","topicId":"mult-county-administrator","stance":"mixed","chip":"Charter reform; maybe manager","text":"Her plan calls the chair's power outsized and proposes charter reform to redefine the chair's and commissioners' roles, potentially hiring a county manager or administrator, after immediate team-based governance changes.","source":{"label":"Meieran · Comprehensive Multnomah County Turnaround Plan (February 6, 2026 update), section IV, Governance Reset","url":"https://www.sharonforchair.com/s/Comprehensive-Multnomah-County-Turnaround-Plan-2-6-26-update.pdf","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"sharon-meieran","topicId":"mult-budget-gap","stance":"supports","chip":"Zero-based budgeting","text":"Would adopt zero-based budgeting so every program justifies its cost, redirect money from ineffective and redundant structures and contracts, and deliver more while spending less.","source":{"label":"Meieran · “When Too Much Is Not Enough” (newsletter, June 3, 2026)","url":"https://www.sharonforchair.com/newsletter/1h48ur4ba3mp3ylokn7o5gaho21mbn","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"sharon-meieran","topicId":"mult-shs-tax","stance":"partial","chip":"Track every SHS dollar","text":"Her plan says the county got nearly $1 billion in Metro homeless-services tax money over four years with no way to tell where it went, and would redraft the SHS implementation plan; it does not address extending the tax.","source":{"label":"Meieran · Comprehensive Multnomah County Turnaround Plan (February 6, 2026 update), section IV, Governance Reset","url":"https://www.sharonforchair.com/s/Comprehensive-Multnomah-County-Turnaround-Plan-2-6-26-update.pdf","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"sharon-meieran","topicId":"mult-hsd-oversight","stance":"supports","chip":"Independent forensic review","text":"Would launch a public, independent performance and forensic review of county contracting on day one and adopt results-driven contracts, calling Sunstone Way a symptom of a system that spends first and asks questions later.","source":{"label":"Meieran · “Sunstone scandal: Building accountability in Multnomah County” (June 30, 2026)","url":"https://www.sharonforchair.com/translating-the-news/sunstone","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"sharon-meieran","topicId":"mult-sobering","stance":"partial","chip":"Center can stand alone","text":"Told the Board in April 2024 that a sobering center can stand alone and make a difference from the day it opens; she has not said whether the 2027 center should add more detox and treatment beds.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County · Board briefed on plans to develop a 24/7 dropoff sobering center","url":"https://multco.us/news/board-briefed-plans-develop-247-dropoff-sobering-center-new-center-would-fill-five-year-gap","kind":"Public record","date":"April 18, 2024","note":"Carries statements from then-Commissioner Meieran and Commissioner Brim-Edwards at the briefing."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"sharon-meieran","topicId":"mult-moda","stance":"partial","chip":"Economic decision, negotiate","text":"On a July 2026 podcast called the Moda question an economic decision, said the Blazers' benefit is incontrovertible and the county should negotiate on costs and goals instead of a reset; she did not say whether to commit $101.6 million.","source":{"label":"NW Fresh Podcast · “Multnomah County CHOPPED | Chairmaxxing with Dr. Sharon Meieran on MODA Renovation” (YouTube)","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCSJ3o_ZgdE","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Premiered July 20, 2026 (per her campaign's media page); captions read September 22, 2026","note":"Her own remarks on a podcast, read from YouTube's auto-generated captions (Moda from 07:18, Preschool for All from 22:58); not audited against the audio."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"sharon-meieran","topicId":"mult-pfa-delay","stance":"partial","chip":"Define goals before taxing","text":"On a July 2026 podcast said Preschool for All must define its goal and forecast its money before raising taxes as promised while hundreds of millions sit unspent; she did not say whether the 2028 delay should stand.","source":{"label":"NW Fresh Podcast · “Multnomah County CHOPPED | Chairmaxxing with Dr. Sharon Meieran on MODA Renovation” (YouTube)","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCSJ3o_ZgdE","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Premiered July 20, 2026 (per her campaign's media page); captions read September 22, 2026","note":"Her own remarks on a podcast, read from YouTube's auto-generated captions (Moda from 07:18, Preschool for All from 22:58); not audited against the audio."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"serena-cruz","topicId":"mult-pfa-delay","stance":"partial","chip":"Match seats to families","text":"Not yet satisfied: says the program has more seats than enrolled children but not in the right places and hours, must cover children with special needs, and should explain its high reserves; she did not address the 2028 delay.","source":{"label":"City Club of Portland · Multnomah County District 2 debate (September 24, 2026)","url":"https://pdxcityclub.org/event/multnomah-county-commission-district-2-debate/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"September 24, 2026; transcript read September 25, 2026","note":"The candidate's own remarks at a public debate, read from a transcript; speaker attribution is the Lab's, from self-references and the moderator's order. Claims are not independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"serena-cruz","topicId":"mult-sanctuary","stance":"supports","chip":"Protect sanctuary","text":"Would protect the county’s sanctuary efforts and prepare employees for ICE arriving; as a commissioner she challenged the sheriff’s office over money from the U.S. Marshals Service, which ended.","source":{"label":"City Club of Portland · Multnomah County District 2 debate (September 24, 2026)","url":"https://pdxcityclub.org/event/multnomah-county-commission-district-2-debate/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"September 24, 2026; transcript read September 25, 2026","note":"The candidate's own remarks at a public debate, read from a transcript; speaker attribution is the Lab's, from self-references and the moderator's order. Claims are not independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"serena-cruz","topicId":"mult-jail-capacity","stance":"partial","chip":"Fix jail staffing","text":"Says the jails have a staffing challenge that must be fixed so families can visit and defense lawyers can meet clients; she does not say whether to keep both jails at current capacity.","source":{"label":"City Club of Portland · Multnomah County District 2 debate (September 24, 2026)","url":"https://pdxcityclub.org/event/multnomah-county-commission-district-2-debate/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"September 24, 2026; transcript read September 25, 2026","note":"The candidate's own remarks at a public debate, read from a transcript; speaker attribution is the Lab's, from self-references and the moderator's order. Claims are not independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"serena-cruz","topicId":"mult-city-county","stance":"partial","chip":"Align County, City, Metro","text":"Wants the County, City and Metro aligned around one coordinated response instead of finger-pointing; she does not say whether one government should run all shelters when the agreement expires.","source":{"label":"Cruz · issues","url":"https://www.serenacruz.com/issues","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"serena-cruz","topicId":"mult-sobering","stance":"partial","chip":"Crisis to recovery housing","text":"Wants behavioral-health support that connects crisis stabilization to recovery housing so the highest-need Medicaid patients stop cycling through ERs and jails; she does not mention the 2027 center or detox beds.","source":{"label":"Cruz · issues","url":"https://www.serenacruz.com/issues","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"serena-cruz","topicId":"mult-moda","stance":"supports","chip":"Yes, with conditions","text":"Supports public dollars to keep the Blazers and the Fire in Portland, conditioned on a project labor agreement, a community benefits agreement naming Albina Vision Trust, a 20-year commitment and an annual payment in lieu of taxes.","source":{"label":"Cruz · issues","url":"https://www.serenacruz.com/issues","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. 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Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"nathan-ong-norris","topicId":"mult-pfa-delay","stance":"opposes","chip":"No more delays","text":"Signed a pledge to reject any further delays in fully funding Preschool for All, support the full voter-approved tax rate and vote against any action that limits or reduces the program.","source":{"label":"Ong Norris · pledges taken (Preschool for All pledge, July 2, 2026)","url":"https://www.nathanongnorris.com/pledges","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"nathan-ong-norris","topicId":"mult-sanctuary","stance":"supports","chip":"Keep ICE out","text":"Would keep ICE out of county buildings, off the streets and out of the county.","source":{"label":"City Club of Portland · Multnomah County District 2 debate (September 24, 2026)","url":"https://pdxcityclub.org/event/multnomah-county-commission-district-2-debate/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"September 24, 2026; transcript read September 25, 2026","note":"The candidate's own remarks at a public debate, read from a transcript; speaker attribution is the Lab's, from self-references and the moderator's order. 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Claims are not independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"nathan-ong-norris","topicId":"mult-moda","stance":"mixed","chip":"Too little in return","text":"Says the county belongs at the table on the renovation but promised too much for too little in return, leaving jobs, better streets or power-bill relief unsecured; says the arena should have been a community center first.","source":{"label":"City Club of Portland · Multnomah County District 2 debate (September 24, 2026)","url":"https://pdxcityclub.org/event/multnomah-county-commission-district-2-debate/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"September 24, 2026; transcript read September 25, 2026","note":"The candidate's own remarks at a public debate, read from a transcript; speaker attribution is the Lab's, from self-references and the moderator's order. Claims are not independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"nabil-zaghloul","topicId":"mult-shelter-cuts","stance":"mixed","chip":"Treatment, not more shelters","text":"Notes many of the 600 beds being cut were already empty and says the answer for people who refuse shelter is sustained behavioral-health and addiction treatment, not more shelters, with prevention funded first.","source":{"label":"Zaghloul · homelessness","url":"https://electnabil.com/issues/homelessness","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. 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Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"nabil-zaghloul","topicId":"mult-moda","stance":"mixed","chip":"No blank check","text":"Not in support of a blank check; with the City, County and state moving ahead, wants jobs, community investment and small-business benefit in return; cites a campaign door-knocking survey he says found 44% of District 2 opposed.","source":{"label":"City Club of Portland · Multnomah County District 2 debate (September 24, 2026)","url":"https://pdxcityclub.org/event/multnomah-county-commission-district-2-debate/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"September 24, 2026; transcript read September 25, 2026","note":"The candidate's own remarks at a public debate, read from a transcript; speaker attribution is the Lab's, from self-references and the moderator's order. 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Claims are not independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"nabil-zaghloul","topicId":"mult-budget-gap","stance":"partial","chip":"Budget for outcomes","text":"Would budget for outcomes instead of history, stop funding long-term obligations with one-time money, and move money to prevention that proves it cuts later costs; he does not say whether to cut administration first.","source":{"label":"City Club of Portland · Multnomah County District 2 debate (September 24, 2026)","url":"https://pdxcityclub.org/event/multnomah-county-commission-district-2-debate/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"September 24, 2026; transcript read September 25, 2026","note":"The candidate's own remarks at a public debate, read from a transcript; speaker attribution is the Lab's, from self-references and the moderator's order. Claims are not independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"nabil-zaghloul","topicId":"mult-city-county","stance":"partial","chip":"Shared goals, consolidate","text":"Says the City and County lack a strategic partnership with shared goals and metrics, and would consolidate overlapping homelessness, behavioral-health and public-safety services; he does not say which government should run shelters.","source":{"label":"City Club of Portland · Multnomah County District 2 debate (September 24, 2026)","url":"https://pdxcityclub.org/event/multnomah-county-commission-district-2-debate/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"September 24, 2026; transcript read September 25, 2026","note":"The candidate's own remarks at a public debate, read from a transcript; speaker attribution is the Lab's, from self-references and the moderator's order. 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Claims are not independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"bri-williams","topicId":"mult-moda","stance":"mixed","chip":"Opposed, now shape it","text":"Personally disagreed with putting county money into the Moda Center but says that is past; now wants Albina Vision Trust and 1803 Fund benefits, minority contractors, and prevailing and living wages for builders and arena workers.","source":{"label":"City Club of Portland · Multnomah County District 2 debate (September 24, 2026)","url":"https://pdxcityclub.org/event/multnomah-county-commission-district-2-debate/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"September 24, 2026; transcript read September 25, 2026","note":"The candidate's own remarks at a public debate, read from a transcript; speaker attribution is the Lab's, from self-references and the moderator's order. Claims are not independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"bri-williams","topicId":"mult-sanctuary","stance":"supports","chip":"Keep sanctuary laws","text":"Would continue the county’s sanctuary laws and keep ICE out of county buildings, keep educating communities on immigration law, and work with state legislators and senators so immigrant neighbors are safe.","source":{"label":"City Club of Portland · Multnomah County District 2 debate (September 24, 2026)","url":"https://pdxcityclub.org/event/multnomah-county-commission-district-2-debate/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"September 24, 2026; transcript read September 25, 2026","note":"The candidate's own remarks at a public debate, read from a transcript; speaker attribution is the Lab's, from self-references and the moderator's order. Claims are not independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"bri-williams","topicId":"mult-city-county","stance":"partial","chip":"County runs services","text":"Wants the county to run services (transitional housing, hotel vouchers, utility help, wraparound care) and the city to handle infrastructure; she does not say whether the agreement should be rewritten so one government runs shelters.","source":{"label":"City Club of Portland · Multnomah County District 2 debate (September 24, 2026)","url":"https://pdxcityclub.org/event/multnomah-county-commission-district-2-debate/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"September 24, 2026; transcript read September 25, 2026","note":"The candidate's own remarks at a public debate, read from a transcript; speaker attribution is the Lab's, from self-references and the moderator's order. Claims are not independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"bri-williams","topicId":"mult-shelter-cuts","stance":"partial","chip":"Stop one-time funding","text":"Says shelters were lost because one-time money paid for long-term services; wants reliable funding and permanent housing for households at 0–30% of median income; she does not say whether to close shelter beds.","source":{"label":"City Club of Portland · Multnomah County District 2 debate (September 24, 2026)","url":"https://pdxcityclub.org/event/multnomah-county-commission-district-2-debate/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"September 24, 2026; transcript read September 25, 2026","note":"The candidate's own remarks at a public debate, read from a transcript; speaker attribution is the Lab's, from self-references and the moderator's order. 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Claims are not independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"bri-williams","topicId":"mult-budget-gap","stance":"partial","chip":"Protect core services","text":"Would stretch existing dollars, keep core services intact and find new funding sources, including for prevention work; she does not say whether to cut administration first.","source":{"label":"City Club of Portland · Multnomah County District 2 debate (September 24, 2026)","url":"https://pdxcityclub.org/event/multnomah-county-commission-district-2-debate/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"September 24, 2026; transcript read September 25, 2026","note":"The candidate's own remarks at a public debate, read from a transcript; speaker attribution is the Lab's, from self-references and the moderator's order. Claims are not independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"herman-greene","topicId":"mult-hsd-oversight","stance":"partial","chip":"Performance-based contracts","text":"Wants performance-based contracts and published timelines, spending and results for housing programs; his pamphlet does not mention the Homeless Services Department's leadership, Sunstone Way or outside audits.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 34","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=34","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. 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Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"nafisa-fai","topicId":"wash-vehicle-fee","stance":"opposes","chip":"Voted no on fee","text":"Cast the only no vote on August 25, 2026 against Ordinance 917, which phases the county fee from $30 to $60 a year by 2031; Treece, Snider and Willey voted yes and the chair abstained.","source":{"label":"Board of County Commissioners · minutes packet, August 25, 2026 (Ordinance 917, vehicle registration fee)","url":"https://washingtoncounty.civicweb.net/document/335538","kind":"Public record","date":"Meeting of August 25, 2026; read September 21, 2026","note":"Roll call on Ordinance 917: ayes Treece, Snider and Willey; nay Fai; Chair Harrington abstained, having declared a conflict; result 3–1."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"nafisa-fai","topicId":"wash-budget-gap","stance":"supports","chip":"Fees and levies","text":"Would update service fees and consider local option levies for public safety and libraries to close a gap she puts at $20.5 million, while protecting funding for housing, transit and health care.","source":{"label":"Fai · priorities","url":"https://www.nafisaforwashingtoncounty.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"nafisa-fai","topicId":"wash-ice-emergency","stance":"supports","chip":"Moved the declaration","text":"Moved and voted for the November 4, 2025 emergency declaration and $200,000 in contingency aid, telling the Board the amounts are not enough and she will keep pushing for additional measures.","source":{"label":"Board of County Commissioners · minutes packet, November 4, 2025 (RO 25-72, emergency over federal immigration enforcement)","url":"https://washingtoncounty.civicweb.net/document/317404","kind":"Public record","date":"Meeting of November 4, 2025; read September 21, 2026","note":"Adopted 5–0 on a motion by Fai, seconded by Willey; authorizes $200,000 from contingency, to be replenished in the FY 2026-27 budget."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"nafisa-fai","topicId":"wash-ugb-farmland","stance":"partial","chip":"Grow inside the UGB","text":"Says the county is not yet striking the right balance; would focus development inside existing urban growth boundaries, build on industrial land already zoned and push for a statewide industrial-land inventory. SB 1586 is unnamed.","source":{"label":"Fai · OPB candidate questionnaire (written answers, published May 2026)","url":"https://www.opb.org/pdf/Fai_washington%20county%20chair_1778091025891.pdf","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Published by OPB in May 2026; read September 21, 2026","note":"The candidate's own written answers to OPB's questions, published as a PDF alongside OPB's race preview."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"kipperlyn-sinclair","topicId":"wash-data-center-pause","stance":"supports","chip":"Moratorium petition","text":"Petitions the county Board, city councils and legislators for a moratorium on new data centers, citing residential power rates, school revenue lost to abatements and water use.","source":{"label":"Sinclair · data-center moratorium petition","url":"https://www.kipperlynsinclair.com/data-center-moritorium","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"kipperlyn-sinclair","topicId":"wash-enterprise-zone","stance":"supports","chip":"End the tax breaks","text":"Would end data-center tax breaks and tax existing facilities; says she called for a moratorium and took legal action with the teachers' association after administrators granted breaks to 17 data centers.","source":{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 5","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=5","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"kipperlyn-sinclair","topicId":"wash-budget-gap","stance":"mixed","chip":"Tax data centers instead","text":"Would tax existing data-center facilities and end their abatements to shrink a deficit she puts at $20.5 million, saying working families should not bear the burden; other fees or levies are unsaid.","source":{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 5","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=5","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"kipperlyn-sinclair","topicId":"wash-ice-emergency","stance":"partial","chip":"Codify sanctuary locally","text":"Told the April 24 forum she supports codifying Oregon's sanctuary policies locally and more transparency about immigration enforcement activity; the emergency declaration and county aid are unsaid.","source":{"label":"Beaverton Valley Times · Washington County District 4 candidates weigh data centers, public services at forum","url":"https://valleytimes.news/2026/04/28/washington-county-district-4-candidates-weigh-data-centers-public-services-at-forum/","kind":"Reporting","date":"April 28, 2026, on the April 24 League of Women Voters forum","note":"Reported statement; quotes as printed by the Valley Times (Nick LaMora)."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"kipperlyn-sinclair","topicId":"wash-ugb-farmland","stance":"opposes","chip":"Testified against SB 1586","text":"Says she was the only city councilor in the county to testify in Salem against SB 1586, and would protect prime farmland from corporate sprawl.","source":{"label":"Sinclair · about (SB 1586 testimony)","url":"https://www.kipperlynsinclair.com/about","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"pam-treece","topicId":"wash-data-center-pause","stance":"mixed","chip":"No more, if avoidable","text":"Told KGW she is not in favor of any more data centers in the county if that can be avoided, while noting the commission's land-use reach is unincorporated land and the major projects sit in Hillsboro.","source":{"label":"KGW (via Yahoo News) · Data centers, ICE and budget issues shape race for Washington County chair","url":"https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/data-centers-ice-budget-issues-201204914.html","kind":"Reporting","date":"September 17, 2026","note":"Reported statement; quote as printed by KGW (Blair Best), syndicated on Yahoo News."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"pam-treece","topicId":"wash-vehicle-fee","stance":"supports","chip":"Voted for fee increase","text":"Voted on August 25, 2026 for Ordinance 917, phasing the county fee from $30 to $60 a year by 2031 for road projects, after declaring the fee would also apply to her own vehicles; Fai voted no.","source":{"label":"Board of County Commissioners · minutes packet, August 25, 2026 (Ordinance 917, vehicle registration fee)","url":"https://washingtoncounty.civicweb.net/document/335538","kind":"Public record","date":"Meeting of August 25, 2026; read September 21, 2026","note":"Roll call on Ordinance 917: ayes Treece, Snider and Willey; nay Fai; Chair Harrington abstained, having declared a conflict; result 3–1."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"pam-treece","topicId":"wash-budget-gap","stance":"mixed","chip":"Taxes a last resort","text":"Says new taxes would be a last resort given economic strain, to be weighed against critical services that may have to be cut; puts past General Fund cuts at $98 million and would lean on economic development.","source":{"label":"Treece · OPB candidate questionnaire (written answers, published May 2026)","url":"https://www.opb.org/pdf/Treece_washington%20county%20chair_1778090986566.pdf","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Published by OPB in May 2026; read September 21, 2026","note":"The candidate's own written answers to OPB's questions, published as a PDF alongside OPB's race preview."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"pam-treece","topicId":"wash-ice-emergency","stance":"supports","chip":"Voted for declaration","text":"Voted for the November 4, 2025 declaration and $200,000 in aid, thanking the colleagues who drafted it and criticizing federal enforcement actions in the county.","source":{"label":"Board of County Commissioners · minutes packet, November 4, 2025 (RO 25-72, emergency over federal immigration enforcement)","url":"https://washingtoncounty.civicweb.net/document/317404","kind":"Public record","date":"Meeting of November 4, 2025; read September 21, 2026","note":"Adopted 5–0 on a motion by Fai, seconded by Willey; authorizes $200,000 from contingency, to be replenished in the FY 2026-27 budget."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"pam-treece","topicId":"wash-ugb-farmland","stance":"partial","chip":"Careful planning with Metro","text":"Says county land is precious and attracting high-paying jobs while protecting farms and forests will take careful planning with Metro and the cities, which set the boundary; takes no position on SB 1586's acreage.","source":{"label":"Treece · OPB candidate questionnaire (written answers, published May 2026)","url":"https://www.opb.org/pdf/Treece_washington%20county%20chair_1778090986566.pdf","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Published by OPB in May 2026; read September 21, 2026","note":"The candidate's own written answers to OPB's questions, published as a PDF alongside OPB's race preview."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"diana-helm","topicId":"clack-levy-2027","stance":"supports","chip":"Get out in front","text":"Told the June 2 policy session after the levy's defeat that there needs to be a real effort right now to get out in front of people before asking again; the rate is unsaid.","source":{"label":"Your Oregon News (Pamplin) · After failure of public safety levy, Clackamas County goes back to the drawing board","url":"https://youroregonnews.com/2026/06/04/after-failure-of-public-safety-levy-clackamas-county-goes-back-to-the-drawing-board/","kind":"Reporting","date":"June 4, 2026","note":"Reported statement; quotes as printed by Your Oregon News from the June 2, 2026 policy session."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"diana-helm","topicId":"clack-data-centers","stance":"supports","chip":"Led the pause","text":"Says she led the effort for a moratorium on large data centers after learning the county had no ordinances addressing them, to gather facts, analyze impacts and involve the public before deciding.","source":{"label":"Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 18","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=18","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"diana-helm","topicId":"clack-sanctuary","stance":"partial","chip":"Follow state law","text":"Says the county is following state law and defers to County Counsel on whether to adopt a judicial-warrant declaration.","source":{"label":"Helm · OPB candidate questionnaire (written answers, published May 2026)","url":"https://www.opb.org/pdf/Helm_Clackamas%20County%20position%204_1777936583069.pdf","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Published by OPB in May 2026; read September 21, 2026","note":"The candidate's own written answers to OPB's questions, published as a PDF alongside OPB's race preview."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"diana-helm","topicId":"clack-senior-tax","stance":"supports","chip":"Freeze for 65-plus","text":"Would get ahead of senior homelessness, potentially by freezing property taxes for homeowners 65 and older within a certain income range, paired with senior services.","source":{"label":"Helm · OPB candidate questionnaire (written answers, published May 2026)","url":"https://www.opb.org/pdf/Helm_Clackamas%20County%20position%204_1777936583069.pdf","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Published by OPB in May 2026; read September 21, 2026","note":"The candidate's own written answers to OPB's questions, published as a PDF alongside OPB's race preview."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"diana-helm","topicId":"clack-recovery-campus","stance":"supports","chip":"Open it by 2027","text":"Commits to addressing homelessness through completion and operation of the Recovery Campus by 2027.","source":{"label":"Helm · home page","url":"https://www.votedianahelm.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"catherine-mcmullen","topicId":"clack-hand-count","stance":"partial","chip":"Replaced aging equipment","text":"Says she replaced aging equipment, secured ballot processes, trained staff and delivered timely, accurate results; hand counting itself is unsaid.","source":{"label":"Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 14","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=14","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"catherine-mcmullen","topicId":"clack-voter-rolls","stance":"partial","chip":"Records current, accurate","text":"Says she increased voter-registration staffing, ensured eligible citizens can access ballots and kept records current and accurate; a county-level purge beyond state maintenance is unsaid.","source":{"label":"Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 14","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=14","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"brian-t-nava","topicId":"clack-treasury-priorities","stance":"supports","chip":"Safe, liquid, then return","text":"Would continue prudent investing that keeps county funds safe and liquid first while achieving the best return possible.","source":{"label":"Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 15","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=15","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"brian-t-nava","topicId":"clack-cash-controls","stance":"supports","chip":"Free training continues","text":"Says he set a strategy for good cash controls across the county by offering free training to all cities, districts and county employees, and would keep improving banking functions.","source":{"label":"Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 15","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=15","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"brad-o-neil","topicId":"clack-sheriff-levy","stance":"partial","chip":"Core services first","text":"Says budget pressure is real and ongoing, and core public-safety services will be protected first with resources directed to the front line; which levy-funded services would go first is unsaid.","source":{"label":"O’Neil · priorities","url":"https://www.oneilforsheriff.com/brads-priorities/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"brad-o-neil","topicId":"clack-sheriff-cuts","stance":"supports","chip":"Front line protected","text":"Would protect core public-safety services first, direct resources to the front line, guide staffing and spending with data and eliminate waste so the office runs leaner.","source":{"label":"O’Neil · priorities","url":"https://www.oneilforsheriff.com/brads-priorities/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"brad-o-neil","topicId":"clack-sheriff-rural","stance":"supports","chip":"Measured rural priority","text":"Would make coverage and response times in rural and unincorporated communities a measured priority, saying families in outlying areas wait longer for a deputy than families in town.","source":{"label":"O’Neil · priorities","url":"https://www.oneilforsheriff.com/brads-priorities/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"mark-reaksecker","topicId":"clack-hand-count","stance":"supports","chip":"Hand count everything","text":"Would hand-count ballots, calling it simple, accurate, expedient and cheaper than tabulating machines, with a provable paper trail.","source":{"label":"Reaksecker · solutions","url":"https://www.markforcountyclerk.com/solutions","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"mark-reaksecker","topicId":"clack-voter-rolls","stance":"supports","chip":"County-level purge","text":"Would verify voter rolls at the county level, removing people who have moved or died so only Clackamas County citizens vote in local elections.","source":{"label":"Reaksecker · solutions","url":"https://www.markforcountyclerk.com/solutions","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"mark-reaksecker","topicId":"clack-watermark","stance":"supports","chip":"Watermark every ballot","text":"Would watermark ballots so the clerk's office can tell genuine ballots from fraudulent ones.","source":{"label":"Reaksecker · solutions","url":"https://www.markforcountyclerk.com/solutions","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"james-rhodes","topicId":"clack-sheriff-levy","stance":"partial","chip":"Start at the top","text":"Says that when budgets are tight he starts with fourth-floor administration, discretionary spending and programs that must show value before cutting services residents depend on; which levy-funded services would go first is unsaid.","source":{"label":"Rhodes · the plan","url":"https://www.electsheriffrhodes.com/theplan","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"james-rhodes","topicId":"clack-sheriff-cuts","stance":"supports","chip":"Fourth floor first","text":"Would find savings in top administration, discretionary spending and programs before touching patrol, corrections, detectives and parole and probation, with quarterly public budget reports.","source":{"label":"Rhodes · the plan","url":"https://www.electsheriffrhodes.com/theplan","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"james-rhodes","topicId":"clack-sheriff-rural","stance":"partial","chip":"Faster response, more patrols","text":"Would improve response times with more visible patrols and restore traffic and DUII enforcement; rural and unincorporated areas are not singled out.","source":{"label":"Rhodes · the plan","url":"https://www.electsheriffrhodes.com/theplan","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"paul-savas","topicId":"clack-levy-2027","stance":"supports","chip":"Work aggressively, retry","text":"Told the June 2 policy session after the levy's defeat that the county has a lot of work to do and must do it aggressively before returning to voters; the rate is unsaid.","source":{"label":"Your Oregon News (Pamplin) · After failure of public safety levy, Clackamas County goes back to the drawing board","url":"https://youroregonnews.com/2026/06/04/after-failure-of-public-safety-levy-clackamas-county-goes-back-to-the-drawing-board/","kind":"Reporting","date":"June 4, 2026","note":"Reported statement; quotes as printed by Your Oregon News from the June 2, 2026 policy session."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"paul-savas","topicId":"clack-data-centers","stance":"supports","chip":"Helped advance pause","text":"Says he supported and helped advance a proactive approach, with the Board unanimously directing staff to begin establishing a moratorium on new data-center applications, doing the homework now rather than reacting later.","source":{"label":"Savas · pausing data centers (September 18, 2026)","url":"https://electpaulsavas.com/pausing-data-centers/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"paul-savas","topicId":"clack-sanctuary","stance":"mixed","chip":"Follow both laws","text":"Says the county should follow both state and federal law while sanctuary cases play out in court, noting the Sheriff's Office responds to judicial warrants after losing a past detainer lawsuit; a county declaration is not endorsed.","source":{"label":"Savas · OPB candidate questionnaire (written answers, published May 2026)","url":"https://www.opb.org/pdf/Savas_clackamas%20county%20position%202_1777999802794.pdf","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Published by OPB in May 2026; read September 21, 2026","note":"The candidate's own written answers to OPB's questions, published as a PDF alongside OPB's race preview."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"paul-savas","topicId":"clack-senior-tax","stance":"mixed","chip":"Deferral, not county cuts","text":"Says the state does not allow counties to reduce property taxes for seniors on their own; would keep advocating for relief and steer struggling households to the state deferral program.","source":{"label":"Savas · OPB candidate questionnaire (written answers, published May 2026)","url":"https://www.opb.org/pdf/Savas_clackamas%20county%20position%202_1777999802794.pdf","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Published by OPB in May 2026; read September 21, 2026","note":"The candidate's own written answers to OPB's questions, published as a PDF alongside OPB's race preview."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"paul-savas","topicId":"clack-recovery-campus","stance":"supports","chip":"Deal for $10 million","text":"Says the county reached a deal with Governor Kotek for $10 million in state resources to move the Recovery Campus forward so it can deliver treatment, stabilization and transitional housing under one system of care.","source":{"label":"Savas · real solutions on homelessness and mental health (April 9, 2026)","url":"https://electpaulsavas.com/real-solutions-on-homelessness-and-mental-health/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"mark-shull","topicId":"clack-levy-2027","stance":"mixed","chip":"Renew, no rate hike","text":"Supports renewing the public safety levy at a responsible level to keep patrol, jail beds and body cameras, and would oppose unnecessary rate increases, funding core needs through disciplined budgeting instead.","source":{"label":"Shull · OPB candidate questionnaire (written answers, published May 2026)","url":"https://www.opb.org/pdf/Shull_clackamas%20county%20position%202_1777918550350.pdf","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Published by OPB in May 2026; read September 21, 2026","note":"The candidate's own written answers to OPB's questions, published as a PDF alongside OPB's race preview."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"mark-shull","topicId":"clack-sanctuary","stance":"opposes","chip":"No county declaration","text":"Opposes a county sanctuary declaration or judicial-warrant rule, supports repealing Oregon's sanctuary law, and would encourage the Sheriff's Office to honor lawful federal detainers where possible.","source":{"label":"Shull · OPB candidate questionnaire (written answers, published May 2026)","url":"https://www.opb.org/pdf/Shull_clackamas%20county%20position%202_1777918550350.pdf","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Published by OPB in May 2026; read September 21, 2026","note":"The candidate's own written answers to OPB's questions, published as a PDF alongside OPB's race preview."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"mark-shull","topicId":"clack-senior-tax","stance":"supports","chip":"Push for relief","text":"Would push for property-tax relief for seniors to offset annual increases so they can afford to stay in their homes.","source":{"label":"Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 17","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=17","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"mark-shull","topicId":"clack-recovery-campus","stance":"partial","chip":"Build on Stabilization Center","text":"Would pair permanent supportive housing with better coordination of mental-health and addiction services, building on the Stabilization Center and Clackamas Village; the Recovery Campus and its bonds are unsaid.","source":{"label":"Shull · OPB candidate questionnaire (written answers, published May 2026)","url":"https://www.opb.org/pdf/Shull_clackamas%20county%20position%202_1777918550350.pdf","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Published by OPB in May 2026; read September 21, 2026","note":"The candidate's own written answers to OPB's questions, published as a PDF alongside OPB's race preview."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"r-w-smith","topicId":"clack-levy-2027","stance":"partial","chip":"Levy plus long-term plan","text":"Says a five-year levy can stabilize services but is not a complete solution, and any request must come with transparent budgeting, regular reporting and a long-term plan; May 2027 and a rate are unsaid.","source":{"label":"Smith · OPB candidate questionnaire (written answers, published May 2026)","url":"https://www.opb.org/pdf/Smith_Clackamas%20County%20position%204_1777936706977.pdf","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Published by OPB in May 2026; read September 21, 2026","note":"The candidate's own written answers to OPB's questions, published as a PDF alongside OPB's race preview."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"r-w-smith","topicId":"clack-data-centers","stance":"supports","chip":"Keep them out","text":"Opposes bringing large-scale data centers into the county at all, citing their electricity, water and land demands and the infrastructure they require; his position is a ban rather than a pause.","source":{"label":"Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 18","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=18","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"r-w-smith","topicId":"clack-sanctuary","stance":"supports","chip":"Judicial warrant only","text":"Says the county should be clear that local agencies do not participate in federal immigration enforcement without a judicial warrant, calling it a clean legal standard that keeps trust in public safety.","source":{"label":"Smith · OPB candidate questionnaire (written answers, published May 2026)","url":"https://www.opb.org/pdf/Smith_Clackamas%20County%20position%204_1777936706977.pdf","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Published by OPB in May 2026; read September 21, 2026","note":"The candidate's own written answers to OPB's questions, published as a PDF alongside OPB's race preview."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"r-w-smith","topicId":"clack-recovery-campus","stance":"partial","chip":"Treatment beds, outcomes","text":"Would expand addiction treatment and mental-health stabilization and add shelter capacity with case management, insisting on measurable outcomes; the Recovery Campus and its bonds are unsaid.","source":{"label":"Smith · policies","url":"https://friendsofremysmith.org/policies/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"tina-kotek","topicId":"gov-transportation-taxes","stance":"mixed","chip":"Signed taxes, sought repeal","text":"Called the 2025 special session and signed HB 3991’s gas-tax and fee increases; in January 2026 asked lawmakers to repeal it, and after voters did she pledged bipartisan work on a 2027 package.","source":{"label":"OLIS · HB 3991 (2025 special session), signed by Governor Kotek","url":"https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025S1/Measures/Overview/HB3991","kind":"Public record","date":"Passed September 29, 2025; signed November 7, 2025; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"She called the special session that passed it. On January 7, 2026 she asked the Legislature to repeal it (KATU); after voters repealed its taxes on May 19, 2026 she said she is “committed to working in a bipartisan fashion” on a 2027 package (KATU, May 2026)."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"tina-kotek","topicId":"gov-kicker","stance":"supports","chip":"One-time wildfire hold-back","text":"Told reporters in May 2025 she would support withholding about $1 billion of the $1.64 billion kicker, one time and from high earners, for wildfire costs; her office later proposed Rainy Day Fund money instead.","source":{"label":"OPB · Kotek now supports withholding $1 billion of the kicker for wildfire costs","url":"https://www.opb.org/article/2025/05/19/gov-tina-kotek-1-one-billion-oregon-kicker-wildfire-costs/","kind":"Reporting","date":"May 19, 2025; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Quotes the governor at a press briefing. In June 2025 she proposed $160 million from the Rainy Day Fund instead, and the Legislature left the kicker intact."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"tina-kotek","topicId":"gov-data-center-moratorium","stance":"supports","chip":"Moratorium, via Legislature","text":"Said September 8, 2026 she supports a moratorium until development is “done on our terms,” paused state-land deals through July 1, 2027, and will bring the Legislature a statewide framework in 2027.","source":{"label":"Governor’s Office · Pauses work on requests for state land to support new data centers","url":"https://apps.oregon.gov/oregon-newsroom/OR/GOV/Posts/Post/governor-kotek-pauses-work-on-requests-for-state-land-to-support-new-data-centers","kind":"Public record","date":"September 8, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026"},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"tina-kotek","topicId":"gov-power-act","stance":"supports","chip":"Signed the POWER Act","text":"Signed HB 3546 on June 16, 2025; her office credits it with a 29% rate increase on data-center corporations and rate decreases for other PGE customers.","source":{"label":"OLIS · HB 3546, the POWER Act (2025) measure history","url":"https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB3546","kind":"Public record","date":"Final House vote June 5, 2025; signed June 16, 2025; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Rep. Drazan is recorded among the 17 nays on final House passage. The governor’s September 8, 2026 release credits the law with a 29% rate increase on data-center corporations and decreases for other PGE customers."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"tina-kotek","topicId":"gov-homelessness-emergency","stance":"supports","chip":"Extended emergency to 2027","text":"Extended the homelessness emergency by Executive Order 26-01 through January 10, 2027, with goals of rehousing 1,400 more households and preventing homelessness for 8,000, after signing HB 3644’s $204.9 million shelter program.","source":{"label":"Governor’s Office · Executive Order 26-01 extends the homelessness emergency","url":"https://apps.oregon.gov/oregon-newsroom/OR/GOV/Posts/Post/governor-kotek-issues-executive-order-to-extend-homelessness-emergency","kind":"Public record","date":"January 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Order text at oregon.gov/gov/eo/eo-26-01.pdf; in force through January 10, 2027. Shelter funding: HB 3644 (2025), $204.9 million for 2025–27, signed July 17, 2025."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"tina-kotek","topicId":"gov-climate-protection","stance":"supports","chip":"Keep the carbon cap","text":"Backed the Environmental Quality Commission’s re-adoption of the program on November 21, 2024, saying it “will keep polluters accountable and fund community investments” that cut emissions.","source":{"label":"DEQ · Environmental Quality Commission adopts the Climate Protection Program, with the governor’s statement","url":"https://apps.oregon.gov/oregon-newsroom/OR/DEQ/Posts/Post/EQC-adopts-climate-protection","kind":"Public record","date":"November 21, 2024; reviewed September 21, 2026"},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"tina-kotek","topicId":"gov-immigration-enforcement","stance":"supports","chip":"Keep sanctuary limits","text":"Created an interagency council on the state’s response to federal enforcement (EO 26-04, January 30, 2026), signed eight immigrant-protection bills April 9, 2026, and opposes ICE detention facilities in Oregon.","source":{"label":"Governor’s Office · Signs eight bills bolstering protections for immigrant and refugee communities","url":"https://apps.oregon.gov/oregon-newsroom/OR/GOV/Posts/Post/governor-kotek-signs-bills-bolstering-protections-for-immigrant-and-refugee-communities","kind":"Public record","date":"April 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Builds on Executive Order 26-04 (January 30, 2026), which created an interagency council on the state’s response to federal immigration enforcement."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"tina-kotek","topicId":"gov-school-time","stance":"supports","chip":"No cuts to hours","text":"Executive Order 26-06 bars districts from cutting instructional time for budget reasons and ends waivers below the minimum; her platform sets a goal of reaching the national average by the end of a second term.","source":{"label":"Governor’s Office · Executive Order 26-06 to preserve student instructional time","url":"https://apps.oregon.gov/oregon-newsroom/OR/GOV/Posts/Post/governor-kotek-issues-executive-order-to-preserve-student-instructional-time","kind":"Public record","date":"Order signed April 16, 2026; release posted April 23, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Order text at oregon.gov/gov/eo/eo-26-06.pdf."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"tina-kotek","topicId":"gov-new-revenue","stance":"partial","chip":"Offset any tax cuts","text":"Open to raising the Corporate Activity Tax threshold for small businesses if trimming tax breaks that haven’t helped competitiveness pays for it; wants an outside-led tax review; did not say whether she would seek new taxes.","source":{"label":"Oregon Business & Industry and Portland Business Journal · governor candidate forum (September 24, 2026)","url":"https://www.avstream.me/pbj","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"September 24, 2026; transcript read September 25, 2026","note":"The candidate's own remarks at a public forum, read from a transcript; speaker attribution is the Lab's, from the moderator's order. Claims are not independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-25"},{"candidateId":"tina-kotek","topicId":"gov-interstate-bridge","stance":"supports","chip":"Build the core bridge","text":"With Washington’s governor, said March 17, 2026 the states remain “fully committed” to replacing the bridge, starting with a core set of projects funded by committed federal, state and toll money.","source":{"label":"Governors Kotek and Ferguson · joint statement on the Interstate Bridge Replacement Program","url":"https://governor.wa.gov/news/2026/interstate-bridge-replacement-program-joint-statement-governors-kotek-and-ferguson","kind":"Public record","date":"March 17, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026"},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"christine-drazan","topicId":"gov-transportation-taxes","stance":"opposes","chip":"No new road taxes","text":"Voted no on HB 3991 in the House on September 1, 2025, and told KATU in April 2026 she would “balance the budget without new taxes,” putting potholes, maintenance and preservation first.","source":{"label":"Drazan · KATU “Know Your Candidates” interview, transcript","url":"https://katu.com/news/know-your-candidates/2026-christine-drazan-oregon-governor-republican","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"April 27, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified. Her House vote against HB 3991 on September 1, 2025 is on the OLIS record for the 2025 special session."