House · District 26 candidate · Oregon Legislature · November 3, 2026
Steph Terrio
Candidate for House District 26.
Reach the campaign
As published in their campaign site.
In their words
Said: Oregon's working class must feel represented. I'm running for House District 26 because we the people deserve legislators who do more than listen.
Voters’ pamphlet
Candidate statement · Filed for the November 2026 state voters’ pamphlet; extracted September 21, 2026
Oregon Secretary of State · filed candidate statement · PDF page 177 ↗First two sentences of the filed statement (the first is under 12 words); header fields 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 wordsFrames politics around human dignity, clearer legislation and resistance to economic and political systems that prioritize private gain.
- Write legislation that is precise and understandable.
- Evaluate decisions by their effect on constituents’ dignity.
- Challenge manipulation by political allies as well as opponents.
Our reading
Our interpretation, not their wordsA 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.
Where they stand
Housing and homelessness
Housing as a guarantee- What
- Said: 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.
- How
- Said: A minimum requirement for timber companies and corporations to supply renewable plant material for temporary housing or research.
- Measured by
- Not in their sources
Crime, drugs and who responds
Not foundNot found in the sources we reviewed. That is a research gap, not a position.
Taxes, the kicker and the budget
Corporate tax for care- What
- Said: Expansive social programs and publicly funded health care, financed in part by a 1.5% corporate tax increase and drug-price negotiation.
- How
- Said: A 1.5% corporate tax increase and drug-company price negotiations to fund coverage for uninsured and lower-income people.
- Measured by
- Not in their sources
Roads, transit and climate
Climate crisis, AI rules- What
- Said: Treat the climate crisis as an emergency now, and regulate AI immediately, citing data centers’ fresh-water use and unchecked surveillance.
- 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 8 questions. Steph Terrio is on record on 2, with 6 still open. A question without an answer is a research gap, not a position.
No answer we could findVote for a 2027 transportation package that raises the gas tax and vehicle fees again?
Nothing on this exact choice in the sources we reviewed.
Let the state keep part of a future kicker refund for wildfire or other one-time needs?
Nothing on this exact choice in the sources we reviewed.
Keep paying for state-funded shelter beds and the homelessness emergency after June 2027?
Nothing on this exact choice in the sources we reviewed.
Keep the 2024 approach of recriminalized possession plus county deflection programs, and fund them in 2027–29?
Nothing on this exact choice in the sources we reviewed.
Spend more state money on wildfire prevention and firefighting?
Nothing on this exact choice in the sources we reviewed.
Keep adding state limits on federal immigration enforcement, on top of Oregon's sanctuary law?
Nothing on this exact choice in the sources we reviewed.
Close the 2027–29 budget gap with new revenue, or with cuts alone?
Said: 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.
On the topic; the exact choice is unsaid.
Make data centers pay their own way: separate power rates, an end to tax breaks, or a pause on new ones?
Said: Wants AI regulated immediately, citing data centers’ fresh-water use and unchecked surveillance; she does not address tax breaks, rates or a pause.
On the topic; the exact choice is unsaid.
A question the evidence leaves open
What three state-law changes would put this philosophy into practice, and what would they cost?
Sources (6)
- Terrio · campaign statementCandidate statement · Undated campaign page; reviewed September 18, 2026
- 2026 qualified filing · ProgressiveElection authority · Checked September 18, 2026
- 2026 qualified filing · Pacific GreenElection authority · Checked September 18, 2026
- Terrio · policyCandidate statement · Website reviewed September 21, 2026Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified.
- Terrio · aboutCandidate statement · Website reviewed September 21, 2026Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified.
- Oregon Secretary of State · filed candidate statement · PDF page 177Candidate statement · Filed for the November 2026 state voters’ pamphlet; PDF printed September 9, 2026; reviewed September 21, 2026Written by the candidate or campaign for the state voters’ pamphlet, which is not published until September 29, 2026.