District 3 candidate · Portland City Council · November 3, 2026
Guy Frankenstein
Human-rights graduate student; background in auto insurance.
Reach the campaign
No pamphlet statement or City filing among his sources, and the Mercury questionnaire lists no website, email or phone. The guyfrankenstein.com domain serves a placeholder page (“Website under deconstruction”) with a personal address and no campaign identification, so it is not treated as a campaign channel.
Campaign finance: sources, amounts and timing ↓
In their words
Said: Federal agents of a fascist state patrol our streets, gas our neighbors, and terrorize our immigrant community, while City Council and state government offer empty words accompanied by zero action.
Questionnaire
Candidate statement · September 9, 2026; extracted September 20, 2026
Mercury questionnaire · Frankenstein’s responses ↗Verbatim opening of the candidate's written questionnaire response as quoted by the Portland Mercury; the paper's comma before its attribution is rendered as the sentence's period. No pamphlet statement; no statement in a City filing among the published sources; the campaign site guyfrankenstein.com showed only “Website under deconstruction.” on September 20, 2026.
No pamphlet statement was published; this is the verbatim opening of their written questionnaire answer.
What they say they would do
Our summary of their platform, in our wordsDescribes himself as a democratic socialist and calls for confrontational opposition to ICE and large corporations.
- Remove ICE agents from Portland.
- Seek larger contributions from billion-dollar companies.
Our reading
Our interpretation, not their wordsHis responses identify who he wants city government to challenge. They do not establish which city powers, budget changes or legal mechanisms would deliver those goals.
Where they stand
Rent and homes
Not foundNot found in the sources we reviewed. That is a research gap, not a position.
Camps, crime and who responds
Not foundNot found in the sources we reviewed. That is a research gap, not a position.
Your bills and taxes
Seek more from large companies- What
Wants billion-dollar companies to contribute more. His cited statement does not identify a particular tax or say how much it would raise.
Full position and context
Says he is running to “bleed every billion dollar company operating within this city.” A particular tax instrument or projected revenue is not established in the reviewed response.
- How
- Not found in the reviewed sources
- Measured by
- Not found in the reviewed sources
Streets, buses and air
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 9 questions. Guy Frankenstein is on record on 1, with 8 still open. A question without an answer is a research gap, not a position.
No answer we could findRezone the inner east side to allow apartment buildings off the main streets (the Inner Eastside Zoning Project)?
Nothing on this exact choice in the sources we reviewed.
Public money and terms for renovating the Moda Center?
Nothing on this exact choice in the sources we reviewed.
Add police officers, expand non-police responders, or both?
Nothing on this exact choice in the sources we reviewed.
Keep funding camp removals at current levels?
Nothing on this exact choice in the sources we reviewed.
Restrict new AI data centers in the city?
Nothing on this exact choice in the sources we reviewed.
Expand Portland Street Response to a full 24/7 role?
Nothing on this exact choice in the sources we reviewed.
Keep the monthly street repair fee?
Nothing on this exact choice in the sources we reviewed.
Raise water bills to pay for the Bull Run filtration plant and system repairs?
Nothing on this exact choice in the sources we reviewed.
When, if ever, would they raise taxes or fees?
Said: Says he would “bleed every billion dollar company operating within this city”; no instrument or amount is named.
Council votes
No Council vote yet. That is not a judgment about experience.
A question the evidence leaves open
What specific city legislation would implement these goals?
Sources (1)
- Mercury questionnaire · Frankenstein’s responsesCandidate statement · September 9, 2026Candidate responses within reporting; the publisher’s characterizations are not adopted as facts.