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"christine-drazan","topicId":"gov-kicker","stance":"opposes","chip":"Veto kicker grabs","text":"Would “protect Oregon’s kicker” by vetoing legislative attempts to take it from taxpayers.","source":{"label":"Drazan · policy plan","url":"https://www.christinefororegon.com/drazan-plan/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"christine-drazan","topicId":"gov-data-center-moratorium","stance":"supports","chip":"Immediate moratorium","text":"Told KATU on September 8, 2026 that the governor “should issue a moratorium immediately” and that Oregon should have an immediate statewide moratorium; her plan adds community benefit agreements and a ban on blanket NDAs.","source":{"label":"Drazan · KATU interview of September 8, 2026, quoted in OPB’s Think Out Loud transcript","url":"https://www.opb.org/article/2026/09/14/think-out-loud-data-centers-oregon-gubernatorial-race/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Interview September 8, 2026; transcript September 14, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified. Her plan page adds community benefit agreements, a ban on blanket NDAs and farmland protection but does not use the word moratorium."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"christine-drazan","topicId":"gov-power-act","stance":"opposes","chip":"Voted no","text":"Voted no on HB 3546’s final House passage on June 5, 2025; her plan does not say whether she would repeal the law.","source":{"label":"OLIS · HB 3546, the POWER Act (2025) measure history","url":"https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB3546","kind":"Public record","date":"Final House vote June 5, 2025; signed June 16, 2025; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Rep. Drazan is recorded among the 17 nays on final House passage. The governor’s September 8, 2026 release credits the law with a 29% rate increase on data-center corporations and decreases for other PGE customers."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"christine-drazan","topicId":"gov-homelessness-emergency","stance":"mixed","chip":"Audit, shift to recovery","text":"Would declare an emergency on addiction and mental health instead, audit homeless and addiction spending, and shift state money to recovery programs; says success should not be measured by low-barrier shelter beds.","source":{"label":"Drazan · policy plan","url":"https://www.christinefororegon.com/drazan-plan/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"christine-drazan","topicId":"gov-climate-protection","stance":"opposes","chip":"Repeal the program","text":"Would repeal the Climate Protection Program, which she calls a costly executive order that raised utility and gas prices and threatened jobs.","source":{"label":"Drazan · policy plan","url":"https://www.christinefororegon.com/drazan-plan/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"christine-drazan","topicId":"gov-immigration-enforcement","stance":"opposes","chip":"Sanctuary law too far","text":"Told KATU in April 2026 that Oregon’s sanctuary laws “have gone too far,” citing Corrections declining a U.S. attorney’s request about 30 people, and wants law enforcement able to work with federal law enforcement.","source":{"label":"Drazan · KATU “Know Your Candidates” interview, transcript","url":"https://katu.com/news/know-your-candidates/2026-christine-drazan-oregon-governor-republican","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"April 27, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified. Her House vote against HB 3991 on September 1, 2025 is on the OLIS record for the 2025 special session."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"christine-drazan","topicId":"gov-school-time","stance":"supports","chip":"School-day standard","text":"Would increase classroom time by moving Oregon from an instructional-hours system to a school-day system with statewide standards for what counts as a school day.","source":{"label":"Drazan · policy plan","url":"https://www.christinefororegon.com/drazan-plan/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"christine-drazan","topicId":"gov-new-revenue","stance":"opposes","chip":"Cut business taxes","text":"Says business taxes are too high and Salem should tighten its belt; would raise the Corporate Activity Tax threshold past the $2 million the governor’s Prosperity Council suggested, reform the estate tax and selectively preempt local taxes.","source":{"label":"Oregon Business & Industry and Portland Business Journal · governor candidate forum (September 24, 2026)","url":"https://www.avstream.me/pbj","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"September 24, 2026; transcript read September 25, 2026","note":"The candidate's own remarks at a public forum, read from a transcript; speaker attribution is the Lab's, from the moderator's order. Claims are not independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-25"},{"candidateId":"christine-drazan","topicId":"gov-interstate-bridge","stance":"mixed","chip":"A cheaper bridge","text":"Says the state “can’t afford the I-5 bridge that they’re proposing,” objecting to the share of deck for biking, walking and transit, and would build a bridge Oregon can afford.","source":{"label":"Drazan · KATU “Know Your Candidates” interview, transcript","url":"https://katu.com/news/know-your-candidates/2026-christine-drazan-oregon-governor-republican","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"April 27, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified. Her House vote against HB 3991 on September 1, 2025 is on the OLIS record for the 2025 special session."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"brett-smith","topicId":"gov-data-center-moratorium","stance":"supports","chip":"Permanent ban","text":"Pledges a permanent moratorium on data centers and calls himself the only anti-data-center candidate.","source":{"label":"Oregon voters’ pamphlet candidate statement · PDF page 31","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=31","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 pamphlet; posted by the Secretary of State September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"brett-smith","topicId":"gov-new-revenue","stance":"supports","chip":"Wage-gap surcharge","text":"Would impose a surcharge on employers with 50 or more workers paying below a living wage, which his campaign models at $700 million to $3.4 billion a year for the Oregon Health Plan and food aid.","source":{"label":"Smith · the Oregon plan","url":"https://brett-smith.us/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"david-brock-smith","topicId":"fed-fix-our-forests","stance":"partial","chip":"Active forest management","text":"Says he has led and will keep leading on active forest management, fuel reduction and landowner partnerships; he does not say whether he would vote for the Fix Our Forests Act.","source":{"label":"David Brock Smith · issues","url":"https://www.davidbrocksmithfororegon.com/issues","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"david-brock-smith","topicId":"fed-data-centers","stance":"supports","chip":"Data centers pay costs","text":"Would ensure data centers are accountable, protect natural resources and prevent their costs from being shifted onto Oregon households, citing strain on water, farmland and energy costs.","source":{"label":"Oregon voters’ pamphlet candidate statement · PDF page 1","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=1","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 pamphlet; posted by the Secretary of State September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"chris-henry","topicId":"fed-hr1-medicaid","stance":"partial","chip":"End billionaire tax breaks","text":"Would end what he calls amazing tax breaks for billionaires, saying 40% of the latest Trump tax breaks go to the top 1%; he does not address H.R. 1’s Medicaid or SNAP changes.","source":{"label":"Oregon voters’ pamphlet candidate statement · PDF page 5","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=5","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 pamphlet; posted by the Secretary of State September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"chris-henry","topicId":"fed-aca-credits","stance":"partial","chip":"Medicare for All","text":"Backs Medicare for All, noting over 30 million Americans have no insurance; he does not say whether he would restore the expired premium tax credits in the meantime.","source":{"label":"Oregon voters’ pamphlet candidate statement · PDF page 5","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=5","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 pamphlet; posted by the Secretary of State September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"chris-henry","topicId":"fed-tariffs","stance":"supports","chip":"Stop ludicrous tariffs","text":"Would stop what he calls ludicrous tariffs and the free-trade deals that let corporations override labor, consumer and environmental protections.","source":{"label":"Oregon voters’ pamphlet candidate statement · PDF page 5","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=5","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 pamphlet; posted by the Secretary of State September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"chris-henry","topicId":"fed-iran-war","stance":"partial","chip":"End pointless wars","text":"Calls for ending pointless wars and cutting a military he says takes 50% of discretionary spending, and would tax oil companies’ excess profits from the Iran war; he does not address the war-powers resolutions.","source":{"label":"Oregon voters’ pamphlet candidate statement · PDF page 5","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=5","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 pamphlet; posted by the Secretary of State September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"jeff-merkley","topicId":"fed-hr1-medicaid","stance":"opposes","chip":"Voted no","text":"Voted no on passage of H.R. 1 on July 1, 2025 (50–50, tie broken by the vice president), a vote on the whole package, including the Medicaid work rules and SNAP cuts.","source":{"label":"U.S. Senate · roll call vote 372 (2025), passage of H.R. 1 as amended","url":"https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1191/vote_119_1_00372.htm","kind":"Public record","date":"July 1, 2025; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 50–50 with the vice president breaking the tie. A vote on the whole package, not on each provision."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"jeff-merkley","topicId":"fed-aca-credits","stance":"supports","chip":"Voted to extend","text":"Voted yes on December 11, 2025 to advance S. 3385, a three-year extension of the enhanced premium tax credits; cloture failed 51–48.","source":{"label":"U.S. Senate · roll call vote 644 (2025), cloture on S. 3385, the Democrats’ three-year premium tax credit extension","url":"https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1191/vote_119_1_00644.htm","kind":"Public record","date":"December 11, 2025; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Cloture failed 51–48 (60 needed); the enhanced credits expired December 31, 2025."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"jeff-merkley","topicId":"fed-tariffs","stance":"supports","chip":"Voted to end tariffs","text":"Voted yes on October 30, 2025 on S.J.Res. 88 to end the national emergency behind the global tariffs; it passed 51–47.","source":{"label":"U.S. Senate · roll call vote 600 (2025), passage of S.J.Res. 88, ending the national emergency behind the global tariffs","url":"https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1191/vote_119_1_00600.htm","kind":"Public record","date":"October 30, 2025; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 51–47. The Senate also voted to end the Brazil (S.J.Res. 81, October 28) and Canada (S.J.Res. 77, October 29) tariff emergencies that week."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"jeff-merkley","topicId":"fed-ice-funding","stance":"opposes","chip":"Voted no","text":"Voted no on June 5, 2026 on the Secure America Act’s $70 billion for ICE and Border Patrol through 2029; it passed 52–47.","source":{"label":"U.S. Senate · roll call vote 163 (2026), passage of S. 2, the Secure America Act, as amended","url":"https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1192/vote_119_2_00163.htm","kind":"Public record","date":"June 5, 2026; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 52–47 under budget reconciliation after an overnight amendment series."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"jeff-merkley","topicId":"fed-iran-war","stance":"supports","chip":"Voted to end involvement","text":"Voted yes on June 23, 2026 on H.Con.Res. 86 directing the president to remove U.S. forces from hostilities with Iran; it was agreed to 50–48.","source":{"label":"U.S. Senate · roll call vote 184 (2026), agreeing to H.Con.Res. 86, directing the removal of U.S. forces from hostilities with Iran","url":"https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1192/vote_119_2_00184.htm","kind":"Public record","date":"June 23, 2026; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Agreed to 50–48, the first Iran war-powers measure adopted by both chambers. A binding joint resolution (S.J.Res. 180) failed 47–49 on July 23, 2026."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"jeff-merkley","topicId":"fed-fix-our-forests","stance":"partial","chip":"Biomass markets bill","text":"Introduced the Wildfire Reduction Market Expansion Act with Rep. Bentz on July 22, 2026, paying for hazardous-fuel removal through the Renewable Fuel Standard; the Senate has not voted on the Fix Our Forests Act.","source":{"label":"Sen. Merkley · Wildfire Reduction Market Expansion Act, introduced with Rep. Bentz","url":"https://www.merkley.senate.gov/merkley-hyde-smith-bentz-thompson-launch-new-bipartisan-effort-to-promote-renewable-fuels-boost-wildfire-resiliency/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"July 22, 2026; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"jeff-merkley","topicId":"fed-housing-aid","stance":"supports","chip":"Voted for ROAD Act","text":"Voted yes on June 22, 2026 on final passage of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act (85–5), which became law July 11, 2026.","source":{"label":"U.S. Senate · roll call vote 182 (2026), final passage of H.R. 6644, the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act","url":"https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1192/vote_119_2_00182.htm","kind":"Public record","date":"June 22, 2026; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Agreed to 85–5; became Public Law 119-101 on July 11, 2026."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"jeff-merkley","topicId":"fed-data-centers","stance":"partial","chip":"Asked state to act","text":"With Sen. Wyden, asked Oregon’s data center advisory committee on July 2, 2026 to weigh rising electricity costs, water use, farmland rezoning and tribal rights; the letter proposes no federal action.","source":{"label":"Sen. Merkley · letter with Sen. Wyden to Oregon’s data center advisory committee","url":"https://www.merkley.senate.gov/wyden-merkley-ask-state-data-center-advisory-committee-to-consider-multiple-issues-raised-by-oregonians/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"July 2, 2026; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"barbara-j-kahl","topicId":"fed-hr1-medicaid","stance":"supports","chip":"Work rules, verification","text":"Supports work requirements and real eligibility verification as accountability for taxpayer dollars, while providing support to those who qualify; says a culture of government dependence is shrinking the workforce.","source":{"label":"Kahl · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#kahl-2026-09-25","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 25, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate in reply to the Lab’s questions and kept on file; the answers are quoted on the brief. Receipt does not verify the claims."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"barbara-j-kahl","topicId":"fed-aca-credits","stance":"opposes","chip":"Fix prices, not credits","text":"Says the restored credits feed rising hospital prices; would revamp antitrust law with guardrails on private equity, standardize Medicare and Medicaid pricing, and require price transparency before care.","source":{"label":"Kahl · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#kahl-2026-09-25","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 25, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate in reply to the Lab’s questions and kept on file; the answers are quoted on the brief. Receipt does not verify the claims."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"barbara-j-kahl","topicId":"fed-tariffs","stance":"mixed","chip":"Phase in, cut taxes","text":"Calls the tariffs well intentioned but poorly executed; any tariffs should be phased in, each phase paired with an income-tax cut, with large importers bound by agreements limiting costs passed to consumers.","source":{"label":"Kahl · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#kahl-2026-09-25","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 25, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate in reply to the Lab’s questions and kept on file; the answers are quoted on the brief. Receipt does not verify the claims."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"barbara-j-kahl","topicId":"fed-ice-funding","stance":"supports","chip":"Yes, with caveats","text":"Would fund ICE with caveats: reassess annual immigration limits, speed citizenship processing and cut the legal-entry backlog, use AI tools for faster background checks, and enforce the law for people entering illegally.","source":{"label":"Kahl · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#kahl-2026-09-25","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 25, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate in reply to the Lab’s questions and kept on file; the answers are quoted on the brief. Receipt does not verify the claims."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"barbara-j-kahl","topicId":"fed-iran-war","stance":"partial","chip":"Congress, advised by veterans","text":"Says Congress should decide whether the war continues, after consulting people with military experience in the region; she does not say which way she would vote.","source":{"label":"Kahl · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#kahl-2026-09-25","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 25, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate in reply to the Lab’s questions and kept on file; the answers are quoted on the brief. Receipt does not verify the claims."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"barbara-j-kahl","topicId":"fed-fix-our-forests","stance":"supports","chip":"Thin forests, reopen mills","text":"Would vote to thin federal forests while enforcing riparian protections, and bring the timber home to reopen mills, supply homebuilding and fund rural schools and public safety.","source":{"label":"Kahl · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#kahl-2026-09-25","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 25, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate in reply to the Lab’s questions and kept on file; the answers are quoted on the brief. Receipt does not verify the claims."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"barbara-j-kahl","topicId":"fed-housing-aid","stance":"supports","chip":"Fund existing programs","text":"Would keep HUD, USDA, FHA and VA housing programs well funded, calls the ROAD to Housing Act a great win, and would streamline federal permitting and hold the agencies to the new rules.","source":{"label":"Kahl · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#kahl-2026-09-25","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 25, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate in reply to the Lab’s questions and kept on file; the answers are quoted on the brief. Receipt does not verify the claims."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"barbara-j-kahl","topicId":"fed-data-centers","stance":"supports","chip":"Rein in, end breaks","text":"Wants data centers controlled: tax breaks removed and returned to the public, their own power when they use more than similar businesses, enclosed cooling to protect water supplies, and stacked rather than sprawling designs.","source":{"label":"Kahl · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#kahl-2026-09-25","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 25, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate in reply to the Lab’s questions and kept on file; the answers are quoted on the brief. Receipt does not verify the claims."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"suzanne-bonamici","topicId":"fed-hr1-medicaid","stance":"opposes","chip":"Voted no","text":"Voted no on final House passage of H.R. 1 on July 3, 2025 (218–214), a vote on the whole package, including the Medicaid work rules, six-month renewals and SNAP cuts.","source":{"label":"House Clerk · roll call 190 (2025), final House passage of H.R. 1 (motion to concur in the Senate amendment)","url":"https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025190","kind":"Public record","date":"July 3, 2025; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 218–214. H.R. 1 carried the tax cuts, the Medicaid work rules and six-month renewals, the SNAP changes and $75 billion for immigration enforcement together; this is a vote on the whole package."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"suzanne-bonamici","topicId":"fed-aca-credits","stance":"supports","chip":"Voted to restore","text":"Voted yes on January 8, 2026 on H.R. 1834, a three-year restoration of the enhanced premium tax credits; it passed 230–196 and awaits the Senate.","source":{"label":"House Clerk · roll call 11 (2026), passage of H.R. 1834, a three-year restoration of the enhanced ACA premium tax credits","url":"https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202611","kind":"Public record","date":"January 8, 2026; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 230–196 after a discharge petition; 17 Republicans joined every Democrat. The Senate had not taken the bill up as of September 22, 2026 (GovTrack)."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"suzanne-bonamici","topicId":"fed-tariffs","stance":"supports","chip":"Voted to end tariffs","text":"Voted yes on February 11, 2026 on H.J.Res. 72 to end the national emergency behind the Canada tariffs; it passed 219–211.","source":{"label":"House Clerk · roll call 65 (2026), passage of H.J.Res. 72, ending the national emergency behind the Canada tariffs","url":"https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202665","kind":"Public record","date":"February 11, 2026; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 219–211; six Republicans joined all but one Democrat. Nine days later the Supreme Court held the emergency-powers tariffs unlawful (Learning Resources v. Trump, 6–3)."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"suzanne-bonamici","topicId":"fed-ice-funding","stance":"opposes","chip":"Voted no","text":"Voted no on June 9, 2026 on the Secure America Act’s $70 billion for ICE and Border Patrol through 2029; it passed 214–212.","source":{"label":"House Clerk · roll call 214 (2026), passage of S. 2, the Secure America Act","url":"https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2026214","kind":"Public record","date":"June 9, 2026; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 214–212; signed June 10, 2026 (Public Law 119-98). About $70 billion through September 2029: $38.5 billion for ICE, $26 billion for Customs and Border Protection and $5 billion for the department, per the CRS summary and the American Immigration Council."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"suzanne-bonamici","topicId":"fed-iran-war","stance":"supports","chip":"Voted to end involvement","text":"Voted yes on July 23, 2026 on H.Con.Res. 89 directing the president to remove U.S. forces from hostilities with Iran (214–208), as on June 3.","source":{"label":"House Clerk · roll call 282 (2026), agreeing to H.Con.Res. 89, directing the removal of U.S. forces from hostilities with Iran","url":"https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2026282","kind":"Public record","date":"July 23, 2026; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 214–208, thirteen days after the president notified Congress that fighting had resumed. The same members voted the same way on H.Con.Res. 86 (roll call 199, June 3, 2026, 215–208)."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"suzanne-bonamici","topicId":"fed-fix-our-forests","stance":"opposes","chip":"Voted no","text":"Voted no on January 23, 2025 on the Fix Our Forests Act (H.R. 471), which passed 279–141.","source":{"label":"House Clerk · roll call 25 (2025), passage of H.R. 471, the Fix Our Forests Act","url":"https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202525","kind":"Public record","date":"January 23, 2025; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 279–141 with 64 Democrats. The Senate Agriculture Committee advanced its version (S. 1462) 18–5 in October 2025; the full Senate had not voted as of September 22, 2026."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"suzanne-bonamici","topicId":"fed-housing-aid","stance":"supports","chip":"Voted for ROAD Act","text":"Voted yes on June 23, 2026 on final passage of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act (358–32), now Public Law 119-101.","source":{"label":"House Clerk · roll call 224 (2026), final passage of H.R. 6644, the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act","url":"https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2026224","kind":"Public record","date":"June 23, 2026; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 358–32; became Public Law 119-101 on July 11, 2026. The first House vote (roll call 57, February 9, 2026) was 390–9."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"suzanne-bonamici","topicId":"fed-data-centers","stance":"supports","chip":"No cost-shifting","text":"Says data centers should not be able to raise costs or exploit Oregon’s natural resources for profit, and will keep fighting for clean, renewable energy; she names no federal bill.","source":{"label":"Oregon voters’ pamphlet candidate statement · PDF page 9","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=9","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 pamphlet; posted by the Secretary of State September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"chris-beck","topicId":"fed-hr1-medicaid","stance":"opposes","chip":"Repeal H.R. 1","text":"Would repeal H.R. 1 to restore what he calls the mountain of funding it stripped from Medicaid and SNAP, saying Medicaid covers nearly 40% of District 2 residents and 55% of its children.","source":{"label":"Beck · district issues","url":"https://chrisbeckforcongress.com/district2issues","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"chris-beck","topicId":"fed-aca-credits","stance":"partial","chip":"Premiums skyrocketing","text":"Says premiums for everybody with Marketplace plans have skyrocketed and would expand rural health-care access; he does not say whether he would restore the expired enhanced premium tax credits.","source":{"label":"Beck · district issues","url":"https://chrisbeckforcongress.com/district2issues","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"chris-beck","topicId":"fed-tariffs","stance":"supports","chip":"End the tariffs","text":"Would repeal the tariffs, which he says cost rural Oregon wheat and fruit markets abroad, and seek a bipartisan approach to trade and legal immigration.","source":{"label":"Beck · district issues","url":"https://chrisbeckforcongress.com/district2issues","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"chris-beck","topicId":"fed-iran-war","stance":"supports","chip":"End the Iran war","text":"Would end the Iran war, counting 18 American lives lost, 600-plus wounded and more than $100 billion spent, and blames it for high gas and diesel prices; he does not name the war-powers resolutions.","source":{"label":"Beck · district issues","url":"https://chrisbeckforcongress.com/district2issues","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"chris-beck","topicId":"fed-fix-our-forests","stance":"partial","chip":"Restore Forest Service cuts","text":"Would reverse what he calls the 40% cut to Forest Service wildfire prevention and restore the thousands of staff lost in 2025; he does not say whether he would vote for the Fix Our Forests Act.","source":{"label":"Beck · district issues","url":"https://chrisbeckforcongress.com/district2issues","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"chris-beck","topicId":"fed-housing-aid","stance":"partial","chip":"Rural housing programs","text":"Would steer USDA rural housing and Community Facilities lending toward Main Street districts and fund low-interest loans for first-time rural buyers by trimming vacation-home tax breaks; vouchers and the housing tax credit go unmentioned.","source":{"label":"Beck · district issues","url":"https://chrisbeckforcongress.com/district2issues","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"chris-beck","topicId":"fed-data-centers","stance":"supports","chip":"Pause new data centers","text":"Would pause new data-center construction, saying data centers in some communities pollute the water and raise energy prices, so everyone pays.","source":{"label":"Beck · district issues","url":"https://chrisbeckforcongress.com/district2issues","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"cliff-bentz","topicId":"fed-hr1-medicaid","stance":"supports","chip":"Voted yes","text":"Voted yes on final House passage of H.R. 1 on July 3, 2025 (218–214), a vote on the whole package, including the Medicaid work rules, six-month renewals and SNAP cuts.","source":{"label":"House Clerk · roll call 190 (2025), final House passage of H.R. 1 (motion to concur in the Senate amendment)","url":"https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025190","kind":"Public record","date":"July 3, 2025; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 218–214. H.R. 1 carried the tax cuts, the Medicaid work rules and six-month renewals, the SNAP changes and $75 billion for immigration enforcement together; this is a vote on the whole package."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"cliff-bentz","topicId":"fed-aca-credits","stance":"opposes","chip":"Voted no","text":"Voted no on January 8, 2026 on H.R. 1834, the three-year restoration of the enhanced premium tax credits, which passed 230–196.","source":{"label":"House Clerk · roll call 11 (2026), passage of H.R. 1834, a three-year restoration of the enhanced ACA premium tax credits","url":"https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202611","kind":"Public record","date":"January 8, 2026; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 230–196 after a discharge petition; 17 Republicans joined every Democrat. The Senate had not taken the bill up as of September 22, 2026 (GovTrack)."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"cliff-bentz","topicId":"fed-tariffs","stance":"opposes","chip":"Voted to keep tariffs","text":"Voted no on February 11, 2026 on H.J.Res. 72, which ended the national emergency behind the Canada tariffs (219–211).","source":{"label":"House Clerk · roll call 65 (2026), passage of H.J.Res. 72, ending the national emergency behind the Canada tariffs","url":"https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202665","kind":"Public record","date":"February 11, 2026; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 219–211; six Republicans joined all but one Democrat. Nine days later the Supreme Court held the emergency-powers tariffs unlawful (Learning Resources v. Trump, 6–3)."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"cliff-bentz","topicId":"fed-ice-funding","stance":"supports","chip":"Voted yes","text":"Voted yes on June 9, 2026 on the Secure America Act’s $70 billion for ICE and Border Patrol through 2029; it passed 214–212.","source":{"label":"House Clerk · roll call 214 (2026), passage of S. 2, the Secure America Act","url":"https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2026214","kind":"Public record","date":"June 9, 2026; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 214–212; signed June 10, 2026 (Public Law 119-98). About $70 billion through September 2029: $38.5 billion for ICE, $26 billion for Customs and Border Protection and $5 billion for the department, per the CRS summary and the American Immigration Council."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"cliff-bentz","topicId":"fed-iran-war","stance":"opposes","chip":"Voted no","text":"Voted no on July 23, 2026 on H.Con.Res. 89 directing the president to remove U.S. forces from hostilities with Iran (214–208), as on June 3.","source":{"label":"House Clerk · roll call 282 (2026), agreeing to H.Con.Res. 89, directing the removal of U.S. forces from hostilities with Iran","url":"https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2026282","kind":"Public record","date":"July 23, 2026; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 214–208, thirteen days after the president notified Congress that fighting had resumed. The same members voted the same way on H.Con.Res. 86 (roll call 199, June 3, 2026, 215–208)."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"cliff-bentz","topicId":"fed-fix-our-forests","stance":"supports","chip":"Voted yes","text":"Voted yes on January 23, 2025 on the Fix Our Forests Act (H.R. 471), which passed 279–141.","source":{"label":"House Clerk · roll call 25 (2025), passage of H.R. 471, the Fix Our Forests Act","url":"https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202525","kind":"Public record","date":"January 23, 2025; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 279–141 with 64 Democrats. The Senate Agriculture Committee advanced its version (S. 1462) 18–5 in October 2025; the full Senate had not voted as of September 22, 2026."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"cliff-bentz","topicId":"fed-housing-aid","stance":"supports","chip":"Voted for ROAD Act","text":"Voted yes on June 23, 2026 on final passage of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act (358–32), now Public Law 119-101.","source":{"label":"House Clerk · roll call 224 (2026), final passage of H.R. 6644, the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act","url":"https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2026224","kind":"Public record","date":"June 23, 2026; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 358–32; became Public Law 119-101 on July 11, 2026. The first House vote (roll call 57, February 9, 2026) was 390–9."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"maxine-e-dexter","topicId":"fed-hr1-medicaid","stance":"opposes","chip":"Voted no","text":"Voted no on final House passage of H.R. 1 on July 3, 2025 (218–214), a vote on the whole package, including the Medicaid work rules, six-month renewals and SNAP cuts.","source":{"label":"House Clerk · roll call 190 (2025), final House passage of H.R. 1 (motion to concur in the Senate amendment)","url":"https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025190","kind":"Public record","date":"July 3, 2025; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 218–214. H.R. 1 carried the tax cuts, the Medicaid work rules and six-month renewals, the SNAP changes and $75 billion for immigration enforcement together; this is a vote on the whole package."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"maxine-e-dexter","topicId":"fed-aca-credits","stance":"supports","chip":"Voted to restore","text":"Voted yes on January 8, 2026 on H.R. 1834, a three-year restoration of the enhanced premium tax credits; it passed 230–196 and awaits the Senate.","source":{"label":"House Clerk · roll call 11 (2026), passage of H.R. 1834, a three-year restoration of the enhanced ACA premium tax credits","url":"https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202611","kind":"Public record","date":"January 8, 2026; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 230–196 after a discharge petition; 17 Republicans joined every Democrat. The Senate had not taken the bill up as of September 22, 2026 (GovTrack)."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"maxine-e-dexter","topicId":"fed-tariffs","stance":"supports","chip":"Voted to end tariffs","text":"Voted yes on February 11, 2026 on H.J.Res. 72 to end the national emergency behind the Canada tariffs; it passed 219–211.","source":{"label":"House Clerk · roll call 65 (2026), passage of H.J.Res. 72, ending the national emergency behind the Canada tariffs","url":"https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202665","kind":"Public record","date":"February 11, 2026; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 219–211; six Republicans joined all but one Democrat. Nine days later the Supreme Court held the emergency-powers tariffs unlawful (Learning Resources v. Trump, 6–3)."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"maxine-e-dexter","topicId":"fed-ice-funding","stance":"opposes","chip":"Voted no","text":"Voted no on June 9, 2026 on the Secure America Act’s $70 billion for ICE and Border Patrol through 2029; it passed 214–212.","source":{"label":"House Clerk · roll call 214 (2026), passage of S. 2, the Secure America Act","url":"https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2026214","kind":"Public record","date":"June 9, 2026; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 214–212; signed June 10, 2026 (Public Law 119-98). About $70 billion through September 2029: $38.5 billion for ICE, $26 billion for Customs and Border Protection and $5 billion for the department, per the CRS summary and the American Immigration Council."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"maxine-e-dexter","topicId":"fed-iran-war","stance":"supports","chip":"Voted to end involvement","text":"Voted yes on July 23, 2026 on H.Con.Res. 89 directing the president to remove U.S. forces from hostilities with Iran (214–208), as on June 3.","source":{"label":"House Clerk · roll call 282 (2026), agreeing to H.Con.Res. 89, directing the removal of U.S. forces from hostilities with Iran","url":"https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2026282","kind":"Public record","date":"July 23, 2026; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 214–208, thirteen days after the president notified Congress that fighting had resumed. The same members voted the same way on H.Con.Res. 86 (roll call 199, June 3, 2026, 215–208)."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"maxine-e-dexter","topicId":"fed-fix-our-forests","stance":"opposes","chip":"Voted no","text":"Voted no on January 23, 2025 on the Fix Our Forests Act (H.R. 471), which passed 279–141.","source":{"label":"House Clerk · roll call 25 (2025), passage of H.R. 471, the Fix Our Forests Act","url":"https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202525","kind":"Public record","date":"January 23, 2025; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 279–141 with 64 Democrats. The Senate Agriculture Committee advanced its version (S. 1462) 18–5 in October 2025; the full Senate had not voted as of September 22, 2026."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"maxine-e-dexter","topicId":"fed-housing-aid","stance":"supports","chip":"Voted for ROAD Act","text":"Voted yes on June 23, 2026 on final passage of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act (358–32), now Public Law 119-101.","source":{"label":"House Clerk · roll call 224 (2026), final passage of H.R. 6644, the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act","url":"https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2026224","kind":"Public record","date":"June 23, 2026; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 358–32; became Public Law 119-101 on July 11, 2026. The first House vote (roll call 57, February 9, 2026) was 390–9."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"monique-despain","topicId":"fed-ice-funding","stance":"partial","chip":"Fund border security","text":"Would fund an all-of-the-above border toolkit of barriers, sensors and drones and remove noncitizens who commit serious crimes, with a one-time earned path for long-settled residents; she does not address the $70 billion ICE package.","source":{"label":"DeSpain · priorities","url":"https://www.moniqueforcongress.com/issues/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"monique-despain","topicId":"fed-fix-our-forests","stance":"supports","chip":"Supported from the start","text":"Says she supported the Fix Our Forests Act from the beginning and has filed public comment backing rescission of the 2001 Roadless Rule; wants thinning, salvage harvests and rapid fire suppression.","source":{"label":"DeSpain · priorities","url":"https://www.moniqueforcongress.com/issues/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"monique-despain","topicId":"fed-housing-aid","stance":"partial","chip":"Lift federal restrictions","text":"Would have the federal government lift housing restrictions and encourage workforce housing, ending permitting costs and land-use rules she says stifle construction; she does not address vouchers or tax credits.","source":{"label":"DeSpain · priorities","url":"https://www.moniqueforcongress.com/issues/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"justin-filip","topicId":"fed-aca-credits","stance":"partial","chip":"Medicare for All","text":"Would implement a national improved Medicare for All program guaranteeing universal access; he does not say whether he would restore the expired premium tax credits in the meantime.","source":{"label":"Filip · platform","url":"https://www.justin4congress.com/our-platform","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"justin-filip","topicId":"fed-tariffs","stance":"partial","chip":"Fair trade agreements","text":"Would establish global fair-trade agreements to protect workers and communities; he does not say whether the current tariffs should end.","source":{"label":"Filip · platform","url":"https://www.justin4congress.com/our-platform","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"justin-filip","topicId":"fed-ice-funding","stance":"opposes","chip":"Abolish ICE","text":"Would abolish ICE and replace it with an Office of Citizenship, Refugees and Immigration Services, with amnesty and a path to citizenship.","source":{"label":"Filip · platform","url":"https://www.justin4congress.com/our-platform","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"justin-filip","topicId":"fed-fix-our-forests","stance":"opposes","chip":"A trojan horse","text":"Calls the Fix Our Forests Act a trojan horse for gutting bedrock environmental laws under the guise of wildfire management, and asks the Senate to reject it.","source":{"label":"Filip · home page (data centers, homelessness)","url":"https://www.justin4congress.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"justin-filip","topicId":"fed-housing-aid","stance":"partial","chip":"Federal housing dollars","text":"Wants federal dollars brought back to the district for the housing and unhoused crisis and involuntary homelessness abolished; he does not address the ROAD Act, vouchers or tax credits.","source":{"label":"Filip · Meet Justin","url":"https://www.justin4congress.com/meet-justin","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"justin-filip","topicId":"fed-data-centers","stance":"supports","chip":"Ban private data centers","text":"Would ban privately built data centers, saying they strain the grid, drive up rates and consume massive amounts of water, and calls for public ownership of such infrastructure.","source":{"label":"Filip · home page (data centers, homelessness)","url":"https://www.justin4congress.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"val-hoyle","topicId":"fed-hr1-medicaid","stance":"opposes","chip":"Voted no","text":"Voted no on final House passage of H.R. 1 on July 3, 2025 (218–214), a vote on the whole package, including the Medicaid work rules, six-month renewals and SNAP cuts.","source":{"label":"House Clerk · roll call 190 (2025), final House passage of H.R. 1 (motion to concur in the Senate amendment)","url":"https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025190","kind":"Public record","date":"July 3, 2025; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 218–214. H.R. 1 carried the tax cuts, the Medicaid work rules and six-month renewals, the SNAP changes and $75 billion for immigration enforcement together; this is a vote on the whole package."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"val-hoyle","topicId":"fed-aca-credits","stance":"supports","chip":"Voted to restore","text":"Voted yes on January 8, 2026 on H.R. 1834, a three-year restoration of the enhanced premium tax credits; it passed 230–196 and awaits the Senate.","source":{"label":"House Clerk · roll call 11 (2026), passage of H.R. 1834, a three-year restoration of the enhanced ACA premium tax credits","url":"https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202611","kind":"Public record","date":"January 8, 2026; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 230–196 after a discharge petition; 17 Republicans joined every Democrat. The Senate had not taken the bill up as of September 22, 2026 (GovTrack)."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"val-hoyle","topicId":"fed-tariffs","stance":"supports","chip":"Voted to end tariffs","text":"Voted yes on February 11, 2026 on H.J.Res. 72 to end the national emergency behind the Canada tariffs; it passed 219–211.","source":{"label":"House Clerk · roll call 65 (2026), passage of H.J.Res. 72, ending the national emergency behind the Canada tariffs","url":"https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202665","kind":"Public record","date":"February 11, 2026; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 219–211; six Republicans joined all but one Democrat. Nine days later the Supreme Court held the emergency-powers tariffs unlawful (Learning Resources v. Trump, 6–3)."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"val-hoyle","topicId":"fed-ice-funding","stance":"opposes","chip":"Voted no","text":"Voted no on June 9, 2026 on the Secure America Act’s $70 billion for ICE and Border Patrol through 2029; it passed 214–212.","source":{"label":"House Clerk · roll call 214 (2026), passage of S. 2, the Secure America Act","url":"https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2026214","kind":"Public record","date":"June 9, 2026; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 214–212; signed June 10, 2026 (Public Law 119-98). About $70 billion through September 2029: $38.5 billion for ICE, $26 billion for Customs and Border Protection and $5 billion for the department, per the CRS summary and the American Immigration Council."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"val-hoyle","topicId":"fed-iran-war","stance":"supports","chip":"Voted to end involvement","text":"Voted yes on July 23, 2026 on H.Con.Res. 89 directing the president to remove U.S. forces from hostilities with Iran (214–208), as on June 3.","source":{"label":"House Clerk · roll call 282 (2026), agreeing to H.Con.Res. 89, directing the removal of U.S. forces from hostilities with Iran","url":"https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2026282","kind":"Public record","date":"July 23, 2026; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 214–208, thirteen days after the president notified Congress that fighting had resumed. The same members voted the same way on H.Con.Res. 86 (roll call 199, June 3, 2026, 215–208)."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"val-hoyle","topicId":"fed-fix-our-forests","stance":"supports","chip":"Voted yes","text":"Voted yes on January 23, 2025 on the Fix Our Forests Act (H.R. 471), which passed 279–141.","source":{"label":"House Clerk · roll call 25 (2025), passage of H.R. 471, the Fix Our Forests Act","url":"https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202525","kind":"Public record","date":"January 23, 2025; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 279–141 with 64 Democrats. The Senate Agriculture Committee advanced its version (S. 1462) 18–5 in October 2025; the full Senate had not voted as of September 22, 2026."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"val-hoyle","topicId":"fed-housing-aid","stance":"supports","chip":"Voted for ROAD Act","text":"Voted yes on June 23, 2026 on final passage of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act (358–32), now Public Law 119-101.","source":{"label":"House Clerk · roll call 224 (2026), final passage of H.R. 6644, the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act","url":"https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2026224","kind":"Public record","date":"June 23, 2026; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 358–32; became Public Law 119-101 on July 11, 2026. The first House vote (roll call 57, February 9, 2026) was 390–9."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"patti-adair","topicId":"fed-hr1-medicaid","stance":"partial","chip":"Make tax cuts permanent","text":"Would make no tax on tips, overtime and Social Security permanent and raise the limits, and increase the child tax credit; she does not address Medicaid or SNAP.","source":{"label":"Oregon voters’ pamphlet candidate statement · PDF page 25","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=25","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 pamphlet; posted by the Secretary of State September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"patti-adair","topicId":"fed-ice-funding","stance":"partial","chip":"Backed funding compromise","text":"Criticized Rep. Bynum’s February 3, 2026 vote against a bipartisan funding package that included a short Homeland Security extension; she has not said whether she would fund the $70 billion ICE expansion.","source":{"label":"Adair · statement on the February 3, 2026 funding vote","url":"https://www.pattiforcongress.com/post/patti-adair-denounces-janelle-bynum-s-vote-to-shutdown-the-government","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"patti-adair","topicId":"fed-data-centers","stance":"supports","chip":"Data-center disclosure","text":"Would propose legislation requiring Big Tech to be transparent about the impacts data centers have on air quality, water quality and electricity costs.","source":{"label":"Oregon voters’ pamphlet candidate statement · PDF page 25","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=25","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 pamphlet; posted by the Secretary of State September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"janelle-s-bynum","topicId":"fed-hr1-medicaid","stance":"opposes","chip":"Voted no","text":"Voted no on final House passage of H.R. 1 on July 3, 2025 (218–214), a vote on the whole package, including the Medicaid work rules, six-month renewals and SNAP cuts.","source":{"label":"House Clerk · roll call 190 (2025), final House passage of H.R. 1 (motion to concur in the Senate amendment)","url":"https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025190","kind":"Public record","date":"July 3, 2025; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 218–214. H.R. 1 carried the tax cuts, the Medicaid work rules and six-month renewals, the SNAP changes and $75 billion for immigration enforcement together; this is a vote on the whole package."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"janelle-s-bynum","topicId":"fed-aca-credits","stance":"supports","chip":"Voted to restore","text":"Voted yes on January 8, 2026 on H.R. 1834, a three-year restoration of the enhanced premium tax credits; it passed 230–196 and awaits the Senate.","source":{"label":"House Clerk · roll call 11 (2026), passage of H.R. 1834, a three-year restoration of the enhanced ACA premium tax credits","url":"https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202611","kind":"Public record","date":"January 8, 2026; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 230–196 after a discharge petition; 17 Republicans joined every Democrat. The Senate had not taken the bill up as of September 22, 2026 (GovTrack)."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"janelle-s-bynum","topicId":"fed-tariffs","stance":"supports","chip":"Voted to end tariffs","text":"Voted yes on February 11, 2026 on H.J.Res. 72 to end the national emergency behind the Canada tariffs; it passed 219–211.","source":{"label":"House Clerk · roll call 65 (2026), passage of H.J.Res. 72, ending the national emergency behind the Canada tariffs","url":"https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202665","kind":"Public record","date":"February 11, 2026; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 219–211; six Republicans joined all but one Democrat. Nine days later the Supreme Court held the emergency-powers tariffs unlawful (Learning Resources v. Trump, 6–3)."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"janelle-s-bynum","topicId":"fed-ice-funding","stance":"opposes","chip":"Voted no","text":"Voted no on June 9, 2026 on the Secure America Act’s $70 billion for ICE and Border Patrol through 2029; it passed 214–212.","source":{"label":"House Clerk · roll call 214 (2026), passage of S. 2, the Secure America Act","url":"https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2026214","kind":"Public record","date":"June 9, 2026; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 214–212; signed June 10, 2026 (Public Law 119-98). About $70 billion through September 2029: $38.5 billion for ICE, $26 billion for Customs and Border Protection and $5 billion for the department, per the CRS summary and the American Immigration Council."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"janelle-s-bynum","topicId":"fed-iran-war","stance":"supports","chip":"Voted to end involvement","text":"Voted yes on July 23, 2026 on H.Con.Res. 89 directing the president to remove U.S. forces from hostilities with Iran (214–208), as on June 3.","source":{"label":"House Clerk · roll call 282 (2026), agreeing to H.Con.Res. 89, directing the removal of U.S. forces from hostilities with Iran","url":"https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2026282","kind":"Public record","date":"July 23, 2026; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 214–208, thirteen days after the president notified Congress that fighting had resumed. The same members voted the same way on H.Con.Res. 86 (roll call 199, June 3, 2026, 215–208)."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"janelle-s-bynum","topicId":"fed-fix-our-forests","stance":"supports","chip":"Voted yes","text":"Voted yes on January 23, 2025 on the Fix Our Forests Act (H.R. 471), which passed 279–141.","source":{"label":"House Clerk · roll call 25 (2025), passage of H.R. 471, the Fix Our Forests Act","url":"https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202525","kind":"Public record","date":"January 23, 2025; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 279–141 with 64 Democrats. The Senate Agriculture Committee advanced its version (S. 1462) 18–5 in October 2025; the full Senate had not voted as of September 22, 2026."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"janelle-s-bynum","topicId":"fed-housing-aid","stance":"supports","chip":"Voted for ROAD Act","text":"Voted yes on June 23, 2026 on final passage of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act (358–32), now Public Law 119-101.","source":{"label":"House Clerk · roll call 224 (2026), final passage of H.R. 6644, the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act","url":"https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2026224","kind":"Public record","date":"June 23, 2026; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 358–32; became Public Law 119-101 on July 11, 2026. The first House vote (roll call 57, February 9, 2026) was 390–9."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"janelle-s-bynum","topicId":"fed-data-centers","stance":"partial","chip":"Study bill drivers","text":"Introduced the BILL Drivers Act on July 10, 2026 to have the Energy Information Administration report what is driving electricity bills, including data centers; it takes no position on fast-tracking or who pays.","source":{"label":"Rep. Bynum · BILL Drivers Act press release (electricity price transparency)","url":"https://bynum.house.gov/media/press-releases/congresswoman-bynum-introduces-legislation-improve-electricity-price","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"July 10, 2026; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"andrea-townsend","topicId":"fed-iran-war","stance":"partial","chip":"End war spending","text":"Would end war and redirect resources toward human and ecological needs; her questionnaire does not name the Iran war or the war-powers resolutions.","source":{"label":"Pacific Green Party · nomination questionnaire, Townsend’s answers","url":"https://www.pacificgreens.org/meet_the_candidates_for_nomination_andrea_townsend","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Posted July 17, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"andrea-townsend","topicId":"fed-housing-aid","stance":"partial","chip":"Social housing","text":"Would address the housing crisis through deeply affordable social housing and tenant protections; she does not address the ROAD Act, vouchers or tax credits.","source":{"label":"Pacific Green Party · nomination questionnaire, Townsend’s answers","url":"https://www.pacificgreens.org/meet_the_candidates_for_nomination_andrea_townsend","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Posted July 17, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"david-russ","topicId":"fed-ice-funding","stance":"supports","chip":"Fund enforcement","text":"Fully supports giving federal law enforcement enough money to do its job efficiently; says the border is now secured.","source":{"label":"Russ · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#russ-2026-09-24","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 24, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate in reply to the Lab’s questions and kept on file; excerpts appear on the brief. Receipt does not verify the claims."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"david-russ","topicId":"fed-fix-our-forests","stance":"mixed","chip":"Stopgap only","text":"Calls the Fix Our Forests Act “OK” but a bureaucratic maze; would support it only as a stopgap, saying the states could run the same program for less after federal lands are returned.","source":{"label":"Russ · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#russ-2026-09-24","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 24, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate in reply to the Lab’s questions and kept on file; excerpts appear on the brief. Receipt does not verify the claims."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"david-russ","topicId":"fed-hr1-medicaid","stance":"supports","chip":"Keep the rules","text":"Would keep H.R. 1’s Medicaid and SNAP rules as long as the federal government is involved.","source":{"label":"Russ · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#russ-2026-09-24","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 24, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate in reply to the Lab’s questions and kept on file; excerpts appear on the brief. Receipt does not verify the claims."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"david-russ","topicId":"fed-aca-credits","stance":"opposes","chip":"Unwind the ACA","text":"Says the Affordable Care Act has damaged affordability and is federal overreach; would support another option while it is unwound rather than restoring the credits.","source":{"label":"Russ · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#russ-2026-09-24","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 24, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate in reply to the Lab’s questions and kept on file; excerpts appear on the brief. Receipt does not verify the claims."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"david-russ","topicId":"fed-tariffs","stance":"opposes","chip":"Keep tariffs","text":"Does not support ending the tariffs, noting the country funded itself largely through tariffs before the 1913 income tax.","source":{"label":"Russ · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#russ-2026-09-24","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 24, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate in reply to the Lab’s questions and kept on file; excerpts appear on the brief. Receipt does not verify the claims."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"david-russ","topicId":"fed-iran-war","stance":"partial","chip":"Defers to briefings","text":"Says only people in the highest-level national-security meetings can make this call and he has not been in one; he does not say whether to end U.S. involvement.","source":{"label":"Russ · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#russ-2026-09-24","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 24, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate in reply to the Lab’s questions and kept on file; excerpts appear on the brief. Receipt does not verify the claims."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"david-russ","topicId":"fed-housing-aid","stance":"opposes","chip":"Leave it to states","text":"Says current federal involvement in housing already violates the 10th Amendment; states that want such programs should run them.","source":{"label":"Russ · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#russ-2026-09-24","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 24, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate in reply to the Lab’s questions and kept on file; excerpts appear on the brief. Receipt does not verify the claims."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"david-russ","topicId":"fed-data-centers","stance":"opposes","chip":"Local deals, not federal","text":"Opposes federal involvement, saying lobbying would tilt deals toward data centers; local officials should negotiate terms, as he says some cities have done to secure benefits such as free power.","source":{"label":"Russ · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#russ-2026-09-24","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 24, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate in reply to the Lab’s questions and kept on file; excerpts appear on the brief. Receipt does not verify the claims."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"andrea-salinas","topicId":"fed-hr1-medicaid","stance":"opposes","chip":"Voted no","text":"Voted no on final House passage of H.R. 1 on July 3, 2025 (218–214), a vote on the whole package, including the Medicaid work rules, six-month renewals and SNAP cuts.","source":{"label":"House Clerk · roll call 190 (2025), final House passage of H.R. 1 (motion to concur in the Senate amendment)","url":"https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025190","kind":"Public record","date":"July 3, 2025; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 218–214. H.R. 1 carried the tax cuts, the Medicaid work rules and six-month renewals, the SNAP changes and $75 billion for immigration enforcement together; this is a vote on the whole package."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"andrea-salinas","topicId":"fed-aca-credits","stance":"supports","chip":"Voted to restore","text":"Voted yes on January 8, 2026 on H.R. 1834, a three-year restoration of the enhanced premium tax credits; it passed 230–196 and awaits the Senate.","source":{"label":"House Clerk · roll call 11 (2026), passage of H.R. 1834, a three-year restoration of the enhanced ACA premium tax credits","url":"https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202611","kind":"Public record","date":"January 8, 2026; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 230–196 after a discharge petition; 17 Republicans joined every Democrat. The Senate had not taken the bill up as of September 22, 2026 (GovTrack)."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"andrea-salinas","topicId":"fed-tariffs","stance":"supports","chip":"Voted to end tariffs","text":"Voted yes on February 11, 2026 on H.J.Res. 72 to end the national emergency behind the Canada tariffs; it passed 219–211.","source":{"label":"House Clerk · roll call 65 (2026), passage of H.J.Res. 72, ending the national emergency behind the Canada tariffs","url":"https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202665","kind":"Public record","date":"February 11, 2026; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 219–211; six Republicans joined all but one Democrat. Nine days later the Supreme Court held the emergency-powers tariffs unlawful (Learning Resources v. Trump, 6–3)."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"andrea-salinas","topicId":"fed-ice-funding","stance":"opposes","chip":"Voted no","text":"Voted no on June 9, 2026 on the Secure America Act’s $70 billion for ICE and Border Patrol through 2029; it passed 214–212.","source":{"label":"House Clerk · roll call 214 (2026), passage of S. 2, the Secure America Act","url":"https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2026214","kind":"Public record","date":"June 9, 2026; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 214–212; signed June 10, 2026 (Public Law 119-98). About $70 billion through September 2029: $38.5 billion for ICE, $26 billion for Customs and Border Protection and $5 billion for the department, per the CRS summary and the American Immigration Council."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"andrea-salinas","topicId":"fed-iran-war","stance":"supports","chip":"Voted to end involvement","text":"Voted yes on July 23, 2026 on H.Con.Res. 89 directing the president to remove U.S. forces from hostilities with Iran (214–208), as on June 3.","source":{"label":"House Clerk · roll call 282 (2026), agreeing to H.Con.Res. 89, directing the removal of U.S. forces from hostilities with Iran","url":"https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2026282","kind":"Public record","date":"July 23, 2026; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 214–208, thirteen days after the president notified Congress that fighting had resumed. The same members voted the same way on H.Con.Res. 86 (roll call 199, June 3, 2026, 215–208)."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"andrea-salinas","topicId":"fed-fix-our-forests","stance":"opposes","chip":"Voted no","text":"Voted no on January 23, 2025 on the Fix Our Forests Act (H.R. 471), which passed 279–141.","source":{"label":"House Clerk · roll call 25 (2025), passage of H.R. 471, the Fix Our Forests Act","url":"https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202525","kind":"Public record","date":"January 23, 2025; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 279–141 with 64 Democrats. The Senate Agriculture Committee advanced its version (S. 1462) 18–5 in October 2025; the full Senate had not voted as of September 22, 2026."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"andrea-salinas","topicId":"fed-housing-aid","stance":"supports","chip":"Voted for ROAD Act","text":"Voted yes on June 23, 2026 on final passage of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act (358–32), now Public Law 119-101.","source":{"label":"House Clerk · roll call 224 (2026), final passage of H.R. 6644, the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act","url":"https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2026224","kind":"Public record","date":"June 23, 2026; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 358–32; became Public Law 119-101 on July 11, 2026. The first House vote (roll call 57, February 9, 2026) was 390–9."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"andrea-salinas","topicId":"fed-data-centers","stance":"partial","chip":"Public infrastructure first","text":"Says she prioritized public infrastructure over corporate-owned data centers; her statement does not say what federal rule or funding choice that involved.","source":{"label":"Oregon voters’ pamphlet candidate statement · PDF page 27","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=27","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 pamphlet; posted by the Secretary of State September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"courtney-neron-misslin","topicId":"leg-transportation-package","stance":"supports","chip":"Voted for HB 3991","text":"Voted yes on HB 3991 in the Senate on September 29, 2025, the gas-tax and fee package voters later repealed; the enrolled bill also repealed the mandatory toll program.","source":{"label":"OLIS · HB 3991 (2025 special session) · Senate third reading","url":"https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025S1/Measures/Overview/HB3991","kind":"Public record","date":"September 29, 2025; signed November 7, 2025; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 18–11. The gas-tax and fee increases were repealed by voters as Measure 120 on May 19, 2026; the enrolled bill also repealed the mandatory toll program."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"courtney-neron-misslin","topicId":"leg-new-revenue","stance":"supports","chip":"Voted to disconnect","text":"Voted yes on SB 1507 on February 16, 2026, which disconnects Oregon from federal H.R. 1 business tax breaks, raising about $314 million for 2027–29, and enlarges the Earned Income Tax Credit.","source":{"label":"OLIS · SB 1507, federal tax disconnect and Earned Income Tax Credit (2026) · Senate third reading","url":"https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Measures/Overview/SB1507","kind":"Public record","date":"February 16, 2026; signed April 9, 2026; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 17–13; Meek is the one Democrat among the nays. The Legislative Revenue Office estimated a net General Fund gain of $313.9 million in 2027–29."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"courtney-neron-misslin","topicId":"leg-data-centers","stance":"supports","chip":"Voted for POWER Act","text":"Voted yes on HB 3546, the POWER Act, in the Senate on June 3, 2025; it lets regulators put data centers in their own electricity rate class.","source":{"label":"OLIS · HB 3546, the POWER Act (2025) · Senate third reading","url":"https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB3546","kind":"Public record","date":"June 3, 2025; signed June 16, 2025; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 18–12. The law lets regulators put large-load customers such as data centers in their own electricity rate class."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"courtney-neron-misslin","topicId":"leg-shelter-funding","stance":"supports","chip":"Carried shelter bill","text":"Carried HB 3644 on the Senate floor and voted yes on June 26, 2025; the law creates the statewide shelter program funded with $204.9 million through June 2027.","source":{"label":"OLIS · HB 3644, statewide shelter program (2025) · Senate third reading","url":"https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB3644","kind":"Public record","date":"June 26, 2025; signed July 17, 2025; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 19–10, carried by Neron Misslin. The program is funded with $204,918,652 General Fund for 2025–27 in HB 5011, half of it one-time."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"courtney-neron-misslin","topicId":"leg-deflection","stance":"supports","chip":"Voted for HB 4002","text":"Voted yes on HB 4002 in the House on February 29, 2024, which recriminalized possession and created county deflection programs.","source":{"label":"OLIS · HB 4002, Measure 110 changes (2024) · House third reading","url":"https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Measures/Overview/HB4002","kind":"Public record","date":"February 29, 2024; signed April 1, 2024; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 51–7. Helfrich, McLain, Neron and Reynolds (then House members) are among the ayes."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"courtney-neron-misslin","topicId":"leg-wildfire-funding","stance":"supports","chip":"Voted for HB 3940","text":"Voted yes on HB 3940 on June 26, 2025, which taxes oral nicotine, raises the timber harvest tax and moves Rainy Day Fund interest to wildfire funds.","source":{"label":"OLIS · HB 3940, wildfire funding (2025) · Senate third reading","url":"https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB3940","kind":"Public record","date":"June 26, 2025; signed July 24, 2025; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 20–8. Reynolds is among the nays; Meek was absent. The Legislative Revenue Office put the bill's wildfire funds at about $43 million for 2025–27 and $63 million for 2027–29."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"courtney-neron-misslin","topicId":"leg-sanctuary","stance":"supports","chip":"Voted for HB 4138","text":"Voted yes on HB 4138 on March 5, 2026, requiring officers to identify themselves and limiting masks; her site says she has worked to strengthen Oregon’s sanctuary protections.","source":{"label":"OLIS · HB 4138, officer identification and masks (2026) · Senate third reading","url":"https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Measures/Overview/HB4138","kind":"Public record","date":"March 5, 2026; signed March 31, 2026; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 18–10. One of eight immigrant-protection bills signed April 9, 2026."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"glenn-lancaster","topicId":"leg-transportation-package","stance":"opposes","chip":"Stop the gas tax","text":"Says his opponent voted for HB 3991’s six-cent gas tax and higher fees, which voters rejected by more than four to one, and that he will stop the next tax increase.","source":{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · filed candidate statement · PDF page 66","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=66","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 state voters’ pamphlet; PDF printed September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign for the state voters’ pamphlet, which is not published until September 29, 2026."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"glenn-lancaster","topicId":"leg-kicker","stance":"opposes","chip":"Protect the kicker","text":"Says he will stop the next tax increase and protect your kicker refund.","source":{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · filed candidate statement · PDF page 67","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=67","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 state voters’ pamphlet; PDF printed September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign for the state voters’ pamphlet, which is not published until September 29, 2026."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"glenn-lancaster","topicId":"leg-new-revenue","stance":"opposes","chip":"Stop tax increases","text":"Says Salem passed the largest tax increase in state history; he would stop tax increases and stop funding programs that grow even when they fail.","source":{"label":"Lancaster · Fix What’s Broken (priorities)","url":"https://glennlancaster.com/issues2/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"glenn-lancaster","topicId":"leg-shelter-funding","stance":"partial","chip":"Demand real solutions","text":"Says addiction and homelessness are treated as permanent and demands real solutions with accountability and results; he does not say whether to keep funding state shelter beds.","source":{"label":"Lancaster · Fix What’s Broken (priorities)","url":"https://glennlancaster.com/issues2/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"myrna-a-munoz","topicId":"leg-new-revenue","stance":"supports","chip":"Close corporate loopholes","text":"Would close tax loopholes and make large corporations pay their fair share to invest in schools, healthcare and affordable housing.","source":{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · filed candidate statement · PDF page 68","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=68","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 state voters’ pamphlet; PDF printed September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign for the state voters’ pamphlet, which is not published until September 29, 2026."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"myrna-a-munoz","topicId":"leg-data-centers","stance":"supports","chip":"Safeguards, transparency","text":"Calls the AI data-center build-out reckless and says it is driving up electricity bills; would require transparency, community input and environmental safeguards.","source":{"label":"Muñoz · platform","url":"https://myrnaforsenate.com/issues","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"myrna-a-munoz","topicId":"leg-shelter-funding","stance":"partial","chip":"Plan to house all","text":"Wants a strategic plan to house all Oregonians and state investment in affordable housing; she does not address shelter funding or the emergency order.","source":{"label":"Muñoz · about","url":"https://myrnaforsenate.com/about","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"myrna-a-munoz","topicId":"leg-sanctuary","stance":"supports","chip":"Due process, no ICE","text":"Would fight for laws that strengthen due process, prevent racial profiling and keep local resources on community safety; her About page calls for abolishing ICE.","source":{"label":"Muñoz · platform","url":"https://myrnaforsenate.com/issues","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"harold-hutchison","topicId":"leg-transportation-package","stance":"opposes","chip":"No gas-tax increase","text":"Told the Abigail Adams questionnaire that roads can be funded without gas-tax or fee increases by shrinking the administration behind DEQ and licensing, and backs voter approval of tolls.","source":{"label":"Hutchison · Oregon Abigail Adams Project candidate questionnaire","url":"https://survey.oregonabigailadams.org/AAP/candidate-survey-answer.cfm?State=OR&Q=state26&K=SS15-06","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"2026 general-election questionnaire; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified. The candidate's own written answers, hosted by the questionnaire's publisher."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"harold-hutchison","topicId":"leg-kicker","stance":"opposes","chip":"Kicker belongs to taxpayers","text":"Answered the questionnaire’s kicker-repeal question with “The kicker belongs to the taxpayers.”","source":{"label":"Hutchison · Oregon Abigail Adams Project candidate questionnaire","url":"https://survey.oregonabigailadams.org/AAP/candidate-survey-answer.cfm?State=OR&Q=state26&K=SS15-06","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"2026 general-election questionnaire; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified. The candidate's own written answers, hosted by the questionnaire's publisher."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"harold-hutchison","topicId":"leg-new-revenue","stance":"partial","chip":"End property tax","text":"Would eliminate assessment-based property tax, opposes a sales tax and calls income tax the fairest way to raise needed revenue; he does not say how to close the 2027–29 gap.","source":{"label":"Hutchison · Oregon Abigail Adams Project candidate questionnaire","url":"https://survey.oregonabigailadams.org/AAP/candidate-survey-answer.cfm?State=OR&Q=state26&K=SS15-06","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"2026 general-election questionnaire; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified. The candidate's own written answers, hosted by the questionnaire's publisher."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"harold-hutchison","topicId":"leg-wildfire-funding","stance":"partial","chip":"No routine prescribed burns","text":"Told the questionnaire he does not support the Forestry Department doing prescribed burns every five years; he does not address wildfire funding.","source":{"label":"Hutchison · Oregon Abigail Adams Project candidate questionnaire","url":"https://survey.oregonabigailadams.org/AAP/candidate-survey-answer.cfm?State=OR&Q=state26&K=SS15-06","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"2026 general-election questionnaire; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified. The candidate's own written answers, hosted by the questionnaire's publisher."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"harold-hutchison","topicId":"leg-sanctuary","stance":"opposes","chip":"Repeal sanctuary law","text":"Told the questionnaire he supports repealing Oregon’s sanctuary law and letting police ask about immigration status outside criminal investigations.","source":{"label":"Hutchison · Oregon Abigail Adams Project candidate questionnaire","url":"https://survey.oregonabigailadams.org/AAP/candidate-survey-answer.cfm?State=OR&Q=state26&K=SS15-06","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"2026 general-election questionnaire; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified. The candidate's own written answers, hosted by the questionnaire's publisher."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"courtney-bangs","topicId":"leg-transportation-package","stance":"opposes","chip":"Existing dollars, no hikes","text":"Says she helped defeat the $4.3 billion gas-tax package and will fight new taxes and hidden fees, seeking the district’s share of existing dollars for Highways 30, 6 and 101.","source":{"label":"Bangs · priorities","url":"https://www.courtneybangs.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"courtney-bangs","topicId":"leg-new-revenue","stance":"opposes","chip":"No new taxes, fees","text":"Will fight to stop new tax hikes and hidden fees and demand accountability for state spending.","source":{"label":"Bangs · priorities","url":"https://www.courtneybangs.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"rachel-armitage","topicId":"leg-transportation-package","stance":"opposes","chip":"Against gas-tax hike","text":"Told the Headlight Herald in April 2026 she is generally opposed to raising the gas tax and DMV fees, and wants rural gas-tax dollars kept on rural roads with more ODOT oversight.","source":{"label":"Tillamook Headlight Herald · Armitage interview","url":"https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/tillamookheadlightherald.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/b/5e/b5e85786-7bcd-4dfd-8653-96868d0c2f25/69e6cc94c66a0.pdf.pdf","kind":"Reporting","date":"April 21, 2026; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Reported statement; quote as printed by the Tillamook Headlight Herald."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"rachel-armitage","topicId":"leg-new-revenue","stance":"opposes","chip":"No new costs now","text":"Told the Headlight Herald that now is not the time for the state to talk about increasing costs, and that she would review whether old bills and pandemic-era programs still work.","source":{"label":"Tillamook Headlight Herald · Armitage interview","url":"https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/tillamookheadlightherald.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/b/5e/b5e85786-7bcd-4dfd-8653-96868d0c2f25/69e6cc94c66a0.pdf.pdf","kind":"Reporting","date":"April 21, 2026; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Reported statement; quote as printed by the Tillamook Headlight Herald."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"melisa-finkle","topicId":"leg-transportation-package","stance":"partial","chip":"Roads need more","text":"Her filed statement calls for safer travel and roads that need more than another temporary patch; it does not say whether she would raise the gas tax or fees to pay for them.","source":{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · filed candidate statement · PDF page 76","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=76","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 state voters’ pamphlet; PDF printed September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign for the state voters’ pamphlet, which is not published until September 29, 2026."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"lisa-reynolds","topicId":"leg-transportation-package","stance":"supports","chip":"Voted for HB 3991","text":"Voted yes on HB 3991 in the Senate on September 29, 2025, the gas-tax and fee package voters later repealed.","source":{"label":"OLIS · HB 3991 (2025 special session) · Senate third reading","url":"https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025S1/Measures/Overview/HB3991","kind":"Public record","date":"September 29, 2025; signed November 7, 2025; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 18–11. The gas-tax and fee increases were repealed by voters as Measure 120 on May 19, 2026; the enrolled bill also repealed the mandatory toll program."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"lisa-reynolds","topicId":"leg-new-revenue","stance":"supports","chip":"Voted to disconnect","text":"Voted yes on SB 1507 on February 16, 2026, which disconnects Oregon from federal H.R. 1 business tax breaks, raising about $314 million for 2027–29, and enlarges the Earned Income Tax Credit.","source":{"label":"OLIS · SB 1507, federal tax disconnect and Earned Income Tax Credit (2026) · Senate third reading","url":"https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Measures/Overview/SB1507","kind":"Public record","date":"February 16, 2026; signed April 9, 2026; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 17–13; Meek is the one Democrat among the nays. The Legislative Revenue Office estimated a net General Fund gain of $313.9 million in 2027–29."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"lisa-reynolds","topicId":"leg-data-centers","stance":"supports","chip":"Voted for POWER Act","text":"Voted yes on HB 3546, the POWER Act, in the Senate on June 3, 2025; it lets regulators put data centers in their own electricity rate class.","source":{"label":"OLIS · HB 3546, the POWER Act (2025) · Senate third reading","url":"https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB3546","kind":"Public record","date":"June 3, 2025; signed June 16, 2025; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 18–12. The law lets regulators put large-load customers such as data centers in their own electricity rate class."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"lisa-reynolds","topicId":"leg-shelter-funding","stance":"supports","chip":"Voted for shelter bill","text":"Voted yes on HB 3644 on June 26, 2025; her site says she voted for record shelter and housing funding and supported rent relief and eviction moratoriums.","source":{"label":"OLIS · HB 3644, statewide shelter program (2025) · Senate third reading","url":"https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB3644","kind":"Public record","date":"June 26, 2025; signed July 17, 2025; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 19–10, carried by Neron Misslin. The program is funded with $204,918,652 General Fund for 2025–27 in HB 5011, half of it one-time."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"lisa-reynolds","topicId":"leg-deflection","stance":"supports","chip":"Voted for HB 4002","text":"Voted yes on HB 4002 in the House on February 29, 2024; her site calls for markedly more treatment and interrupting the fentanyl supply.","source":{"label":"OLIS · HB 4002, Measure 110 changes (2024) · House third reading","url":"https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Measures/Overview/HB4002","kind":"Public record","date":"February 29, 2024; signed April 1, 2024; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 51–7. Helfrich, McLain, Neron and Reynolds (then House members) are among the ayes."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"lisa-reynolds","topicId":"leg-wildfire-funding","stance":"opposes","chip":"Voted no: HB 3940","text":"Voted no on HB 3940 on June 26, 2025, the bill that taxes oral nicotine products, raises the timber harvest tax and moves Rainy Day Fund interest to wildfire prevention funds.","source":{"label":"OLIS · HB 3940, wildfire funding (2025) · Senate third reading","url":"https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB3940","kind":"Public record","date":"June 26, 2025; signed July 24, 2025; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 20–8. Reynolds is among the nays; Meek was absent. The Legislative Revenue Office put the bill's wildfire funds at about $43 million for 2025–27 and $63 million for 2027–29."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"lisa-reynolds","topicId":"leg-sanctuary","stance":"supports","chip":"Voted for HB 4138","text":"Voted yes on HB 4138 on March 5, 2026; her statement cites policies protecting patients in hospitals, children in schools and people in their homes from the Trump administration.","source":{"label":"OLIS · HB 4138, officer identification and masks (2026) · Senate third reading","url":"https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Measures/Overview/HB4138","kind":"Public record","date":"March 5, 2026; signed March 31, 2026; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 18–10. One of eight immigrant-protection bills signed April 9, 2026."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"john-a-n-chee","topicId":"leg-new-revenue","stance":"opposes","chip":"Cut taxes, no increases","text":"Says Oregon families are devastated by endless broad-based tax increases; he would dramatically reduce property taxes and eliminate taxes on family inheritances.","source":{"label":"Chee · Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey","url":"https://ballotpedia.org/John_Chee","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"2026 survey; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified. The candidate's own written answers, hosted by the questionnaire's publisher."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"john-a-n-chee","topicId":"leg-shelter-funding","stance":"partial","chip":"Prosecute vagrancy","text":"Would prosecute vagrancy and open drug use; he does not say whether the state should keep funding shelter beds.","source":{"label":"Chee · Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey","url":"https://ballotpedia.org/John_Chee","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"2026 survey; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified. The candidate's own written answers, hosted by the questionnaire's publisher."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"john-a-n-chee","topicId":"leg-deflection","stance":"partial","chip":"Prosecute open drug use","text":"Would prosecute open drug use; he does not say whether counties should keep deflecting people to treatment before charges.","source":{"label":"Chee · Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey","url":"https://ballotpedia.org/John_Chee","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"2026 survey; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified. The candidate's own written answers, hosted by the questionnaire's publisher."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"rob-wagner","topicId":"leg-transportation-package","stance":"supports","chip":"Voted for HB 3991","text":"Voted yes on HB 3991 in the Senate on September 29, 2025, the gas-tax and fee package voters later repealed.","source":{"label":"OLIS · HB 3991 (2025 special session) · Senate third reading","url":"https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025S1/Measures/Overview/HB3991","kind":"Public record","date":"September 29, 2025; signed November 7, 2025; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 18–11. The gas-tax and fee increases were repealed by voters as Measure 120 on May 19, 2026; the enrolled bill also repealed the mandatory toll program."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"rob-wagner","topicId":"leg-new-revenue","stance":"supports","chip":"Voted to disconnect","text":"Voted yes on SB 1507 on February 16, 2026, which disconnects Oregon from federal H.R. 1 business tax breaks, raising about $314 million for 2027–29, and enlarges the Earned Income Tax Credit.","source":{"label":"OLIS · SB 1507, federal tax disconnect and Earned Income Tax Credit (2026) · Senate third reading","url":"https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Measures/Overview/SB1507","kind":"Public record","date":"February 16, 2026; signed April 9, 2026; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 17–13; Meek is the one Democrat among the nays. The Legislative Revenue Office estimated a net General Fund gain of $313.9 million in 2027–29."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"rob-wagner","topicId":"leg-data-centers","stance":"supports","chip":"Voted for POWER Act","text":"Voted yes on HB 3546 on June 3, 2025, putting data centers in their own electricity rate class; his site says he made data centers pay their fair share of energy costs.","source":{"label":"OLIS · HB 3546, the POWER Act (2025) · Senate third reading","url":"https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB3546","kind":"Public record","date":"June 3, 2025; signed June 16, 2025; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 18–12. The law lets regulators put large-load customers such as data centers in their own electricity rate class."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"rob-wagner","topicId":"leg-shelter-funding","stance":"supports","chip":"Voted for shelter bill","text":"Voted yes on HB 3644 on June 26, 2025, creating the statewide shelter program funded with $204.9 million through June 2027.","source":{"label":"OLIS · HB 3644, statewide shelter program (2025) · Senate third reading","url":"https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB3644","kind":"Public record","date":"June 26, 2025; signed July 17, 2025; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 19–10, carried by Neron Misslin. The program is funded with $204,918,652 General Fund for 2025–27 in HB 5011, half of it one-time."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"rob-wagner","topicId":"leg-deflection","stance":"supports","chip":"Voted for HB 4002","text":"Voted yes on HB 4002 in the Senate on March 1, 2024, which recriminalized possession and created county deflection programs.","source":{"label":"OLIS · HB 4002, Measure 110 changes (2024) · Senate third reading","url":"https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Measures/Overview/HB4002","kind":"Public record","date":"March 1, 2024; signed April 1, 2024; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 21–8. Jama is among the nays and filed a vote explanation; Wagner and Meek are among the ayes."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"rob-wagner","topicId":"leg-wildfire-funding","stance":"supports","chip":"Voted for HB 3940","text":"Voted yes on HB 3940 on June 26, 2025; his statement says Oregon must build resilience amid wildfires and heat waves.","source":{"label":"OLIS · HB 3940, wildfire funding (2025) · Senate third reading","url":"https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB3940","kind":"Public record","date":"June 26, 2025; signed July 24, 2025; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 20–8. Reynolds is among the nays; Meek was absent. The Legislative Revenue Office put the bill's wildfire funds at about $43 million for 2025–27 and $63 million for 2027–29."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"rob-wagner","topicId":"leg-sanctuary","stance":"supports","chip":"Voted for HB 4138","text":"Voted yes on HB 4138 on March 5, 2026; his site says he strongly supported new laws protecting the constitutional rights of immigrant and refugee neighbors.","source":{"label":"OLIS · HB 4138, officer identification and masks (2026) · Senate third reading","url":"https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Measures/Overview/HB4138","kind":"Public record","date":"March 5, 2026; signed March 31, 2026; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 18–10. One of eight immigrant-protection bills signed April 9, 2026."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"mary-dirksen","topicId":"leg-new-revenue","stance":"opposes","chip":"Tax relief, less waste","text":"Would rein in wasteful spending, demand transparency for every tax dollar and pursue meaningful tax relief; her statement says taxes and the cost of living have soared under current Senate leadership.","source":{"label":"Dirksen · priorities","url":"https://www.marydirksen.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"mark-meek","topicId":"leg-transportation-package","stance":"supports","chip":"Voted for HB 3991","text":"Voted yes on HB 3991 in the Senate on September 29, 2025; the enrolled bill also repealed the mandatory toll program, and his site says he ended ODOT’s I-205 tolling plans.","source":{"label":"OLIS · HB 3991 (2025 special session) · Senate third reading","url":"https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025S1/Measures/Overview/HB3991","kind":"Public record","date":"September 29, 2025; signed November 7, 2025; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 18–11. The gas-tax and fee increases were repealed by voters as Measure 120 on May 19, 2026; the enrolled bill also repealed the mandatory toll program."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"mark-meek","topicId":"leg-new-revenue","stance":"opposes","chip":"Voted no on disconnect","text":"Voted no on SB 1507 on February 16, 2026, the bill that disconnects Oregon from federal H.R. 1 business tax breaks to raise about $314 million for 2027–29 and enlarge the Earned Income Tax Credit.","source":{"label":"OLIS · SB 1507, federal tax disconnect and Earned Income Tax Credit (2026) · Senate third reading","url":"https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Measures/Overview/SB1507","kind":"Public record","date":"February 16, 2026; signed April 9, 2026; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 17–13; Meek is the one Democrat among the nays. The Legislative Revenue Office estimated a net General Fund gain of $313.9 million in 2027–29."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"mark-meek","topicId":"leg-data-centers","stance":"supports","chip":"Voted for POWER Act","text":"Voted yes on HB 3546, the POWER Act, in the Senate on June 3, 2025; it lets regulators put data centers in their own electricity rate class.","source":{"label":"OLIS · HB 3546, the POWER Act (2025) · Senate third reading","url":"https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB3546","kind":"Public record","date":"June 3, 2025; signed June 16, 2025; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 18–12. The law lets regulators put large-load customers such as data centers in their own electricity rate class."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"mark-meek","topicId":"leg-shelter-funding","stance":"supports","chip":"Voted for shelter bill","text":"Voted yes on HB 3644 on June 26, 2025; his site says he is working to expand shelter capacity and treatment programs.","source":{"label":"OLIS · HB 3644, statewide shelter program (2025) · Senate third reading","url":"https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB3644","kind":"Public record","date":"June 26, 2025; signed July 17, 2025; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 19–10, carried by Neron Misslin. The program is funded with $204,918,652 General Fund for 2025–27 in HB 5011, half of it one-time."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"mark-meek","topicId":"leg-deflection","stance":"supports","chip":"Voted for HB 4002","text":"Voted yes on HB 4002 in the Senate on March 1, 2024; his site backs resources for police, offender accountability and expanded treatment.","source":{"label":"OLIS · HB 4002, Measure 110 changes (2024) · Senate third reading","url":"https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Measures/Overview/HB4002","kind":"Public record","date":"March 1, 2024; signed April 1, 2024; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 21–8. Jama is among the nays and filed a vote explanation; Wagner and Meek are among the ayes."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"mark-meek","topicId":"leg-sanctuary","stance":"supports","chip":"Voted for HB 4138","text":"Voted yes on HB 4138 on March 5, 2026; his site says he stood firm against reckless federal policies.","source":{"label":"OLIS · HB 4138, officer identification and masks (2026) · Senate third reading","url":"https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Measures/Overview/HB4138","kind":"Public record","date":"March 5, 2026; signed March 31, 2026; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 18–10. One of eight immigrant-protection bills signed April 9, 2026."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"michele-stroh","topicId":"leg-transportation-package","stance":"opposes","chip":"Voters said no","text":"Her filed statement says the incumbent voted yes on a package to raise taxes that voters then rejected by more than 80 percent, and that Salem’s answer is always another tax.","source":{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · filed candidate statement · PDF page 85","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=85","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 state voters’ pamphlet; PDF printed September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign for the state voters’ pamphlet, which is not published until September 29, 2026."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"michele-stroh","topicId":"leg-new-revenue","stance":"opposes","chip":"No new taxes","text":"Pledges no new taxes: says Oregon does not have a revenue problem but a spending problem, and she will vote no on new taxes until Salem shows it can spend what it has.","source":{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · filed candidate statement · PDF page 84","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=84","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 state voters’ pamphlet; PDF printed September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign for the state voters’ pamphlet, which is not published until September 29, 2026."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"michele-stroh","topicId":"leg-shelter-funding","stance":"partial","chip":"Accountability for spending","text":"Says Oregon has spent billions while the crisis grew; wants treatment, accountability for spending and less red tape blocking shelters and housing, without saying whether to renew state shelter money.","source":{"label":"Stroh · campaign site","url":"https://votestroh.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"michele-stroh","topicId":"leg-deflection","stance":"supports","chip":"Backed Fix M110","text":"Says she worked with the Fix M110 coalition on the bipartisan amendment giving police tools against dealers while getting people with addiction into treatment; wants prevention, treatment and consequences for dealers.","source":{"label":"Stroh · Michele’s Record","url":"https://votestroh.com/micheles-record/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"kayse-jama","topicId":"leg-transportation-package","stance":"supports","chip":"Voted for HB 3991","text":"Voted yes on HB 3991 in the Senate on September 29, 2025, the gas-tax and fee package voters later repealed.","source":{"label":"OLIS · HB 3991 (2025 special session) · Senate third reading","url":"https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025S1/Measures/Overview/HB3991","kind":"Public record","date":"September 29, 2025; signed November 7, 2025; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 18–11. The gas-tax and fee increases were repealed by voters as Measure 120 on May 19, 2026; the enrolled bill also repealed the mandatory toll program."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"kayse-jama","topicId":"leg-new-revenue","stance":"supports","chip":"Voted to disconnect","text":"Voted yes on SB 1507 on February 16, 2026, which disconnects Oregon from federal H.R. 1 business tax breaks, raising about $314 million for 2027–29, and enlarges the Earned Income Tax Credit.","source":{"label":"OLIS · SB 1507, federal tax disconnect and Earned Income Tax Credit (2026) · Senate third reading","url":"https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Measures/Overview/SB1507","kind":"Public record","date":"February 16, 2026; signed April 9, 2026; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 17–13; Meek is the one Democrat among the nays. The Legislative Revenue Office estimated a net General Fund gain of $313.9 million in 2027–29."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"kayse-jama","topicId":"leg-data-centers","stance":"supports","chip":"Voted for POWER Act","text":"Voted yes on HB 3546 on June 3, 2025, putting data centers in their own electricity rate class; his statement says he fought to lower energy costs for Oregon families.","source":{"label":"OLIS · HB 3546, the POWER Act (2025) · Senate third reading","url":"https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB3546","kind":"Public record","date":"June 3, 2025; signed June 16, 2025; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 18–12. The law lets regulators put large-load customers such as data centers in their own electricity rate class."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"kayse-jama","topicId":"leg-shelter-funding","stance":"supports","chip":"Voted for shelter bill","text":"Voted yes on HB 3644 on June 26, 2025; as Senate housing chair he says he led over $4.5 billion in housing investment over three years.","source":{"label":"OLIS · HB 3644, statewide shelter program (2025) · Senate third reading","url":"https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB3644","kind":"Public record","date":"June 26, 2025; signed July 17, 2025; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 19–10, carried by Neron Misslin. The program is funded with $204,918,652 General Fund for 2025–27 in HB 5011, half of it one-time."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"kayse-jama","topicId":"leg-deflection","stance":"opposes","chip":"Voted no: HB 4002","text":"Voted no on HB 4002 in the Senate on March 1, 2024, the bill that recriminalized possession and created county deflection programs, and filed a vote explanation.","source":{"label":"OLIS · HB 4002, Measure 110 changes (2024) · Senate third reading","url":"https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Measures/Overview/HB4002","kind":"Public record","date":"March 1, 2024; signed April 1, 2024; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 21–8. Jama is among the nays and filed a vote explanation; Wagner and Meek are among the ayes."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"kayse-jama","topicId":"leg-wildfire-funding","stance":"supports","chip":"Voted for HB 3940","text":"Voted yes on HB 3940 on June 26, 2025; his site cites a 2022 law protecting farmworkers during wildfire smoke and heat waves.","source":{"label":"OLIS · HB 3940, wildfire funding (2025) · Senate third reading","url":"https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB3940","kind":"Public record","date":"June 26, 2025; signed July 24, 2025; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 20–8. Reynolds is among the nays; Meek was absent. The Legislative Revenue Office put the bill's wildfire funds at about $43 million for 2025–27 and $63 million for 2027–29."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"kayse-jama","topicId":"leg-sanctuary","stance":"supports","chip":"Voted for HB 4138","text":"Voted yes on HB 4138 on March 5, 2026; his statement says he protected immigrant and refugee communities from federal overreach.","source":{"label":"OLIS · HB 4138, officer identification and masks (2026) · Senate third reading","url":"https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Measures/Overview/HB4138","kind":"Public record","date":"March 5, 2026; signed March 31, 2026; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 18–10. One of eight immigrant-protection bills signed April 9, 2026."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"nicole-bassett","topicId":"leg-wildfire-funding","stance":"supports","chip":"Prioritize prevention","text":"Would prioritize wildfire prevention, support first responders and invest in proven solutions that keep people, land and homes safe.","source":{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · filed candidate statement · PDF page 91","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=91","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 state voters’ pamphlet; PDF printed September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign for the state voters’ pamphlet, which is not published until September 29, 2026."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"jeff-helfrich","topicId":"leg-transportation-package","stance":"opposes","chip":"Opposed the gas tax","text":"Says he opposed major tax increases including the gas tax and fought policies that raise costs for working families; he was excused for the House vote on HB 3991.","source":{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · filed candidate statement · PDF page 92","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=92","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 state voters’ pamphlet; PDF printed September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign for the state voters’ pamphlet, which is not published until September 29, 2026. He was excused for the House vote on HB 3991 on September 1, 2025 (OLIS)."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"jeff-helfrich","topicId":"leg-new-revenue","stance":"opposes","chip":"Voted no on disconnect","text":"Voted no on SB 1507 in the House on February 25, 2026; his statement says government should live within a budget as families do.","source":{"label":"OLIS · SB 1507, federal tax disconnect and Earned Income Tax Credit (2026) · House third reading","url":"https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Measures/Overview/SB1507","kind":"Public record","date":"February 25, 2026; signed April 9, 2026; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 34–21. Bunch and Helfrich are among the nays; McLain and Rieke Smith are among the ayes."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"jeff-helfrich","topicId":"leg-data-centers","stance":"opposes","chip":"Voted no: POWER Act","text":"Voted no on HB 3546 on April 22 and June 5, 2025; his statement calls for balanced energy policies that lower costs and provide the power Oregon needs to grow.","source":{"label":"OLIS · HB 3546, the POWER Act (2025) · House votes","url":"https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB3546","kind":"Public record","date":"April 22 and June 5, 2025; signed June 16, 2025; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Third reading passed 41–16; the House concurred in Senate amendments 37–17. Helfrich is among the nays both times; McLain is among the ayes."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"jeff-helfrich","topicId":"leg-shelter-funding","stance":"opposes","chip":"Voted no: shelter bill","text":"Voted no on HB 3644 in the House on June 23, 2025, the bill creating the statewide shelter program.","source":{"label":"OLIS · HB 3644, statewide shelter program (2025) · House third reading","url":"https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB3644","kind":"Public record","date":"June 23, 2025; signed July 17, 2025; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 33–11. Helfrich is among the nays; McLain and Rieke Smith are among the ayes."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"jeff-helfrich","topicId":"leg-deflection","stance":"supports","chip":"Voted for HB 4002","text":"Voted yes on HB 4002 on February 29, 2024; his statement says he helped lead the bipartisan effort to recriminalize hard drugs and restore accountability.","source":{"label":"OLIS · HB 4002, Measure 110 changes (2024) · House third reading","url":"https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Measures/Overview/HB4002","kind":"Public record","date":"February 29, 2024; signed April 1, 2024; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 51–7. Helfrich, McLain, Neron and Reynolds (then House members) are among the ayes."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"jeff-helfrich","topicId":"leg-wildfire-funding","stance":"opposes","chip":"Voted no: HB 3940","text":"Voted no on HB 3940 in the House on June 23, 2025, the bill that taxes oral nicotine, raises the timber harvest tax and moves Rainy Day Fund interest to wildfire funds.","source":{"label":"OLIS · HB 3940, wildfire funding (2025) · House third reading","url":"https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB3940","kind":"Public record","date":"June 23, 2025; signed July 24, 2025; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 37–8. Helfrich is among the nays; McLain and Rieke Smith are among the ayes."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"jeff-helfrich","topicId":"leg-sanctuary","stance":"opposes","chip":"Voted no: HB 4138","text":"Voted no on HB 4138 on February 24 and March 6, 2026, the bill requiring officers to identify themselves and limiting masks.","source":{"label":"OLIS · HB 4138, officer identification and masks (2026) · House votes","url":"https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Measures/Overview/HB4138","kind":"Public record","date":"February 24 and March 6, 2026; signed March 31, 2026; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Third reading passed 36–19; the House concurred 34–18. Bunch and Helfrich are among the nays both times; McLain and Rieke Smith are among the ayes."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"sue-r-rieke-smith","topicId":"leg-transportation-package","stance":"supports","chip":"Voted for HB 3991","text":"Voted yes on HB 3991 in the House on September 1, 2025 and filed a vote explanation; voters later repealed the package’s gas-tax and fee increases.","source":{"label":"OLIS · HB 3991 (2025 special session) · House third reading","url":"https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025S1/Measures/Overview/HB3991","kind":"Public record","date":"September 1, 2025; signed November 7, 2025; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 36–12, carried by McLain; Helfrich was excused. Rieke Smith filed a vote explanation. Voters repealed the tax and fee increases as Measure 120 on May 19, 2026."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"sue-r-rieke-smith","topicId":"leg-new-revenue","stance":"supports","chip":"Voted to disconnect","text":"Voted yes on SB 1507 on February 25, 2026; her statement describes it as standing up to Trump’s tax loopholes for the ultra wealthy and cutting taxes for over 200,000 working families.","source":{"label":"OLIS · SB 1507, federal tax disconnect and Earned Income Tax Credit (2026) · House third reading","url":"https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Measures/Overview/SB1507","kind":"Public record","date":"February 25, 2026; signed April 9, 2026; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 34–21. Bunch and Helfrich are among the nays; McLain and Rieke Smith are among the ayes."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"sue-r-rieke-smith","topicId":"leg-data-centers","stance":"supports","chip":"Regulate data centers","text":"Opposes the unchecked growth of AI data centers that use up water and raise utility costs; she was not yet in the House for the POWER Act votes.","source":{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · filed candidate statement · PDF page 179","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=179","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 state voters’ pamphlet; PDF printed September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign for the state voters’ pamphlet, which is not published until September 29, 2026."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"sue-r-rieke-smith","topicId":"leg-shelter-funding","stance":"supports","chip":"Voted for shelter bill","text":"Voted yes on HB 3644 on June 23, 2025, two weeks after taking office; her plan would partner with cities and nonprofits on root causes like mental illness and addiction.","source":{"label":"OLIS · HB 3644, statewide shelter program (2025) · House third reading","url":"https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB3644","kind":"Public record","date":"June 23, 2025; signed July 17, 2025; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 33–11. Helfrich is among the nays; McLain and Rieke Smith are among the ayes."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"sue-r-rieke-smith","topicId":"leg-deflection","stance":"partial","chip":"Integrate treatment","text":"Would fully integrate mental-health and addiction treatment into the healthcare system; she was not in office for HB 4002 and does not address deflection funding.","source":{"label":"Rieke Smith · A Plan for Action","url":"https://www.votesueriekesmith.com/a-plan-for-action","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"sue-r-rieke-smith","topicId":"leg-wildfire-funding","stance":"supports","chip":"Voted for HB 3940","text":"Voted yes on HB 3940 on June 23, 2025, the bill that taxes oral nicotine, raises the timber harvest tax and moves Rainy Day Fund interest to wildfire funds.","source":{"label":"OLIS · HB 3940, wildfire funding (2025) · House third reading","url":"https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB3940","kind":"Public record","date":"June 23, 2025; signed July 24, 2025; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 37–8. Helfrich is among the nays; McLain and Rieke Smith are among the ayes."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"sue-r-rieke-smith","topicId":"leg-sanctuary","stance":"supports","chip":"Voted for HB 4138","text":"Voted yes on HB 4138 on February 24 and March 6, 2026, the bill requiring officers to identify themselves and limiting masks.","source":{"label":"OLIS · HB 4138, officer identification and masks (2026) · House votes","url":"https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Measures/Overview/HB4138","kind":"Public record","date":"February 24 and March 6, 2026; signed March 31, 2026; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Third reading passed 36–19; the House concurred 34–18. Bunch and Helfrich are among the nays both times; McLain and Rieke Smith are among the ayes."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"stephanie-carkin","topicId":"leg-transportation-package","stance":"opposes","chip":"Families paying enough","text":"Her statement welcomes the defeat of the transportation tax referendum, which she notes her opponent voted for, because families are already paying enough; she would spend existing dollars on essential infrastructure.","source":{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · filed candidate statement · PDF page 175","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=175","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 state voters’ pamphlet; PDF printed September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign for the state voters’ pamphlet, which is not published until September 29, 2026."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"stephanie-carkin","topicId":"leg-new-revenue","stance":"opposes","chip":"Audit before taxing","text":"Before asking taxpayers for more, government should show it uses existing money well: audits of underperforming programs, performance-based budgeting and a bigger tax base from a business-friendly Oregon.","source":{"label":"Carkin · issues","url":"https://www.stephaniefororegon.com/issues","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"steph-terrio","topicId":"leg-new-revenue","stance":"partial","chip":"Corporate tax increase","text":"Backs a 1.5% corporate tax increase and drug-price negotiation to fund coverage for uninsured and lower-income people; she frames it as Medicare reform and does not address the state’s 2027–29 gap.","source":{"label":"Terrio · policy","url":"https://www.terrioforus.com/policy","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"steph-terrio","topicId":"leg-data-centers","stance":"partial","chip":"Regulate AI now","text":"Wants AI regulated immediately, citing data centers’ fresh-water use and unchecked surveillance; she does not address tax breaks, rates or a pause.","source":{"label":"Terrio · policy","url":"https://www.terrioforus.com/policy","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"susan-mclain","topicId":"leg-transportation-package","stance":"supports","chip":"Carried HB 3991","text":"Carried HB 3991 on the House floor and voted yes on September 1, 2025; her site backs transit, road maintenance and a new earthquake-ready Columbia River bridge.","source":{"label":"OLIS · HB 3991 (2025 special session) · House third reading","url":"https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025S1/Measures/Overview/HB3991","kind":"Public record","date":"September 1, 2025; signed November 7, 2025; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 36–12, carried by McLain; Helfrich was excused. Rieke Smith filed a vote explanation. Voters repealed the tax and fee increases as Measure 120 on May 19, 2026."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"susan-mclain","topicId":"leg-new-revenue","stance":"supports","chip":"Voted to disconnect","text":"Voted yes on SB 1507 on February 25, 2026; her site says she voted for the largest Earned Income Tax Credit increase in state history.","source":{"label":"OLIS · SB 1507, federal tax disconnect and Earned Income Tax Credit (2026) · House third reading","url":"https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Measures/Overview/SB1507","kind":"Public record","date":"February 25, 2026; signed April 9, 2026; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 34–21. Bunch and Helfrich are among the nays; McLain and Rieke Smith are among the ayes."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"susan-mclain","topicId":"leg-data-centers","stance":"supports","chip":"Voted for POWER Act","text":"Voted yes on HB 3546 on April 22 and June 5, 2025, and sponsored a bill banning data centers from passing energy costs to consumers.","source":{"label":"OLIS · HB 3546, the POWER Act (2025) · House votes","url":"https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB3546","kind":"Public record","date":"April 22 and June 5, 2025; signed June 16, 2025; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Third reading passed 41–16; the House concurred in Senate amendments 37–17. Helfrich is among the nays both times; McLain is among the ayes."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"susan-mclain","topicId":"leg-shelter-funding","stance":"supports","chip":"Voted for shelter bill","text":"Voted yes on HB 3644 on June 23, 2025, the bill creating the statewide shelter program.","source":{"label":"OLIS · HB 3644, statewide shelter program (2025) · House third reading","url":"https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB3644","kind":"Public record","date":"June 23, 2025; signed July 17, 2025; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 33–11. Helfrich is among the nays; McLain and Rieke Smith are among the ayes."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"susan-mclain","topicId":"leg-deflection","stance":"supports","chip":"Voted for HB 4002","text":"Voted yes on HB 4002 on February 29, 2024, which recriminalized possession and created county deflection programs.","source":{"label":"OLIS · HB 4002, Measure 110 changes (2024) · House third reading","url":"https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2024R1/Measures/Overview/HB4002","kind":"Public record","date":"February 29, 2024; signed April 1, 2024; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 51–7. Helfrich, McLain, Neron and Reynolds (then House members) are among the ayes."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"susan-mclain","topicId":"leg-wildfire-funding","stance":"supports","chip":"Voted for HB 3940","text":"Voted yes on HB 3940 on June 23, 2025, the bill that taxes oral nicotine, raises the timber harvest tax and moves Rainy Day Fund interest to wildfire funds.","source":{"label":"OLIS · HB 3940, wildfire funding (2025) · House third reading","url":"https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2025R1/Measures/Overview/HB3940","kind":"Public record","date":"June 23, 2025; signed July 24, 2025; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 37–8. Helfrich is among the nays; McLain and Rieke Smith are among the ayes."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"susan-mclain","topicId":"leg-sanctuary","stance":"supports","chip":"Voted for HB 4138","text":"Voted yes on HB 4138 on February 24 and March 6, 2026; her site says she fought this year to hold ICE and law-enforcement agents accountable.","source":{"label":"OLIS · HB 4138, officer identification and masks (2026) · House votes","url":"https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Measures/Overview/HB4138","kind":"Public record","date":"February 24 and March 6, 2026; signed March 31, 2026; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Third reading passed 36–19; the House concurred 34–18. Bunch and Helfrich are among the nays both times; McLain and Rieke Smith are among the ayes."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"adam-baker","topicId":"leg-transportation-package","stance":"opposes","chip":"Respect the vote","text":"Would respect the May 2026 vote rejecting the gas-tax, payroll-tax and vehicle-fee increases: no new taxes without proof of efficiency and results, and no tolls on I-205.","source":{"label":"Baker · issues","url":"https://voteadambaker.com/issues/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"adam-baker","topicId":"leg-new-revenue","stance":"opposes","chip":"Audit before taxing","text":"No new taxes until agencies prove efficiency and results; every agency should show measurable results before asking taxpayers for another dime.","source":{"label":"Baker · issues","url":"https://voteadambaker.com/issues/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"adam-baker","topicId":"leg-shelter-funding","stance":"partial","chip":"Compassion with accountability","text":"Wants compassion with accountability: reduce encampments, expand recovery programs and fund inpatient mental-health capacity; he does not say whether to keep state shelter funding.","source":{"label":"Baker · issues","url":"https://voteadambaker.com/issues/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"adam-baker","topicId":"leg-deflection","stance":"partial","chip":"Enforcement plus treatment","text":"Wants firm enforcement plus proven intervention: treat the opioid crisis as an emergency, expand recovery programs that work and pair treatment with responsibility; he does not name deflection.","source":{"label":"Baker · issues","url":"https://voteadambaker.com/issues/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"michael-w-sugar","topicId":"leg-transportation-package","stance":"partial","chip":"No tolls, on-time projects","text":"Opposes tolling and wants projects delivered on time and on budget with union labor; he does not say whether he would vote for a gas-tax or fee increase.","source":{"label":"Sugar · priorities","url":"https://www.sugarfororegon.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"michael-w-sugar","topicId":"leg-new-revenue","stance":"supports","chip":"Wealthy pay fair share","text":"Would push major tax reform so billionaires and the wealthiest corporations pay their fair share while cutting the burden on working families.","source":{"label":"Sugar · priorities","url":"https://www.sugarfororegon.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"michael-w-sugar","topicId":"leg-shelter-funding","stance":"partial","chip":"Get people off streets","text":"Would expand mental-health and addiction services, address homelessness and get people off the streets; he does not say how shelter beds would be funded.","source":{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · filed candidate statement · PDF page 225","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=225","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 state voters’ pamphlet; PDF printed September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign for the state voters’ pamphlet, which is not published until September 29, 2026."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"michael-w-sugar","topicId":"leg-wildfire-funding","stance":"supports","chip":"Fund brush clearing","text":"Would increase support for proactive wildfire prevention, including brush clearing, and invest now in earthquake-resistant bridges, water systems and emergency centers.","source":{"label":"Sugar · priorities","url":"https://www.sugarfororegon.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"michael-w-sugar","topicId":"leg-sanctuary","stance":"supports","chip":"Protect from overreach","text":"Would protect Oregonians and immigrants from federal overreach and ensure a justice system that treats everyone equally.","source":{"label":"Sugar · priorities","url":"https://www.sugarfororegon.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"pat-hubbell","topicId":"leg-new-revenue","stance":"opposes","chip":"Audits, no tax hikes","text":"Would balance the state budget without raising taxes on working families by auditing departments and eliminating waste and redundant programs.","source":{"label":"Hubbell · platform","url":"https://hubbell4health.com/platform","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"pat-hubbell","topicId":"leg-deflection","stance":"partial","chip":"Recovery plus enforcement","text":"Would couple compassionate mental-health and addiction recovery with strict enforcement of public-safety laws; he does not address deflection funding.","source":{"label":"Hubbell · three pillars","url":"https://hubbell4health.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"darla-mead","topicId":"leg-transportation-package","stance":"partial","chip":"Road budgets insufficient","text":"Says rural roads are in disrepair and the budgets to fix them are insufficient; she does not say how she would raise the money.","source":{"label":"Mead · creating local economic opportunity","url":"https://www.darlameadfororegon.com/issues/creating-local-economic-opportunity","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"darla-mead","topicId":"leg-new-revenue","stance":"partial","chip":"Find budget improvements","text":"Would bring accounting skills to finding budget improvements and wants schools funded beyond federal dollars; she does not say whether she would raise revenue.","source":{"label":"Mead · creating local economic opportunity","url":"https://www.darlameadfororegon.com/issues/creating-local-economic-opportunity","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"darla-mead","topicId":"leg-data-centers","stance":"supports","chip":"Rules insufficient now","text":"Says data centers are being built in rural neighborhoods where they deplete fresh water and that existing regulations are insufficient to manage them.","source":{"label":"Mead · enforcing environmental protections","url":"https://www.darlameadfororegon.com/issues/enforcing-environmental-protections","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"darla-mead","topicId":"leg-shelter-funding","stance":"partial","chip":"Pathways to stable housing","text":"Wants pathways from subsidized housing and rental assistance to long-term stable housing; she does not address shelter funding.","source":{"label":"Mead · creating local economic opportunity","url":"https://www.darlameadfororegon.com/issues/creating-local-economic-opportunity","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"darla-mead","topicId":"leg-wildfire-funding","stance":"partial","chip":"Mitigate disasters","text":"Says her family evacuated in the 2020 fires and she will fight for solutions that mitigate natural disasters; she does not say how much the state should spend or how to pay.","source":{"label":"Mead · priorities","url":"https://www.darlameadfororegon.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"matt-bunch","topicId":"leg-transportation-package","stance":"opposes","chip":"No transportation taxes","text":"Opposes the transportation package’s gas-tax, vehicle-fee and payroll-tax increases; would cut waste and prioritize road maintenance and safety instead of new taxes.","source":{"label":"Bunch · issues","url":"https://www.mattbunch51.com/issues","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"matt-bunch","topicId":"leg-new-revenue","stance":"opposes","chip":"Voted no on disconnect","text":"Voted no on SB 1507 on February 25, 2026; his statement says he is fighting to protect tax relief, including eliminating state taxes on tips and overtime.","source":{"label":"OLIS · SB 1507, federal tax disconnect and Earned Income Tax Credit (2026) · House third reading","url":"https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Measures/Overview/SB1507","kind":"Public record","date":"February 25, 2026; signed April 9, 2026; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 34–21. Bunch and Helfrich are among the nays; McLain and Rieke Smith are among the ayes."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"matt-bunch","topicId":"leg-shelter-funding","stance":"partial","chip":"Community-based, no bureaucracy","text":"Calls growing homelessness a serious concern and wants community-based solutions without new bureaucracy; he does not say whether to renew state shelter money.","source":{"label":"Bunch · issues","url":"https://www.mattbunch51.com/issues","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"matt-bunch","topicId":"leg-sanctuary","stance":"opposes","chip":"Voted no: HB 4138","text":"Voted no on HB 4138 on February 24 and March 6, 2026, the bill requiring officers to identify themselves and limiting masks.","source":{"label":"OLIS · HB 4138, officer identification and masks (2026) · House votes","url":"https://olis.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2026R1/Measures/Overview/HB4138","kind":"Public record","date":"February 24 and March 6, 2026; signed March 31, 2026; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Third reading passed 36–19; the House concurred 34–18. Bunch and Helfrich are among the nays both times; McLain and Rieke Smith are among the ayes."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"hank-sanders","topicId":"leg-data-centers","stance":"supports","chip":"No new data centers","text":"Will not support any new data centers; would end their tax breaks and NDAs and require clarity on what they use and provide, calling $50 million and $100 million tax breaks unfair.","source":{"label":"Sanders · no new data centers","url":"https://www.hankfororegon.com/issues/restrictions-on-data-centers","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"hank-sanders","topicId":"leg-wildfire-funding","stance":"supports","chip":"10–20× more prevention","text":"Says Oregon should spend 10 to 20 times more on fire prevention and would create a home-hardening team to lower insurance costs.","source":{"label":"Sanders · reduce wildfire risks and costs","url":"https://www.hankfororegon.com/issues/wildfire","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"scott-c-hege","topicId":"leg-transportation-package","stance":"partial","chip":"Maintain what exists","text":"Wants state infrastructure programs focused on maintaining existing roads and bridges with fair rural access; he does not say whether he would raise the gas tax or fees.","source":{"label":"Hege · priorities","url":"https://www.hegefororegon.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"scott-c-hege","topicId":"leg-new-revenue","stance":"opposes","chip":"Stop relying on taxes","text":"Says Oregon should stop relying on higher taxes and take a hard look at how government spends the money it already has, prioritizing essential services and eliminating waste.","source":{"label":"Hege · priorities","url":"https://www.hegefororegon.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"scott-c-hege","topicId":"leg-data-centers","stance":"mixed","chip":"Local choice, transparency","text":"Opposes a statewide moratorium and says local communities should decide; told Columbia Community Connection that water-use secrecy damaged trust and The Dalles does not need more data centers.","source":{"label":"Columbia Community Connection · Hege interview","url":"https://columbiacommunityconnection.com/the-dalles/hege-puts-experience-at-center-of-house-district-52-campaign","kind":"Reporting","date":"September 16, 2026; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Reported statement; quote as printed by Columbia Community Connection."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"scott-c-hege","topicId":"leg-wildfire-funding","stance":"supports","chip":"Invest in initial attack","text":"Told Columbia Community Connection that investing far more in initial attack and forest treatment can avoid enormously expensive fires; backs prescribed burning and says homeowners must harden their own homes.","source":{"label":"Columbia Community Connection · Hege interview","url":"https://columbiacommunityconnection.com/the-dalles/hege-puts-experience-at-center-of-house-district-52-campaign","kind":"Reporting","date":"September 16, 2026; reviewed September 22, 2026","note":"Reported statement; quote as printed by Columbia Community Connection."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"simone-rede","topicId":"aud-audit-picks","stance":"supports","chip":"Portland Solutions, body cameras","text":"Chose the FY 2026–27 schedule herself on June 18, 2026: Portland Solutions, citywide equity, fund management, cybersecurity, Prosper Portland grants, gun-violence prevention, emergency management, police body-worn cameras and utility rates, one fewer topic after cutting an auditor position.","source":{"label":"City Auditor · memo to City leaders: Audit Schedule for Fiscal Year 2026-27","url":"https://www.portland.gov/auditor/audit-services/documents/audit-schedule-2026-27/download","kind":"Public record","date":"June 18, 2026; read September 22, 2026","note":"Nine topics by service area; “I have sole authority to select areas for review.” One fewer topic than last year after her requested budget cut a performance auditor position."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"simone-rede","topicId":"aud-office-cuts","stance":"opposes","chip":"Hold cut to 3%","text":"Asked the mayor in March 2026 to hold her office’s cut to 3% while citywide cuts of up to 10% were weighed, writing that transparency and accountability are not optional; her own requested budget cut one performance auditor.","source":{"label":"City Auditor Simone Rede · “Unspent housing funds show accountability isn’t optional”","url":"https://www.portland.gov/auditor/news/2026/3/25/unspent-housing-funds-show-accountability-isnt-optional-portlands-next","kind":"Public record","date":"March 25, 2026; read September 22, 2026"},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"simone-rede","topicId":"aud-petition-verification","stance":"supports","chip":"Ruling stands","text":"Said July 29, 2026 that “independent election administration cannot bend to political pressure — from petitioners, opponents, or elected officials,” and that her division administers elections with integrity and by the law.","source":{"label":"Auditor’s Office · Portland City Elections debunks inaccurate claims about the 1PDX2026 petition","url":"https://www.portland.gov/auditor/news/2026/7/29/portland-city-elections-debunks-inaccurate-claims-about-1pdx2026-petition","kind":"Public record","date":"July 29, 2026 (updated July 30); read September 22, 2026","note":"The August 4, 2026 release (…/initiative-petition-1pdx2026-does-not-qualify-portlands-november-ballot) gives the final count: 63,315 submitted, 34,130 valid, 40,437 needed."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"simone-rede","topicId":"aud-council-requests","stance":"opposes","chip":"Declined Zenith request","text":"Declined the Council’s March 2025 Zenith request, writing it was unclear how a report on past land-use decisions “will remedy harm or result in fairer treatment,” and pointed to the Council’s own powers or a performance audit.","source":{"label":"Auditor’s Office · Response to City Council’s Zenith Energy resolution passed March 19, 2025","url":"https://www.portland.gov/auditor/news/2025/4/30/response-portland-city-councils-zenith-energy-resolution-passed-march-19","kind":"Public record","date":"April 30, 2025; read September 22, 2026"},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"travis-stovall","topicId":"gresham-safety-fee","stance":"supports","chip":"Voted to keep $15","text":"Moved the first reading of Council Bill 03-26 on February 3, 2026 and voted yes February 17 to move the fee into a resolution and keep it at $15 a month; his campaign is silent on changing it.","source":{"label":"Gresham City Council · minutes, February 17, 2026 (consent: enactment of Council Bill 03-26 and Resolution 3684 setting the Police, Fire and Parks Fee at $15)","url":"https://gresham.primegov.com/Public/CompiledDocument/5955","kind":"Public record","date":"February 17, 2026; read September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 6–0 with Hinton absent; Gladfelter moved the consent agenda. First reading February 3, 2026 (minutes /5892) passed 7–0 on Stovall’s motion, seconded by Gladfelter."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"travis-stovall","topicId":"gresham-levy-fire","stance":"partial","chip":"Levy results, no district","text":"Says the levy funded 9 new officers and 12 firefighters and would keep supporting police and fire; said May 5, 2026 a Clackamas Fire District 1 model “does not appear to be a strong consideration for Gresham.” Renewal unsaid.","source":{"label":"Gresham City Council · minutes, May 5, 2026 (future of fire services: district models)","url":"https://gresham.primegov.com/Public/CompiledDocument/6199","kind":"Public record","date":"May 5, 2026; read September 22, 2026"},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"travis-stovall","topicId":"gresham-budget-gap","stance":"supports","chip":"Voted for budget","text":"Voted yes June 9, 2026 to adopt the $924,981,292 budget, which covers a roughly $10 million general-fund gap from fund balance; told a September chamber forum the city must operate “at the speed of business.”","source":{"label":"Gresham City Council · minutes, June 9, 2026 (Resolution 3713 adopting the FY 2026/27 budget, 4–2)","url":"https://gresham.primegov.com/Public/CompiledDocument/6383","kind":"Public record","date":"June 9, 2026; read September 22, 2026","note":"Yes: Stovall, Brown, Gladfelter, Hinton; No: Keathley, Piazza; Morales absent. The minutes record no stated reason for the no votes."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"travis-stovall","topicId":"gresham-groundwater","stance":"supports","chip":"Groundwater, rates set","text":"Voted yes June 2, 2026 on the 2028–32 rate schedule; said in April the groundwater project was “on time and on budget” and would bring “smaller rate increases, not larger ones,” and led July’s town hall on complaints.","source":{"label":"Gresham City Council · minutes, June 2, 2026 (Resolutions 3716–3718: wastewater, water and stormwater rates for 2028–2032; Lusted Water District agreement)","url":"https://gresham.primegov.com/Public/CompiledDocument/6317","kind":"Public record","date":"June 2, 2026; read September 22, 2026","note":"Consent, 6–0, Morales absent; Piazza moved. Percentages and monthly amounts are in the June 2 packet (/6251)."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"travis-stovall","topicId":"gresham-camping-shelter","stance":"supports","chip":"Pod code, accountability","text":"Voted for the pod-shelter code February 3 and March 3, 2026; would expand “compassionate, accountability-focused solutions” that connect people with shelter and mental-health care while keeping public spaces clean and safe.","source":{"label":"Gresham City Council · minutes, February 3, 2026 (first reading of Council Bill 02-26, temporary emergency shelter code)","url":"https://gresham.primegov.com/Public/CompiledDocument/5892","kind":"Public record","date":"February 3, 2026; read September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 7–0 on Piazza’s motion; enacted unanimously March 3, 2026 (action summary /5954), effective April 1, 2026."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"travis-stovall","topicId":"gresham-ice-response","stance":"mixed","chip":"Resolution plus pause letter","text":"Recommended on January 6, 2026 that the council consider a resolution aligned with residents’ requests, voted for Resolution 3681 on January 20 rather than an emergency declaration, and in February signed the mayors’ letter seeking a pause in enforcement.","source":{"label":"Gresham City Council · minutes, January 20, 2026 (Resolution 3681 on the rule of law, public safety and federal immigration reform)","url":"https://gresham.primegov.com/Public/CompiledDocument/5826","kind":"Public record","date":"January 20, 2026; read September 22, 2026","note":"Adopted 7–0 in place of the emergency declaration residents requested on December 9, 2025 and January 6, 2026 (minutes /5686 and /5772)."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"sue-piazza","topicId":"gresham-safety-fee","stance":"mixed","chip":"Kept $15, cut fees","text":"Voted yes February 3 and 17, 2026 to move the fee into a resolution and keep it at $15; her campaign promises to lower “unnecessary costs and fees” without naming which ones.","source":{"label":"Gresham City Council · minutes, February 17, 2026 (consent: enactment of Council Bill 03-26 and Resolution 3684 setting the Police, Fire and Parks Fee at $15)","url":"https://gresham.primegov.com/Public/CompiledDocument/5955","kind":"Public record","date":"February 17, 2026; read September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 6–0 with Hinton absent; Gladfelter moved the consent agenda. First reading February 3, 2026 (minutes /5892) passed 7–0 on Stovall’s motion, seconded by Gladfelter."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"sue-piazza","topicId":"gresham-levy-fire","stance":"partial","chip":"Championed the levy","text":"Says she championed the 2024 levy that put more officers and firefighters on the streets; nothing on renewal or a fire district, and the May 5, 2026 minutes do not record her speaking on the district models.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 41","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=41","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"sue-piazza","topicId":"gresham-budget-gap","stance":"opposes","chip":"Voted no on budget","text":"Voted no June 9, 2026 on Resolution 3713 adopting the FY 2026/27 budget (4–2); the minutes record no reason. Told a September chamber forum the city should operate with a responsible fiscal mindset.","source":{"label":"Gresham City Council · minutes, June 9, 2026 (Resolution 3713 adopting the FY 2026/27 budget, 4–2)","url":"https://gresham.primegov.com/Public/CompiledDocument/6383","kind":"Public record","date":"June 9, 2026; read September 22, 2026","note":"Yes: Stovall, Brown, Gladfelter, Hinton; No: Keathley, Piazza; Morales absent. The minutes record no stated reason for the no votes."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"sue-piazza","topicId":"gresham-groundwater","stance":"mixed","chip":"Rates yes, fix taste","text":"Moved and voted for the 2028–32 rate increases June 2, 2026; on September 1 asked staff about chlorine odor, a return to chloramine and treatment costs, and has held listening sessions on water quality.","source":{"label":"Gresham City Council · minutes, September 1, 2026 (water quality report)","url":"https://gresham.primegov.com/Public/CompiledDocument/6619","kind":"Public record","date":"September 1, 2026; read September 22, 2026"},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"sue-piazza","topicId":"gresham-camping-shelter","stance":"supports","chip":"No tents, permitted pods","text":"Moved the first reading of the pod-shelter code February 3, 2026 and voted for it; says she would address homelessness “without allowing tents and encampments to take over our streets and parks.”","source":{"label":"Gresham City Council · minutes, February 3, 2026 (first reading of Council Bill 02-26, temporary emergency shelter code)","url":"https://gresham.primegov.com/Public/CompiledDocument/5892","kind":"Public record","date":"February 3, 2026; read September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 7–0 on Piazza’s motion; enacted unanimously March 3, 2026 (action summary /5954), effective April 1, 2026."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"sue-piazza","topicId":"gresham-ice-response","stance":"opposes","chip":"Resolution, not emergency","text":"Voted for Resolution 3681 January 20, 2026 after urging “careful consideration to avoid causing additional harm” and constructive talks with federal partners; in October 2025 asked whether sanctuary status could cost federal grants.","source":{"label":"Gresham City Council · minutes, January 20, 2026 (Resolution 3681 on the rule of law, public safety and federal immigration reform)","url":"https://gresham.primegov.com/Public/CompiledDocument/5826","kind":"Public record","date":"January 20, 2026; read September 22, 2026","note":"Adopted 7–0 in place of the emergency declaration residents requested on December 9, 2025 and January 6, 2026 (minutes /5686 and /5772)."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"janine-gladfelter","topicId":"gresham-safety-fee","stance":"supports","chip":"Voted to keep $15","text":"Seconded the first reading February 3, 2026 and moved the February 17 consent vote that kept the fee at $15 and made it changeable by resolution; no campaign statement on changing it.","source":{"label":"Gresham City Council · minutes, February 17, 2026 (consent: enactment of Council Bill 03-26 and Resolution 3684 setting the Police, Fire and Parks Fee at $15)","url":"https://gresham.primegov.com/Public/CompiledDocument/5955","kind":"Public record","date":"February 17, 2026; read September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 6–0 with Hinton absent; Gladfelter moved the consent agenda. First reading February 3, 2026 (minutes /5892) passed 7–0 on Stovall’s motion, seconded by Gladfelter."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"janine-gladfelter","topicId":"gresham-levy-fire","stance":"partial","chip":"Levy, no Clackamas model","text":"Says she fought for the levy that funded 40 police and 33 fire positions and wants specialty teams restored; on May 5, 2026 opposed “any option that could reduce public safety,” including the Clackamas district model. Renewal unsaid.","source":{"label":"Gresham City Council · minutes, May 5, 2026 (future of fire services: district models)","url":"https://gresham.primegov.com/Public/CompiledDocument/6199","kind":"Public record","date":"May 5, 2026; read September 22, 2026"},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"janine-gladfelter","topicId":"gresham-budget-gap","stance":"supports","chip":"Moved the budget","text":"Moved and voted for Resolution 3713 adopting the FY 2026/27 budget June 9, 2026, with its roughly $10 million draw on general-fund balance.","source":{"label":"Gresham City Council · minutes, June 9, 2026 (Resolution 3713 adopting the FY 2026/27 budget, 4–2)","url":"https://gresham.primegov.com/Public/CompiledDocument/6383","kind":"Public record","date":"June 9, 2026; read September 22, 2026","note":"Yes: Stovall, Brown, Gladfelter, Hinton; No: Keathley, Piazza; Morales absent. The minutes record no stated reason for the no votes."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"janine-gladfelter","topicId":"gresham-groundwater","stance":"supports","chip":"Voted for rates","text":"Voted yes June 2, 2026 on the water, wastewater and stormwater rate schedule for 2028–32 and the Lusted Water District wholesale agreement; no statement found on the taste and hardness complaints.","source":{"label":"Gresham City Council · minutes, June 2, 2026 (Resolutions 3716–3718: wastewater, water and stormwater rates for 2028–2032; Lusted Water District agreement)","url":"https://gresham.primegov.com/Public/CompiledDocument/6317","kind":"Public record","date":"June 2, 2026; read September 22, 2026","note":"Consent, 6–0, Morales absent; Piazza moved. Percentages and monthly amounts are in the June 2 packet (/6251)."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"janine-gladfelter","topicId":"gresham-camping-shelter","stance":"supports","chip":"Pod code, outreach","text":"Voted for the pod-shelter code February 3 and March 3, 2026; wants the seven-day housing-focused outreach team strengthened “while enforcing codes so our streets and sidewalks stay clean and safe.”","source":{"label":"Gresham City Council · minutes, February 3, 2026 (first reading of Council Bill 02-26, temporary emergency shelter code)","url":"https://gresham.primegov.com/Public/CompiledDocument/5892","kind":"Public record","date":"February 3, 2026; read September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 7–0 on Piazza’s motion; enacted unanimously March 3, 2026 (action summary /5954), effective April 1, 2026."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"janine-gladfelter","topicId":"gresham-ice-response","stance":"opposes","chip":"Resolution, not emergency","text":"Said January 6, 2026 she supported moving forward with a resolution, then seconded and voted for Resolution 3681 on January 20 in place of an emergency declaration.","source":{"label":"Gresham City Council · minutes, January 20, 2026 (Resolution 3681 on the rule of law, public safety and federal immigration reform)","url":"https://gresham.primegov.com/Public/CompiledDocument/5826","kind":"Public record","date":"January 20, 2026; read September 22, 2026","note":"Adopted 7–0 in place of the emergency declaration residents requested on December 9, 2025 and January 6, 2026 (minutes /5686 and /5772)."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"gregory-schroeder","topicId":"gresham-safety-fee","stance":"mixed","chip":"Move to voter approval","text":"Would not raise the $15 fee or eliminate it without a replacement; prefers moving from the Council-imposed fee to voter-approved funding, with parks considered separately from police and fire.","source":{"label":"Schroeder · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#schroeder-2026-09-24","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 24, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate in reply to the Lab’s questions and kept on file; excerpts appear on his brief. Receipt does not verify the claims."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"gregory-schroeder","topicId":"gresham-levy-fire","stance":"mixed","chip":"Study district, then levy","text":"Open to a regional fire district if an honest cost-benefit analysis shows it makes financial sense without degrading service; would use that and the current levy’s results to set any renewal request.","source":{"label":"Schroeder · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#schroeder-2026-09-24","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 24, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate in reply to the Lab’s questions and kept on file; excerpts appear on his brief. Receipt does not verify the claims."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"gregory-schroeder","topicId":"gresham-budget-gap","stance":"opposes","chip":"Reserves for one-time only","text":"Says reserves may suit one-time costs but cannot be the long-term answer to a structural deficit; would look first for efficiencies and coordinated projects, and grow the revenue base through economic development.","source":{"label":"Schroeder · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#schroeder-2026-09-24","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 24, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate in reply to the Lab’s questions and kept on file; excerpts appear on his brief. Receipt does not verify the claims."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"gregory-schroeder","topicId":"gresham-groundwater","stance":"mixed","chip":"Accounting before rates","text":"Would have kept Bull Run as the main source with groundwater as backup; before more rate increases wants an accounting of what they pay for and a systemwide fix for taste and hardness, not home filters.","source":{"label":"Schroeder · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#schroeder-2026-09-24","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 24, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate in reply to the Lab’s questions and kept on file; excerpts appear on his brief. Receipt does not verify the claims."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"gregory-schroeder","topicId":"gresham-camping-shelter","stance":"mixed","chip":"Keep ban, pods doubtful","text":"Supports keeping the camping restrictions with housing-focused outreach and services before enforcement; very wary of pod shelters but not categorically opposed, if siting, management and a real path to housing are shown.","source":{"label":"Schroeder · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#schroeder-2026-09-24","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 24, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate in reply to the Lab’s questions and kept on file; excerpts appear on his brief. Receipt does not verify the claims."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"gregory-schroeder","topicId":"gresham-ice-response","stance":"opposes","chip":"No emergency declaration","text":"Agrees with the City Attorney that Gresham’s role is limited by state and federal law; opposes a local emergency that would not change the City’s legal authority or conditions on the ground.","source":{"label":"Schroeder · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#schroeder-2026-09-24","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 24, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate in reply to the Lab’s questions and kept on file; excerpts appear on his brief. Receipt does not verify the claims."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"heather-coleman-cox","topicId":"gresham-levy-fire","stance":"mixed","chip":"Renew; join a district","text":"Supports renewing the levy, and supports moving toward a fire district shared with Fairview, Wood Village and Troutdale, saying shared responsibility would make funding more sustainable while keeping strong fire service.","source":{"label":"Coleman-Cox · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#coleman-cox-2026-09-23","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 23, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate in reply to the Lab’s questions and kept on file; excerpts appear on her brief. Receipt does not verify the claims."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"heather-coleman-cox","topicId":"gresham-groundwater","stance":"supports","chip":"Stay on groundwater","text":"Says the investment in moving from Bull Run to groundwater is too great to reverse and the switch looks logical on cost; wants residents to report sight, smell or taste problems, and says the switch needed louder notice.","source":{"label":"Coleman-Cox · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#coleman-cox-2026-09-23","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 23, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate in reply to the Lab’s questions and kept on file; excerpts appear on her brief. Receipt does not verify the claims."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"heather-coleman-cox","topicId":"gresham-safety-fee","stance":"supports","chip":"Keep fee at $15","text":"Supports keeping the Police, Fire and Parks Fee at $15 a month; if Council considers changing it, residents should get a say and see how it would affect bills and services.","source":{"label":"Coleman-Cox · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#coleman-cox-2026-09-23","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 23, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate in reply to the Lab’s questions and kept on file; excerpts appear on her brief. Receipt does not verify the claims."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"heather-coleman-cox","topicId":"gresham-budget-gap","stance":"opposes","chip":"Stop drawing reserves","text":"Would not keep using reserves for a gap that returns every year, nor jump to cutting services; wants staff to lay out the causes, savings and revenue options, then decide in public.","source":{"label":"Coleman-Cox · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#coleman-cox-2026-09-23","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 23, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate in reply to the Lab’s questions and kept on file; excerpts appear on her brief. Receipt does not verify the claims."