House · District 40 candidate · Oregon Legislature · November 3, 2026
Pat Hubbell
Qualified general-election candidate
Pharmacist; Independent nominee with a campaign site and a filed statement.
Reach the campaign
As published in their campaign site.
In their words
Said: Private equity groups have no place in healthcare. Pharmacy Benefit Managers are destroying independent pharmacies across the nation refusing to offer fair contracts and act as fiduciaries to the residents of Oregon.
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 228 ↗First two sentences of the filed statement (the first is under 12 words); the run-in labels “3 pillar plan…” and “Pillar 1: …” 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 wordsA pharmacist’s platform: balance the state budget through audits and cuts without raising taxes, take on pharmacy benefit managers, and pair addiction and mental-health treatment with strict enforcement.
- Balance the budget by auditing departments and cutting waste, without new taxes.
- Rein in pharmacy benefit managers to protect independent pharmacies.
- Pair mental-health and addiction recovery with strict enforcement of public-safety laws.
Our reading
Our interpretation, not their wordsA pharmacist’s platform: balance the budget through audits and program cuts without raising taxes, fight pharmacy benefit managers, and pair treatment with strict enforcement; the site names local projects but no housing policy.
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
Recovery plus enforcement- What
- Said: Couple compassionate mental-health and addiction recovery with strict enforcement of public-safety laws.
- How
- Not in their sources
- Measured by
- Not in their sources
Taxes, the kicker and the budget
Audits, no tax hikes- What
- Said: Balance the state budget without raising taxes on working families by auditing departments, eliminating waste and redundant programs, and simplifying regulations, without slashing vital services.
- How
- Said: Audit departments to eliminate administrative bloat and hold department heads accountable for measurable, efficient outcomes, while keeping vital services.
- Measured by
- Not in their sources
Roads, transit and climate
Clackamas River footbridge- What
- Said: A new Clackamas River pedestrian bridge linking Oregon City and Gladstone, and Gladstone’s Town Center streetscape work with state climate-friendly-communities money confirmed.
- How
- Said: Verify that state appropriations to Gladstone under Climate Friendly and Equitable Communities rules are received, and support the OC 2040 comprehensive plan.
- Measured by
- Not in their sources
The choices this office faces
Every candidate in this race is asked the same 8 questions. Pat Hubbell 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.
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.
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: Would balance the state budget without raising taxes on working families by auditing departments and eliminating waste and redundant programs.
Keep the 2024 approach of recriminalized possession plus county deflection programs, and fund them in 2027–29?
Said: Would couple compassionate mental-health and addiction recovery with strict enforcement of public-safety laws; he does not address deflection funding.
On the topic; the exact choice is unsaid.
A question the evidence leaves open
Which departments and programs would the audits cut, and by how much?
Sources (6)
- Oregon Secretary of State · qualified 2026 general-election filingsElection authority · Checked September 18, 2026
- 2026 qualified filing · IndependentElection authority · Checked September 18, 2026
- Hubbell · three pillarsCandidate statement · Website reviewed September 21, 2026Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified.
- Hubbell · platformCandidate statement · Website reviewed September 21, 2026Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified.
- Hubbell · 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 228Candidate 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.