Council · Ward 1, Position A candidate · City of Hillsboro · November 3, 2026
Sarah Marugg
Revenue and tax specialist with municipal compliance experience.
Reach the campaign
- maruggforhillsboro.com (opens in a new tab)
- maruggforhillsboro@gmail.com
- Volunteer form (opens in a new tab)
As published in their pamphlet statement and campaign site.
In their words
Said: Affordability is more than the price of housing, it includes food and the Hillutility bills families pay every month.
Pamphlet p. 16
Candidate statement · November 2026 edition; extracted September 21, 2026
Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 16 ↗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.
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 housing growth while requiring large industries to cover impacts and protecting natural resources.
- Require data centers to pay their infrastructure and service costs.
- Protect farmland, wetlands, air and water.
- Improve pedestrian safety, accessibility and civil-rights protections.
Our reading
Our interpretation, not their wordsMaking data centers pay their full costs and stopping the buildout would change Hillsboro’s revenue and growth model; the charge level and the legal mechanism are not specified.
Where they stand
Rent and homes
Responsible housing growth- What
- Said: Supports responsible housing growth, family-wage jobs and practical solutions for people who are precariously housed, with quality housing working people can afford.
- How
- Not in their sources
- Measured by
- Not in their sources
Camps, crime and who responds
Uphold sanctuary values- What
- Said: Would defend civil rights and uphold Hillsboro’s sanctuary-city values.
- How
- Not in their sources
- Measured by
- Not in their sources
Your bills and taxes
Data centers pay costs- What
- Said: 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.
- How
- Not in their sources
- Measured by
- Not in their sources
Streets, buses and air
Protect wetlands, farmland- What
- Said: 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.
- How
- Said: Stop further data-center buildout; for permitted facilities require compliance with environmental standards, wastewater testing and public reporting; oppose luxury private-jet expansion with stronger oversight of corporate aviation land-use decisions.
- Measured by
- Not in their sources
The choices this office faces
Every candidate in this race is asked the same 6 questions. Sarah Marugg is on record on 5, with 1 still open. A question without an answer is a research gap, not a position.
No answer we could findAdd local tenant protections and a downtown anti-displacement strategy, or focus on loosening rules to build more?
Nothing on this exact choice in the sources we reviewed.
Adopt the new data-center zoning limits on October 6 and extend the 120-day moratorium past November 24?
Said: 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.
Raise the fees data centers pay on abated taxes and set stricter terms on new abatements?
Said: Would make data centers pay their fair share for the infrastructure and services they use and hold major polluters accountable.
Raise the transportation utility fee to $11.64 a month and sewer and stormwater rates about 5% from January 1?
Said: Says affordability includes the utility bills families pay every month; the transportation-fee and sewer proposals are unsaid.
On the topic; the exact choice is unsaid.
Fund a Human Rights Office ($321,000–$553,000 a year) and more legal aid on top of the sanctuary ordinance?
Said: Would defend civil rights and uphold Hillsboro’s sanctuary-city values; the Human Rights Office and legal-aid funding are unsaid.
On the topic; the exact choice is unsaid.
Approve Sky Harbour’s seven private-jet hangars at the airport when it refiles?
Said: Opposes turning Hillsboro into a luxury private-jet hub at the expense of nearby neighborhoods, clean air, quiet open spaces, wetlands and wildlife.
A question the evidence leaves open
How would you calculate a data center’s full public cost and enforce payment?
Sources (2)
- Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 16Candidate statement · November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims.
- Marugg · what Sarah will fight for (home page)Candidate statement · Website reviewed September 21, 2026Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified.