One candidate would condition growth on land-use and data-center safeguards while investing in housing and healthcare; the other would cut regulation, raise academic standards and replace property-tax funding. Look for the financing behind each.
Draft; human review pending.
Key
Said
A campaign statement, in our summary or their words.
Voted
A recorded Council roll call.
— Not found
Not in the sources we reviewed. A research gap, not a position.
Wants stronger environmental safeguards and community input on industrial growth, alongside civil-rights and affordability protections.
Supports state investment in affordable housing and a plan to house everyone.
Supports due-process and anti-profiling laws; local resources for community safety, not ICE.
Wants lower prescription costs and safeguards on data centers she says raise power bills.
Supports land-use protections for farms and forests, with safeguards on data centers.
Summaries are our one-line readings of what each candidate says. Issue lines are short forms of the positions in each brief, AI-drafted and awaiting human review; “—” means not found in the sources we reviewed.
Four votes that split this Council
No candidate in this race sits on Council today.
— Not foundNo featured votes are selected for this race yet.
Candidate briefs, A–Z
Senate · District 15 candidate · Oregon Legislature · November 3, 2026
Harold Hutchison
Retired Forest Grove resident; describes himself as conservative.
Said: I cannot abide what has happened to Oregon. I am done sitting on my hands as people with a far different view of what our society should look like are elevated by default to positions of authority.
Voters’ pamphlet
Candidate statement · Filed for the November 2026 state voters’ pamphlet; extracted September 21, 2026
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 words
Proposes less regulation, higher academic standards and structural changes to taxation and government.
Eliminate assessment-based property taxation.
Pursue term limits and stronger academic standards.
Reduce regulation and strengthen the rule of law and confidence in elections.
Our reading
Our interpretation, not their words
Deregulation
Property-tax repeal
He would end assessment-based property taxes, cut regulation and building codes, and reject climate and electric-vehicle mandates; his questionnaire names no replacement revenue for the services property taxes fund.
Cut regulations and simplify building codes to address the housing shortage, even over community objections.
How
— Not found in the reviewed sources
Measured by
— Not found in the reviewed sources
Crime, drugs and who responds
Repeal sanctuary law
What
Repeal Oregon’s sanctuary-state law and let police ask about immigration status outside criminal investigations.
How
— Not found in the reviewed sources
Measured by
— Not found in the reviewed sources
Taxes, the kicker and the budget
Against property tax
What
Keep the kicker with taxpayers and oppose a sales tax and automatic property-tax base increases, calling property tax immoral; supports a mortgage-interest deduction.
How
— Not found in the reviewed sources
Measured by
— Not found in the reviewed sources
Roads, energy and climate
No EV, power mandates
What
Voter approval for highway tolls and no gas-tax increases; opposes reaching the 2040 emissions target before an adequate power grid is built, electric-vehicle sales mandates and 100% carbon-free electricity standards, and favors another look at nuclear power.
How
Said: Fund transportation without gas-tax or fee increases by shrinking the administration responsible for DEQ and licensing.
Measured by
— Not found in the reviewed sources
The choices this office faces
Every candidate in this race is asked the same 8 questions. Harold Hutchison is on record on 5, with 3 still open. A question without an answer is a research gap, not a position.
No answer we could find
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.
On record
Vote for a 2027 transportation package that raises the gas tax and vehicle fees again?
Said: Told the Abigail Adams questionnaire that roads can be funded without gas-tax or fee increases by shrinking the administration behind DEQ and licensing, and backs voter approval of tolls.
Let the state keep part of a future kicker refund for wildfire or other one-time needs?
Said: Answered the questionnaire’s kicker-repeal question with “The kicker belongs to the taxpayers.”
Close the 2027–29 budget gap with new revenue, or with cuts alone?
Said: Calls property tax immoral, opposes a sales tax and calls income tax the fairest way to raise needed revenue; he does not say how to close the 2027–29 gap.
On the topic; the exact choice is unsaid.
Spend more state money on wildfire prevention and firefighting?
Said: Told the questionnaire he does not support the Forestry Department doing prescribed burns every five years; he does not address wildfire funding.
On the topic; the exact choice is unsaid.
Keep adding state limits on federal immigration enforcement, on top of Oregon's sanctuary law?
Said: Told the questionnaire he supports repealing Oregon’s sanctuary law and letting police ask about immigration status outside criminal investigations.
Hutchison · Oregon Abigail Adams Project candidate questionnaireCandidate statement · 2026 general-election questionnaire; 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.
Oregon Secretary of State · filed candidate statement · PDF page 70Candidate 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.
Senate · District 15 candidate · Oregon Legislature · November 3, 2026
Myrna A Munoz
Candidate; education specialist
Candidate for Senate District 15; campaign uses the name Myrna Muñoz.
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 words
Wants stronger environmental safeguards and community input on industrial growth, alongside civil-rights and affordability protections.
Protect working lands and scrutinize data-center impacts.
Strengthen due process and protections against racial profiling.
Expand healthcare and affordable housing while protecting workers’ rights.
Our reading
Our interpretation, not their words
Land-use protection
Civil rights
She would put conditions on growth (data-center transparency and safeguards) while expanding housing, healthcare and worker protections through state investment; the site does not say how that investment would be financed.
Invest state money in affordable housing and reassess the systems that leave the most vulnerable unhoused, with a strategic plan to house all Oregonians.
How
— Not found in the reviewed sources
Measured by
— Not found in the reviewed sources
Crime, drugs and who responds
Due process, no profiling
What
State laws that strengthen due process and prevent racial profiling, keeping local resources focused on community safety rather than federal immigration enforcement; her About page calls for abolishing ICE.
How
— Not found in the reviewed sources
Measured by
— Not found in the reviewed sources
Taxes, the kicker and the budget
Curb data-center bills
What
Lower prescription-drug costs, and more transparency, community input and environmental safeguards on the AI data-center build-out she says is driving up electricity bills.
How
— Not found in the reviewed sources
Measured by
— Not found in the reviewed sources
Roads, energy and climate
Protect farms and forests
What
Defend Oregon’s land-use system for farms and forests, with transparency, community input and environmental safeguards on data centers.
How
— Not found in the reviewed sources
Measured by
— Not found in the reviewed sources
The choices this office faces
Every candidate in this race is asked the same 8 questions. Myrna A Munoz is on record on 4, with 4 still open. A question without an answer is a research gap, not a position.
No answer we could find
Vote 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 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.
On record
Close the 2027–29 budget gap with new revenue, or with cuts alone?
Said: Would close tax loopholes and make large corporations pay their fair share to invest in schools, healthcare and affordable housing.
Make data centers pay their own way: separate power rates, an end to tax breaks, or a pause on new ones?
Said: Calls the AI data-center build-out reckless and says it is driving up electricity bills; she commits to transparency, community input and environmental safeguards and does not say whether she backs separate rates, ending tax breaks or a pause.
On the topic; the exact choice is unsaid.
Keep paying for state-funded shelter beds and the homelessness emergency after June 2027?
Said: Wants a strategic plan to house all Oregonians and state investment in affordable housing; she does not address shelter funding or the emergency order.
On the topic; the exact choice is unsaid.
Keep adding state limits on federal immigration enforcement, on top of Oregon's sanctuary law?
Said: Would fight for laws that strengthen due process, prevent racial profiling and keep local resources on community safety; her About page calls for abolishing ICE.
Muñoz · 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 68Candidate 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.
