House · District 26 candidate · Oregon Legislature · November 3, 2026
Stephanie Carkin
Business co-owner.
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As published in their campaign site.
In their words
Said: I was born and raised in Oregon, and learned the value of hard work and personal responsibility.
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 175 ↗First sentence of the filed statement; 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 wordsProposes a more business-friendly regulatory system, performance budgeting and practical infrastructure and workforce investment.
- Streamline regulations and permitting for businesses.
- Audit underperforming programs and use performance-based budgeting.
- Prioritize roads and bridges, classroom resources, apprenticeships and vocational training.
Our reading
Our interpretation, not their wordsShe would grow the tax base through a friendlier business climate and cut administrative cost before asking taxpayers for more; the site does not quantify savings or list the regulations to remove.
Where they stand
Housing and homelessness
Not foundNot found in the sources we reviewed. That is a research gap, not a position.
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
Audit before taxing- What
- Said: No new burdens until government proves it spends existing money well: audits of underperforming programs, performance-based budgeting and more agency oversight, with a bigger tax base from a business-friendly Oregon.
- How
- Said: Audits of underperforming programs, performance-based budgeting and greater oversight of state agencies; cut red tape and streamline regulations for employers.
- Measured by
- Not in their sources
Roads, transit and climate
Roads, not gas tax- What
- Said: Focus transportation dollars on maintaining roads, bridges and critical infrastructure, cutting administrative overhead rather than raising the gas tax.
- How
- Said: Reduce administrative overhead and improve project management, and favor practical road and bridge maintenance over costly projects with limited public use.
- Measured by
- Not in their sources
The choices this office faces
Every candidate in this race is asked the same 8 questions. Stephanie Carkin 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 findLet 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.
Make data centers pay their own way: separate power rates, an end to tax breaks, or a pause on new ones?
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.
Vote for a 2027 transportation package that raises the gas tax and vehicle fees again?
Said: Her statement welcomes the defeat of the transportation tax referendum, which she notes her opponent voted for, because families are already paying enough; she would spend existing dollars on essential infrastructure.
Close the 2027–29 budget gap with new revenue, or with cuts alone?
Said: Before asking taxpayers for more, government should show it uses existing money well: audits of underperforming programs, performance-based budgeting and a bigger tax base from a business-friendly Oregon.
A question the evidence leaves open
Which regulations and programs would change first, with what effect on services and state revenue?
Sources (6)
- Carkin · issuesCandidate statement · Undated campaign page; reviewed September 18, 2026
- 2026 qualified filing · RepublicanElection authority · Checked September 18, 2026
- 2026 qualified filing · LibertarianElection authority · Checked September 18, 2026
- Carkin · issuesCandidate statement · Website reviewed September 21, 2026Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified.
- Carkin · 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 175Candidate 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.