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..." ENDORSEMENTS: Mike Houck, Exec Dir, Urban Greenspaces Institute Meryl Redisch, fmr Exec Dir, Bird Alliance of Oregon 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.