District 4 Commissioner candidate · Washington County · November 3, 2026
Kipperlyn Sinclair
Hillsboro councilor and local-food business leader.
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As published in their pamphlet statement and campaign site.
In their words
Said: Elect a leader for People. Local government is about people, place, and policy.
Pamphlet p. 5
Candidate statement · November 2026 edition; extracted September 21, 2026
Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 5 ↗Verbatim opening of the candidate's own statement; publication by the county does not verify the claims. The first sentence (an imperative slogan with terminal punctuation) is under 12 words, so the first two sentences are used.
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 farmland protection and ending public subsidies for data-center expansion.
- End data-center tax breaks and halt expansion onto farmland.
- Support local businesses, farm infrastructure and transit-oriented growth.
- Protect due process, privacy and transparency.
Our reading
Our interpretation, not their wordsEnding data-center tax breaks and taxing existing facilities would change county revenue and land use; her materials say deficits would shrink but do not show the revenue math or which incentives the county can legally alter.
Where they stand
Homelessness and housing
Transit-oriented housing- What
- Said: Supports transit-oriented, affordable workforce housing, alongside backing independent businesses on main streets.
- How
- Said: Activate Economic Improvement Districts along main streets, give tax credits to independent businesses and advocate for transit-oriented, affordable workforce housing.
- Measured by
- Not in their sources
Crisis care, jail and deflection
Privacy and due process- What
- Said: Would uphold due process, safeguard privacy from surveillance, protect public data and deliver what she calls transparent public safety.
- How
- Not in their sources
- Measured by
- Not in their sources
Taxes and the budget gap
End data-center tax breaks- What
- Said: Would end data-center tax breaks and tax existing facilities to reduce the county deficit, protect the power grid, lower utility costs and fund schools.
- How
- Not in their sources
- Measured by
- Said: Reducing the county’s $20.5 million deficit and lowering utility bills; no revenue estimate for taxing existing facilities is given.
Roads, bridges and air
Data-center moratorium- What
- Said: Would halt data-center expansion onto farmland, backs a county moratorium on new data centers until their full costs are known, and would invest in farm-to-market hubs and a local food supply.
- How
- Said: A county moratorium on new data-center development until full economic, social and environmental costs are accounted for, plus county-backed farm-to-market distribution hubs.
- Measured by
- Not in their sources
The choices this office faces
Every candidate in this race is asked the same 6 questions. Kipperlyn Sinclair is on record on 5, with 1 still open. A question without an answer is a research gap, not a position.
No answer we could findDouble the county vehicle registration fee, from $30 to $60 a year by 2031, to pay for roads?
Nothing on this exact choice in the sources we reviewed.
Pause new data-center permits under the county's own authority until their impacts are studied?
Said: Petitions the county Board, city councils and legislators for a moratorium on new data centers, citing residential power rates, school revenue lost to abatements and water use.
End the enterprise-zone property-tax exemptions for Hillsboro data centers, which the county assessor co-authorizes?
Said: Would end data-center tax breaks and tax existing facilities; says she called for a moratorium and took legal action with the teachers' association after administrators granted breaks to 17 data centers.
Close the county's recurring General Fund gap with new fees or levies rather than cuts alone?
Said: Would tax existing data-center facilities and end their abatements to shrink a deficit she puts at $20.5 million, saying working families should not bear the burden; other fees or levies are unsaid.
Keep declaring emergencies and spending county reserves to help families hit by federal immigration enforcement?
Said: Told the April 24 forum she supports codifying Oregon's sanctuary policies locally and more transparency about immigration enforcement activity; the emergency declaration and county aid are unsaid.
On the topic; the exact choice is unsaid.
Bring farmland north of Hillsboro into the urban growth boundary for industry, as Senate Bill 1586 proposed?
Said: Says she was the only city councilor in the county to testify in Salem against SB 1586, and would protect prime farmland from corporate sprawl.
A question the evidence leaves open
Which incentives can the county legally change, and what replaces the projected revenue or investment?
Sources (3)
- Washington County voters’ pamphlet · PDF page 5Candidate statement · November 2026 edition; reviewed September 18, 2026Written by the candidate or campaign. Publication by the county does not verify the claims.
- Sinclair · priorities (home page)Candidate statement · Website reviewed September 21, 2026Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified.
- Sinclair · data-center moratorium petitionCandidate statement · Website reviewed September 21, 2026Campaign position. Claimed results and numerical premises have not automatically been independently verified.