House · District 29 candidate · Oregon Legislature · November 3, 2026
Brian Schimmel
Qualified general-election candidate
City councilor; Republican and Independent nominee with a campaign site and a filed statement.
Reach the campaign
In their words
Said: Government should work as well as the people it serves. As a Councilor, I see firsthand where state policy impacts people’s lives—and where implementation, funding, and local realities do not align.
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 190 ↗First two sentences of the filed statement (the first is under 12 words); header fields, including a Community & Professional Experience line, 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 wordsHe runs on making state policy work in practice: careful use of public money, measurable results, and adjusting programs that are not working, drawn from local housing and public-safety administration.
- Use public resources carefully and require measurable results.
- Align state policy with local implementation and funding realities.
- Adjust or end programs that are not working.
Our reading
Our interpretation, not their wordsHe runs on making state policy work in practice (funding, coordination, measurable results) from housing and public-safety administration experience; his site lists platform headings without positions, so most issues stay open.
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
Measurable results- What
- Said: Public resources should be used carefully and produce measurable results, with transparency, oversight and a willingness to adjust programs that are not working.
- How
- Not in their sources
- Measured by
- Not in their sources
Roads, transit and climate
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 8 questions. Brian Schimmel is on record on 0, with 8 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.
Close the 2027–29 budget gap with new revenue, or with cuts alone?
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.
A question the evidence leaves open
Which state programs would you change first, and what result would show the change worked?
Sources (7)
- Oregon Secretary of State · qualified 2026 general-election filingsElection authority · Checked September 18, 2026
- 2026 qualified filing · RepublicanElection authority · Checked September 18, 2026
- 2026 qualified filing · IndependentElection authority · Checked September 18, 2026
- Schimmel · Ballotpedia Candidate Connection surveyCandidate statement · 2026 survey; reviewed September 21, 2026Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified. The candidate's own written answers, hosted by the questionnaire's publisher.
- Schimmel · campaign siteCandidate statement · Website reviewed September 21, 2026Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified. The platform section lists six headings (education, housing, local economy, infrastructure, land stewardship, civil liberties and public safety) without policy text.
- Schimmel · 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 190Candidate 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.