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"heather-coleman-cox","topicId":"gresham-camping-shelter","stance":"mixed","chip":"Pods, with conditions","text":"Supports keeping parks and public spaces safe and available with continued outreach toward shelter and housing; open to pod shelters under the new permit code once operator, siting, neighbor impact and housing results are clear.","source":{"label":"Coleman-Cox · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#coleman-cox-2026-09-23","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 23, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate in reply to the Lab’s questions and kept on file; excerpts appear on her brief. Receipt does not verify the claims."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"heather-coleman-cox","topicId":"gresham-ice-response","stance":"mixed","chip":"Open to an emergency","text":"Was part of a community group that backed the rule-of-law resolution; open to an emergency declaration if it would give the City a practical way to better protect residents.","source":{"label":"Coleman-Cox · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#coleman-cox-2026-09-23","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 23, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate in reply to the Lab’s questions and kept on file; excerpts appear on her brief. Receipt does not verify the claims."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"will-delplato","topicId":"gresham-budget-gap","stance":"opposes","chip":"Small cuts now","text":"Says the budget shortfall is growing and the city should “act now with small, early changes rather than waiting until we’re forced into painful ones,” reviewing spending for efficiencies rather than relying on reserves.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 42","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=42","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"will-delplato","topicId":"gresham-groundwater","stance":"supports","chip":"Keep groundwater","text":"Would keep the groundwater system, saying there is no viable alternative and costs will be better controlled than buying Portland’s water; wants honest answers on taste, odor and hardness, promotion of free testing and a responsive fix.","source":{"label":"DelPlato · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#delplato-2026-09-24","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 24, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate in reply to the Lab’s questions and kept on file; excerpts appear on the brief. Receipt does not verify the claims."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"will-delplato","topicId":"gresham-camping-shelter","stance":"partial","chip":"No permissive camping","text":"Does not support Portland-style permissive camping policies; he does not address outreach or the pod-shelter permit code.","source":{"label":"DelPlato · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#delplato-2026-09-24","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 24, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate in reply to the Lab’s questions and kept on file; excerpts appear on the brief. Receipt does not verify the claims."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"will-delplato","topicId":"gresham-ice-response","stance":"partial","chip":"Focus stays local","text":"Says he is keeping his focus local, on Gresham’s budget, safety and services; he does not say whether to declare an immigration-enforcement emergency.","source":{"label":"DelPlato · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#delplato-2026-09-24","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 24, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate in reply to the Lab’s questions and kept on file; excerpts appear on the brief. Receipt does not verify the claims."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"joshua-al-jaouni","topicId":"gresham-safety-fee","stance":"partial","chip":"Fees off residents","text":"Would keep “unnecessary fees and costs off residents” while encouraging responsible growth; does not name the $15 Police, Fire and Parks Fee or say whether it should change.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 44","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=44","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"joshua-al-jaouni","topicId":"gresham-groundwater","stance":"partial","chip":"Listen on water","text":"Says he will always listen when issues arise, “like the current water concerns,” and work with the community on practical solutions; no position on the system, treatment or rates.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 44","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=44","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"joshua-al-jaouni","topicId":"gresham-camping-shelter","stance":"partial","chip":"Treatment with expectations","text":"Says compassion and accountability must go together: connect people to treatment, recovery, mental-health resources and stable housing “while maintaining clear expectations.” The camping code and pod-shelter permits are unsaid.","source":{"label":"Al-jaouni · campaign home and priorities","url":"https://www.joshuaforgresham.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"krestina-aziz","topicId":"gresham-groundwater","stance":"partial","chip":"Accountability on wells","text":"Lists accountability in city decisions, “including the transition to water wells,” under transparent government; no position on keeping the system, changing treatment or the 2028–32 rates.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 43","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=43","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"teo-ramirez","topicId":"gresham-camping-shelter","stance":"partial","chip":"Regional housing pathways","text":"Would connect people to addiction and mental-health support, shelter and long-term housing pathways with regional coordination and clear accountability; the camping code and pod-shelter permits are unsaid.","source":{"label":"Ramirez · about the campaign and key issues","url":"https://teoforgresham.com/about-the-campaign/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"teo-ramirez","topicId":"gresham-ice-response","stance":"partial","chip":"Reaffirm sanctuary promise","text":"Organized residents’ testimony and asked the council to publicly reaffirm the Sanctuary Promise Act, fund bilingual rights education, expand staff training and set a communication process for federal operations; an emergency declaration is unsaid.","source":{"label":"The Outlook · Former Gresham employee seeks testimony on ICE encounters","url":"https://theoutlookonline.com/2025/11/15/former-gresham-employee-seeks-testimony-on-ice-encounters/","kind":"Reporting","date":"November 15, 2025; read September 22, 2026","note":"Reported statement; quote as printed by The Outlook."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"evelyn-kocher","topicId":"beaverton-utility-fees","stance":"opposes","chip":"Voters decide, not fees","text":"Says raising taxes as a flat fee is inequitable and “undemocratic–and un-Oregonian,” and that if politicians want to raise taxes “they have to put it up to a vote”; testified May 5, 2026 on the proposed transportation fee.","source":{"label":"Kocher · priorities","url":"https://evelynforbeaverton.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"evelyn-kocher","topicId":"beaverton-levy-or-cuts","stance":"partial","chip":"Public vote, corporate reform","text":"Wants every new tax proposal voted on by the people and corporate tax reform so big business pays more for infrastructure; whether she would back the May 2027 levy or which cut package she would accept is unsaid.","source":{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 9","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=9","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"evelyn-kocher","topicId":"beaverton-flock-ban","stance":"supports","chip":"Ordinance banning Flock","text":"Would introduce an ordinance mirroring Woodburn’s and Eugene’s to ban Flock from operating in the city, calling the cameras data-harvesting.","source":{"label":"Kocher · priorities","url":"https://evelynforbeaverton.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"evelyn-kocher","topicId":"beaverton-ice-response","stance":"supports","chip":"Log calls, film ICE","text":"Told the Valley Times she wants 911 calls about enforcement tracked and labeled and officers sent to film interactions, and would codify protections in local ordinance; testified for the sanctuary ordinance and amendments January 20, 2026.","source":{"label":"Beaverton Valley Times · Evelyn Kocher seeks Beaverton City Council Position 1 seat","url":"https://beavertonvalleytimes.com/2026/04/16/evelyn-kocher-seeks-beaverton-city-council-position-1-seat/","kind":"Reporting","date":"April 16, 2026; read September 22, 2026","note":"Reported statement; quote as printed by the Beaverton Valley Times."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"evelyn-kocher","topicId":"beaverton-loop","stance":"partial","chip":"Prioritize the Loop","text":"Would prioritize projects in progress such as the Beaverton Loop and the TV Highway redevelopment, with transit-oriented density downtown; the Beaverdam developer solicitation and the 2027 BUILD bid are unsaid.","source":{"label":"Kocher · priorities","url":"https://evelynforbeaverton.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"evelyn-kocher","topicId":"beaverton-transportation-plan","stance":"partial","chip":"Buses for Cooper Mountain","text":"Wants bus lines in South Cooper Mountain, TriMet expansion in the southwest, physical barriers for bike lanes on Murray, Scholls Ferry and Lombard, and zoning streamlined near MAX stations; which plan projects come first is unsaid.","source":{"label":"Kocher · priorities","url":"https://evelynforbeaverton.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"rachel-philip","topicId":"beaverton-ice-response","stance":"partial","chip":"Defend from overreach","text":"Would defend the city from federal overreach and keep local resources focused on protecting neighbors and services; the staging ban, public log and traffic stops are unsaid.","source":{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 9","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=9","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"rachel-philip","topicId":"beaverton-loop","stance":"partial","chip":"Walkable downtown crossings","text":"On the Loop’s community advisory committee she pushed to improve the downtown walking experience, citing the difficulty of crossing Farmington and Canyon with children; the Beaverdam solicitation and the BUILD bid are unsaid.","source":{"label":"Philip · about Rachel","url":"https://www.rachelforbeaverton.com/about-rachel","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"rachel-philip","topicId":"beaverton-transportation-plan","stance":"partial","chip":"Safety first, slower streets","text":"Says the city is about to set 20-year transportation priorities and wants that plan to put safety first, slowing traffic near schools and parks; South Cooper Mountain transit is unsaid.","source":{"label":"Philip · Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey (her own answers)","url":"https://ballotpedia.org/Rachel_Philip_(Beaverton_City_Council_Position_1,_Oregon,_candidate_2026)","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"cristian-salgado","topicId":"hillsboro-dc-moratorium","stance":"supports","chip":"Voted for moratorium","text":"Voted yes July 27, 2026 on Resolution 2932, calling the moratorium a needed pause to develop structure and understanding, and yes July 7 to start the data-storage code amendment; his statement asks for thoughtful data-center growth weighing neighborhood impacts.","source":{"label":"Hillsboro City Council · September 1, 2026 agenda packet (approved minutes of June 23, July 7, July 21 and July 27, 2026)","url":"https://hillsboro-oregon.civicweb.net/document/263233/City%20Council%20-%2001%20Sep%202026.pdf?handle=5718828DA0784DE4AF2E7E9D192013E3","kind":"Public record","date":"September 1, 2026; read September 22, 2026","note":"July 27: Resolution 2932 (data-center moratorium) carried 6–0. July 7: Ordinance 6519 and Order 33 (Synopsys East) carried 4–2, Alcaire and Salgado no; Order 35 initiating the data-storage code amendment 6–0. June 23: Ordinance 6518 carried 4–1; Resolution 2923 (solid-waste rates) 6–0."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"cristian-salgado","topicId":"hillsboro-dc-tax-breaks","stance":"partial","chip":"Categories by impact","text":"At the June 9, 2026 work session raised concerns that phased abatements advantage companies already in Hillsboro and asked for data-center categories by size and environmental impact; was excused from the July 21 vote pausing new agreements. Fee levels unsaid.","source":{"label":"Hillsboro City Council · July 21, 2026 agenda packet (June 9, 2026 work-session minutes on enterprise-zone policy)","url":"https://hillsboro-oregon.civicweb.net/document/261816/City%20Council%20-%2021%20Jul%202026.pdf?handle=BE2874B9337342C89DB963EFEA432535","kind":"Public record","date":"July 21, 2026; read September 22, 2026","note":"Staff: the Enterprise Zone fund balance had grown to about $55 million."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"cristian-salgado","topicId":"hillsboro-utility-fees","stance":"partial","chip":"Who pays, affordability","text":"Voted yes June 23, 2026 on the 5.1% solid-waste increase; at the July 7 session asked about commercial, industrial and data-center customers and who pays for infrastructure; excused from the July 21 transportation-fee session. Names utility affordability in his statement.","source":{"label":"Hillsboro City Council · September 1, 2026 agenda packet (approved minutes of June 23, July 7, July 21 and July 27, 2026)","url":"https://hillsboro-oregon.civicweb.net/document/263233/City%20Council%20-%2001%20Sep%202026.pdf?handle=5718828DA0784DE4AF2E7E9D192013E3","kind":"Public record","date":"September 1, 2026; read September 22, 2026","note":"July 27: Resolution 2932 (data-center moratorium) carried 6–0. July 7: Ordinance 6519 and Order 33 (Synopsys East) carried 4–2, Alcaire and Salgado no; Order 35 initiating the data-storage code amendment 6–0. June 23: Ordinance 6518 carried 4–1; Resolution 2923 (solid-waste rates) 6–0."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"cristian-salgado","topicId":"hillsboro-human-rights-office","stance":"supports","chip":"Strongly backed the office","text":"Strongly supported creating the Human Rights Office at the January 20, 2026 work session, voted for the emergency declaration November 18, 2025, the sanctuary ordinance March 3, 2026 and the June 23 supplemental budget with $726,000 for immigration response.","source":{"label":"Hillsboro City Council · February 3, 2026 agenda packet (January 20, 2026 work-session minutes on a Human Rights Office)","url":"https://hillsboro-oregon.civicweb.net/document/256303/City%20Council%20-%2003%20Feb%202026.pdf?handle=36759EE862DB4E29AEA9C3550A076239","kind":"Public record","date":"February 3, 2026; read September 22, 2026","note":"Estimated annual cost $321,000–$553,000; “Councilors Salgado and Sinclair strongly supported creating the HRO,” others favored a phased approach starting with an advisory committee."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"cristian-salgado","topicId":"hillsboro-housing-displacement","stance":"mixed","chip":"Yes code, no rezone","text":"Voted yes June 23, 2026 on the state-conformance housing code (4–1) and no July 7 on redesignating 4.54 industrial acres at Synopsys East for housing (4–2); the minutes record no reason, and tenant protections are unsaid.","source":{"label":"Hillsboro City Council · September 1, 2026 agenda packet (approved minutes of June 23, July 7, July 21 and July 27, 2026)","url":"https://hillsboro-oregon.civicweb.net/document/263233/City%20Council%20-%2001%20Sep%202026.pdf?handle=5718828DA0784DE4AF2E7E9D192013E3","kind":"Public record","date":"September 1, 2026; read September 22, 2026","note":"July 27: Resolution 2932 (data-center moratorium) carried 6–0. July 7: Ordinance 6519 and Order 33 (Synopsys East) carried 4–2, Alcaire and Salgado no; Order 35 initiating the data-storage code amendment 6–0. June 23: Ordinance 6518 carried 4–1; Resolution 2923 (solid-waste rates) 6–0."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"kimberly-culbertson","topicId":"hillsboro-dc-moratorium","stance":"supports","chip":"Longer moratoria","text":"Told the council July 27, 2026 she supported the moratorium but that 120 days is insufficient, calling for multiple consecutive moratoria to study the impacts properly.","source":{"label":"Hillsboro City Council · approved minutes of June 23 and July 27, 2026 (public testimony summaries), in the September 1, 2026 packet","url":"https://hillsboro-oregon.civicweb.net/document/263233/City%20Council%20-%2001%20Sep%202026.pdf?handle=5718828DA0784DE4AF2E7E9D192013E3","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"June 23 and July 27, 2026; read September 22, 2026","note":"The candidate’s own testimony to the council, as summarized in the approved minutes."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"karim-delgado","topicId":"hillsboro-dc-moratorium","stance":"supports","chip":"Backed the moratorium","text":"Testified July 27, 2026 in support of the moratorium, arguing Hillsboro is overly dependent on one industry; on June 23 told the council its enterprise-zone criteria produced massive tax breaks with minimal job creation.","source":{"label":"Hillsboro City Council · approved minutes of June 23 and July 27, 2026 (public testimony summaries), in the September 1, 2026 packet","url":"https://hillsboro-oregon.civicweb.net/document/263233/City%20Council%20-%2001%20Sep%202026.pdf?handle=5718828DA0784DE4AF2E7E9D192013E3","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"June 23 and July 27, 2026; read September 22, 2026","note":"The candidate’s own testimony to the council, as summarized in the approved minutes."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"karim-delgado","topicId":"hillsboro-dc-tax-breaks","stance":"supports","chip":"Raise fees to 30%","text":"Would move the school support fee from the 15% floor toward 30% and raise the community service fee ceiling on new abatements, require job and wage disclosure and a council briefing before any subsidy, and claw back unmet commitments.","source":{"label":"Delgado · platform, all nine positions","url":"https://www.karimdelgado.com/issues","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"karim-delgado","topicId":"hillsboro-utility-fees","stance":"partial","chip":"Data-center power class","text":"Would have the city study a data-center electricity class within its franchise fee so the load it zoned pays; the transportation-fee and sewer proposals are unsaid.","source":{"label":"Delgado · platform, all nine positions","url":"https://www.karimdelgado.com/issues","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"karim-delgado","topicId":"hillsboro-human-rights-office","stance":"supports","chip":"Establish the office","text":"Would fund legal and emergency aid, enforce the sanctuary law and establish a Human Rights Office, finishing what he says the council tabled in January 2026.","source":{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 17","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=17","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"karim-delgado","topicId":"hillsboro-housing-displacement","stance":"supports","chip":"Notice, counsel, land trusts","text":"Would push mandatory notice before rent increases, a right to counsel in eviction court, anti-displacement protections and community land trusts, and tie public support for business to housing people can afford.","source":{"label":"Delgado · platform, all nine positions","url":"https://www.karimdelgado.com/issues","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"luis-garcia","topicId":"hillsboro-dc-moratorium","stance":"partial","chip":"Farmland over data centers","text":"Would protect farmland from the impacts of semiconductors and data centers and make decisions on science and data; the moratorium and the October code amendment are unsaid.","source":{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 15","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=15","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"diana-jackson","topicId":"hillsboro-dc-moratorium","stance":"partial","chip":"Concern near schools","text":"Told the council June 23, 2026 she questioned whether proposed data centers support local economic goals and worried about data centers near schools, asking what protections the city will adopt; the moratorium’s extension is unsaid.","source":{"label":"Hillsboro City Council · approved minutes of June 23 and July 27, 2026 (public testimony summaries), in the September 1, 2026 packet","url":"https://hillsboro-oregon.civicweb.net/document/263233/City%20Council%20-%2001%20Sep%202026.pdf?handle=5718828DA0784DE4AF2E7E9D192013E3","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"June 23 and July 27, 2026; read September 22, 2026","note":"The candidate’s own testimony to the council, as summarized in the approved minutes."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"diana-jackson","topicId":"hillsboro-dc-tax-breaks","stance":"supports","chip":"No data-center breaks","text":"Says the city should grow small businesses rather than give tax breaks to data centers, and that being singularly focused on one industry is detrimental.","source":{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 16","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=16","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"diana-jackson","topicId":"hillsboro-human-rights-office","stance":"partial","chip":"ICE out, continue work","text":"Says “ICE out of Hillsboro” and would continue the work Councilor Sinclair started to protect vulnerable neighbors; the Human Rights Office and its cost are unsaid.","source":{"label":"Jackson · priorities","url":"https://www.dianaforhillsboro.com/platform.html","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"diana-jackson","topicId":"hillsboro-housing-displacement","stance":"partial","chip":"Build up downtown","text":"Says Hillsboro cannot keep building out and should build up its downtown corridor with workforce housing tied to small-business support; tenant protections and the Avenida Diez preference policy are unsaid.","source":{"label":"Jackson · priorities","url":"https://www.dianaforhillsboro.com/platform.html","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"diana-jackson","topicId":"hillsboro-jet-hangars","stance":"partial","chip":"Abstained, noise concern","text":"Abstained on the hangars May 27, 2026 as a planning commissioner, citing uncertainty about one approval criterion and saying 3,800 added flights a year seemed like a lot for nearby residents; how she would vote on a refiling is unsaid.","source":{"label":"Hillsboro City Council · October 6, 2026 agenda packet (Planning Commission minutes of May 27, 2026 on DR-044-25, Sky Harbour hangars)","url":"https://hillsboro-oregon.civicweb.net/document/263202/City%20Council%20-%2006%20Oct%202026.pdf?handle=17CB86AA13134C009338773C1DEB5F97","kind":"Public record","date":"Posted September 2026; read September 22, 2026","note":"The commission approved 5–0 with Jackson abstaining; the item is marked withdrawn on the October 6 agenda."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"sarah-marugg","topicId":"hillsboro-dc-moratorium","stance":"supports","chip":"Stop the buildout","text":"Says Hillsboro should not continue expanding data centers at the expense of land, water, power, neighborhoods and quality of life, with strict oversight and wastewater testing for permitted facilities.","source":{"label":"Marugg · what Sarah will fight for (home page)","url":"https://www.maruggforhillsboro.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"sarah-marugg","topicId":"hillsboro-dc-tax-breaks","stance":"supports","chip":"Pay fair share","text":"Would make data centers pay their fair share for the infrastructure and services they use and hold major polluters accountable.","source":{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 16","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=16","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"sarah-marugg","topicId":"hillsboro-utility-fees","stance":"partial","chip":"Utility bills count","text":"Says affordability includes the utility bills families pay every month; the transportation-fee and sewer proposals are unsaid.","source":{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 16","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=16","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"sarah-marugg","topicId":"hillsboro-human-rights-office","stance":"partial","chip":"Civil rights, sanctuary","text":"Would defend civil rights and uphold Hillsboro’s sanctuary-city values; the Human Rights Office and legal-aid funding are unsaid.","source":{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 16","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=16","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"sarah-marugg","topicId":"hillsboro-jet-hangars","stance":"opposes","chip":"No luxury jet hub","text":"Opposes turning Hillsboro into a luxury private-jet hub at the expense of nearby neighborhoods, clean air, quiet open spaces, wetlands and wildlife.","source":{"label":"Marugg · what Sarah will fight for (home page)","url":"https://www.maruggforhillsboro.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"ivette-pantoja","topicId":"hillsboro-housing-displacement","stance":"partial","chip":"Missing-middle to multifamily","text":"Wants balanced development from missing-middle to multifamily housing matched to neighborhood infrastructure so residents are not priced out; tenant protections and the downtown strategy are unsaid.","source":{"label":"Pantoja · priorities","url":"https://www.ivettepantoja.com/priorities-1","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"dorian-russell","topicId":"hillsboro-dc-moratorium","stance":"partial","chip":"Expansion harms air, water","text":"Says unchecked data-center expansion makes the rich richer at the expense of air, water, land and jobs; the moratorium’s extension and the October code amendment are unsaid.","source":{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 18","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=18","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"dorian-russell","topicId":"hillsboro-human-rights-office","stance":"partial","chip":"Resist ICE actions","text":"Says local governments must follow community priorities rather than what they call illegal ICE kidnappings and unconstitutional executive orders; the Human Rights Office is unsaid.","source":{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 18","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=18","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"dorian-russell","topicId":"hillsboro-housing-displacement","stance":"partial","chip":"Prevent evictions, gentrification","text":"Wants safe, stable housing with public and private efforts to prevent gentrification and evictions; the specific tenant rules and the Avenida Diez strategy are unsaid.","source":{"label":"Russell · issues","url":"https://votedorianrussell.com/issues/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"titonian-wallace-sr","topicId":"hillsboro-housing-displacement","stance":"mixed","chip":"Supply and stability","text":"Says Hillsboro needs more housing supply and would remove barriers that slow production, but growth must deliver affordability, stability and protection from displacement for renters and owners alike.","source":{"label":"Wallace · priorities","url":"https://titonianforhillsboro.com/priorities/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"yi-kang-hu","topicId":"tigard-facility","stance":"mixed","chip":"Bond yes, now listen","text":"Voted February 17, 2026 to refer the $150 million bond; after its defeat told Tigard Life “I’m not going to support anything until we have a robust engagement process,” wanting a citizens committee and a plan for the existing buildings.","source":{"label":"Tigard Life · Mayor Hu: “They are just like my neighbors”","url":"https://tigardlife.com/featured/mayor-hu-they-are-just-like-my-neighbors/","kind":"Reporting","date":"July 8, 2026; read September 22, 2026","note":"Reported statement; quote as printed by Tigard Life."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"yi-kang-hu","topicId":"tigard-budget-gap","stance":"supports","chip":"Voted for budget","text":"Voted yes June 9, 2026 on Resolution 26-22, saying the budget preserves library hours and core services while responding to a general-fund shortfall of more than $6 million, with a one-time draw on reserves rather than new revenue.","source":{"label":"Tigard City Council · minutes, June 9, 2026 (Resolution 26-22 adopting the FY 2026–27 budget)","url":"https://public.destinyhosted.com/tigardocs/2026/CCBSNS/20260811_2700/6264%5F260609%5FMeeting%5FMinutes%5F%2D%5FDraft%2Epdf","kind":"Public record","date":"June 9, 2026; read September 22, 2026","note":"Passed 5–1: Schlack, Shaw, Wolf, Robbins and Hu yes; Ghoddusi no; Anderson absent. The mayor said the budget preserves library hours “while responding to a General Fund shortfall of more than $6M.”"},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"yi-kang-hu","topicId":"tigard-parks-funding","stance":"partial","chip":"Levy later, maybe","text":"Told Tigard Life in April 2026, “Down the road, we may look at a levy for extra, but we’re not there yet”; a fee increase or general-fund shift is unsaid.","source":{"label":"Tigard Life · Council triages Tigard parks’ looming shortfall","url":"https://tigardlife.com/featured/council-triages-tigard-parks-looming-shortfall/","kind":"Reporting","date":"April 29, 2026; read September 22, 2026","note":"Reported statement; quote as printed by Tigard Life."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"tom-anderson","topicId":"tigard-facility","stance":"partial","chip":"Voted to refer bond","text":"Voted February 17, 2026 to refer the $150 million bond and would improve facility conditions for police and emergency responders; what to build first, or whether to sell the site, is unsaid.","source":{"label":"Tigard City Council · minutes, February 17, 2026 (Resolution 26-08 referring the $150 million public-safety bond)","url":"https://public.destinyhosted.com/tigardocs/2026/CCBSNS/20260324_2626/6124%5F260217%5FMeeting%5FMinutes%5F%2D%5FDraft%2Epdf","kind":"Public record","date":"February 17, 2026; read September 22, 2026","note":"Passed unanimously: Robbins, Schlack, Shaw, Wolf, Anderson, Ghoddusi and Hu all yes."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"tom-anderson","topicId":"tigard-budget-gap","stance":"partial","chip":"Balanced budgeting","text":"Was absent for the June 9, 2026 budget vote; told Tigard Life he would protect essential city services through balanced budgeting. Which cuts or revenue he would choose is unsaid.","source":{"label":"Tigard Life · Field of eight vies for three Tigard City Council seats (candidate questionnaire)","url":"https://tigardlife.com/local-news/field-of-eight-vies-for-three-tigard-city-council-seats/","kind":"Reporting","date":"September 12, 2026; read September 22, 2026","note":"Reported statement; quote as printed by Tigard Life."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"tom-anderson","topicId":"tigard-parks-funding","stance":"partial","chip":"Sustainable parks funding","text":"Would maintain service levels and secure sustainable funding for parks, trails and ballfields; whether by fee, general fund or levy is unsaid.","source":{"label":"Anderson · on the issues","url":"https://www.tomandersontigard.com/issues","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"tom-anderson","topicId":"tigard-rt2-sdcs","stance":"partial","chip":"Guide River Terrace","text":"Says he would guide the River Terrace 2.0 development; tiered development charges are unsaid.","source":{"label":"Tigard Life · Field of eight vies for three Tigard City Council seats (candidate questionnaire)","url":"https://tigardlife.com/local-news/field-of-eight-vies-for-three-tigard-city-council-seats/","kind":"Reporting","date":"September 12, 2026; read September 22, 2026","note":"Reported statement; quote as printed by Tigard Life."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"yousef-k-allouzi","topicId":"tigard-budget-gap","stance":"opposes","chip":"No library cuts","text":"Says the library and city events keep taking disproportionate budget cuts and that as a budget committee member he “voted no on these cuts to the library”; new revenue is unsaid.","source":{"label":"Allouzi · priorities","url":"https://www.yousefallouzi.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"yousef-k-allouzi","topicId":"tigard-surveillance","stance":"partial","chip":"Against plate readers","text":"Says automated license-plate readers and ICE hunt residents and disregard due process; the Fusus camera network and photo enforcement are unsaid.","source":{"label":"Allouzi · priorities","url":"https://www.yousefallouzi.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"jeff-darland","topicId":"tigard-rt2-sdcs","stance":"partial","chip":"Updated SDCs, no subsidy","text":"Would ensure development pays for itself through updated system development charges so existing ratepayers do not subsidize pipes, roads, water and sewer; discounts for smaller homes are unsaid.","source":{"label":"Tigard Life · Field of eight vies for three Tigard City Council seats (candidate questionnaire)","url":"https://tigardlife.com/local-news/field-of-eight-vies-for-three-tigard-city-council-seats/","kind":"Reporting","date":"September 12, 2026; read September 22, 2026","note":"Reported statement; quote as printed by Tigard Life."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"sue-garino","topicId":"tigard-budget-gap","stance":"partial","chip":"No one-time money","text":"Would limit the growth of taxes, fees and spending, stop using one-time money for ongoing programs and require measurable results from new spending; which cuts, and whether to draw reserves, are unsaid.","source":{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 36","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=36","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"john-goodhouse","topicId":"tigard-budget-gap","stance":"partial","chip":"More private events","text":"Would support the process for more private events in Tigard as the city ends its own; the library cuts and new revenue are unsaid.","source":{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 36","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=36","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"john-goodhouse","topicId":"tigard-rt2-sdcs","stance":"partial","chip":"Streamline for builders","text":"Would work with builders and city planning to streamline the process and make housing more affordable; tiered development charges are unsaid.","source":{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 36","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=36","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"shawne-martinez","topicId":"tigard-rt2-sdcs","stance":"partial","chip":"Build up, not out","text":"Wants Tigard to build up rather than out, with infill housing and rezoning near existing services; charges for River Terrace 2.0 are unsaid.","source":{"label":"Martinez · campaign site (home page)","url":"https://shawne4tigard.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"bill-monahan","topicId":"tigard-facility","stance":"mixed","chip":"Separate sites, account costs","text":"Wrote in May 2026 that “there is no need for placing both police and public works on the same site” but the city “already overpaid for a site,” and wants consultant costs accounted for before choosing between it and alternatives.","source":{"label":"Monahan · op-ed, “Vote no on Tigard Measure 34-349, avoid a huge mistake” (Valley Times)","url":"https://valleytimes.news/2026/05/12/opinion-vote-no-on-tigard-measure-34-349-avoid-a-huge-mistake/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified. His own op-ed, published May 12, 2026."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"bill-monahan","topicId":"tigard-budget-gap","stance":"partial","chip":"Restore library services","text":"Would restore and retain library services and focus on core services residents need and can afford; which cuts to reverse and any new revenue are unsaid.","source":{"label":"Monahan · why I’m running (home page)","url":"https://www.citizenstoelectbillmonahan.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"bill-monahan","topicId":"tigard-parks-funding","stance":"partial","chip":"Parkland outran funding","text":"Says the parks bond added parkland the city now admits it cannot maintain without more money; a fee, general-fund shift or levy is unsaid.","source":{"label":"Monahan · op-ed, “Vote no on Tigard Measure 34-349, avoid a huge mistake” (Valley Times)","url":"https://valleytimes.news/2026/05/12/opinion-vote-no-on-tigard-measure-34-349-avoid-a-huge-mistake/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified. His own op-ed, published May 12, 2026."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"kate-ristau","topicId":"tigard-budget-gap","stance":"partial","chip":"Invest in library","text":"Would protect community services by investing in the library, recreation programs and child nutrition; the FY 2026–27 cuts and new revenue are unsaid.","source":{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 39","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=39","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"kate-ristau","topicId":"tigard-parks-funding","stance":"partial","chip":"Invest in parks","text":"Would invest in parks, trails and public spaces; whether by fee, general fund or levy is unsaid.","source":{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 39","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=39","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"kate-ristau","topicId":"tigard-rt2-sdcs","stance":"partial","chip":"Growth pays its way","text":"Wants smart land-use decisions from the Tigard Triangle to River Terrace 2.0 and new growth that pays its own way; tiered charges are unsaid.","source":{"label":"Tigard Life · Field of eight vies for three Tigard City Council seats (candidate questionnaire)","url":"https://tigardlife.com/local-news/field-of-eight-vies-for-three-tigard-city-council-seats/","kind":"Reporting","date":"September 12, 2026; read September 22, 2026","note":"Reported statement; quote as printed by Tigard Life."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"gabriel-elijio-velasquez","topicId":"tigard-facility","stance":"partial","chip":"Backed bond, new plan","text":"Wrote in April 2026 he would vote yes on the $150 million bond, calling it responsible and proactive; his site now calls for an alternative public-safety building plan with in-house evidence storage. Sequencing or selling the site is unsaid.","source":{"label":"Velásquez · op-ed, “Plan ahead for the future of Tigard: approve public safety levy” (Valley Times)","url":"https://valleytimes.news/2026/04/20/opinion-plan-ahead-for-the-future-of-tigard-approve-public-safety-levy/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified. His own op-ed, published April 20, 2026."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"gabriel-elijio-velasquez","topicId":"tigard-camping-buffer","stance":"partial","chip":"Regional shelter strategy","text":"Would work with municipal, state and federal leaders on a single strategy so everyone has shelter and no one sleeps on Tigard’s streets; the 1,000-foot buffer and vehicle-camping rules are unsaid.","source":{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 37","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=37","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"bryan-guiney","topicId":"lo-sewer-rates","stance":"partial","chip":"Plant a sound investment","text":"Points to the new wastewater plant as an example of a long-term project with benefits and says the city has little deferred maintenance; whether to raise sewer bills 28% at once or 8% a year is unsaid.","source":{"label":"Lake Oswego Review · Candidate profile: Bryan Guiney aims to lead with respect","url":"https://lakeoswegoreview.com/2026/09/05/candidate-profile-bryan-guiney-aims-to-lead-with-respect-in-lake-oswego/","kind":"Reporting","date":"September 5, 2026; read September 22, 2026","note":"Reported statement; quote as printed by the Lake Oswego Review."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"bryan-guiney","topicId":"lo-housing-mandate","stance":"supports","chip":"Rezone offices, not neighborhoods","text":"Says density belongs in centers and corridors, “not imposed uniformly across established neighborhoods,” and backs reuse of struggling office land; as a planning commissioner voted December 8, 2025 to recommend the Kruse Way office-to-housing rezoning, 7–0.","source":{"label":"Lake Oswego Planning Commission · minutes, December 8, 2025 (LU 25-0029, 4000 Kruse Way Place rezoning)","url":"https://apps.lakeoswego.city/WebLink/ElectronicFile.aspx?docid=3200158&dbid=0&repo=CityOfLakeOswego","kind":"Public record","date":"December 8, 2025; read September 22, 2026","note":"Recommendation to approve carried 7–0; the council enacted Ordinance 2971 on February 17, 2026, now under LUBA appeal."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"bryan-guiney","topicId":"lo-tree-code","stance":"supports","chip":"Voted for tree rules","text":"As a planning commissioner voted June 8 and June 22, 2026 to recommend the clear-and-objective tree rules, saying he did not want the city drawn into neighborhood disputes over dead trees; the fee amounts set in September are unsaid.","source":{"label":"Lake Oswego Planning Commission · minutes, June 8, 2026 (LU 26-0014, clear-and-objective tree code)","url":"https://apps.lakeoswego.city/WebLink/ElectronicFile.aspx?docid=3377377&dbid=0&repo=CityOfLakeOswego","kind":"Public record","date":"June 8, 2026; read September 22, 2026","note":"Recommendation carried 5–2; findings adopted June 22, 2026 (minutes docid 3377393), 3–1."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"bryan-guiney","topicId":"lo-north-anchor","stance":"partial","chip":"Move North Anchor forward","text":"Wants major projects including North Anchor and Foothills to move forward; whether to hold the developer to the March 2027 hotel deadline or pivot the parcel is unsaid.","source":{"label":"Guiney · campaign home","url":"https://www.bryanguiney.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"bryan-guiney","topicId":"lo-school-pathways","stance":"partial","chip":"Sidewalks on thoroughfares","text":"Says many of the city’s large thoroughfares lack sidewalks, which directly affects how children get to school, and would invest in mobility and connectivity; the five recommended projects are unsaid.","source":{"label":"Lake Oswego Review · Candidate profile: Bryan Guiney aims to lead with respect","url":"https://lakeoswegoreview.com/2026/09/05/candidate-profile-bryan-guiney-aims-to-lead-with-respect-in-lake-oswego/","kind":"Reporting","date":"September 5, 2026; read September 22, 2026","note":"Reported statement; quote as printed by the Lake Oswego Review."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"suzanne-miles","topicId":"lo-library","stance":"partial","chip":"Library a priority","text":"Told the council at her May 28, 2026 vacancy interview that the library planning process and the tree-code rewrite were of particular interest to her; whether to build new on a larger site or repair is unsaid.","source":{"label":"Lake Oswego City Council · minutes, May 28, 2026 special meeting (council vacancy interviews)","url":"https://apps.lakeoswego.city/WebLink/ElectronicFile.aspx?docid=3401095&dbid=0&repo=CityOfLakeOswego","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"May 28, 2026; read September 22, 2026","note":"Her remarks to the council as an applicant for the vacant seat, as summarized in the approved minutes."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"heather-ramsey","topicId":"lo-library","stance":"partial","chip":"Community-driven library vision","text":"Would guide fiscally responsible, sustainable, community-driven visions for the Foothills, the library and other major efforts; a new site versus repair is unsaid.","source":{"label":"Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 32","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=32","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"heather-ramsey","topicId":"lo-housing-mandate","stance":"partial","chip":"Balance mandates, character","text":"Would balance state housing mandates with local needs while preserving the community’s character; where the 4,850 homes should go is unsaid.","source":{"label":"Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 32","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=32","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"peren-tiemann","topicId":"lo-library","stance":"partial","chip":"Library as third space","text":"Says that as opportunities like a new library come into view the city should prioritize spaces where people gather, and wants longer library hours; site versus repair is unsaid.","source":{"label":"Tiemann · issues","url":"https://www.perentiemann.com/issues","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"peren-tiemann","topicId":"lo-housing-mandate","stance":"partial","chip":"More affordable options","text":"Wants more housing for lower-wage earners, renters, seniors and first-time buyers through subsidies, rental assistance and incentives; where the 4,850 homes should go is unsaid.","source":{"label":"Tiemann · issues","url":"https://www.perentiemann.com/issues","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"peren-tiemann","topicId":"lo-school-pathways","stance":"partial","chip":"Build pathways, enforce","text":"Would keep expanding bike access, building pathways and enforcing crosswalk laws and speed limits, tracking collision data; the five recommended projects are unsaid.","source":{"label":"Tiemann · issues","url":"https://www.perentiemann.com/issues","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"neil-tunmore","topicId":"lo-sewer-rates","stance":"partial","chip":"Plant on budget","text":"Names the sewer treatment facility among the projects he would manage so they land on budget and on time; whether to raise sewer bills 28% at once or 8% a year is unsaid.","source":{"label":"Tunmore · priorities","url":"https://tunmoreforlo.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"neil-tunmore","topicId":"lo-library","stance":"partial","chip":"Library on budget","text":"Names “the new library” among the projects to keep on budget and on time; a larger site versus repair is unsaid.","source":{"label":"Tunmore · priorities","url":"https://tunmoreforlo.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"neil-tunmore","topicId":"lo-housing-mandate","stance":"partial","chip":"Salem oversteps, local standards","text":"Says Salem oversteps with housing mandates and the city should manage the state’s orders to conform to Lake Oswego’s building standards and keep neighborhood character; which land takes the 4,850 homes is unsaid.","source":{"label":"Tunmore · priorities","url":"https://tunmoreforlo.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-22"},{"candidateId":"neil-tunmore","topicId":"lo-north-anchor","stance":"partial","chip":"North Anchor on budget","text":"Names North Anchor among the projects to keep on budget and on time; the hotel deadline is unsaid.","source":{"label":"Tunmore · priorities","url":"https://tunmoreforlo.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. 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Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"measure":{"text":"Names the gap to close: property and business income taxes are 72% of the General Fund, an $11 million hole was closed this summer and the structural deficit grows to $33 million by 2030.","source":{"label":"Cruz · issues","url":"https://www.serenacruz.com/issues","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"serena-cruz","issue":"climate","how":{"text":"Lower the threshold for the county’s Clean Air Construction Standard, extend the fossil-fuel-free building resolution to resilience standards for emergency shelters, and file formal comment on DEQ’s seismic review of the fuel hub.","source":{"label":"Cruz · issues","url":"https://www.serenacruz.com/issues","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"measure":{"text":"Zenith’s October 2027 deadline to end crude-oil handling enforced by the City and DEQ; cooling and clean-air investments reaching Parkrose and Argay Terrace first.","source":{"label":"Cruz · issues","url":"https://www.serenacruz.com/issues","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"herman-greene","issue":"housing","how":{"text":"Connect housing programs with mental-health, addiction-recovery and workforce services and tighten coordination between providers and county agencies to reduce repeat homelessness.","source":{"label":"Greene · priorities","url":"https://www.hermangreene.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"measure":{"text":"Fewer people returning to the streets and more families regaining stability, judged against published housing-retention goals; no target number is given.","source":{"label":"Greene · priorities","url":"https://www.hermangreene.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"herman-greene","issue":"safety","how":{"text":"Strengthen coordination between crisis-response teams and service providers and improve access to mental-health and addiction treatment, addressing the root causes of crisis.","source":{"label":"Greene · priorities","url":"https://www.hermangreene.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"measure":{"text":"Fewer repeat emergency calls and repeated emergencies, with safety outcomes reported publicly.","source":{"label":"Greene · priorities","url":"https://www.hermangreene.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. 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Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"nathan-ong-norris","issue":"housing","reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"nathan-ong-norris","issue":"safety","reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"nathan-ong-norris","issue":"money","reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"nathan-ong-norris","issue":"climate","how":{"text":"Oversight of private utility companies and reductions in greenhouse-gas emissions, alongside emergency management, community resilience and critical-infrastructure improvements.","source":{"label":"Ong Norris · platform","url":"https://www.nathanongnorris.com/platform","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"tony-robertson","issue":"housing","how":{"text":"Expand technical assistance to contracted providers, evaluate county rules that get in the way of help, and protect dollars for rent assistance, street outreach and housing placement.","source":{"label":"Robertson · priorities","url":"https://www.tonyrobertson.org/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. 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Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"tony-robertson","issue":"money","how":{"text":"More frequent public spending dashboards and budget information, earlier public input in the budget process, and a cross-jurisdiction review of the local tax structure for relief options.","source":{"label":"Robertson · priorities","url":"https://www.tonyrobertson.org/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"bri-williams","issue":"housing","reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"bri-williams","issue":"safety","reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"bri-williams","issue":"money","reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"bri-williams","issue":"climate","reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"nabil-zaghloul","issue":"housing","how":{"text":"Require quarterly retention reporting in every nonprofit contract, expand the Supportive Housing Alliance (the county master-leases blocks of units and chooses the tenants), and fund prevention as a frontline strategy.","source":{"label":"Zaghloul · homelessness","url":"https://electnabil.com/issues/homelessness","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. 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Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"nabil-zaghloul","issue":"climate","reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"nicole-pexton","issue":"money","how":{"text":"Advisory services that county departments can request from the auditors, developed alongside the audit program, so problems are caught early.","source":{"label":"Pexton · about and priorities","url":"https://www.pextonforauditor.com/about","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"nicole-morrisey-o-donnell","issue":"safety","how":{"text":"A public Corrections Recommendations Project dashboard tracking independent expert reviews, Sheriff’s Office staff assigned to a treatment-readiness program in the jails, and a Transit Police presence along MAX corridors.","source":{"label":"Morrisey O’Donnell · campaign home and priorities","url":"https://www.nicoleforsheriff2026.