Mayor candidate · City of Gresham · November 3, 2026
Travis Stovall
Incumbent mayor and business owner.
Reach the campaign
- greshamtogether.org (opens in a new tab)
- travis@greshamtogether.com
- Volunteer form (opens in a new tab)
As published in their pamphlet statement and City filing and campaign site.
In their words
Said: 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.
Pamphlet p. 41
Candidate statement · November 2026 edition; extracted September 21, 2026
Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 41 ↗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.
The verbatim opening of their voters’ pamphlet statement, the same rule for every candidate. We chose nothing.
What they say they would do
Our summary of their platform, in our wordsSupports continued public-safety investment, youth opportunities, housing-focused outreach and attracting family-wage employers.
- Support police and fire capacity.
- Expand youth mentoring and employment opportunities.
- Connect unhoused people with shelter and mental-health care while maintaining public spaces.
Our reading
Our interpretation, not their wordsHe asks for four more years of the same investments, crediting his term with new officers, new employers and a 30% drop in poverty; those attributions need independent checks before assigning credit.
Where they stand
Rent and homes
Shelter plus clean spaces- What
- Said: Expand compassionate, accountability-focused homelessness responses that connect people with shelter, mental-health care and support while keeping public spaces clean and safe; his site adds permanent supportive housing and regional mental-health partnerships.
- How
- Said: Expanded outreach teams reaching people where they are, transitional-housing beds to move people from tents to stability, and permanent supportive housing with regional mental-health partnerships.
- Measured by
- Not in their sources
Camps, crime and who responds
Fund police and fire- What
- Said: 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.
- How
- Said: Sustained funding for first responders and neighborhood safety initiatives, with youth programs (EMOPI) as positive pathways.
- Measured by
- Said: Cites 9 new sworn officers and 12 firefighters funded, faster emergency response times and restored specialty units.
Your bills and taxes
Grants for roads, pipes- What
- Said: 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.
- How
- Not in their sources
- Measured by
- Not in their sources
Streets, buses and air
Not foundNot found in the sources we reviewed. That is a research gap, not a position.
The choices this office faces
Every candidate in this race is asked the same 6 questions. Travis Stovall is on record on 6. A question without an answer is a research gap, not a position.
On recordKeep the Police, Fire and Parks Fee at $15 a month, now that the council can change it by resolution?
Said: 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.
Renew the $1.35 public-safety levy before it expires in 2029, and keep Gresham’s own fire department rather than join a district?
Said: 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.
On the topic; the exact choice is unsaid.
Keep drawing reserves to cover a $10 million general-fund gap, or cut services or raise revenue?
Said: 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.”
Stay on the new groundwater system and fix the taste and hardness complaints, with water rates rising 5% a year from 2028?
Said: 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.
Keep the camping ban with housing-focused outreach, and allow pod shelters only under the new permit code?
Said: 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.
Go beyond the January 2026 rule-of-law resolution and declare an immigration-enforcement emergency, as residents asked?
Said: 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.
A question the evidence leaves open
Which investments would your next budget prioritize, and how would you measure their results?
Sources (2)
- Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 41Candidate statement · November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims.
- Stovall · Gresham Together (results and next four years)Candidate statement · Website reviewed September 21, 2026Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified.