Who We Endorse - November 2024
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Vadim Mozyrsky
Vadim is a proven community organizer who understands the nuances and gaps in our public health system from the purview of his role as a federal disability law judge. He sees the waste and lack of accountability of our tax dollars as we allow people to continue suffering on our streets and knows we cannot let it continue. We need decisive action now, not more studies.
His opponent is the Policy Director for Disability Rights Oregon, an organization that refused to help ADA defendants sue the city for tents blocking sidewalks. They also opposed the state legislature’s “fix” for Measure 110 and the city’s illegal camping regulations. If you want to see change, vote Vadim!
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Sam Adams
Former Mayor Sam Adams knows how to get things done effectively and efficiently. While we supported Jessie Burke in the primary and understand hesitance from some of our members, we need someone who knows the ins and outs and will fight against the status quo with regards to spending for homelessness, mental health, & addiction.
His opponent was the former Interim Director of the Joint Office of Homeless Services for 1-year in 2022, and nothing changed under her direction and she fought to keep JOHS staff working 100% remote after return-to-work guidance was approved at the county. If you want less of this type of status quo, vote for Sam!
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Terrence Hayes - teamhayesforportland.com
Noah Ernst - noahernst4portland.com
Loretta Smith - lorettasmithpdx.com
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Tiffani Penson - tiffaniforpdx.com
Dan Ryan - danryanforportland.com
Mariah Hudson - mariahforportland.com
James Armstrong - armstrongforpdx.com
Mike Marshall - mikemarshallforportland.com
Bob Simril - votebobpdx.com
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Daniel DeMelo - demelo4portland.com
Kezia Wanner - keziaforportland.com
Jon Walker - walkerforportland.com
Harrison Kass - kassforpdx.com
Jesse Cornett - cornettforportland.com
Philippe Knab - philippeforportland.com
Dan Gilk - danforportland.com
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Eli Arnold - eliforportland.com
Eric Zimmerman - ez4pdx.com
Olivia Clark - oliviaforportland.com
Bob Weinstein - bobforportland.com
Ben Hufford - ben4portland.com
Stan Penkin - penkinforportland.com
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Rene Gonzalez - reneforportland.com
Portland City Council & Mayoral endorsements were conducted via ranked choice voting on questionnaires submitted by candidates. Not all candidates applied! Candidates needed more than 3 total votes to qualify.
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Important Election Dates
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Voter Pamphlets
The last date counties can mail Voter Pamphlets by is October 16th. If you haven't received yours by October 21st, you should reach out to the Multnomah County Elections Office: www.multco.us/elections/contact-us
You can also view the PDF online once it’s available.
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Ballots Mailed Starting October 16th
Absentee / out-of-state ballots are sent September 20th - October 7th. If you haven’t received your ballot by October 25th, please contact the Multnomah County Elections Office:
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ELECTION DAY - NOVEMBER 5th
Your ballot is due on Tuesday, November 5th by 8pm. It is now FREE to mail your ballot - no stamps required! Ballots must be picked up & postmarked by November 5th to be counted.
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FIND YOUR COUNTY DISTRICT - CLICK HERE!
FIND YOUR COUNTY DISTRICT - CLICK HERE!
Remember - word of mouth is key! Tell your friends & neighbors to spread the word; use your social media. Like / Follow / Share every candidate’s posts!
Candidates for Multnomah County Commissioner have a donation cap of $568 per individual or PAC and cannot accept donations from business entities. There is no donor matching program so every dollar counts!
Portland City Council & Mayor candidates have a donation cap of $350, but can qualify for the matching funds program by gaining enough individual donors that are Portland residents.
Candidates for mayor must raise donations of $5-$350 from at least 750 Portland donors.
Candidates for council or auditor must raise donations of $5-$350 from at least 250 Portland donors.
They can unlock more funds after reaching 750 & 1,250 individual donors
For both the city & the county, you can donate to anyone in any district, not just the one you reside in.
November 2024 - Rank Choice Voting
Portland is implementing the new city charter starting with our ballots in November 2024, which expands the current city council from 4 to 12 members starting in January 2025, and eliminates the May 2024 primary. It also adds single-transferable rank choice voting method (RCV) for all city of Portland positions and multi-member districts.
The city has been split into 4 districts (see link above to find what district you reside in) and each district will have 3 council members representing them. Council members can be elected from any area of your district, so you will not necessarily have diversity of residence unless you look into what neighborhood all of the candidates live in.
You will get to rank 6 positions total on your ballot for your district only. You will not be able to rank every single candidate in your district, just your top 6 choices. You do NOT have to rank all 6 positions if you do not like 6 people, which is important and we’ll explain shortly why. We do recommend ranking at least 3 people since there are 3 open positions - picking only 1 person will effectively disenfranchise you from having a voice in choosing all 3 of your representatives.
The mayor and auditor will be chosen using a ‘basic’ form of RCV, but city council will be using a method called ‘single transferable vote’.
What this means is that once a candidate reaches 25% of the votes, the software will start taking fractions of each vote and putting them towards your 2nd, 3rd and so on choices. Elections officials explicitly say do not rank anyone you do not want to see in office, because there is a chance your lower place rankings could help them win.
We endorsed up to 6 candidates per district, but did not endorse all 6 positions if we did not feel there are 6 qualified candidates.