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. 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Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"nicole-morrisey-o-donnell","issue":"money","how":{"text":"Investments in the Human Resources Unit for a faster, more responsive hiring process, plus training, leadership development and wellness programs.","source":{"label":"Morrisey O’Donnell · campaign home and priorities","url":"https://www.nicoleforsheriff2026.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"measure":{"text":"Over 50% more employees hired in 2025 than in 2024 (114 hires, the first year since 2022 that hires exceeded separations), she says.","source":{"label":"Morrisey O’Donnell · campaign home and priorities","url":"https://www.nicoleforsheriff2026.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"steve-callaway","issue":"housing","reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"steve-callaway","issue":"safety","reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"steve-callaway","issue":"money","reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"steve-callaway","issue":"climate","reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"nafisa-fai","issue":"housing","how":{"text":"Transform public land into community-driven housing, fast-track permitting for affordable development, invest in down-payment support for first-time buyers, expand workforce housing and fund energy-efficiency and utility assistance.","source":{"label":"Fai · priorities","url":"https://www.nafisaforwashingtoncounty.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"nafisa-fai","issue":"safety","how":{"text":"County investment in community safety teams of trained mental-health professionals, medics and peer responders who de-escalate and connect people to care.","source":{"label":"Fai · platform (home page)","url":"https://www.nafisaforwashingtoncounty.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"nafisa-fai","issue":"money","how":{"text":"Update service fees, consider local option levies for public safety and libraries, protect essential-service funding and strengthen oversight and public access to budget information.","source":{"label":"Fai · priorities","url":"https://www.nafisaforwashingtoncounty.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"measure":{"text":"Names the county’s latest $20.5 million budget gap as the shortfall to close; no revenue figure per tool is given.","source":{"label":"Fai · priorities","url":"https://www.nafisaforwashingtoncounty.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"nafisa-fai","issue":"climate","how":{"text":"Establish a countywide Climate Action Task Force, invest in clean energy and tree canopy, expand bus routes and fix bottlenecks and sidewalks.","source":{"label":"Fai · platform (home page)","url":"https://www.nafisaforwashingtoncounty.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"kipperlyn-sinclair","issue":"housing","how":{"text":"Activate Economic Improvement Districts along main streets, give tax credits to independent businesses and advocate for transit-oriented, affordable workforce housing.","source":{"label":"Sinclair · priorities (home page)","url":"https://www.kipperlynsinclair.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"kipperlyn-sinclair","issue":"safety","reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"kipperlyn-sinclair","issue":"money","measure":{"text":"Reducing the county’s $20.5 million deficit and lowering utility bills; no revenue estimate for taxing existing facilities is given.","source":{"label":"Sinclair · priorities (home page)","url":"https://www.kipperlynsinclair.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"kipperlyn-sinclair","issue":"climate","how":{"text":"A county moratorium on new data-center development until full economic, social and environmental costs are accounted for, plus county-backed farm-to-market distribution hubs.","source":{"label":"Sinclair · data-center moratorium petition","url":"https://www.kipperlynsinclair.com/data-center-moritorium","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"pam-treece","issue":"housing","how":{"text":"Partnerships with local affordable-housing providers and preservation of existing affordable homes; cites The Opal, a church–County–developer collaboration she says produced over 50 affordable residences for people 55 and older.","source":{"label":"Treece · priorities","url":"https://www.pamforwashingtoncounty.com/priorities/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. 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Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"pam-treece","issue":"money","reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"pam-treece","issue":"climate","reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"catherine-mcmullen","issue":"money","reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"mark-reaksecker","issue":"money","reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"brian-t-nava","issue":"money","how":{"text":"Free cash-control training offered to all cities, districts and county employees; new and improved banking functions at the Treasurer’s office.","source":{"label":"Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 15","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=15","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"brad-o-neil","issue":"safety","how":{"text":"Recruitment and retention as a sustained priority, since every vacancy stretches response times; data to guide staffing and patrol; partnerships with local police and behavioral-health providers.","source":{"label":"O’Neil · priorities","url":"https://www.oneilforsheriff.com/brads-priorities/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"measure":{"text":"Help arriving faster in the places that wait longest today, set as a measured goal after a first-100-days review of response times and coverage; no numeric target published.","source":{"label":"O’Neil · vision and first 100 days","url":"https://www.oneilforsheriff.com/vision/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"brad-o-neil","issue":"money","how":{"text":"Data-driven staffing, patrol and spending decisions; modernized operations and technology; cutting what wastes time and money; books open to residents.","source":{"label":"O’Neil · priorities","url":"https://www.oneilforsheriff.com/brads-priorities/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"james-rhodes","issue":"safety","how":{"text":"Budget savings found in fourth-floor administration, discretionary spending and programs before front-line services; partnerships with the District Attorney, courts, contract cities, schools and emergency-management partners.","source":{"label":"Rhodes · the plan","url":"https://www.electsheriffrhodes.com/theplan","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"james-rhodes","issue":"money","how":{"text":"Every dollar examined against one question, whether it helps the office conserve the peace and serve residents, starting with administrative overhead.","source":{"label":"Rhodes · the plan","url":"https://www.electsheriffrhodes.com/theplan","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"measure":{"text":"Regular public budget reporting with quarterly updates so taxpayers can see whether the office is staying on track.","source":{"label":"Rhodes · the plan","url":"https://www.electsheriffrhodes.com/theplan","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"paul-savas","issue":"housing","how":{"text":"A monthly Affordable Housing Implementation Team; $10 million in state money for the Recovery Campus, which combines treatment, stabilization and transitional housing; preserving affordable units at risk of expiring.","source":{"label":"Savas · real solutions on homelessness and mental health (April 9, 2026)","url":"https://electpaulsavas.com/real-solutions-on-homelessness-and-mental-health/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. 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Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"paul-savas","issue":"safety","reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"paul-savas","issue":"money","reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"paul-savas","issue":"climate","how":{"text":"Backs the Sunrise Project and I-205 expansion to add capacity; helped advance a moratorium on new data-center applications while the county studies electricity, water and road impacts.","source":{"label":"Savas · pausing data centers (September 18, 2026)","url":"https://electpaulsavas.com/pausing-data-centers/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"mark-shull","issue":"housing","reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"mark-shull","issue":"money","reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"mark-shull","issue":"climate","reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"diana-helm","issue":"housing","how":{"text":"A more customer-service-friendly permit process; completion and operation of the county Recovery Campus.","source":{"label":"Helm · home page","url":"https://www.votedianahelm.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"measure":{"text":"900 more affordable units by 2030; regulatory burden reduced by 2028; the Recovery Campus completed and operating by 2027.","source":{"label":"Helm · home page","url":"https://www.votedianahelm.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"diana-helm","issue":"safety","how":{"text":"The Stabilization Center in Milwaukie for people in crisis, the Recovery Campus (fall 2027) for substance use, mental health, homelessness, job training and transitional housing, and a Strategic Plan study of a new jail’s cost and site.","source":{"label":"Helm · emailed response to the Lab’s questions","url":"https://www.portlandciviclab.org/voters-guide/research-log#helm-2026-09-25","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Received September 25, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate in reply to the Lab’s questions and kept on file; the answers are quoted on the brief. 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Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"measure":{"text":"Says success is measured by actual units built, not by money spent or projects announced; no unit number or date is given.","source":{"label":"Drazan · policy plan","url":"https://www.christinefororegon.com/drazan-plan/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. 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Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"measure":{"text":"Pilot senior housing at Eastern Oregon University, Southern Oregon University and one community college; no unit count or date is given.","source":{"label":"Beck · district issues","url":"https://chrisbeckforcongress.com/district2issues","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. 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Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"monique-despain","issue":"housing","reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"monique-despain","issue":"safety","how":{"text":"Deflection and diversion programs before the justice system, outcome-measured funding for homelessness programs, an all-of-the-above border toolkit, national employment verification, and a registration-and-background-check route to lawful status for long-settled residents.","source":{"label":"DeSpain · priorities","url":"https://www.moniqueforcongress.com/issues/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. 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Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"measure":{"text":"Ending what she calls the smoke season; no acreage or date is given.","source":{"label":"DeSpain · priorities","url":"https://www.moniqueforcongress.com/issues/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. 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Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"measure":{"text":"Cites more than 21,000 people in Southwest Oregon facing higher costs after the credits expired as the group restoration would reach.","source":{"label":"Hoyle · priorities","url":"https://www.valhoyle.com/issues/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. 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Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"bryan-guiney","issue":"money","how":{"text":"Clear priorities, controlled project scope and costs, and aligned funding sources for long-term capital investments.","source":{"label":"Guiney · priorities","url":"https://www.bryanguiney.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"bryan-guiney","issue":"climate","reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"suzanne-miles","issue":"safety","reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"suzanne-miles","issue":"climate","reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"peren-tiemann","issue":"housing","how":{"text":"Subsidized programs, rental-assistance methods, partnerships with community organizations and incentives for affordable housing, all still to be explored.","source":{"label":"Tiemann · issues","url":"https://www.perentiemann.com/issues","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"peren-tiemann","issue":"safety","how":{"text":"Support for firefighters, emergency-maintenance and road-clearing staff; pathways for emergency workers to afford living in the city.","source":{"label":"Tiemann · issues","url":"https://www.perentiemann.com/issues","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"peren-tiemann","issue":"money","reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"peren-tiemann","issue":"climate","how":{"text":"Partnerships with TriMet, community shuttles or services like the library’s home delivery; more pathways with crosswalk and speed enforcement; programs with environmental experts for landscaping, commuting and home.","source":{"label":"Tiemann · issues","url":"https://www.perentiemann.com/issues","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"measure":{"text":"Collision data tracked as roads and pathways are improved; no target set.","source":{"label":"Tiemann · issues","url":"https://www.perentiemann.com/issues","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"neil-tunmore","issue":"housing","reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"neil-tunmore","issue":"money","reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"neil-tunmore","issue":"climate","how":{"text":"Replace grass with turf on public sports fields to increase usability in winter.","source":{"label":"Tunmore · priorities","url":"https://tunmoreforlo.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"heather-ramsey","issue":"housing","reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"heather-ramsey","issue":"safety","reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"heather-ramsey","issue":"money","reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"heather-ramsey","issue":"climate","reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"patrick-walsh","issue":"housing","how":{"text":"Infrastructure (roads, water, wastewater, emergency services) solid before density expands; transparent planning so residents know what is coming and why.","source":{"label":"Walsh · platform (“Why I’m running”)","url":"https://walsh4lo.com/why-im-running/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"patrick-walsh","issue":"safety","reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"patrick-walsh","issue":"money","how":{"text":"Long-term capital planning with clear timelines and accountability for major infrastructure projects.","source":{"label":"Walsh · platform (“Why I’m running”)","url":"https://walsh4lo.com/why-im-running/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"patrick-walsh","issue":"climate","how":{"text":"Data-driven traffic calming; pedestrian and bike safety near schools, parks and pathways; tree-canopy and urban-forestry protections.","source":{"label":"Walsh · platform (“Why I’m running”)","url":"https://walsh4lo.com/why-im-running/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"damon-mabee","issue":"safety","reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"damon-mabee","issue":"money","how":{"text":"Deliberate cost savings across the budget, the approach he credits with keeping the pool open in 2004; no specific reductions named.","source":{"label":"Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 37","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=37","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. 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Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"measure":{"text":"$4 million in federal road funding, which the campaign says is already secured.","source":{"label":"Marl · priorities","url":"https://www.adammarl.com/priorities","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}},"reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"rodney-la-barr","issue":"housing","reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"rodney-la-barr","issue":"safety","reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"rodney-la-barr","issue":"money","reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"rodney-la-barr","issue":"climate","reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"betty-mumm","issue":"safety","reviewedBy":"pending","reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"betty-mumm","issue":"money","how":{"text":"Attract another hotel to welcome visitors and support the local economy and tax base.","source":{"label":"Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 39","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=39","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. 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No pamphlet statement; no statement in a City filing among the published sources; PortlandVotes recorded no campaign website as of August 16, 2026."},"rule":"announcement-opening","words":14},{"candidateId":"joel-corcoran","text":"When City Council members spend their energy fighting rather than collaborating, public services suffer and community trust erodes.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 56","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=56","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; extracted September 20, 2026","note":"Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims."},"rule":"pamphlet-opening","words":18},{"candidateId":"guy-frankenstein","text":"Federal agents of a fascist state patrol our streets, gas our neighbors, and terrorize our immigrant community, while City Council and state government offer empty words accompanied by zero action.","source":{"label":"Mercury questionnaire · Frankenstein’s responses","url":"https://www.portlandmercury.com/news/meet-the-candidates-for-city-council-district-3/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"September 9, 2026; extracted September 20, 2026","note":"Verbatim opening of the candidate's written questionnaire response as quoted by the Portland Mercury; the paper's comma before its attribution is rendered as the sentence's period. No pamphlet statement; no statement in a City filing among the published sources; the campaign site guyfrankenstein.com showed only “Website under deconstruction.” on September 20, 2026."},"rule":"questionnaire-opening","words":30},{"candidateId":"matthias-hallett","text":"Police should be present, visible, and known in the neighborhoods they serve, officers walking a beat, not just responding to 911 calls after the fact.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 58","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=58","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; extracted September 20, 2026","note":"Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims."},"rule":"pamphlet-opening","words":25},{"candidateId":"patrick-hilton","text":"This is our Goonies moment, Portland. Developers and well-funded lobbyists want to rezone our neighborhoods for maximum return.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 57","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=57","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; extracted September 20, 2026","note":"Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims."},"rule":"pamphlet-opening","words":18},{"candidateId":"larry-kelly","text":"I’m a chef by trade and a biochemist by education. One taught me to ask better questions, analyze data, and avoid jumping to conclusions, while the other taught me how to work with others to solve problems.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 54","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=54","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; extracted September 20, 2026","note":"Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims."},"rule":"pamphlet-opening","words":37},{"candidateId":"tiffany-koyama-lane","text":"I’m Teacher Tiffany, a Japanese American public school teacher, union organizer, and mom raising two kids in Southeast Portland.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 54","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=54","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; extracted September 20, 2026","note":"Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims."},"rule":"pamphlet-opening","words":19},{"candidateId":"kenneth-kent-r-landgraver-iii","text":"My goal is to ensure every tax dollar goes to doing the people’s work.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 60","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=60","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; extracted September 20, 2026","note":"Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims. The statement opens with two bulleted lists (“3rd District experience:” and “What do i bring to the Council:”); this is its first sentence of running prose."},"rule":"pamphlet-opening","words":14},{"candidateId":"keir-legree","text":"I will bring a new approach focused on practical solutions and leadership that listens, analyzes, and brings our community together.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 59","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=59","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; extracted September 20, 2026","note":"Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims."},"rule":"pamphlet-opening","words":20},{"candidateId":"esther-leon","text":"As a healthcare provider who has worked directly in-home with Portlanders, and currently with inmates, I have a unique perspective on how societal structure impacts personal wellbeing.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 60","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=60","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; extracted September 20, 2026","note":"Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims."},"rule":"pamphlet-opening","words":27},{"candidateId":"darren-mccormick","text":"More cops. Lock up the dangerously unstable drug zombies.","source":{"label":"2026 candidate filing · policy language on PDF page 4","url":"https://www.portland.gov/auditor/elections/documents/mccormick-darren-2026-aud-120/download#page=4","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed July 15, 2026; extracted September 20, 2026","note":"Verbatim opening of the candidate's City filing. The form has no statement field; this text is what he entered in its occupation and background fields. No pamphlet statement."},"rule":"filing-opening","words":9},{"candidateId":"angelita-morillo","text":"As the youngest person ever elected to Portland City Council, Angelita is the only immigrant, renter and transit-dependent leader who’s experienced homelessness serving Portland.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 56","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=56","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; extracted September 20, 2026","note":"Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims."},"rule":"pamphlet-opening","words":24},{"candidateId":"steve-novick","text":"Steve Novick has fought to cut the bloated budgets - $1.45 million apiece! - the Council voted itself for their personal offices.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 57","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=57","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; extracted September 20, 2026","note":"Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims. The statement opens with an attributed quotation from Earl Blumenauer and the heading “Responsible with our money:”, both skipped."},"rule":"pamphlet-opening","words":20},{"candidateId":"cristal-otero","text":"Portland has difficult choices ahead. Costs are rising, budgets are tight, and residents need public services that actually work.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 59","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=59","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; extracted September 20, 2026","note":"Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims."},"rule":"pamphlet-opening","words":19},{"candidateId":"terry-parker","text":"City streets and parks should be maintained before new projects are undertaken.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 55","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=55","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; extracted September 20, 2026","note":"Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims. The sentence follows the run-in section label “INFRASTRUCTURE:”, which is skipped."},"rule":"pamphlet-opening","words":12},{"candidateId":"heart-free-pham","text":"There is no candidate in this race whose roots in the Rose City go deeper than mine.","source":{"label":"Pham · About Me","url":"https://fightwithheartpdx.com/about","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Current campaign website; extracted September 20, 2026","note":"Verbatim opening of the campaign site's About page, read from the rendered page. No pamphlet statement, and the candidate's City filing contains no statement text."},"rule":"site-opening","words":17},{"candidateId":"tom-sollitt","text":"LET’S MAKE LOCAL GOVERNMENT BORING. That means permits get processed, streets and parks are maintained, calls and emails get answered, and when something starts going wrong, the city steps in before it becomes a bigger problem.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 53","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=53","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; extracted September 20, 2026","note":"Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims."},"rule":"pamphlet-opening","words":36},{"candidateId":"john-sweeney","text":"The property values of a great many down town properties have dropped by as much as 70%.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 53","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=53","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; extracted September 20, 2026","note":"Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims. The statement opens with an all-caps heading, the lead-in “JOHN SWEENEY’s top three priorities are:” and the numbered item “1. Save as many city services as possible.”, all skipped."},"rule":"pamphlet-opening","words":17},{"candidateId":"kellie-torres","text":"PORTLAND HAS BIG CHALLENGES. KELLIE TORRES CAN TURN THEM INTO OPPORTUNITIES.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 58","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=58","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; extracted September 20, 2026","note":"Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims. The two all-caps sentences follow a tagline with no predicate (“THE VALUES TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER. THE EXPERIENCE TO GET THINGS DONE.”), which is skipped."},"rule":"pamphlet-opening","words":11},{"candidateId":"kimberly-tucker","text":"My name is Kimberly Tucker, and, as I tend to have to tell people, I do actually go by Kimberly.","source":{"label":"Tucker · About the Candidate","url":"https://kimberlyforpdxd3.com/about-the-candidate","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Current campaign website; extracted September 20, 2026","note":"Verbatim opening of the campaign site's About page after the greeting “Hello all!”. No pamphlet statement; no statement in a City filing among the published sources."},"rule":"site-opening","words":20},{"candidateId":"martin-ward","text":"A Progressive Republican along the lines of Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, Susan B. Anthony, Fredrick Douglas, Booker T. Washington, and Harriet Tubman.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 55","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=55","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; extracted September 20, 2026","note":"Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims. The statement has no complete sentence before its labeled fragments begin: an unpunctuated pointer to his website is followed by this self-description, the first punctuated unit."},"rule":"pamphlet-opening","words":23},{"candidateId":"timothy-tj-anderson","text":"Portland is at a crossroads, and many people are unhappy with the direction our city is taking.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 65","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=65","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; extracted September 20, 2026","note":"Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims."},"rule":"pamphlet-opening","words":17},{"candidateId":"eli-arnold","text":"I’ve dedicated my life to hard work and serving others: As a community police officer, Army combat veteran, progressive Democrat and father of four.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 65","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=65","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; extracted September 20, 2026","note":"Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims."},"rule":"pamphlet-opening","words":24},{"candidateId":"olivia-clark","text":"It has been a privilege to serve as your City Councilor these last two years.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 62","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=62","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; extracted September 20, 2026","note":"Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims. The heading “VOTE OLIVIA CLARK #1” and the salutation “Dear Neighbors:” are skipped."},"rule":"pamphlet-opening","words":15},{"candidateId":"jayne-cronlund","text":"I am a listener and an experienced coach that helps people find solutions to their toughest challenges.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 63","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=63","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; extracted September 20, 2026","note":"Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims."},"rule":"pamphlet-opening","words":17},{"candidateId":"jamey-evenstar","text":"It’s time we had a City Council that believes in Portland. We need more working-class voices on Council to stand up to a fascist regime, have a backbone against special monied interests, and refuse to accept the status quo.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 64","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=64","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; extracted September 20, 2026","note":"Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims."},"rule":"pamphlet-opening","words":39},{"candidateId":"john-j-goldsmith","text":"I am a licensed (DPSST) Central City unionized Security Officer for an International private security firm.","source":{"label":"Amended 2026 candidate filing · occupation field on PDF page 4","url":"https://www.portland.gov/auditor/elections/documents/goldsmith-john-2026-aud-120-amendment-redacted/download#page=4","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed August 24, 2026; extracted September 20, 2026","note":"Verbatim opening of the candidate's amended City filing. The form has no statement field; this is the first sentence he wrote in its occupation field. No pamphlet statement; the campaign site listed in the filing (johngoldsmith4pdx.net) refused connections on September 20, 2026."},"rule":"filing-opening","words":16},{"candidateId":"mitch-green","text":"I’m Mitch Green, a PhD economist, a US Army veteran, a democratic socialist, and a Portland City Councilor representing District 4.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 62","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=62","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; extracted September 20, 2026","note":"Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims. The greeting “Hi, Portland.” that precedes it is skipped."},"rule":"pamphlet-opening","words":21},{"candidateId":"josh-leake","text":"I’m Josh. Portland native, housing-finance expert, film producer, and former Portland Police Bureau Explorer Scout.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 66","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=66","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; extracted September 20, 2026","note":"Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims. The ranking instructions and contact lines that open the statement are skipped."},"rule":"pamphlet-opening","words":15},{"candidateId":"john-mcdonald","text":"My ask is simple: your vote. Your vote if you believe Portland can once again be a city that works — a city with clean, safe streets, thriving neighborhoods, reliable transportation, affordable housing and an economy that creates opportunity.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 63","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=63","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; extracted September 20, 2026","note":"Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims. The heading “Portland Is Ready for a Comeback” is skipped."},"rule":"pamphlet-opening","words":38},{"candidateId":"matt-schulte","text":"Portland has long been all process and no vision, all consensus and no conviction, and our downtown has paid the price for that.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 61","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=61","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; extracted September 20, 2026","note":"Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims."},"rule":"pamphlet-opening","words":23},{"candidateId":"jeremy-beausoleil-smith","text":"Portland is way too expensive. I’ll fight to lower costs and make life easier.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 61","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=61","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; extracted September 20, 2026","note":"Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims. The heading “PORTLAND’S BEST DAYS ARE AHEAD OF US” is skipped."},"rule":"pamphlet-opening","words":14},{"candidateId":"eric-zimmerman","text":"It’s time to get Positive about Portland! Portland should be the City that says YES.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 64","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=64","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; extracted September 20, 2026","note":"Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims."},"rule":"pamphlet-opening","words":15},{"candidateId":"julia-brim-edwards","text":"It’s great to say you have a plan. But it doesn’t matter unless you can turn it into action, and results.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 32","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=32","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; extracted September 21, 2026","note":"Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims. The heading “WE’VE GOT PROBLEMS – TIME FOR REAL CHANGE” and an attributed Oregonian quotation are skipped; the first sentence is under 12 words, so two are shown."},"rule":"pamphlet-opening","words":21},{"candidateId":"sharon-meieran","text":"Multnomah County is broken. As an emergency room doctor, every day I’d treat people with addiction, mental illness, abuse and neglect – the very problems the county is responsible for addressing.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 33","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=33","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; extracted September 21, 2026","note":"Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims. The first sentence is under 12 words, so two are shown."},"rule":"pamphlet-opening","words":30},{"candidateId":"shannon-singleton","text":"I’ve spent my career taking on the toughest fights: supporting sexual assault survivors, foster youth, and people experiencing homelessness.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 32","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=32","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; extracted September 21, 2026","note":"Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims."},"rule":"pamphlet-opening","words":19},{"candidateId":"bruce-broussard","text":"Together we can implement real solutions that improve the quality of living in our communities.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 34","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=34","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; extracted September 21, 2026","note":"Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims. The “COMMUNITY SERVICE:” list and the run-in label “TOGETHER WE CAN DO BETTER:” that precede it are skipped."},"rule":"pamphlet-opening","words":15},{"candidateId":"serena-cruz","text":"Local government CAN work better for people in North and Northeast Portland.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 35","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=35","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; extracted September 21, 2026","note":"Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims."},"rule":"pamphlet-opening","words":12},{"candidateId":"herman-greene","text":"District 2 deserves a county government that delivers. I am a father, pastor, small business owner, community leader and longtime District 2 resident.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 34","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=34","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; extracted September 21, 2026","note":"Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims. The first sentence is under 12 words, so two are shown."},"rule":"pamphlet-opening","words":23},{"candidateId":"nathan-ong-norris","text":"I’m a third generation Asian-American, union member, and community organizer. My parents raised my sister and I in Portland on one income.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 36","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=36","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; extracted September 21, 2026","note":"Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims. The slogan “A Democratic Socialist standing up for you, and your neighbors” (no terminal punctuation) is skipped; the first sentence is under 12 words, so two are shown."},"rule":"pamphlet-opening","words":22},{"candidateId":"tony-robertson","text":"Born in North Portland and raised in NE Portland, Tony is deeply connected to our community.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 37","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=37","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; extracted September 21, 2026","note":"Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims. The heading “ROOTED HERE, READY TO SERVE N/NE PORTLAND” is skipped."},"rule":"pamphlet-opening","words":16},{"candidateId":"bri-williams","text":"I’m a lifelong District 2 resident, social worker, and community advocate. I believe our County works best when the people most affected are in decision-making positions.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 35","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=35","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; extracted September 21, 2026","note":"Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims. The first sentence is under 12 words, so two are shown."},"rule":"pamphlet-opening","words":26},{"candidateId":"nabil-zaghloul","text":"I’ve spent 32 years serving Multnomah County residents on the frontlines.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 36","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=36","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; extracted September 21, 2026","note":"Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims. The heading “A COUNTY THAT WORKS FOR EVERYONE” is skipped. The first sentence is under 12 words, but the section label “HOW TO FIX IT:” follows it directly, so a second sentence cannot be added without eliding the label; the excerpt stops at one sentence."},"rule":"pamphlet-opening","words":11},{"candidateId":"nicole-pexton","text":"Growing up in East County, I realized I am a problem solver with a strong passion for improving government.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 38","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=38","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; extracted September 21, 2026","note":"Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims. The heading “Proven Problem Solver and Audit Leader” is skipped."},"rule":"pamphlet-opening","words":19},{"candidateId":"nicole-morrisey-o-donnell","text":"Building on 30 years of service, I have spent the last four years as Sheriff working to make the Sheriff’s Office more responsive, accountable, transparent, and effective.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 38","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=38","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; extracted September 21, 2026","note":"Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims. The tagline “Proven Leadership. Real Results. Safer Communities.” (no predicate) and the salutation “Dear Neighbors,” are skipped."},"rule":"pamphlet-opening","words":27},{"candidateId":"steve-callaway","text":"THE DECISIONS WE MAKE NOW WILL SHAPE WESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY FOR YEARS TO COME.","source":{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 5","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=5","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; extracted September 21, 2026","note":"Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims. 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Local government is about people, place, and policy.","source":{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 5","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=5","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; extracted September 21, 2026","note":"Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims. The first sentence (an imperative slogan with terminal punctuation) is under 12 words, so the first two sentences are used."},"rule":"pamphlet-opening","words":13},{"candidateId":"pam-treece","text":"As your Chair, in this time of national insecurity, I will guarantee county operations are stable, accountable, effective, and equitable so we can provide the services we all deserve and too many desperately need.","source":{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 4","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=4","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; extracted September 21, 2026","note":"Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims. Skips the salutation “Dear Neighbors,”."},"rule":"pamphlet-opening","words":34},{"candidateId":"catherine-mcmullen","text":"Clerk McMullen is a nonpartisan, nationally recognized elections official. She has devoted her career to public service; conducting 25 elections since 2015, nine for Clackamas County.","source":{"label":"Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 14","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=14","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; extracted September 21, 2026","note":"Skipped the “Re-elect …” heading, a quotation attributed to a former Secretary of State and the “ACCOUNTABLE • FAIR • EXPERIENCED” slogan; first sentence is under 12 words, so two are given. 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Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims."},"rule":"pamphlet-opening","words":13},{"candidateId":"brian-t-nava","text":"As your County’s Treasurer, Brian oversees the county’s cash and investment portfolio.","source":{"label":"Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 15","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=15","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; extracted September 21, 2026","note":"Skipped a quotation attributed to a former county treasurer and the “SOUND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT” section label. Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims."},"rule":"pamphlet-opening","words":12},{"candidateId":"brad-o-neil","text":"Clackamas County deserves a Sheriff who is experienced, accountable, and ready to lead on day one.","source":{"label":"Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 16","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=16","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; extracted September 21, 2026","note":"Skipped the “Brad O’Neil for Clackamas County Sheriff” heading and the “Trusted. Qualified. A New Direction” labels. Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims."},"rule":"pamphlet-opening","words":16},{"candidateId":"james-rhodes","text":"I was born and raised in Clackamas County, where Patti and I raised our daughter and owned a small business.","source":{"label":"Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 16","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=16","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; extracted September 21, 2026","note":"Skipped the “SHERIFF JAMES RHODES” heading and the “Proven. Local. Trusted.” labels. Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims."},"rule":"pamphlet-opening","words":20},{"candidateId":"paul-savas","text":"I am honored to serve as your County Commissioner. Together we fought for fair access to parks, natural areas, libraries, and services for veterans and seniors.","source":{"label":"Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 17","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=17","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; extracted September 21, 2026","note":"Nothing skipped; the first sentence is under 12 words, so two are given. Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims."},"rule":"pamphlet-opening","words":26},{"candidateId":"mark-shull","text":"As your Commissioner, I always put residents first with fiscal discipline and common sense.","source":{"label":"Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 17","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=17","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; extracted September 21, 2026","note":"Skipped the “THE PEOPLE’S COMMISSIONER” heading and the unpunctuated “For the People; a More Affordable Clackamas County” line. Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims."},"rule":"pamphlet-opening","words":14},{"candidateId":"diana-helm","text":"Commissioner Diana Helm has proven to be a strong voice for the citizens of Clackamas County by advocating for affordable housing, leading the effort to pause mega-sized data centers, addressing homelessness and addiction, and supporting safe communities.","source":{"label":"Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 18","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=18","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; extracted September 21, 2026","note":"Skipped the “LEADERSHIP • TRANSPARENCY • INTEGRITY” labels. Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims."},"rule":"pamphlet-opening","words":37},{"candidateId":"r-w-smith","text":"Clackamas County is my home. My wife and I are raising our three children here.","source":{"label":"Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 18","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=18","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; extracted September 21, 2026","note":"Skipped the “CLACKAMAS VALUES. BIPARTISAN SOLUTIONS.” slogan (labels with no predicate); the first sentence is under 12 words, so two are given. Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims."},"rule":"pamphlet-opening","words":15},{"candidateId":"christine-drazan","text":"Christine Drazan will make government work for the people of Oregon so our state is a place where families can afford to put down roots, find a good-paying job, receive a world-class education and feel safe in their neighborhoods.","source":{"label":"Oregon voters’ pamphlet candidate statement · PDF page 35","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=35","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 pamphlet; posted by the Secretary of State September 9, 2026; extracted September 21, 2026","note":"Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the state does not verify the claims. Skipped before it: the heading “OREGONIANS DESERVE LEADERSHIP THAT PUTS THEM FIRST”, a quotation attributed “–Christine Drazan”, and the heading “DELIVERING ACCOUNTABILITY AND RESULTS”."},"rule":"pamphlet-opening","words":39},{"candidateId":"tina-kotek","text":"Tina Kotek has never been satisfied with the status quo. She started her career at Oregon Food Bank because she believes no one should go hungry.","source":{"label":"Oregon voters’ pamphlet candidate statement · PDF page 33","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=33","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 pamphlet; posted by the Secretary of State September 9, 2026; extracted September 21, 2026","note":"Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the state does not verify the claims. Skipped before it: the slogan “Fighting for Us. Always.” (no predicate). The first sentence is under 12 words, so the first two are shown."},"rule":"pamphlet-opening","words":26},{"candidateId":"brett-smith","text":"It’s you that will make or break this race. It’s you that will challenge the status quo.","source":{"label":"Oregon voters’ pamphlet candidate statement · PDF page 31","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=31","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 pamphlet; posted by the Secretary of State September 9, 2026; extracted September 21, 2026","note":"Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the state does not verify the claims. Skipped before it: the headings “The Protest Vote”, “Protest”, “Vote” and the salutation “To Independents, third-party and unaffiliated.” (no predicate). 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Serving Oregon First!” (no predicate)."},"rule":"pamphlet-opening","words":29},{"candidateId":"gary-lyndon-dye","text":"Grandfather’s farm was seized by the Soviet government, and family sent to the Gulag to atone for their sins of being farmers.","source":{"label":"Dye · About page (2020 campaign site listed on his 2026 filing)","url":"https://garydye2020.wordpress.com/about/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Posted October 2020; extracted September 21, 2026","note":"Verbatim opening of the candidate's About page on the website his 2026 state filing lists; the site is branded for his 2020 Senate run and no 2026 statement was found. Skipped before it: the label “About me:”. 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Nothing was skipped before it."},"rule":"pamphlet-opening","words":16},{"candidateId":"val-hoyle","text":"Val is working to expand Social Security and Medicare and protect them from devastating cuts by the Trump administration and Congressional Republicans.","source":{"label":"Oregon voters’ pamphlet candidate statement · PDF page 19","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=19","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 pamphlet; posted by the Secretary of State September 9, 2026; extracted September 21, 2026","note":"Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the state does not verify the claims. Skipped before it: a quotation attributed to Brett Deedon, the heading “Leadership That Gets Things Done”, the list lead-in “For 40 years as an elected and community leader, Val Hoyle has delivered:” with its bulleted items, and the heading “Protecting Social Security and Medicare”."},"rule":"pamphlet-opening","words":22},{"candidateId":"monique-despain","text":"Monique is running for Congress because we deserve leaders with commonsense solutions.","source":{"label":"Oregon voters’ pamphlet candidate statement · PDF page 17","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=17","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 pamphlet; posted by the Secretary of State September 9, 2026; extracted September 21, 2026","note":"Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the state does not verify the claims. Skipped before it: unpunctuated headings, an endorsement list lead-in and the labels “REAL LEADERSHIP. NOT A CAREER POLITICIAN.” (no predicate). The first sentence is exactly 12 words, so it stands alone."