District 3 candidate · Portland City Council · November 3, 2026
Terry Parker
Retired customer-relations professional and longtime transportation participant.
Reach the campaign
No website, email or phone in the pamphlet statement, and no campaign site found.
Campaign finance: sources, amounts and timing ↓
In their words
Said: City streets and parks should be maintained before new projects are undertaken.
Pamphlet p. 55
Candidate statement · November 2026 edition; extracted September 20, 2026
Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 55 ↗Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims. The sentence follows the run-in section label “INFRASTRUCTURE:”, which 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 wordsPrioritizes maintaining existing infrastructure, police and fire staffing, and a stronger voice for drivers.
- Maintain streets and parks before undertaking new projects.
- Oppose business-access-and-transit lanes on 82nd Avenue.
- Fund police and fire staffing and long-term support for unhoused people.
Our reading
Our interpretation, not their wordsHe puts upkeep and motor-vehicle access ahead of some new transport projects. That leaves a concrete tradeoff over street space: how to improve bus reliability and safety without the dedicated lanes he opposes.
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
More police; fully staffed fire stations- What
Would add police and fully staff fire stations. Supports services that help unhoused people move toward long-term stability and self-sufficiency.
Full position and context
Would increase funding to add police officers and fully staff every fire station, and would help unhoused people reach long-term stability through wraparound services that support self-sufficiency.
- How
- Not found in the reviewed sources
- Measured by
- Not found in the reviewed sources
Your bills and taxes
Maintain streets and parks first- What
Would maintain existing streets and parks before funding new projects.
Full position and context
Would prioritize maintaining streets and parks before new projects.
- How
- Said: Would apply Comprehensive Plan Policy 8.28, sharing facility costs among those who benefit, and fund maintenance before new construction.
- Measured by
- Not found in the reviewed sources
Streets, buses and air
Oppose bus-priority lanes on 82nd- What
Opposes lanes on 82nd Avenue reserved mainly for buses and vehicles entering businesses. His traffic predictions are campaign claims, not verified findings here.
Full position and context
Opposes business-access-and-transit lanes on 82nd Avenue. His predicted traffic effects are campaign claims, not independently established findings in this guide.
- 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 9 questions. Terry Parker is on record on 5, with 4 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.
Restrict new AI data centers in the city?
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: Told City Club in 2024 the City should tax rental units left vacant for long periods and replace the one-size-fits-all Arts Tax with a variable tax.
Add police officers, expand non-police responders, or both?
Said: Would increase funding to add police officers and fully staff every fire station.
Keep funding camp removals at current levels?
Said: Told OPB in 2024 he favors arresting and jailing campers who refuse repeated shelter offers, with compassionate camping ban enforcement and wrap-around services; the answer does not address current removal funding.
On the topic; the exact choice is unsaid.
Expand Portland Street Response to a full 24/7 role?
Said: Told City Club in 2024 the city must add shelter beds and make Portland Street Response a 24-hour service by adding personnel.
Keep the monthly street repair fee?
Said: Wants Comprehensive Plan Policy 8.28, sharing facility costs among those who benefit, applied more broadly to transportation; his statement does not say whether to keep the monthly street repair fee.
On the topic; the exact choice is unsaid.
Council votes
No Council vote yet. That is not a judgment about experience.
A question the evidence leaves open
What alternative would improve transit reliability and safety on 82nd Avenue?
Sources (1)
- Multnomah County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 55Candidate statement · November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims.