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.
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
Police and fire staffing- What
- Said: Supports police and fire staffing and long-term support for unhoused people.
- How
- Not in their sources
- Measured by
- Not in their sources
Your bills and taxes
Streets and parks first- What
- Said: 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 in their sources
Streets, buses and air
No 82nd bus lanes- What
- Said: 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 in their sources
- Measured by
- Not in their sources
The choices this office faces
Every candidate in this race is asked the same 8 questions. Terry Parker 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 findPublic 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.
Raise new revenue, or hold the line on taxes and fees?
Said: Told OPB in 2024 he would eliminate the $35 Arts Tax on individuals, which charges low and high earners the same amount; he named no tax or levy he would create.
Hire more sworn officers, or invest first elsewhere?
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.