},"rule":"pamphlet-opening","words":12},{"candidateId":"justin-filip","text":"I will be a voice in Congress for those whose interests are often neglected by our government.","source":{"label":"Oregon voters’ pamphlet candidate statement · PDF page 21","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=21","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 pamphlet; posted by the Secretary of State September 9, 2026; extracted September 21, 2026","note":"Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the state does not verify the claims. 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Anna and I built our life here and proudly call Wilsonville home.","rule":"pamphlet-opening","source":{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · filed candidate statement · PDF page 66","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=66","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 state voters’ pamphlet; extracted September 21, 2026","note":"First two sentences of the filed statement (the first is under 12 words); header fields skipped."},"words":18},{"candidateId":"myrna-a-munoz","text":"As your Senator, I will represent you in the ideas I bring forward.","rule":"pamphlet-opening","source":{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · filed candidate statement · PDF page 68","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=68","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 state voters’ pamphlet; extracted September 21, 2026","note":"First sentence of the filed statement; header fields skipped."},"words":13},{"candidateId":"harold-hutchison","text":"I cannot abide what has happened to Oregon. I am done sitting on my hands as people with a far different view of what our society should look like are elevated by default to positions of authority.","rule":"pamphlet-opening","source":{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · filed candidate statement · PDF page 70","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=70","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 state voters’ pamphlet; extracted September 21, 2026","note":"First two sentences of the filed statement (the first is under 12 words); header fields skipped."},"words":37},{"candidateId":"courtney-bangs","text":"Portland Politicians always seem to find another way to threaten our values.","rule":"pamphlet-opening","source":{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · filed candidate statement · PDF page 72","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=72","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 state voters’ pamphlet; extracted September 21, 2026","note":"First complete sentence of the filed statement; an opening quotation attributed to Betsy Johnson and a heading are skipped."},"words":12},{"candidateId":"rachel-armitage","text":"Rachel grew up helping her single mom raise her three siblings. 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As a mother who adopted children from foster care, protecting kids and strengthening families is personal.","rule":"pamphlet-opening","source":{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · filed candidate statement · PDF page 82","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=82","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 state voters’ pamphlet; extracted September 21, 2026","note":"First two sentences of the filed statement (the first is under 12 words); header fields skipped."},"words":20},{"candidateId":"mark-meek","text":"Senator Mark Meek is a father, veteran, and small business owner dedicated to our community.","rule":"pamphlet-opening","source":{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · filed candidate statement · PDF page 86","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=86","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 state voters’ pamphlet; extracted September 21, 2026","note":"First sentence of the filed statement; header fields, including a Military Experience line, are skipped."},"words":15},{"candidateId":"michele-stroh","text":"My husband and I have raised five children in this state we love.","rule":"pamphlet-opening","source":{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · filed candidate statement · PDF page 84","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=84","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 state voters’ pamphlet; extracted September 21, 2026","note":"First sentence of the filed statement; the slogan “Vote Stroh=Sanity for Oregon” is skipped."},"words":13},{"candidateId":"kayse-jama","text":"For more than twenty years, I’ve worked alongside East Portland and Clackamas County communities as an organizer, advocate, nonprofit leader, and now as your State Senator.","rule":"pamphlet-opening","source":{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · filed candidate statement · PDF page 88","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=88","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 state voters’ pamphlet; extracted September 21, 2026","note":"First sentence of the filed statement; the heading “Kayse Jama: Delivering Opportunity for All” is skipped."},"words":26},{"candidateId":"nicole-bassett","text":"Families, workers, and small businesses are being crushed by rising prices, tariffs, and taxes.","rule":"pamphlet-opening","source":{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · filed candidate statement · PDF page 90","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=90","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 state voters’ pamphlet; extracted September 21, 2026","note":"First sentence of the filed statement; header fields skipped."},"words":14},{"candidateId":"jeff-helfrich","text":"Salem has lost focus on the basics. Too many political experiments have made life harder and more expensive for Oregon families.","rule":"pamphlet-opening","source":{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · filed candidate statement · PDF page 92","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=92","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 state voters’ pamphlet; extracted September 21, 2026","note":"First two sentences of the filed statement (the first is under 12 words); the heading “GETTING OREGON BACK TO BASICS” is skipped."},"words":21},{"candidateId":"sue-r-rieke-smith","text":"Dr. Sue Rieke Smith has spent her life serving Oregonians, first as an emergency room trauma nurse, then as a teacher, principal, and Tigard-Tualatin School District Superintendent.","rule":"pamphlet-opening","source":{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · filed candidate statement · PDF page 179","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=179","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 state voters’ pamphlet; extracted September 21, 2026","note":"First sentence of the filed statement; the label line “Nurse. 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I'm running for House District 26 because we the people deserve legislators who do more than listen.","rule":"pamphlet-opening","source":{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · filed candidate statement · PDF page 177","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=177","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 state voters’ pamphlet; extracted September 21, 2026","note":"First two sentences of the filed statement (the first is under 12 words); header fields skipped."},"words":23},{"candidateId":"susan-mclain","text":"Representative Susan McLain spent 42 years teaching students and raising her family in our community.","rule":"pamphlet-opening","source":{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · filed candidate statement · PDF page 192","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=192","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 state voters’ pamphlet; extracted September 21, 2026","note":"First sentence of the filed statement; two heading lines are skipped."},"words":15},{"candidateId":"brian-schimmel","text":"Government should work as well as the people it serves. As a Councilor, I see firsthand where state policy impacts people’s lives—and where implementation, funding, and local realities do not align.","rule":"pamphlet-opening","source":{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · filed candidate statement · PDF page 190","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=190","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 state voters’ pamphlet; extracted September 21, 2026","note":"First two sentences of the filed statement (the first is under 12 words); header fields, including a Community & Professional Experience line, are skipped."},"words":31},{"candidateId":"adam-baker","text":"\"As a 26-year police officer, detective, and hostage negotiator, I'm running for State Representative because our communities deserve leadership that understands the real challenges families face every day, not more of the same Salem status quo.\"","rule":"pamphlet-opening","source":{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · filed candidate statement · PDF page 226","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=226","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 state voters’ pamphlet; extracted September 21, 2026","note":"The filed statement opens with this sentence in quotation marks, printed without an attribution line; header fields skipped."},"words":36},{"candidateId":"michael-w-sugar","text":"It’s time to work together to solve problems for our community and demand that Salem actually solve problems for our state.","rule":"pamphlet-opening","source":{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · filed candidate statement · PDF page 224","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=224","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 state voters’ pamphlet; extracted September 21, 2026","note":"First sentence of the filed statement; the heading “MICHAEL SUGAR: UNITING COMMUNITIES TO SOLVE PROBLEMS” is skipped."},"words":21},{"candidateId":"pat-hubbell","text":"Private equity groups have no place in healthcare. Pharmacy Benefit Managers are destroying independent pharmacies across the nation refusing to offer fair contracts and act as fiduciaries to the residents of Oregon.","rule":"pamphlet-opening","source":{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · filed candidate statement · PDF page 228","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=228","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 state voters’ pamphlet; extracted September 21, 2026","note":"First two sentences of the filed statement (the first is under 12 words); the run-in labels “3 pillar plan…” and “Pillar 1: …” are skipped."},"words":32},{"candidateId":"darla-mead","text":"As a lifelong Clackamas County resident and registered nurse, I’ve dedicated my life to serving our communities.","rule":"pamphlet-opening","source":{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · filed candidate statement · PDF page 263","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=263","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 state voters’ pamphlet; extracted September 21, 2026","note":"First sentence of the filed statement; the heading “CARING FOR OUR COMMUNITY, STRENGTHENING OUR FUTURE” is skipped."},"words":17},{"candidateId":"matt-bunch","text":"It has been a true honor to serve as your State Representative.","rule":"pamphlet-opening","source":{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · filed candidate statement · PDF page 261","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=261","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 state voters’ pamphlet; extracted September 21, 2026","note":"First sentence of the filed statement (exactly 12 words, so one sentence); header fields skipped."},"words":12},{"candidateId":"hank-sanders","text":"Hank Sanders learned at a young age that there are people and corporations that stand to gain from destroying rural Oregon.","rule":"pamphlet-opening","source":{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · filed candidate statement · PDF page 265","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=265","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 state voters’ pamphlet; extracted September 21, 2026","note":"First complete sentence of the filed statement; header fields and the slogan line “Fighting corruption. Fighting for our future.” are skipped."},"words":21},{"candidateId":"scott-c-hege","text":"My wife Betsy and I have called The Dalles home for 30+ years.","rule":"pamphlet-opening","source":{"label":"Oregon Secretary of State · filed candidate statement · PDF page 267","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=267","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 state voters’ pamphlet; extracted September 21, 2026","note":"First sentence of the filed statement; header fields skipped."},"words":13},{"candidateId":"simone-rede","text":"Portland deserves an auditor who sees the promise of our people and our city and will use the office to get the best possible outcomes for all of us.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 52","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=52","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; extracted September 21, 2026","note":"Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims."},"rule":"pamphlet-opening","words":29},{"candidateId":"sue-piazza","text":"You work hard to build a good life in Gresham. City government should work just as hard for you.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 41","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=41","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; extracted September 21, 2026","note":"Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims. The opening line “But this isn’t about me, it’s about you...” trails off with an ellipsis rather than terminal punctuation and the tagline “YOUR CITY. YOUR SAFETY. YOUR MONEY. YOUR FUTURE.” has no predicate; both are skipped. The first sentence is under 12 words, so two are shown."},"rule":"pamphlet-opening","words":19},{"candidateId":"travis-stovall","text":"When you elected me as Mayor, I promised to build upon the Gresham Foundation, deliver essential services, and put Gresham on a sustainable financial path.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 41","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=41","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; extracted September 21, 2026","note":"Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims. The tagline “PROVEN LEADERSHIP. REAL RESULTS FOR GRESHAM.” (no predicate) is skipped."},"rule":"pamphlet-opening","words":25},{"candidateId":"heather-coleman-cox","text":"Heather Coleman-Cox has spent years serving Gresham listening to residents, bringing people together, and solving problems affecting Gresham families every day.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 42","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=42","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; extracted September 21, 2026","note":"Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims. The tagline “EXPERIENCED LEADERSHIP. PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS. A STRONGER GRESHAM.” (no predicate) is skipped."},"rule":"pamphlet-opening","words":21},{"candidateId":"will-delplato","text":"I have spent my life serving others. As a U.S. Army veteran, registered nurse, and hospital leader, I’ve learned that leadership is about listening, solving problems, and putting people first.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 42","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=42","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; extracted September 21, 2026","note":"Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims. The first sentence is under 12 words, so two are shown."},"rule":"pamphlet-opening","words":30},{"candidateId":"joshua-al-jaouni","text":"I am a husband, father, pastor, entrepreneur, and community leader who believes in the power of hope, personal responsibility, and serving others.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 44","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=44","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; extracted September 21, 2026","note":"Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims."},"rule":"pamphlet-opening","words":22},{"candidateId":"krestina-aziz","text":"Gresham is at a crossroads. We need proactive leadership that listens to residents, solves problems before they become emergencies, and brings our community together.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 43","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=43","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; extracted September 21, 2026","note":"Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims. The salutation “Fellow citizen,” is skipped; the first sentence is under 12 words, so two are shown."},"rule":"pamphlet-opening","words":24},{"candidateId":"teo-ramirez","text":"GRESHAM RAISED ME. NOW I AM READY TO LEAD.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 44","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=44","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; extracted September 21, 2026","note":"Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims. The two all-caps sentences that open the statement each have a predicate and terminal punctuation, so they count as its first sentences."},"rule":"pamphlet-opening","words":9},{"candidateId":"gregory-schroeder","text":"Gresham is a community that has helped me grow, build a career, continue my education, and find opportunities to serve.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 43","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=43","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; extracted September 21, 2026","note":"Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims. The heading “CREATING OPPORTUNITY FOR GRESHAM FAMILIES” is skipped."},"rule":"pamphlet-opening","words":20},{"candidateId":"janine-gladfelter","text":"Gresham is dear to my heart. I am proud to call this wonderful city home and remain committed to serving experienced, honest neighbor who delivers steady, common-sense leadership for families.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 45","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=45","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; extracted September 21, 2026","note":"Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims. The label “Personal Statement:” is skipped; the first sentence is under 12 words, so two are shown, with the second sentence’s wording exactly as printed."},"rule":"pamphlet-opening","words":30},{"candidateId":"daniel-miller","text":"Dan Miller moved to Gresham in February 2025 and currently works as a truck driver.","source":{"label":"City of Gresham candidate filing packet · candidate statement (PDF page 3)","url":"https://www.greshamoregon.gov/globalassets/government/candidate-dan-miller-seat-6.pdf#page=3","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed August 17, 2026; extracted September 21, 2026","note":"Verbatim opening of the 100-word background statement in the City filing packet, the only candidate statement found. No pamphlet statement (the pamphlet index marks him with an asterisk); no campaign site (the domain in the filing’s email address, danmiller.xyz, showed an under-construction page on September 21, 2026)."},"rule":"filing-opening","words":15},{"candidateId":"evelyn-kocher","text":"I am focused on building a Beaverton that is safe and affordable for everyone.","source":{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 9","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=9","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; extracted September 21, 2026","note":"Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims. Skips the label line “Immigrant | Trans Woman | Lifelong Beavertonian”."},"rule":"pamphlet-opening","words":14},{"candidateId":"rachel-philip","text":"Beaverton is home. It is where my husband and I are raising our two children.","source":{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 9","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=9","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; extracted September 21, 2026","note":"Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims. Skips the label line “EXPERIENCED. PROVEN. READY.”; the first sentence is under 12 words, so two are used."},"rule":"pamphlet-opening","words":15},{"candidateId":"luis-garcia","text":"Hillsboro is full of potential, and our future depends on how well we prepare for the challenges ahead.","source":{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 15","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=15","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; extracted September 21, 2026","note":"Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims. Skips the slogan “Hillsboro - For the People - For the Future”."},"rule":"pamphlet-opening","words":18},{"candidateId":"diana-jackson","text":"Diana is a nine-year resident of Hillsboro, working downtown for a nonprofit public defense law firm, a proud member of Oregon AFSCME Local 3668, and she currently serves on the Hillsboro Planning Commission.","source":{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 16","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=16","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; extracted September 21, 2026","note":"Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims. Skips the label line “A neighbor. A mom. A fighter for Hillsboro.” (fragments with no predicate)."},"rule":"pamphlet-opening","words":33},{"candidateId":"sarah-marugg","text":"Affordability is more than the price of housing, it includes food and the Hillutility bills families pay every month.","source":{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 16","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=16","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; extracted September 21, 2026","note":"Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims. Skips the website line and the run-in label “Affordability & Housing”. “Hillutility” is printed that way in the pamphlet and is kept verbatim."},"rule":"pamphlet-opening","words":19},{"candidateId":"cristian-salgado","text":"Public service should be practical, accountable, and rooted in the people we serve.","source":{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 15","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=15","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; extracted September 21, 2026","note":"Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims."},"rule":"pamphlet-opening","words":13},{"candidateId":"karim-delgado","text":"Hillsboro’s growth should serve the people who live here, not just the corporations that profit here.","source":{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 17","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=17","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; extracted September 21, 2026","note":"Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims."},"rule":"pamphlet-opening","words":16},{"candidateId":"ivette-pantoja","text":"Ivette is the proud daughter of Mexican immigrants and the granddaughter of migrant farmworkers.","source":{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 17","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=17","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; extracted September 21, 2026","note":"Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims. Skips the heading “Born and Raised in Hillsboro”."},"rule":"pamphlet-opening","words":14},{"candidateId":"dorian-russell","text":"As a teen in Hillsboro, Dorian got food from church pantries and showers at the Shute Park pool.","source":{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 18","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=18","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; extracted September 21, 2026","note":"Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims. Skips the heading “Make Our Government Work for the Working Class”."},"rule":"pamphlet-opening","words":18},{"candidateId":"titonian-wallace-sr","text":"As a father of four and small business owner, I’ll never stop working to uplift Hillsboro and support my family.","source":{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 18","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=18","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; extracted September 21, 2026","note":"Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims. Skips the run-in label “Statement:”."},"rule":"pamphlet-opening","words":20},{"candidateId":"yi-kang-hu","text":"Yi-Kang Hu is a tireless advocate for Tigard. He puts community voices first, brings people together, and solves problems.","source":{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 35","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=35","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; extracted September 21, 2026","note":"Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims. The first sentence is under 12 words, so two are used."},"rule":"pamphlet-opening","words":19},{"candidateId":"bill-monahan","text":"I have lived in Tigard since 1982, serving as Planning Director until 1988 and City Manager from 1994 to 2005.","source":{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 35","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=35","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; extracted September 21, 2026","note":"Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims. Skips the heading “About Bill Monahan”."},"rule":"pamphlet-opening","words":20},{"candidateId":"yousef-k-allouzi","text":"As the federal administration attacks local communities, Tigard needs bold leaders who will protect neighbors and ensure residents have the resources they need to thrive.","source":{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 38","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=38","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; extracted September 21, 2026","note":"Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims. Skips the heading “Building a Tigard That Delivers for Everyone”."},"rule":"pamphlet-opening","words":25},{"candidateId":"tom-anderson","text":"Tom wants Tigard to remain a community where people can afford to live, businesses can succeed, and families can put down roots.","source":{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 38","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=38","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; extracted September 21, 2026","note":"Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims. Skips the label lines “ELECT TOM ANDERSON” and “PROVEN LEADERSHIP. LOCAL PRIORITIES.”."},"rule":"pamphlet-opening","words":22},{"candidateId":"jeff-darland","text":"Follow the Money. Plan for the Future.","source":{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 37","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=37","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; extracted September 21, 2026","note":"Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims. The statement opens with three imperative slogans that each end with a period and carry a predicate, so under the rule the first counts as a sentence; it is under 12 words, so the first two are used. The running prose begins “My path to public service began with a water bill.”"},"rule":"pamphlet-opening","words":7},{"candidateId":"sue-garino","text":"Sue knows Tigard. She’s served our community, supported public safety, and represented working people.","source":{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 36","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=36","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; extracted September 21, 2026","note":"Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims. Skips the heading “ELECT SUE GARINO” and the label line “Experience. Accountability. Integrity.”; the first sentence is under 12 words, so two are used."},"rule":"pamphlet-opening","words":14},{"candidateId":"john-goodhouse","text":"As a lifelong Tigard resident, my greatest honor has been serving as a former city councilor in the community where I grew up and where I’ve raised my kids.","source":{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 36","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=36","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; extracted September 21, 2026","note":"Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims. Skips the header fields (committee appointments, family) and the run-in label “Keeping Community First:”. This sentence is printed inside quotation marks attributed to “John Goodhouse for Tigard City Council”, that is, to the candidate himself, so it is treated as his statement text rather than an endorsement quote."},"rule":"pamphlet-opening","words":29},{"candidateId":"shawne-martinez","text":"We’ve seen firsthand how human caused climate change has affected the Pacific Northwest.","source":{"label":"Martinez · campaign site (home page)","url":"https://shawne4tigard.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Verbatim opening of the candidate's own site text, after the fragment “Hotter Summers, wildfire smoke, low snowpack.” (no predicate). No pamphlet statement; the site was found by search and is not printed on his City filing."},"rule":"site-opening","words":13},{"candidateId":"kate-ristau","text":"Kate is a nonprofit executive, community leader, 20+ year Tigard resident, and a mom.","source":{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 39","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=39","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; extracted September 21, 2026","note":"Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims. Skips the heading “A BETTER FUTURE TOGETHER”."},"rule":"pamphlet-opening","words":14},{"candidateId":"gabriel-elijio-velasquez","text":"I am a healthcare worker and a local civic leader, currently serving as Chair of Tigard’s Town Center Advisory Commission and as a member of the City Center Grant Approval Committee.","source":{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 37","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=37","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; extracted September 21, 2026","note":"Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims. Skips the label line “Experienced | Dedicated | Lifelong Neighbor”."},"rule":"pamphlet-opening","words":31},{"candidateId":"bryan-guiney","text":"Public service is my life’s work. In the Marines, at the State, and in the Federal government, I’ve spent my career bringing people together, managing public resources, solving problems, and delivering results.","source":{"label":"Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 29","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=29","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; extracted September 21, 2026","note":"Skipped the “Community Service:” header field; the first sentence is under 12 words, so two are given. Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims."},"rule":"pamphlet-opening","words":32},{"candidateId":"suzanne-miles","text":"Lake Oswego is where I’m raising my daughters. As a mom to two middle schoolers and a lifelong public servant, our schools, safe neighborhoods and greenspace are my top priorities.","source":{"label":"Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 30","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=30","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; extracted September 21, 2026","note":"Skipped the “Personal:” label; the first sentence is under 12 words, so two are given. Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims."},"rule":"pamphlet-opening","words":30},{"candidateId":"peren-tiemann","text":"I grew up in Lake Oswego and have been a community advocate and organizer since my time at Lakeridge High School.","source":{"label":"Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 31","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=31","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; extracted September 21, 2026","note":"Skipped “Building a safe, accessible, and welcoming future for all.”, a slogan with a period but no finite predicate. Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims."},"rule":"pamphlet-opening","words":21},{"candidateId":"neil-tunmore","text":"We must make responsible decisions, strengthening our community today & wisely preparing for our future.","source":{"label":"Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 31","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=31","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; extracted September 21, 2026","note":"Skipped the unpunctuated “PERSONAL:” line and the “RESPECTING OUR PAST. SHAPING OUR FUTURE TOGETHER” slogan; the ampersand is the candidate’s. Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims."},"rule":"pamphlet-opening","words":14},{"candidateId":"heather-ramsey","text":"We moved to Lake Oswego for the schools and stayed for the community.","source":{"label":"Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 32","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=32","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; extracted September 21, 2026","note":"Skipped the run-in “Personal:” label that precedes this sentence. Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims."},"rule":"pamphlet-opening","words":13},{"candidateId":"patrick-walsh","text":"Good local governance isn’t about political speeches. It’s about listening first, managing resources responsibly, and doing the quiet, steady work that keeps a city thriving.","source":{"label":"Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 30","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=30","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; extracted September 21, 2026","note":"Skipped the “PATRICK WALSH: Calm Leadership. Transparent Governance. Vibrant Community.” labels; the first sentence is under 12 words, so two are given. Not printed in the Multnomah pamphlet. Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims."},"rule":"pamphlet-opening","words":25},{"candidateId":"damon-mabee","text":"I have lived my whole life in Oregon City and in the more than 20 years since I became active in Oregon City government, the Parks have been the lowest budget priority.","source":{"label":"Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 37","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=37","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; extracted September 21, 2026","note":"Nothing skipped: the statement opens with running prose. 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The site’s Bluesky icon links a malformed address (www.bsky.app/jameyevenstar.bsky.social); the profile URL recorded here is that handle’s resolving page. A Facebook icon links a share URL rather than a profile and is omitted."}],"reviewedOn":"2026-09-20"},{"candidateId":"john-j-goldsmith","channels":[{"url":"mailto:jgjohngoldsmith@gmail.com","label":"jgjohngoldsmith@gmail.com","kind":"email","from":"filing"},{"url":"tel:+15033190864","label":"(503) 319-0864","kind":"phone","from":"filing"}],"sources":[{"label":"Amended 2026 candidate filing · contact fields on PDF page 3","url":"https://www.portland.gov/auditor/elections/documents/goldsmith-john-2026-aud-120-amendment-redacted/download#page=3","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"August 24, 2026; reviewed September 20, 2026","note":"The filing’s primary (campaign) email and the number in its Campaign phone number field. Its campaign website field prints www.johngoldsmith4pdx.net, which does not resolve (the host redirects to a loopback address), so no website is listed. No pamphlet statement."}],"reviewedOn":"2026-09-20"},{"candidateId":"mitch-green","channels":[{"url":"https://www.mitch4portland.com/","label":"mitch4portland.com","kind":"website","from":"pamphlet"},{"url":"mailto:info@mitch4portland.com","label":"info@mitch4portland.com","kind":"email","from":"site"},{"url":"https://www.instagram.com/mitch4portland/","label":"Instagram","kind":"social","from":"site"},{"url":"https://www.facebook.com/mitch4portland/","label":"Facebook","kind":"social","from":"site"},{"url":"https://bsky.app/profile/mitchgreen.bsky.social","label":"Bluesky","kind":"social","from":"site"}],"sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 62","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=62","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 20, 2026","note":"Prints mitch4portland.com, which resolves at www.mitch4portland.com."},{"label":"Green · connect page","url":"https://www.mitch4portland.com/connect","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 20, 2026","note":"The page names the email as the way to reach the campaign and holds a newsletter sign-up; the profile links are in the site footer."}],"reviewedOn":"2026-09-20"},{"candidateId":"josh-leake","channels":[{"url":"https://www.joshforportland.com/","label":"joshforportland.com","kind":"website","from":"pamphlet"},{"url":"mailto:vote@joshforportland.com","label":"vote@joshforportland.com","kind":"email","from":"pamphlet"},{"url":"tel:+19714358683","label":"(971) 435-8683","kind":"phone","from":"site"},{"url":"https://www.joshforportland.com/contact","label":"Contact form","kind":"form","from":"site"},{"url":"https://www.instagram.com/joshforportland/","label":"Instagram","kind":"social","from":"site"},{"url":"https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61559848786491","label":"Facebook","kind":"social","from":"site"},{"url":"https://x.com/joshforportland","label":"X","kind":"social","from":"site"},{"url":"https://www.youtube.com/@JoshforPortland","label":"YouTube","kind":"social","from":"site"}],"sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 66","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=66","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; 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no phone."}],"reviewedOn":"2026-09-20"},{"candidateId":"jeremy-beausoleil-smith","channels":[{"url":"https://jeremy4pdx.com/","label":"jeremy4pdx.com","kind":"website","from":"pamphlet"},{"url":"mailto:info@jeremy4pdx.com","label":"info@jeremy4pdx.com","kind":"email","from":"site"},{"url":"https://jeremy4pdx.com/connect-to-the-campaign/","label":"Volunteer form","kind":"form","from":"site"},{"url":"https://www.instagram.com/jeremy4pdx/","label":"Instagram","kind":"social","from":"site"},{"url":"https://www.facebook.com/p/Jeremy-Beausoleil-Smith-for-Portland-City-Council-District-4-61555869070487/","label":"Facebook","kind":"social","from":"site"},{"url":"https://bsky.app/profile/jeremy4pdx.bsky.social","label":"Bluesky","kind":"social","from":"site"},{"url":"https://www.tiktok.com/@jeremy4pdx","label":"TikTok","kind":"social","from":"site"},{"url":"https://www.youtube.com/@Jeremy4PDX","label":"YouTube","kind":"social","from":"site"}],"sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 61","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=61","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; 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the email link and profile links are in the site header and footer. No phone is published."}],"reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"sharon-meieran","channels":[{"url":"https://www.sharonforchair.com/","label":"sharonforchair.com","kind":"website","from":"site"},{"url":"mailto:info@sharonforchair.com","label":"info@sharonforchair.com","kind":"email","from":"site"},{"url":"tel:+19712020982","label":"(971) 202-0982","kind":"phone","from":"site"},{"url":"https://www.sharonforchair.com/getinvolved","label":"Volunteer form","kind":"form","from":"site"},{"url":"https://www.instagram.com/sharonforchair/","label":"Instagram","kind":"social","from":"site"},{"url":"https://www.facebook.com/SharonMeieran/","label":"Facebook","kind":"social","from":"site"},{"url":"https://x.com/SMeieran","label":"X","kind":"social","from":"site"},{"url":"https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharon-meieran-8908b030/","label":"LinkedIn","kind":"social","from":"site"}],"sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 33","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=33","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Prints fixmultco.com, which redirects to fix-multco.com (her policy site); that site links the campaign site sharonforchair.com, listed here as the website."},{"label":"Meieran · campaign home","url":"https://www.sharonforchair.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Email, phone and profile links are in the site footer; the Get Involved page holds sign-up forms."}],"reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"shannon-singleton","channels":[{"url":"https://www.shannonsingleton.org/","label":"shannonsingleton.org","kind":"website","from":"pamphlet"},{"url":"mailto:info@shannonsingleton.org","label":"info@shannonsingleton.org","kind":"email","from":"site"},{"url":"https://www.shannonsingleton.org/volunteer-with-shannon","label":"Volunteer form","kind":"form","from":"site"},{"url":"https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61557834951157","label":"Facebook","kind":"social","from":"site"},{"url":"https://www.instagram.com/electshannonsingleton/","label":"Instagram","kind":"social","from":"site"},{"url":"https://twitter.com/ElectSingleton","label":"X","kind":"social","from":"site"}],"sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 32","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=32","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Prints www.shannonsingleton.org."},{"label":"Singleton · Volunteer With Shannon","url":"https://www.shannonsingleton.org/volunteer-with-shannon","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"The page holds a sign-up form; profile links are in the site footer. The campaign email is published in the site’s business-contact metadata rather than on a visible page; no phone is shown on any page."}],"reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"bruce-broussard","channels":[{"url":"https://www.broussardpdx.com/","label":"broussardpdx.com","kind":"website","from":"filing"},{"url":"tel:+15037010457","label":"503-701-0457","kind":"phone","from":"site"},{"url":"mailto:hebertbroussard@gmail.com","label":"hebertbroussard@gmail.com","kind":"email","from":"site"}],"sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 34","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=34","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Prints no website, email or phone."},{"label":"Bruce Broussard · County candidate filing (SEL 101)","url":"https://multco.us/file/bruce_broussard_candidate_filing/download","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"The handwritten website field gives www.broussardpdx.com and a second address, brucebroussardmultco2.com, that does not resolve. The form’s phone fields are not reproduced; the same number is printed on the campaign site."},{"label":"Broussard · campaign site","url":"https://www.broussardpdx.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"The phone and email are printed under “CONTACT ME” on the home page. Parts of the site’s text predate the 2024 change in Portland’s form of government."}],"reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"serena-cruz","channels":[{"url":"https://www.serenacruz.com/","label":"serenacruz.com","kind":"website","from":"pamphlet"},{"url":"mailto:info@serenacruz.com","label":"info@serenacruz.com","kind":"email","from":"site"},{"url":"https://www.serenacruz.com/get-involved","label":"Volunteer form","kind":"form","from":"site"},{"url":"https://www.facebook.com/people/Cruz-for-Commissioner/61591460686353/","label":"Facebook","kind":"social","from":"site"},{"url":"https://www.instagram.com/Cruzforcommissioner","label":"Instagram","kind":"social","from":"site"}],"sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 35","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=35","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Prints serenacruz.com."},{"label":"Cruz · Get Involved","url":"https://www.serenacruz.com/get-involved","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Holds a get-involved form; the email and profile links are in the site footer. No phone is published."}],"reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"herman-greene","channels":[{"url":"https://www.hermangreene.com/","label":"hermangreene.com","kind":"website","from":"pamphlet"},{"url":"https://www.hermangreene.com/get-involved","label":"Volunteer form","kind":"form","from":"site"}],"sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 34","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=34","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Prints HermanGreene.com."},{"label":"Greene · Get Involved","url":"https://www.hermangreene.com/get-involved","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Holds a volunteer form and a newsletter sign-up; no email, phone or social profile is published on the site (the footer gives a P.O. box only)."}],"reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"nathan-ong-norris","channels":[{"url":"https://www.nathanongnorris.com/","label":"nathanongnorris.com","kind":"website","from":"pamphlet"},{"url":"mailto:info@nathanongnorris.com","label":"info@nathanongnorris.com","kind":"email","from":"site"},{"url":"https://www.nathanongnorris.com/get-involved","label":"Volunteer form","kind":"form","from":"site"},{"url":"https://www.instagram.com/nathanongnorris","label":"Instagram","kind":"social","from":"site"},{"url":"https://bsky.app/profile/nathanongnorris.bsky.social","label":"Bluesky","kind":"social","from":"site"}],"sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 36","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=36","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Prints www.nathanongnorris.com."},{"label":"Ong Norris · Get Involved","url":"https://www.nathanongnorris.com/get-involved","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Holds a volunteer form; the email and profile links are in the site footer. No phone is published."}],"reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"tony-robertson","channels":[{"url":"https://www.tonyrobertson.org/","label":"tonyrobertson.org","kind":"website","from":"pamphlet"},{"url":"mailto:info@tonyrobertson.org","label":"info@tonyrobertson.org","kind":"email","from":"site"},{"url":"https://www.tonyrobertson.org/","label":"Volunteer form","kind":"form","from":"site"}],"sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 37","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=37","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Prints www.tonyrobertson.org."},{"label":"Robertson · campaign home","url":"https://www.tonyrobertson.org/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"The email is in the site footer; the home page holds endorse and volunteer forms. No phone or social profile is published."}],"reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"bri-williams","channels":[{"url":"https://voteforbri.com/","label":"voteforbri.com","kind":"website","from":"pamphlet"},{"url":"https://voteforbri.com/#volunteer","label":"Volunteer form","kind":"form","from":"site"},{"url":"https://www.facebook.com/people/Vote-for-Bri-Williams/61589512261034/","label":"Facebook","kind":"social","from":"site"},{"url":"https://www.instagram.com/briformultnomah/","label":"Instagram","kind":"social","from":"site"}],"sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 35","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=35","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Prints “www/voteforbri.com”, read as voteforbri.com."},{"label":"Williams · campaign home","url":"https://voteforbri.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Holds a volunteer form; profile links are in the footer. No email or phone is published."}],"reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"nabil-zaghloul","channels":[{"url":"https://electnabil.com/","label":"electnabil.com","kind":"website","from":"pamphlet"},{"url":"mailto:info@electnabil.com","label":"info@electnabil.com","kind":"email","from":"site"},{"url":"tel:+15038286075","label":"(503) 828-6075","kind":"phone","from":"site"},{"url":"https://www.instagram.com/electnabil","label":"Instagram","kind":"social","from":"site"},{"url":"https://www.facebook.com/61561100093523/","label":"Facebook","kind":"social","from":"site"}],"sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 36","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=36","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Prints www.electnabil.com."},{"label":"Zaghloul · campaign home","url":"https://electnabil.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Email and phone are in the site footer with the profile links; the site has a newsletter sign-up but no contact form."}],"reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"nicole-pexton","channels":[{"url":"https://www.pextonforauditor.com/","label":"pextonforauditor.com","kind":"website","from":"pamphlet"},{"url":"mailto:nicole@pextonforauditor.com","label":"nicole@pextonforauditor.com","kind":"email","from":"site"},{"url":"https://www.pextonforauditor.com/contact","label":"Contact form","kind":"form","from":"site"},{"url":"https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61583462980374","label":"Facebook","kind":"social","from":"site"},{"url":"https://www.instagram.com/pextonforauditor","label":"Instagram","kind":"social","from":"site"},{"url":"https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicole-pexton-b6b48314/","label":"LinkedIn","kind":"social","from":"site"}],"sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 38","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=38","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Prints www.pextonforauditor.com."},{"label":"Pexton · contact page","url":"https://www.pextonforauditor.com/contact","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Prints the email and a P.O. box beside a contact form; profile links are in the footer. No phone is published."}],"reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"nicole-morrisey-o-donnell","channels":[{"url":"https://www.nicoleforsheriff2026.com/","label":"nicoleforsheriff2026.com","kind":"website","from":"pamphlet"},{"url":"mailto:nicoleforsheriff@gmail.com","label":"nicoleforsheriff@gmail.com","kind":"email","from":"site"},{"url":"https://www.facebook.com/nicoleforsheriff","label":"Facebook","kind":"social","from":"site"},{"url":"https://www.instagram.com/nicoleforsheriff/","label":"Instagram","kind":"social","from":"site"}],"sources":[{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 38","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=38","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Prints NicoleforSheriff2026.com."},{"label":"Morrisey O’Donnell · campaign home","url":"https://www.nicoleforsheriff2026.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"The email (“Contact:”) and profile links are in the site footer; no phone or contact form is published."}],"reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"steve-callaway","channels":[{"url":"https://electstevecallaway.com/","label":"electstevecallaway.com","kind":"website","from":"pamphlet"},{"url":"https://electstevecallaway.com/contact-us/","label":"Contact form","kind":"form","from":"site"},{"url":"https://www.facebook.com/CallawayForMayor","label":"Facebook","kind":"social","from":"site"},{"url":"https://www.instagram.com/stevecallaway4washingtoncounty","label":"Instagram","kind":"social","from":"site"},{"url":"https://www.threads.com/@stevecallaway4washingtoncounty","label":"Threads","kind":"social","from":"site"}],"sources":[{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 5","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=5","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. 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Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}],"reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"nafisa-fai","channels":[{"url":"https://www.nafisaforwashingtoncounty.com/","label":"nafisaforwashingtoncounty.com","kind":"website","from":"pamphlet"},{"url":"mailto:team@nafisaforwashingtoncounty.com","label":"team@nafisaforwashingtoncounty.com","kind":"email","from":"site"},{"url":"https://www.facebook.com/nafisafaiwashco","label":"Facebook","kind":"social","from":"site"},{"url":"https://www.instagram.com/nafisafaiwashcochair/","label":"Instagram","kind":"social","from":"site"}],"sources":[{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 4","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=4","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Fai · get involved (email in the site footer)","url":"https://www.nafisaforwashingtoncounty.com/get-involved","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}],"reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"kipperlyn-sinclair","channels":[{"url":"https://www.kipperlynsinclair.com/","label":"kipperlynsinclair.com","kind":"website","from":"pamphlet"},{"url":"mailto:vote@kipperlynsinclair.com","label":"vote@kipperlynsinclair.com","kind":"email","from":"site"},{"url":"https://www.kipperlynsinclair.com/volunteer","label":"Volunteer form","kind":"form","from":"site"},{"url":"https://www.instagram.com/kipperlyn_forcommunity/","label":"Instagram","kind":"social","from":"site"},{"url":"https://www.facebook.com/kipperlyn.sinclair.54","label":"Facebook","kind":"social","from":"site"}],"sources":[{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 5","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=5","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Sinclair · volunteer page (email and profiles in the site footer)","url":"https://www.kipperlynsinclair.com/volunteer","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}],"reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"pam-treece","channels":[{"url":"https://www.pamforwashingtoncounty.com/","label":"pamforwashingtoncounty.com","kind":"website","from":"pamphlet"},{"url":"mailto:info@pamforwashingtoncounty.com","label":"info@pamforwashingtoncounty.com","kind":"email","from":"site"},{"url":"mailto:team@pamforwashingtoncounty.com","label":"team@pamforwashingtoncounty.com","kind":"email","from":"site"},{"url":"https://www.pamforwashingtoncounty.com/join/","label":"Volunteer form","kind":"form","from":"site"},{"url":"https://www.facebook.com/pamforwashingtoncounty/","label":"Facebook","kind":"social","from":"site"},{"url":"https://www.instagram.com/pamforwashingtoncounty/","label":"Instagram","kind":"social","from":"site"},{"url":"https://bsky.app/profile/pamtreece.bsky.social","label":"Bluesky","kind":"social","from":"site"}],"sources":[{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 4","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=4","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. 