Senate · District 20 candidate · Oregon Legislature · November 3, 2026
Michele Stroh
Oregon City School Board member and childcare-business owner.
Reach the campaign
In their words
Said: My husband and I have raised five children in this state we love.
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 84 ↗First sentence of the filed statement; the slogan “Vote Stroh=Sanity for Oregon” is 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 stronger school standards and public safety while withholding support for new taxes until spending is demonstrably accountable.
- Support fully staffed police and stronger consequences for repeat offenders.
- Reduce regulatory burdens on small businesses and childcare providers.
- Strengthen academic standards, curriculum quality and parental involvement.
Our reading
Our interpretation, not their wordsShe would vote no on new taxes until Salem shows accountability for the money it has, staff police fully and cut red tape on shelters and housing; what evidence would satisfy her condition, and what she would cut first, remain open.
Where they stand
Housing and homelessness
Cut shelter red tape- What
- Said: Cut the red tape she says blocks shelter and housing from getting built, paired with addiction treatment and accountability for homelessness spending.
- How
- Not in their sources
- Measured by
- Not in their sources
Crime, drugs and who responds
Fully staffed police- What
- Said: Fully staffed local police, real consequences for repeat offenders and stronger tools to stop fentanyl dealers.
- How
- Not in their sources
- Measured by
- Not in their sources
Taxes, the kicker and the budget
No taxes until accountable- What
- Said: Vote no on new taxes until Salem shows it can spend the money it already has, with accountability.
- 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. Michele Stroh 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 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.
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 filed statement says the incumbent voted yes on a package to raise taxes that voters then rejected by more than 80 percent, and that Salem’s answer is always another tax.
Close the 2027–29 budget gap with new revenue, or with cuts alone?
Said: Pledges no new taxes: says Oregon does not have a revenue problem but a spending problem, and she will vote no on new taxes until Salem shows it can spend what it has.
Keep paying for state-funded shelter beds and the homelessness emergency after June 2027?
Said: Says Oregon has spent billions while the crisis grew; wants treatment, accountability for spending and less red tape blocking shelters and housing, without saying whether to renew state shelter money.
On the topic; the exact choice is unsaid.
Keep the 2024 approach of recriminalized possession plus county deflection programs, and fund them in 2027–29?
Said: Says she worked with the Fix M110 coalition on the bipartisan amendment giving police tools against dealers while getting people with addiction into treatment; wants prevention, treatment and consequences for dealers.
A question the evidence leaves open
What evidence would satisfy your accountability condition, and which spending would you reduce first?
Sources (4)
- Stroh · priorities and campaign announcementCandidate statement · Undated campaign page; reviewed September 18, 2026
- 2026 qualified filing · RepublicanElection authority · Checked September 18, 2026
- Stroh · recordCandidate 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 84Candidate 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.