District 2 Commissioner candidate · Multnomah County · November 3, 2026
Bruce Broussard
Retired veterans-service nonprofit administrator, veteran and former newspaper publisher.
Reach the campaign
As published in their City filing and campaign site.
In their words
Said: Together we can implement real solutions that improve the quality of living in our communities.
Pamphlet p. 34
Candidate statement · November 2026 edition; extracted September 21, 2026
Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 34 ↗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.
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 wordsEmphasizes resource management, veterans and support for low-income residents.
- Improve responses to homelessness, mental illness and drug use.
- Address living costs that outpace wages.
- Apply community and veterans-service experience.
Our reading
Our interpretation, not their wordsHis 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.
Where they stand
Homelessness and housing
House homeless veterans- What
- Said: 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.
- How
- Not in their sources
- Measured by
- Not in their sources
Crisis care, jail and deflection
Manage resources for camps- What
- Said: Manage the right resources properly to address homeless camps, people with mental illness and drug-affected individuals.
- How
- Not in their sources
- Measured by
- Not in their sources
Taxes and the budget gap
Resources for low-income- What
- Said: 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.
- How
- Not in their sources
- Measured by
- Not in their sources
Roads, bridges 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 13 questions. Bruce Broussard is on record on 0, with 13 still open. A question without an answer is a research gap, not a position.
No answer we could findClose shelter beds to keep people in housing as homeless-services money falls?
Nothing on this exact choice in the sources we reviewed.
Rewrite the city-county homelessness agreement so one government runs shelters?
Nothing on this exact choice in the sources we reviewed.
Back extending Metro's homeless-services tax past 2030 at a lower rate, with tighter spending rules?
Nothing on this exact choice in the sources we reviewed.
Tighter contract monitoring and outside audits of the Homeless Services Department after Sunstone Way?
Nothing on this exact choice in the sources we reviewed.
Keep and tighten the drug deflection center, or halt it?
Nothing on this exact choice in the sources we reviewed.
Keep the 2027 Recovery Pathways Center on schedule and fund more detox and treatment beds around it?
Nothing on this exact choice in the sources we reviewed.
Close the county's structural budget gap by cutting administration before services?
Nothing on this exact choice in the sources we reviewed.
Keep delaying the Preschool for All tax increase, now set for 2028?
Nothing on this exact choice in the sources we reviewed.
Up to $101.6 million in county money for the Moda Center renovation?
Nothing on this exact choice in the sources we reviewed.
Keep both jails at their current funded capacity as the General Fund shrinks?
Nothing on this exact choice in the sources we reviewed.
Keep the county's sanctuary code and refuse ICE detainers under federal pressure?
Nothing on this exact choice in the sources we reviewed.
Drop the two-paramedic ambulance rule for good?
Nothing on this exact choice in the sources we reviewed.
Move day-to-day county management from the elected chair to an appointed administrator?
Nothing on this exact choice in the sources we reviewed.
A question the evidence leaves open
Which program would you change first, and what result would you measure?
Sources (2)
- Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 34Candidate statement · November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims.
- Broussard · campaign site (listed on his County filing)Candidate statement · Website reviewed September 21, 2026Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified.