2026 General Election

FEDERAL OFFICES
OREGON OFFICES
LOCAL OFFICES
LOCAL MEASURES
RANKED CHOICE VOTING ELECTIONS

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My analysis

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	✘ (Missed voters pamphlet deadline.) ✘ (No campaign website found.)
	✘ (No endorsements in pamphlet.) ✘ (No campaign website found.) ✔ "...Every day, I work where conservation ambition meets financial reality. Right now, that means protecting whitebark pine, a keystone species vanishing across high-elevation forests in Oregon and Washington, making sure the funding is sound, compliant, and defensible..."
	✘ (No campaign website found.) ⚠ "...Climate justice is one of the most important issues of our time..." ✔ "...During my 31 years of experience in natural resources, I have worked with 13 Oregon SWCDs, including nearly ten years working closely with East Multnomah SWCD partnering on many projects..." While he seems to have a long history working with soil and water conservation districts, it's notable that he doesn't list any endorsements from SWCD directors. The multiple mentions of "climate justice" in his pamphlet hint that he may be a environmental zealot narrowly focused on his preferred issues.
	✔ "...CLEAN WATER. HEALTHY SOIL. I grew up in East Portland. Like my neighbors, I have watched my water bill climb while data centers get huge tax breaks. This board decides where the district’s money goes: stream repair, healthy soil, and help for farms and neighborhoods across East Multnomah County..." RELEVANT ENDORSEMENTS: 2 EMSWCD Directors I was concerned that Routh was just using her progressive political connections from her failed 2024 Portland City Council race to overtake this obscure elected position. However, her campaign website is specific and centered on the EMSWCD issues.
	✘ (No endorsements in pamphlet.) ✘ (No campaign website found.) Occupation: Farmer, Morgan Family Vineyards ✔ "...In Corbett, I farm regeneratively and manage a no-till vineyard on my family’s land at the edge of the Columbia River Gorge. My work centers on building living soil through perennial cover cropping, minimizing compaction, and careful use of water and nutrients..."
	✘ (No campaign website found.) ✔ "Prior Governmental Experience: Currently serve as Director East Multnomah SWCD (Appointed in 2026); ✔ "...we own and manage a 5-acre forested property on a tributary of Big Creek. I have a long-term personal and professional interest in sustainable farm and forest management and the need to target resources and education to private landowners. I also deeply believe in the need for more natural spaces in urban areas and increasing the opportunities for everyone to benefit from clean water and healthy soil." RELEVANT ENDORSEMENTS: 3 EMSWCD Directors I decided to go with Brad Hunter because has three fellow board member endorsements. There's not much information available about this race and it's an obscure, unpaid volunteer position.
	✘ (No endorsements in pamphlet.) ✘ (No campaign website found.) A perennial candidate.
	⚠ "...By exploring a separate 1% surcharge on qualifying large retailers either as a standalone new fund or addition with serious guardrails to PCEF, we can reduce reliance on unavoidable household fees and utility rate increases while protecting PCEF's climate mission.... ✔ "...I ultimately testified against waiving the City Code to expedite the renaming of César Chávez Boulevard to Campesinos. My testimony focused on the importance of meaningful community participation in decisions that directly affect residents..." I reviewed his website, but couldn't figure out what specific policies he was advocating for. There were many phrases that he will get information once in office. I'm not sure if he really doesn't know or is just evading taking a side on a controversial issue. I prefer a candidate discloses their agenda to voters.
	✔ "...Portland needs to expand its mental health and addiction services, support the street response team, and search for avenues towards permanent housing..." Not very many specifics offered on the campaign website.
	Incumbent ✔ "...Organized Portland’s Trump response, passing legislation to prevent collaboration with ICE and protect immigrant and LGBTQIA+ families... ✔ "...Demanded transparency around data centers and oil trains. ✔ "...Secured millions for rental assistance and social housing and banned AI-driven rent price fixing..." She bizarrely campaigns on being a third grade teacher for an office that has nothing to with schools. She supports the city's billionaire sports arena deal. She claims to have lowered city utility rates which is factually wrong. She advocates for strong unions, but has failed negotiate city union costs.
	✘ (Missed phamphlet filing deadline.) ✘ (No campaign website found.)
	✘ (Missed phamphlet filing deadline.) ✔ "...support real pathways to recovery, including civil commitment reform for the unsheltered mentally ill, and yes — real consequences for those who refuse all available services, as a way to incentivize the path toward getting better, not as punishment for being poor... ⚠ "...There's a model worth taking seriously called the wellness farm. People live on a working farm for months, not weeks... ✔ "...Bring hempblock construction to Portland as a faster, cheaper, carbon-negative housing method... ✔ "...restore drug and treatment courts, which Measure 110 eliminated. They are the most effective way to get someone sober without unnecessary punishment... ...hire more patrol officers, detectives, and support staff, while changing how we choose who receives qualified immunity..." I appreciate her specific policy proposals. However, her campaign website seems more like a manifesto. Most troubling is that she missed the pamphlet filing which is a disqualifying error for me.
	✘ (No campaign website found.) ✔ "...JUST SAY NO TO BAT LANES ON 82nd AVENUE... ✔ "...Increase funding to add police officers and ensure every fire station is fully staffed. Drug dealing must be addressed through consistent law enforcement, prosecution, and public safety efforts..." Interesting positions, but not having a campaign website is disqualifying for such a prominent political office.
	⚠ "...require annual screening of minors for child abuse... ⚠ "...Government ownership has shown to lower rent by around 30-40% due to the elimination of landlords... ✘ "...Install video cameras at every intersection, invest in non-lethal equipment such as tranquilizers and multirounded bola wraps... ⚠ "...stop the demolition of lloyd center (sic) ✔ "No renovations on the Moda Center... ✘ "...stop atrocities such as abortions, transsexual surgery, sterilizing birth control, rape, child molestation, homo sexuality, and sex outside of marriage..." Appears to be a perennial troll candidate with bigoted, Christian Nationalist ponderings.
	✔ "...restore household affordability by expanding public utility options and revitalizing downtown through small business incentives..." ✔ "...If a company's business model depends on public programs making up the difference between its wages and the actual cost of living... Those businesses should pay more... ✔ "...If the new Blazers ownership group won’t commit to keeping the team in Portland, we don’t need to commit anything to them in return..." Seems to have a grand national political agenda, but not very specific to Portland city council.
	✘ (Missed phamphlet filing deadline.) ✘ (No campaign website found.)
	Incumbent. ✔ "...Fought water rate increases... ⚠ "...Fighting for a fair Moda deal for Portland... ⚠ "...Funded Portland Street Response, the Fire Bureau, and violence prevention programs... ✔ "...Held ICE accountable for tear gas usage, required identity verification of ICE agents... ✔ "...Unite Portland's crisis-response and violence-prevention programs into one coordinated team..." One of the most outspoken Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) on the council. She takes the socialist position on every issue without regard to the SE Portland homeowners who have to pay taxes to fund the questionable programs she wants to fund.
	Incumbent. ✔ "...fought to cut the bloated budgets - $1.45 million apiece! - the Council voted itself for their personal offices. He’s sent much of his own budget back to the city and used some to pay for community needs like fixing parks bathrooms... ✔ "...pushing to shift 911 'welfare check' calls from police officers to less expensive unarmed personnel... ✔ "...voted against increasing the Arts Tax ✘ "...wants to keep the Blazers, while making sure that we get as much money out of the Moda Center as we put in.... ✔ "...pushed the Police Bureau to dramatically expand its use of the “red flag law,” taking guns out of the hands of people who are a danger to themselves or others... ✔ "...When some councilors tried to slash funding for removal of the most hazardous homeless camps, Steve successfully protected it..." He is an experienced city councilor under the prior form of government. He deserves credit for opposing the new council's first act which was to bloat their own staff budgets. My main concern is supports the proposed Blazer arena deal which is far too generous with taxpayer funds.
	✘ "...older bungalows and rental homes, vintage apartment buildings, local storefronts, and mature trees fall, they’re gone forever. Replaced by permanent corporate tenancy. Demolishing that diversity for out-of-scale, corporate-owned development doesn’t solve our housing crisis... ⚠ "...Defend destination streets like Hawthorne and Belmont from generic corporate development, back locally owned businesses... ⚠ "...turn car-corridors like 82nd Ave. into neighborhood centers... ⚠ "...Expand safe-sleeping infrastructure and safety ambassadors on corridors like Grand Avenue... ⚠ "...tax polluters and vacant units..." Typical anti-apartment NIMBYist.
	✔ "...Portland’s property crime, open drug use, and unsheltered numbers all run well above the national average. I will fund competitive pay for recruitment and retention and ensure the bureau has the resources necessary to meet its hiring targets... ✔ "...set strict permitting timelines with automatic escalation when projects stall..." "...right-size the business tax structure to keep us competitive and prevent employers from leaving for the Sun Belt..." ✔ "target manufacturing and traded sector employers that bring outside dollars into our economy..." Pro-business, pro-law enforcement, and pro-growth is a unique position for a candidate to in a notorious liberal city. He would add much-needed ideological balance to the council, but his campaign needs to reassure voters that he's not a pro-police, pro-ICE, pro-developer corporate tool.
	✔ "...Build police capacity. Fill the police positions Portland already funds... ✔ "...Police should focus on violent crime, property crime, investigations and other work requiring law enforcement. Expand appropriate Portland Street Response eligibility, with clear safety protocols, while pursuing county, state and federal funding, including Medicaid reimbursement for eligible services... ✔ "...Behavioral-health crises may be appropriate for Portland Street Response; criminal activity may require police; unsafe camps, trash and obstructions require other City services; and shelter and behavioral-health services require coordination with Multnomah County..." ✔ "...Work toward building 4,000 housing units per year..." She seems sensible and nuanced. She has an impressive list of mainstream Democratic endorsements.
	✘ (Missed phamphlet filing deadline.) ⚠ "...I am dedicated to keeping my campaign costs under $1,500... ✔ "...Police response times are too long, and crisis intervention trainings need to focus more on mental health and neurodivergent conditions, assisting victims in domestic disputes, and additional and culturally or identity specific de-escalation techniques... ✔ "...ensuring that each city councilor's personal office budget is in line with national standards..." ⚠ "...lack of accessible mental health treatment and easily gained education is the root cause of or one of the largest contributing factors in many issues our country, state, counties, and city face..." Missing the phamphlet filing is disqualifying. Her campaign website seems more like personals ad. She's seems especially focused on mental health issues, but she is running for an office that is not responsible for mental health services. Running for office requires more of a financial committment than the cost of a mid-tier mattress.
	⚠ "...I will judge major projects and borrowing by what they cost Portlanders each month... ⚠ "...publicly supported apartment buildings can transition to resident ownership and management... ⚠ "PCEF should fund climate work, not budget gaps. I will...direct climate dollars toward lower bills, cleaner air, more shade, and greater resilience to heat and earthquakes.... She seems focused on costs, but I'm not sure what her plan is.
	✘ (Missed phamphlet filing deadline.) ✘ (No campaign website found.)
	✔ "...Bring back safer communities by hiring more police officers and 911 dispatchers to improve response times... ✔ "...I support expanding government-owned affordable housing, often called social housing,.." ✔ "...Portland should expand smaller, decentralized shelters and micro-shelters throughout the city rather than concentrating services in the downtown core or placing the burden on only a few neighborhoods... ✔ "...I will champion a policy that caps routine water and sewer rate increases to local inflation + 1.5%, requiring a mandatory supermajority City Council vote and an independent cost-mitigation audit for any request exceeding that limit..." ✔ "...I will direct an annual Treasury Debt Review to aggressively refinance high-interest utility debt, leverage federal low-interest infrastructure programs (like WIFIA), and reduce the long-term carrying costs passed onto ratepayers..." All these proposals seem sensible to me.
	✘ "...Implement a vacancy tax on corporate landlords that funnels into affordable housing..." ✔ "...Progress social housing initiatives in tandem with simplifying zoning to allow for affordable housing... ⚠ "...Shift focus to long-term stability vs overnight-only shelters for high-need houseless neighbors... ✔ "...Expand public restroom and waste disposal... ✘ "...universal basic income for artists... ⚠ "...Full funding of Portland Street Response for 24/7, city-wide dispatch... ⚠ "...Mandate civics-informed education for Police... ⚠ "...revoke the ICE facility permit, incentivize city contracting with organizations refusing ICE collaboration ⚠ "...Moratorium on AI Data Centers... ✔ "...Transition to publicly-owned utilities ✘ "...Supporting initiatives like 'Your Two Cents' that would place budgetary decisions directly in the hands of the people... ⚠ "...Funding free Spanish, Vietnamese, Chinese, and Russian...language classes at PCC.... ⚠ "...Bringing back public payphones..." Many dreams proposed, few seem plausible.
	⚠ "...I want to stop the rebranding of the old commission system... ⚠ "...Council votes affecting the city should be unanimous..." While I have many criticisms of the ridiculous new form of government, I don't think the problem is branding and demanding unanimity would be paralyzing.
	⚠ ...My first initiative, The Grid-Connected Core,...Behind the locked doors of downtown Portland are empty buildings with already built grid connections and idle electrical capacity....The Grid-Connected Core partners with building owners to put those buildings back to work as regional energy infrastructure... ⚠ ...My second initiative, ReBoot, connects volunteers and professionals to help people navigate existing services... ⚠ ...We must complete the design and permitting for flushing channels to address the Ross Island algae bloom as one of our first actions... ⚠ ...The CEI Hub [Critical Energy Infrastructure Hub in Northwest Portland]... I am suggesting that if demand falls faster than current estimates suggest, then capacity should too. We also need a a transition plan for the land, hopefully a creative-use plan... ⚠ ...I created the Portland Affordability Rule, which would combine City-controlled household costs and keep their growth below the three-year average growth in Portland median household income...If the combined cost is growing faster than Portland household incomes, Council would have to reduce, delay or offset discretionary increases... ⚠ ...When the City, like in a camp sweep, causes the disruption, it has an obligation to fix it. If a camp creates an immediate safety or access problem, removal may be necessary. But people need somewhere real to go, and the City cannot destroy existing connections to services in the process... ⚠ ...The Trail Blazers and The Negotiation...404...This page could not be found... A lot of grand proposals, but not very clear how these plans would be funded or implemented.
	✘ ...Housing for All: A Renters’ Bill of Rights will keep Portlanders in their homes as we further invest in housing with mental health and addiction services while rapidly building affordable Social Housing....Protect children and education workers from evictions for late rent during the school year... ⚠ ...Infrastructure for All: A Green New Deal for Portland includes addressing the threat of the Critical Energy Infrastructure Hub, fixing potholes, expanding pedestrian & cyclist infrastructure with union jobs, ending Ross Island Toxic Algae Blooms, and protecting PCEF. ⚠ ...Community Safety For All: I’ll fight for safe school routes, Expanding Portland Street Response, and faster emergency response times... ✔ ...Standing Up for Human Rights: Protecting our Trans and Immigrant Neighbors and Holding ICE Accountable. ✔ ...I support a 4 Year AI Data Center Ban... More of the same left-wing sentimental rhetoric that sounds good, but is murky on details or implementation. For example, the "right" for tenants with kids or teachers to not be evicted during the 9-month school year is nuts. A landlord is supposed just provide free housing for 9 months??? No politician is going to win an election with, 'what about the landlords???', but this well-meaning proposal would obviously be abused.
	✘ (Missed phamphlet filing deadline.) ✘ (No campaign website found.) Not filing a statement in the voters pamphlet is disqualifying. I couldn't find a website. There are some social media, but I didn't have time to watch a bunch videos.
	Incumbent. ✘ ...I’ll tax big corporations... ⚠ ...I’ll...fight for truly affordable housing....tenant protections... ⚠ ...I’ll...fight for ...universal healthcare... ⚠ ...I’ll...fight for ...living wages, and more... ⚠ ...ditching fossil fuels, banning data centers, protecting PCEF, and cleaning up the CEI Hub. ⚠ ...It’s time to end backroom deals at City Hall. We need a fair Moda Center deal for taxpayers and more oversight on City spending... Like the other socialists, he makes a lot of broad society/economic/environmental proposals, but murky on the dull things the city actually is responsible for. It's unlikely the city is going to implement universal healthcare, living wage, or ditching fossil fuels. Bizarrely his website evades mentioning two of the largest city bureaus. I couldn't find anything about water/sewer billing which is a huge affordability issue the city fully controls. And for a candidate known for being an anti-police activist, his website omits the Portland Police Bureau.
	Incumbent. ✔....improve 9-1-1 response times ✔....End street camping and open-air drug use... ✔....Clear obstacles to housing production ✔....Protected funding for police & fire... ✔....Funded District 4 Neighborhood Associations with my office budget... Seems like a reasonable, low-profile city councilor.
	✔ ...Economic recovery for our city by securing living wage jobs that reflect the city’s creative, unique and sustainable reputation....The Moda Center and Lloyd Center redevelopment creating construction wage jobs...Ross Island restoration for green jobs... ✔ ...Sustained investment in safe, shared common spaces like parks, trails, natural areas and business districts.... ✔ ...propose stairstepping our way to increase police officers - currently 1.46 per thousand residents - to 2.2 per thousand, with the requirement that these officers are hired to reduce response times... ✔ ...properties managed by partners such as Home Forward are in crisis. PHB must step in and propose a solution to address the problems posed by challenges... ✔ ...37% of the office space downtown is vacant. The Bureau of Development Services should explore streamlining permitting to convert those spaces to housing... Her campaign website talks about finding solutions, planning, research, etc. which doesn't inspire confidence. I prefer candidates who have a solution. However, she actually proposes reasonably attainable goals.
	✘ ...Keep the Trail Blazers in Portland — and modernize the Moda Center.... ⚠ ...Ensure the Interstate Bridge Replacement Project stays on track... ⚠ ...improving the cleanliness and reliability of the transit system... ⚠ ...recruiting businesses that will create good-paying jobs and invest in Portland’s workforce.... Good goals, but no details. Who is going to pay for "modernizing" the arena? Why is a federal, multi-state Interstate Highway project a priority for Portland which does not build or manage river bridges? Why should the city clean the transit system that it is not responsible for? How does a city 'recruit' businesses with good-paying jobs?
	✔ ...YES to Public Safety I fought every attempt to defund public safety. I increased Portland Street Response. I protected Portland Police and Portland Fire Rescue... ✔ ...YES to Affordability My record is clear, I passed tax cuts, and voted against tax increases like the Arts Tax 42% hike and new street fee. I’m focused on building and lowering the cost of housing, not raising taxes... ✔ ...YES to Camp Cleanups Homelessness impacts every neighborhood. Shelters, enforcement, camp cleanups, and mental health and addictions treatment are all important. I’m leading on all three... All seem reasonable.
	✘ ...Cap rental application fees at $10 Portable Screening Reports... ✔ ...Buses out of traffic to make transit easier and faster... ✘ ...We need reduced cost transit for everyone under 25... ✘ ...Pursue fun, useful water transportation, such as the Frog Ferry... ⚠ ...Transition to a new form of government to improve representation... ✔ ...Instead of being coerced by a billionaire into funding luxury renovations at the Moda Center, we should ensure that our public arena remains in great condition, while making it more affordable for Portlanders to attend a wide range of sports, concerts and other events.... ✘ Endorses Measure 26-267 that puts 2% of the city budget to voting. Her campaign website is more clear and detailed than other candidates, but much of her plans are lofty goal-setting, but murky about the actual details.
	✔ ...support freezing City Council salaries until we have made meaningful progress getting the city’s finances and basic services in order. Until then, I would oppose new taxes, fees, and fines that further increase the cost of living. ✔ ...Do you support the existing term sheet, including the city’s $120 million public funding commitment, for a potential Moda Center renovation?...No. ...I would seek a substantially better deal and would not support going above $60 million if that could be negotiated... ✔ ...How will you vote on the Community Budgeting for All measure?... No. ...after attending an event where both sides presented their arguments, I left with more questions than answers... He seems like a well-meaning candidate, but there were few specifics on his campaign website.
	✔ ...I’ll break the stalemate by building common ground—starting with the 1,900 affordable units sitting empty. Let’s cut the bureaucracy, get people into homes, and move people from tents to shelter and services... ✘ ...I support using existing clean energy resources to move toward fareless transit.... ✔ ...Portland has fewer sworn officers than peer cities, and it shows in retail theft, gun violence, reckless driving, and open-air drug use. I’ll prioritize staffing... ✔ ...I will not support raising taxes and fees... ✔ ...Establish a maximum 120-day approval timeline for residential construction permits. ...System Development Charge (SDC) Deferral. Allow SDCs to be deferred until occupancy or sale rather than paid at permit issuance... ✔ ...Prioritize mental health and substance use stabilization before placement, strengthen screening, and set clear tenant expectations—paired with consistent enforcement to ensure safe, stable, and respectful shared living environments... ✔ ...Increase Behavioral Health Units. Create four additional Behavioral Health Units within the Portland Police Bureau (PPB), pairing Enhanced Crisis Intervention Team (ECIT) officers with licensed mental health clinicians. A PPB bike cop, he seems to have mostly reasonable ideas -- although I think Trimet fareless zone was a nightmare.
	✔... We must address property crime and public disorder through effective, data-informed enforcement while treating our unsheltered neighbors with dignity and recognizing that poverty is not a crime. ✔... If DC says Portland is a disaster, DC should send help, not troops. I asked for federal disaster aid under the same law California used for Project Roomkey... ✔... Stop the Car Break-Ins. District 4 carries a disproportionate share of larceny-from-vehicle. More prevention — bait cars, lighting, hot-spot data — and accountability... ✔... More Housing & Less Red Tape. Yes to more homes in District 4 — faster permits, predictable rules, fewer fees that drive up rent... All proposals seem rational and doable.