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Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}],"reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"mark-reaksecker","channels":[{"url":"https://www.markforcountyclerk.com/","label":"markforcountyclerk.com","kind":"website","from":"pamphlet"},{"url":"https://www.markforcountyclerk.com/contact","label":"Contact form","kind":"form","from":"site"},{"url":"https://www.instagram.com/markreaksecker","label":"Instagram","kind":"social","from":"site"},{"url":"https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61575462016802","label":"Facebook","kind":"social","from":"site"}],"sources":[{"label":"Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 14","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=14","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Reaksecker · contact page (form; header links the profiles)","url":"https://www.markforcountyclerk.com/contact","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}],"reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"brian-t-nava","channels":[{"url":"mailto:bnava30@hotmail.com","label":"bnava30@hotmail.com","kind":"email","from":"filing"},{"url":"https://fb.me/Brian4ClackamasCountyTreasurer","label":"Facebook","kind":"social","from":"filing"}],"sources":[{"label":"Nava · county candidate filing (SEL 101), contact fields","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/86ef06a3-6ab5-4387-b273-90b0a45b7d70","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Published by Clackamas County Elections; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"The pamphlet statement prints no website, email or phone. 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Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}],"reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"james-rhodes","channels":[{"url":"https://www.electsheriffrhodes.com/","label":"electsheriffrhodes.com","kind":"website","from":"pamphlet"},{"url":"mailto:info@electsheriffrhodes.com","label":"info@electsheriffrhodes.com","kind":"email","from":"site"},{"url":"tel:+15036733973","label":"(503) 673-3973","kind":"phone","from":"site"},{"url":"https://www.electsheriffrhodes.com/getinvolved","label":"Volunteer form","kind":"form","from":"site"},{"url":"https://www.instagram.com/electsheriffrhodes/","label":"Instagram","kind":"social","from":"site"},{"url":"https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61592582740159","label":"Facebook","kind":"social","from":"site"},{"url":"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCV_t_UfIJN8ivgrLLVA_bsw","label":"YouTube","kind":"social","from":"site"}],"sources":[{"label":"Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 16","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=16","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Rhodes · get involved (form, email, phone, profiles)","url":"https://www.electsheriffrhodes.com/getinvolved","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}],"reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"paul-savas","channels":[{"url":"https://electpaulsavas.com/","label":"electpaulsavas.com","kind":"website","from":"pamphlet"},{"url":"mailto:paul@electpaulsavas.com","label":"paul@electpaulsavas.com","kind":"email","from":"pamphlet"},{"url":"tel:+15033121379","label":"503-312-1379","kind":"phone","from":"site"},{"url":"https://www.facebook.com/electpaulsavas","label":"Facebook","kind":"social","from":"site"}],"sources":[{"label":"Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 17","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=17","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. 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The filing’s handwritten Email Address field reads “MARKSHULLUSA@mail.com”; its Web Site field is blank and its only phone is in the cell field, so none is listed."}],"reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"diana-helm","channels":[{"url":"https://www.votedianahelm.com/","label":"votedianahelm.com","kind":"website","from":"pamphlet"},{"url":"mailto:campaign@votedianahelm.com","label":"campaign@votedianahelm.com","kind":"email","from":"site"},{"url":"tel:+15035226305","label":"503-522-6305","kind":"phone","from":"site"},{"url":"https://www.facebook.com/votedianahelm","label":"Facebook","kind":"social","from":"site"}],"sources":[{"label":"Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 18","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=18","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. 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Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}],"reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"r-w-smith","channels":[{"url":"https://friendsofremysmith.org/","label":"friendsofremysmith.org","kind":"website","from":"pamphlet"},{"url":"mailto:friendsofremysmith@gmail.com","label":"friendsofremysmith@gmail.com","kind":"email","from":"site"},{"url":"https://www.instagram.com/rwsmith4clackamas/","label":"Instagram","kind":"social","from":"pamphlet"},{"url":"https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61577455397605","label":"Facebook","kind":"social","from":"site"}],"sources":[{"label":"Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 18","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=18","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. 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Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}],"reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"christine-drazan","channels":[{"url":"https://www.christinefororegon.com/","label":"christinefororegon.com","kind":"website","from":"pamphlet"},{"url":"mailto:info@christinefororegon.com","label":"info@christinefororegon.com","kind":"email","from":"site"},{"url":"tel:+15034068329","label":"(503) 406-8329","kind":"phone","from":"site"},{"url":"https://www.facebook.com/ChristineforOregon/","label":"Facebook","kind":"social","from":"site"},{"url":"https://x.com/ChristineDrazan","label":"X","kind":"social","from":"site"},{"url":"https://www.instagram.com/christine4oregon/","label":"Instagram","kind":"social","from":"site"},{"url":"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzj0___2WruvJsMn3KZkCDw","label":"YouTube","kind":"social","from":"site"},{"url":"https://www.tiktok.com/@christine.drazan","label":"TikTok","kind":"social","from":"site"}],"sources":[{"label":"Oregon voters’ pamphlet candidate statement · PDF page 35","url":"https://sos.oregon.gov/elections/Voters-Pamphlet/Documents/Candidate-Statements.pdf#page=35","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed for the November 2026 pamphlet; posted by the Secretary of State September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Prints www.ChristineForOregon.com and www.TheDrazanPlan.com."},{"label":"Drazan · site footer and header","url":"https://www.christinefororegon.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"The footer prints the email (behind a scraper shield) and “Phone: (503) 406-8329”; the phone link behind that printed number dials 503-908-9694, so the printed number is recorded. 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Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Hu · get involved (“Join Team Yi” form; profiles in the site footer; no email is published)","url":"https://www.yikanghu.com/get-involved","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}],"reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"bill-monahan","channels":[{"url":"https://www.citizenstoelectbillmonahan.com/","label":"citizenstoelectbillmonahan.com","kind":"website","from":"pamphlet"},{"url":"mailto:bmonahan20@comcast.net","label":"bmonahan20@comcast.net","kind":"email","from":"site"},{"url":"tel:+15038053268","label":"503-805-3268","kind":"phone","from":"site"},{"url":"https://www.citizenstoelectbillmonahan.com/contact","label":"Contact form","kind":"form","from":"site"},{"url":"https://www.facebook.com/citizenstoelectbillmonahan","label":"Facebook","kind":"social","from":"site"}],"sources":[{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 35","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=35","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Monahan · contact & donations (email, phone and form; Facebook in the site footer)","url":"https://www.citizenstoelectbillmonahan.com/contact","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}],"reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"yousef-k-allouzi","channels":[{"url":"https://www.yousefallouzi.com/","label":"yousefallouzi.com","kind":"website","from":"pamphlet"},{"url":"mailto:info@yousefallouzi.com","label":"info@yousefallouzi.com","kind":"email","from":"site"},{"url":"https://www.instagram.com/yousef.allouzi.tigard","label":"Instagram","kind":"social","from":"site"},{"url":"https://www.facebook.com/share/1EgVaGSFAD/","label":"Facebook","kind":"social","from":"site"},{"url":"https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMs4T0uiAcvKrP7TGmvqktyP00a0_HwSy","label":"YouTube","kind":"social","from":"site"}],"sources":[{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 38","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=38","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Allouzi · home page (“Contact Us” email and profile links in the footer)","url":"https://www.yousefallouzi.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}],"reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"tom-anderson","channels":[{"url":"https://www.tomandersontigard.com/","label":"tomandersontigard.com","kind":"website","from":"pamphlet"}],"sources":[{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 38","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=38","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Anderson · campaign site (home, issues, meet Tom and contribute pages list no email, phone, form or profiles)","url":"https://www.tomandersontigard.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}],"reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"jeff-darland","channels":[{"url":"mailto:jeff@darland4tigard.com","label":"jeff@darland4tigard.com","kind":"email","from":"filing"}],"sources":[{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 37","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=37","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Darland · SEL 101 candidate filing · contact fields on page 1","url":"https://www.tigard-or.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/6832/639232684634000000","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed 2026; read September 21, 2026","note":"The pamphlet statement prints no website, email or phone. The City filing (linked from the City of Tigard election page) gives this email and lists darland4tigard.com as the website, which had no web server on September 21, 2026 (the domain resolves only for mail). The filing’s cell-phone field is not recorded."}],"reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"sue-garino","channels":[{"url":"https://www.suefortigard.com/","label":"suefortigard.com","kind":"website","from":"pamphlet"},{"url":"https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61593990399874","label":"Facebook","kind":"social","from":"site"},{"url":"https://www.instagram.com/suefortigard/","label":"Instagram","kind":"social","from":"site"}],"sources":[{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 36","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=36","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Garino · home page (profile links in the footer; no email, phone or form is published)","url":"https://www.suefortigard.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}],"reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"john-goodhouse","channels":[{"url":"mailto:JGoodhouse@Choicesins.com","label":"JGoodhouse@Choicesins.com","kind":"email","from":"filing"}],"sources":[{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 36","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=36","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Goodhouse · SEL 101 candidate filing · contact fields on page 1","url":"https://www.tigard-or.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/6854/639232691014970000","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Filed 2026; read September 21, 2026","note":"The pamphlet statement prints no website, email or phone; it points to a Facebook page named “John Goodhouse for Tigard City Councilor” without a URL, which could not be resolved without a Facebook login. The City filing gives this email and no website; its cell-phone field is not recorded."}],"reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"shawne-martinez","channels":[{"url":"https://shawne4tigard.com/","label":"shawne4tigard.com","kind":"website","from":"site"},{"url":"mailto:Shawne.Martinez@SBCGlobal.net","label":"Shawne.Martinez@SBCGlobal.net","kind":"email","from":"filing"},{"url":"https://bsky.app/profile/shawne4tigard.bsky.social","label":"Bluesky","kind":"social","from":"announcement"}],"sources":[{"label":"Martinez · campaign site (found by search; it has a subscribe box and no email, phone, form or profile links)","url":"https://shawne4tigard.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. 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The handwritten filing gives this email and no website; its cell-phone field is not recorded."},{"label":"Martinez · Bluesky profile (@shawne4tigard.bsky.social)","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/shawne4tigard.bsky.social","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Profile created August 22, 2026; read September 21, 2026","note":"His own campaign profile, whose bio announces the candidacy and invites residents to reach out; neither the site nor the filing links it."}],"reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"kate-ristau","channels":[{"url":"https://katefortigard.com/","label":"katefortigard.com","kind":"website","from":"pamphlet"}],"sources":[{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 39","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=39","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Ristau · campaign site (a newsletter sign-up only; no email, phone, contact form or profiles are published)","url":"https://katefortigard.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}],"reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"gabriel-elijio-velasquez","channels":[{"url":"https://www.gabevelasquez.com/","label":"gabevelasquez.com","kind":"website","from":"pamphlet"},{"url":"mailto:info@gabevelasquez.com","label":"info@gabevelasquez.com","kind":"email","from":"site"},{"url":"https://www.facebook.com/velasquez.gabe","label":"Facebook","kind":"social","from":"site"},{"url":"https://www.instagram.com/gabe._.velasquez/","label":"Instagram","kind":"social","from":"site"},{"url":"https://www.tiktok.com/@gevforyou","label":"TikTok","kind":"social","from":"site"},{"url":"https://x.com/VelasquezGabe","label":"X","kind":"social","from":"site"}],"sources":[{"label":"Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 37","url":"https://www.washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/documents/november-3-2026-voters-pamphlet/download?inline=#page=37","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Velásquez · campaign site (email and profile links in the footer). The footer also carries a template disclaimer calling the site a sample; the contact channels are recorded as printed.","url":"https://www.gabevelasquez.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}],"reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"bryan-guiney","channels":[{"url":"https://www.bryanguiney.com/","label":"bryanguiney.com","kind":"website","from":"pamphlet"},{"url":"mailto:info@bryanguiney.com","label":"info@bryanguiney.com","kind":"email","from":"site"},{"url":"https://www.bryanguiney.com/signon","label":"Volunteer form","kind":"form","from":"site"},{"url":"https://www.instagram.com/bryanforlakeoswego","label":"Instagram","kind":"social","from":"site"},{"url":"https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61589819465274","label":"Facebook","kind":"social","from":"site"}],"sources":[{"label":"Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 29","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=29","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Guiney · home page footer and “Join the team” form","url":"https://www.bryanguiney.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}],"reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"suzanne-miles","channels":[{"url":"mailto:sbratis@gmail.com","label":"sbratis@gmail.com","kind":"email","from":"filing"}],"sources":[{"label":"Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 30","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=30","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. 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The city’s redacted filing leaves the Email Address field visible; its Web Site field is blank and its only phone is in the cell field, so none is listed."}],"reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"peren-tiemann","channels":[{"url":"https://www.perentiemann.com/","label":"perentiemann.com","kind":"website","from":"pamphlet"},{"url":"mailto:PerenforLakeOswego@gmail.com","label":"PerenforLakeOswego@gmail.com","kind":"email","from":"site"},{"url":"https://www.instagram.com/perenforlakeoswego","label":"Instagram","kind":"social","from":"site"},{"url":"https://www.facebook.com/61589549296047","label":"Facebook","kind":"social","from":"site"}],"sources":[{"label":"Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 31","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=31","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Tiemann · issues page (“Reach out!”) and site footer","url":"https://www.perentiemann.com/issues","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}],"reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"neil-tunmore","channels":[{"url":"https://tunmoreforlo.com/","label":"tunmoreforlo.com","kind":"website","from":"pamphlet"},{"url":"mailto:tunmoreforlo@gmail.com","label":"tunmoreforlo@gmail.com","kind":"email","from":"site"},{"url":"https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61592892720764","label":"Facebook","kind":"social","from":"site"},{"url":"https://www.instagram.com/tunmoren/","label":"Instagram","kind":"social","from":"site"},{"url":"https://x.com/Tunmoreforlo","label":"X","kind":"social","from":"site"}],"sources":[{"label":"Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 31","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=31","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Tunmore · home page (“Questions? Connect with us.”)","url":"https://tunmoreforlo.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}],"reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"heather-ramsey","channels":[{"url":"https://www.heatherforlakeoswego.com/","label":"heatherforlakeoswego.com","kind":"website","from":"pamphlet"},{"url":"mailto:info@heatherforlakeoswego.com","label":"info@heatherforlakeoswego.com","kind":"email","from":"site"},{"url":"https://www.facebook.com/heatherforlakeoswego","label":"Facebook","kind":"social","from":"site"},{"url":"https://www.instagram.com/heatherforlakeoswego/","label":"Instagram","kind":"social","from":"site"},{"url":"https://www.linkedin.com/in/heatherramsey1/","label":"LinkedIn","kind":"social","from":"site"}],"sources":[{"label":"Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 32","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=32","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Ramsey · home page (“Get Involved” and sign-request sections)","url":"https://www.heatherforlakeoswego.com/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}],"reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"patrick-walsh","channels":[{"url":"https://walsh4lo.com/","label":"walsh4lo.com","kind":"website","from":"pamphlet"},{"url":"https://walsh4lo.com/contact/","label":"Contact form","kind":"form","from":"site"},{"url":"https://www.instagram.com/walsh4lo/","label":"Instagram","kind":"social","from":"pamphlet"}],"sources":[{"label":"Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 30","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=30","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Walsh · contact page (form only; no email or phone on the site)","url":"https://walsh4lo.com/contact/","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}],"reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"damon-mabee","channels":[{"url":"mailto:damonmabee@comcast.net","label":"damonmabee@comcast.net","kind":"email","from":"filing"}],"sources":[{"label":"Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 37","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=37","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Mabee · city candidate filing (SEL 101), contact fields","url":"https://www.orcity.org/DocumentCenter/View/19357/2026-08-14-Damon-Mabee-Election-Documents_Redactedpdf","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Published by the city; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"The pamphlet statement prints no website, email or phone, and no campaign site was found. The city publishes the candidate’s redacted filing (SEL 101) with the Email Address field visible; its phone fields are labelled work, home and cell rather than campaign, so none is listed. The address is typed; the Web Site field is blank."}],"reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"adam-marl","channels":[{"url":"https://www.adammarl.com/","label":"adammarl.com","kind":"website","from":"pamphlet"},{"url":"mailto:info@adammarl.com","label":"info@adammarl.com","kind":"email","from":"site"},{"url":"https://www.adammarl.com/get-involved","label":"Volunteer form","kind":"form","from":"site"},{"url":"https://www.facebook.com/AdamMarlforMayor","label":"Facebook","kind":"social","from":"site"}],"sources":[{"label":"Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 37","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=37","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Marl · get involved (form and email) and site footer","url":"https://www.adammarl.com/get-involved","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Website reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."}],"reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"rodney-la-barr","channels":[{"url":"mailto:R.LaBarr@proton.me","label":"R.LaBarr@proton.me","kind":"email","from":"filing"}],"sources":[{"label":"Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 38","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=38","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"La Barr · city candidate filing (SEL 101), contact fields","url":"https://www.orcity.org/DocumentCenter/View/19363/2026-08-17-Rodney-La-Barr-Election-Documents_Redactedpdf","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Published by the city; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"The pamphlet statement prints no website, email or phone, and no campaign site was found. The city publishes the candidate’s redacted filing (SEL 101) with the Email Address field visible; its phone fields are labelled work, home and cell rather than campaign, so none is listed. The address is handwritten and read as “R.LaBarr@proton.me”; the Web Site field is blank."}],"reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"betty-mumm","channels":[{"url":"mailto:BMumm@comcast.net","label":"BMumm@comcast.net","kind":"email","from":"filing"}],"sources":[{"label":"Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 39","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=39","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Mumm · city candidate filing (SEL 101), contact fields","url":"https://www.orcity.org/DocumentCenter/View/19070/2026-06-12-Betty-Mumm-Election-Documents_Redactedpdf","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Published by the city; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"The pamphlet statement prints no website, email or phone, and no campaign site was found. The city publishes the candidate’s redacted filing (SEL 101) with the Email Address field visible; its phone fields are labelled work, home and cell rather than campaign, so none is listed. The address is handwritten and read as “BMumm@comcast.net”; the Web Site field is blank."}],"reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"james-nicita","channels":[{"url":"mailto:james.nicita@gmail.com","label":"james.nicita@gmail.com","kind":"email","from":"filing"}],"sources":[{"label":"Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 39","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=39","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Nicita · city candidate filing (SEL 101), contact fields","url":"https://www.orcity.org/DocumentCenter/View/19362/2026-08-17-James-Nicita-Election-Documents_Redactedpdf","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Published by the city; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"The pamphlet prints www.nicita4oc.com, which resolved on September 21, 2026 to a domain-parking page with no campaign content, so no website is listed. The city’s redacted filing leaves the typed Email Address visible; its phone is in the cell field rather than a campaign field, so none is listed."}],"reviewedOn":"2026-09-21"},{"candidateId":"paul-espe","channels":[{"url":"mailto:Commissionerespe@gmail.com","label":"Commissionerespe@gmail.com","kind":"email","from":"filing"}],"sources":[{"label":"Clackamas County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 40","url":"https://docs.clackamas.us/documents/drupal/03f4f9db-a1ab-4a1f-9ce1-16059d49a513#page=40","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified."},{"label":"Espe · city candidate filing (SEL 101), contact fields","url":"https://www.orcity.org/DocumentCenter/View/19352/2026-08-13-Paul-Espe-Election-Documents_Redactedpdf","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"Published by the city; reviewed September 21, 2026","note":"The pamphlet statement prints no website, email or phone, and no campaign site was found. The city publishes the candidate’s redacted filing (SEL 101) with the Email Address field visible; its phone fields are labelled work, home and cell rather than campaign, so none is listed. The pamphlet’s “FOLLOW ME AT: PAUL ESPE 4 OC” names no platform or address, so it is not listed as a channel. 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Support or opposition to this package is not a complete position on retaining the Trail Blazers.","reason":{"label":"Her earlier stated concern · July 13","text":"Said she needed to know whether and how the deal would use the voter-approved climate fund before approving a term sheet.","source":{"label":"OPB · Koyama Lane on the funding question","url":"https://www.opb.org/article/2026/07/13/portland-oregon-moda-center-sports-basketball/","kind":"Reporting","date":"July 13, 2026"}}},"psr-framework":{"supported":["yes"],"opposed":["no"],"text":"Voted yes on June 25, 2025. Voted for a framework to expand the role of Portland Street Response and establish community participation in its development.","source":{"label":"Expand Portland Street Response’s role · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37709","kind":"Public record","date":"June 25, 2025"},"limit":"The resolution set Council’s direction and petitioned the mayor; it did not itself deliver round-the-clock service or fund every expansion."}},"experience":[{"id":"policy","text":"Incumbent councilor; former public-school teacher and union organizer.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 54","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=54","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. 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Publication by the county does not verify the claims."},"status":"Reported experience"}]},{"id":"kenneth-kent-r-landgraver-iii","positions":{},"experience":[]},{"id":"keir-legree","positions":{},"experience":[{"id":"delivery","text":"Longtime art-glass business general manager and business founder.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 59","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=59","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."},"status":"Reported experience"}]},{"id":"esther-leon","positions":{},"experience":[{"id":"delivery","text":"Physical therapist and community-college professor.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 60","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=60","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."},"status":"Reported experience"}]},{"id":"darren-mccormick","positions":{},"experience":[]},{"id":"angelita-morillo","positions":{"homebuyer-income":{"supported":["yes"],"opposed":["no"],"text":"Voted yes on July 29, 2026. Voted to remove the income qualification temporarily for the specified already-permitted homes, making it possible to sell them to a wider group of buyers.","source":{"label":"Remove an income test for certain fee-exempt homes · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192210","kind":"Public record","date":"July 29, 2026"},"limit":"This was narrower than the 2025 general housing-fee waiver. It addressed homes permitted before January 1, 2026 under the affordable-housing program and was tied to the September 2028 sunset."},"camp-removal":{"supported":["yes"],"opposed":["no"],"text":"Voted yes on November 12, 2025. Backed Morillo’s spending shift away from the camp-removal program toward personnel and social-service support.","source":{"label":"Fall budget · Morillo 1 amendment roll call","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/fy-2025-26-fall-supplemental-budget","date":"November 12, 2025","kind":"Public record"},"limit":"This was a spending amendment, not a vote to repeal the criminal camping ban. Green’s related Ground Score amendment did not take effect because the parent proposal failed.","reason":{"label":"Their stated case","text":"Argued that repeated removals and overnight shelter were insufficient and that the city should change its approach.","source":{"label":"OPB · camp-removal funding debate","url":"https://www.opb.org/article/2025/11/13/homeless-camp-removal-sweep-portland/","date":"November 13, 2025","kind":"Reporting"}}},"oversight-funding":{"supported":["no"],"opposed":["yes"],"text":"Voted no on June 10, 2026. Rejected using expected police-accountability office underspending to reimburse the public-safety restoration package.","source":{"label":"Clerk’s amendment roll call · PDF page 59","url":"https://efiles.portlandoregon.gov/record/18024844/file/document/#page=59","date":"June 10, 2026","kind":"Public record"},"limit":"The tradeoff concerned using money allocated to the new oversight office. The proposal did not abolish that office, and expected underspending was a forecast."},"water-rates":{"supported":["no"],"opposed":["yes"],"text":"Voted no on May 27, 2026. Voted against the annual water-rate schedule and its increase in customer charges.","source":{"label":"Raise annual water rates · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192183","kind":"Public record","date":"May 27, 2026"},"limit":"The typical-bill estimate assumes five hundred cubic feet of monthly water use. Actual bills depend on use, billing period and applicable assistance; this is not the total combined utility bill."},"street-fee":{"supported":["yes"],"opposed":["no"],"text":"Voted yes on April 29, 2026. Voted to add the transportation fee to utility bills, with dedicated maintenance and safety spending, financial assistance and public reporting.","source":{"label":"Create a monthly transportation utility fee · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192171","kind":"Public record","date":"April 29, 2026"},"limit":"Approving a revenue source does not show that every promised repair has happened. The ordinance includes review of business charges and assistance for residents."},"zenith-enforcement":{"supported":["yes"],"opposed":["no"],"text":"Voted yes on September 9, 2026. Co-proposed and seconded the resident-enforcement amendment with Green.","source":{"label":"Zenith transfer · amendments and roll calls","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/zenith-franchise-transfer-isq-holdings","date":"September 9, 2026","kind":"Public record"},"limit":"A proposed additional enforcement mechanism for the pipeline franchise—not a vote on the state air permit or a citywide fossil-fuel ban."},"services-first":{"supported":["yes"],"opposed":["no"],"text":"Voted yes on June 10, 2026. Co-proposed Services First with Green and Avalos, then voted for it.","source":{"label":"Clerk’s amendment roll call · PDF page 58","url":"https://efiles.portlandoregon.gov/record/18024844/file/document/#page=58","date":"June 10, 2026","kind":"Public record"},"limit":"The final amendment used $16,034,349 in PCEF interest. Early promotional material described a $16.5 million version. This package included public-safety services as well as other jobs."},"moda":{"supported":["no"],"opposed":["yes"],"text":"Voted no on August 12, 2026. Co-proposed an opportunity-cost report before a financial vote. That amendment failed 6–6; she voted no on the framework.","source":{"label":"Resolution 37750 · final roll call and amendments","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37750","kind":"Public record","date":"August 12, 2026"},"limit":"A negotiating framework, not a final construction contract. Support or opposition to this package is not a complete position on retaining the Trail Blazers.","reason":{"label":"Why she said no","text":"Wanted the Blazers to stay, but said Council needed to know the funding source, what services would lose out and the public’s return before committing.","source":{"label":"Green and Morillo · explanations after the vote","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/districts/4/mitch-green/news/2026/8/13/press-release-portland-city-councilors-green-morillo","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"August 13, 2026"}}},"psr-framework":{"supported":["yes"],"opposed":["no"],"text":"Voted yes on June 25, 2025. Voted for a framework to expand the role of Portland Street Response and establish community participation in its development.","source":{"label":"Expand Portland Street Response’s role · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37709","kind":"Public record","date":"June 25, 2025"},"limit":"The resolution set Council’s direction and petitioned the mayor; it did not itself deliver round-the-clock service or fund every expansion.","reason":{"label":"Earlier joint statement on Street Response","text":"In a joint statement before the vote, supported broader unarmed response and voluntary transport, while warning that routine police involvement could undermine trust in Street Response.","source":{"label":"Earlier joint statement on Street Response","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/districts/2/sameer-kanal/news/2025/3/25/statement-councilors-candace-avalos-mitch-green","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"March 25, 2025"}}}},"experience":[{"id":"policy","text":"Incumbent councilor; former anti-hunger policy advocate.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 56","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=56","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."},"status":"Reported experience"}]},{"id":"steve-novick","positions":{"homebuyer-income":{"supported":["yes"],"opposed":["no"],"text":"Voted yes on July 29, 2026. Voted to remove the income qualification temporarily for the specified already-permitted homes, making it possible to sell them to a wider group of buyers.","source":{"label":"Remove an income test for certain fee-exempt homes · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192210","kind":"Public record","date":"July 29, 2026"},"limit":"This was narrower than the 2025 general housing-fee waiver. It addressed homes permitted before January 1, 2026 under the affordable-housing program and was tied to the September 2028 sunset."},"camp-removal":{"supported":["no"],"opposed":["yes"],"text":"Voted no on November 12, 2025. Voted against Morillo’s proposed $4.3 million shift from camp-removal operations to personnel and social-service support.","source":{"label":"Fall budget · Morillo 1 amendment roll call","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/fy-2025-26-fall-supplemental-budget","date":"November 12, 2025","kind":"Public record"},"limit":"This was a spending amendment, not a vote to repeal the criminal camping ban. Green’s related Ground Score amendment did not take effect because the parent proposal failed.","reason":{"label":"Their stated case","text":"Objected to making a major policy change with five days to review it; wanted a detailed policy discussion before cutting the program.","source":{"label":"OPB · camp-removal funding debate","url":"https://www.opb.org/article/2025/11/13/homeless-camp-removal-sweep-portland/","date":"November 13, 2025","kind":"Reporting"}}},"oversight-funding":{"supported":["yes"],"opposed":["no"],"text":"Voted yes on June 10, 2026. Supported the $7.68 million plan for police support, training and fire rescue, backed by expected underspending in the oversight office.","source":{"label":"Clerk’s amendment roll call · PDF page 59","url":"https://efiles.portlandoregon.gov/record/18024844/file/document/#page=59","date":"June 10, 2026","kind":"Public record"},"limit":"The tradeoff concerned using money allocated to the new oversight office. The proposal did not abolish that office, and expected underspending was a forecast."},"water-rates":{"supported":["yes"],"opposed":["no"],"text":"Voted yes on May 27, 2026. Voted for the annual water-rate schedule supporting treatment, operations, maintenance and debt payments, including the 8.1% average effective retail increase.","source":{"label":"Raise annual water rates · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192183","kind":"Public record","date":"May 27, 2026"},"limit":"The typical-bill estimate assumes five hundred cubic feet of monthly water use. Actual bills depend on use, billing period and applicable assistance; this is not the total combined utility bill."},"street-fee":{"supported":["yes"],"opposed":["no"],"text":"Voted yes on April 29, 2026. Voted to add the transportation fee to utility bills, with dedicated maintenance and safety spending, financial assistance and public reporting.","source":{"label":"Create a monthly transportation utility fee · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192171","kind":"Public record","date":"April 29, 2026"},"limit":"Approving a revenue source does not show that every promised repair has happened. The ordinance includes review of business charges and assistance for residents."},"zenith-enforcement":{"supported":["no"],"opposed":["yes"],"text":"Voted no on September 9, 2026. Voted against adding the citizen-suit condition to the franchise transfer.","source":{"label":"Zenith transfer · amendments and roll calls","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/zenith-franchise-transfer-isq-holdings","date":"September 9, 2026","kind":"Public record"},"limit":"A proposed additional enforcement mechanism for the pipeline franchise—not a vote on the state air permit or a citywide fossil-fuel ban."},"services-first":{"supported":["no"],"opposed":["yes"],"text":"Voted no on June 10, 2026. Voted no on Services First. Compare the separate funding proposals below to see which alternatives this councilor supported.","source":{"label":"Clerk’s amendment roll call · PDF page 58","url":"https://efiles.portlandoregon.gov/record/18024844/file/document/#page=58","date":"June 10, 2026","kind":"Public record"},"limit":"The final amendment used $16,034,349 in PCEF interest. Early promotional material described a $16.5 million version. This package included public-safety services as well as other jobs."},"moda":{"supported":["yes"],"opposed":["no"],"text":"Voted yes on August 12, 2026. Won an amendment raising proposed annual rent from $2 million to $3.17 million, then voted for the framework.","source":{"label":"Resolution 37750 · final roll call and amendments","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37750","kind":"Public record","date":"August 12, 2026"},"limit":"A negotiating framework, not a final construction contract. Support or opposition to this package is not a complete position on retaining the Trail Blazers.","reason":{"label":"Why he said yes","text":"Called it a strong opening offer for negotiations and said he could accept a less demanding final deal.","source":{"label":"Willamette Week · Novick’s explanation","url":"https://www.wweek.com/news/city/2026/08/12/council-approves-moda-center-term-sheet-to-kick-off-negotiations-with-blazers/","kind":"Reporting","date":"August 12, 2026"}}},"psr-framework":{"supported":["yes"],"opposed":["no"],"text":"Voted yes on June 25, 2025. Voted for a framework to expand the role of Portland Street Response and establish community participation in its development.","source":{"label":"Expand Portland Street Response’s role · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37709","kind":"Public record","date":"June 25, 2025"},"limit":"The resolution set Council’s direction and petitioned the mayor; it did not itself deliver round-the-clock service or fund every expansion."}},"experience":[{"id":"policy","text":"Incumbent councilor; former city commissioner and government environmental lawyer.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 57","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=57","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."},"status":"Reported experience"}]},{"id":"cristal-otero","positions":{},"experience":[{"id":"delivery","text":"Social-work and government-administration professional with homeless-services experience.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 59","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=59","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. 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Publication by the county does not verify the claims."},"status":"Reported experience"}]},{"id":"kimberly-tucker","positions":{},"experience":[]},{"id":"martin-ward","positions":{},"experience":[]},{"id":"timothy-tj-anderson","positions":{},"experience":[{"id":"budgets","text":"Student and disability advocate with county advisory and budget-committee experience.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 65","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=65","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."},"status":"Reported experience"},{"id":"community","text":"Student and disability advocate with county advisory and budget-committee experience.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 65","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=65","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."},"status":"Reported experience"}]},{"id":"eli-arnold","positions":{},"experience":[{"id":"delivery","text":"Portland bicycle police officer and military veteran.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 65","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=65","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."},"status":"Reported experience"}]},{"id":"olivia-clark","positions":{"homebuyer-income":{"supported":["yes"],"opposed":["no"],"text":"Voted yes on July 29, 2026. Voted to remove the income qualification temporarily for the specified already-permitted homes, making it possible to sell them to a wider group of buyers.","source":{"label":"Remove an income test for certain fee-exempt homes · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192210","kind":"Public record","date":"July 29, 2026"},"limit":"This was narrower than the 2025 general housing-fee waiver. It addressed homes permitted before January 1, 2026 under the affordable-housing program and was tied to the September 2028 sunset."},"oversight-funding":{"supported":["yes"],"opposed":["no"],"text":"Voted yes on June 10, 2026. Supported the $7.68 million plan for police support, training and fire rescue, backed by expected underspending in the oversight office.","source":{"label":"Clerk’s amendment roll call · PDF page 59","url":"https://efiles.portlandoregon.gov/record/18024844/file/document/#page=59","date":"June 10, 2026","kind":"Public record"},"limit":"The tradeoff concerned using money allocated to the new oversight office. The proposal did not abolish that office, and expected underspending was a forecast.","reason":{"label":"Their stated case","text":"Her amendment argued that projected unspent oversight funding could restore police and fire services while meeting the adopted-budget charter requirement.","source":{"label":"Clark 2 · amendment text, PDF page 9","url":"https://efiles.portlandoregon.gov/record/18024844/file/document/#page=9","date":"June 10, 2026","kind":"Public record"}}},"water-rates":{"supported":["yes"],"opposed":["no"],"text":"Voted yes on May 27, 2026. Voted for the annual water-rate schedule supporting treatment, operations, maintenance and debt payments, including the 8.1% average effective retail increase.","source":{"label":"Raise annual water rates · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192183","kind":"Public record","date":"May 27, 2026"},"limit":"The typical-bill estimate assumes five hundred cubic feet of monthly water use. Actual bills depend on use, billing period and applicable assistance; this is not the total combined utility bill."},"street-fee":{"supported":["yes"],"opposed":["no"],"text":"Voted yes on April 29, 2026. Helped lead the fee proposal and co-authored a business-rate review amendment with Green, then voted for the new revenue source.","source":{"label":"Create a monthly transportation utility fee · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192171","kind":"Public record","date":"April 29, 2026"},"limit":"Approving a revenue source does not show that every promised repair has happened. The ordinance includes review of business charges and assistance for residents.","reason":{"label":"Clark · explanation reported by the Mercury","text":"She argued that postponing repairs would leave future residents with a larger burden, and described stable transportation revenue as the fiscally responsible choice.","source":{"label":"Clark · explanation reported by the Mercury","url":"https://www.portlandmercury.com/news/portland-city-council-officially-adopts-transportation-utility-fee/","kind":"Reporting","date":"April 29, 2026; updated August 24"}}},"zenith-enforcement":{"supported":["no"],"opposed":["yes"],"text":"Voted no on September 9, 2026. Voted against adding the citizen-suit condition to the franchise transfer.","source":{"label":"Zenith transfer · amendments and roll calls","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/zenith-franchise-transfer-isq-holdings","date":"September 9, 2026","kind":"Public record"},"limit":"A proposed additional enforcement mechanism for the pipeline franchise—not a vote on the state air permit or a citywide fossil-fuel ban."},"services-first":{"supported":["no"],"opposed":["yes"],"text":"Voted no on June 10, 2026. Voted no on Services First. Compare the separate funding proposals below to see which alternatives this councilor supported.","source":{"label":"Clerk’s amendment roll call · PDF page 58","url":"https://efiles.portlandoregon.gov/record/18024844/file/document/#page=58","date":"June 10, 2026","kind":"Public record"},"limit":"The final amendment used $16,034,349 in PCEF interest. Early promotional material described a $16.5 million version. This package included public-safety services as well as other jobs."},"moda":{"supported":["yes"],"opposed":["no"],"text":"Voted yes on August 12, 2026. Opposed Novick’s increase in proposed annual rent from $2 million to $3.17 million, then voted for the amended framework.","source":{"label":"Resolution 37750 · final roll call and amendments","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37750","kind":"Public record","date":"August 12, 2026"},"limit":"A negotiating framework, not a final construction contract. Support or opposition to this package is not a complete position on retaining the Trail Blazers.","reason":{"label":"Why she said yes","text":"Emphasized the state’s matching investment and said she did not want the city to lose that opportunity.","source":{"label":"Portland Mercury · Clark’s explanation","url":"https://www.portlandmercury.com/news/portland-offers-blazers-a-fully-funded-arena-renovation-but-will-it-be-enough/","kind":"Reporting","date":"August 13, 2026; updated August 14"}}},"psr-framework":{"supported":["no"],"opposed":["yes"],"text":"Voted no on June 25, 2025. Voted against this resolution setting out Portland Street Response’s expanded role and its community committee.","source":{"label":"Expand Portland Street Response’s role · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/resolution/adopted/37709","kind":"Public record","date":"June 25, 2025"},"limit":"The resolution set Council’s direction and petitioned the mayor; it did not itself deliver round-the-clock service or fund every expansion."}},"experience":[{"id":"policy","text":"Incumbent councilor; former TriMet public-affairs director and gubernatorial policy adviser.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 62","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=62","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims."},"status":"Reported experience"}]},{"id":"jayne-cronlund","positions":{},"experience":[{"id":"delivery","text":"Small-business owner and former conservation nonprofit executive.","source":{"label":"Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 63","url":"https://multco.us/file/multnomah_county_voters%27_pamphlet_-_november_2026_general_election/download#page=63","kind":"Candidate statement","date":"November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026","note":"Written by the candidate or campaign. 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Voted to remove the income qualification temporarily for the specified already-permitted homes, making it possible to sell them to a wider group of buyers.","source":{"label":"Remove an income test for certain fee-exempt homes · official record","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/passed/192210","kind":"Public record","date":"July 29, 2026"},"limit":"This was narrower than the 2025 general housing-fee waiver. It addressed homes permitted before January 1, 2026 under the affordable-housing program and was tied to the September 2028 sunset."},"camp-removal":{"supported":["yes"],"opposed":["no"],"text":"Voted yes on November 12, 2025. Backed Morillo’s spending shift away from the camp-removal program toward personnel and social-service support.","source":{"label":"Fall budget · Morillo 1 amendment roll call","url":"https://www.portland.gov/council/documents/ordinance/fy-2025-26-fall-supplemental-budget","date":"November 12, 2025","kind":"Public record"},"limit":"This was a spending amendment, not a vote to repeal the criminal camping ban. Green’s related Ground Score amendment did not take effect because the parent proposal failed.","reason":{"label":"Their stated case","text":"Argued that camp removals were ineffective and inflicted further harm on people living outside.","source":{"label":"OPB · camp-removal funding debate","url":"https://www.opb.org/article/2025/11/13/homeless-camp-removal-sweep-portland/","date":"November 13, 2025","kind":"Reporting"}}},"oversight-funding":{"supported":["no"],"opposed":["yes"],"text":"Voted no on June 10, 2026. Rejected using expected police-accountability office underspending to reimburse the public-safety restoration package.","source":{"label":"Clerk’s amendment roll call · PDF page 59","url":"https://efiles.portlandoregon.gov/record/18024844/file/document/#page=59","date":"June 10, 2026","kind":"Public record"},"limit":"The tradeoff concerned using money allocated to the new oversight office. The proposal did not abolish that office, and expected underspending was a forecast."},"water-rates":{"supported":["yes"],"opposed":["no"],"text":"Voted yes on May 27, 2026. 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