Council · Ward 3, Position A candidate · City of Hillsboro · November 3, 2026
Dorian Russell
HomePlate Youth Services executive director; education-service board member.
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As published in their pamphlet statement and campaign site.
In their words
Said: As a teen in Hillsboro, Dorian got food from church pantries and showers at the Shute Park pool.
Pamphlet p. 18
Candidate statement · November 2026 edition; extracted September 21, 2026
Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 18 ↗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”.
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 wordsConnects affordability and youth wellbeing with worker benefits, environmental protection and civil rights.
- 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.
Our reading
Our interpretation, not their wordsThey 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.
Where they stand
Rent and homes
Stable housing for all- What
- Said: Wants safe, stable housing and homelessness made a brief, one-time experience, with public and private efforts to prevent gentrification and evictions.
- How
- Not in their sources
- Measured by
- Not in their sources
Camps, crime and who responds
Trauma-informed care- What
- Said: 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.
- How
- Not in their sources
- Measured by
- Not in their sources
Your bills and taxes
Living-wage employers- What
- Said: Wants major industries contributing to community wealth through education and workforce development, and business leaders paying living wages, benefits and stable retirement.
- How
- Not in their sources
- Measured by
- Not in their sources
Streets, buses and air
Check data-center growth- What
- Said: 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.
- How
- Not in their sources
- Measured by
- Not in their sources
The choices this office faces
Every candidate in this race is asked the same 6 questions. Dorian Russell is on record on 3, with 3 still open. A question without an answer is a research gap, not a position.
No answer we could findRaise the fees data centers pay on abated taxes and set stricter terms on new abatements?
Nothing on this exact choice in the sources we reviewed.
Raise the transportation utility fee to $11.64 a month and sewer and stormwater rates about 5% from January 1?
Nothing on this exact choice in the sources we reviewed.
Approve Sky Harbour’s seven private-jet hangars at the airport when it refiles?
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 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.
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: 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.
On the topic; the exact choice is unsaid.
Add local tenant protections and a downtown anti-displacement strategy, or focus on loosening rules to build more?
Said: 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.
On the topic; the exact choice is unsaid.
A question the evidence leaves open
What data-center conditions and youth-service investments would you propose first?
Sources (2)
- Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 18Candidate statement · November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims.
- Russell · issuesCandidate statement · Website reviewed September 21, 2026Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified.