2020 has been a muddy swamp of a year for the world, for Portland, and for our little newspaper.
But for the last month, the Mercury editorial team—that’s Editor-in-Chief Wm. Steven Humphrey, News Editor Alex Zielinski, and reporter Blair Stenvick—have thrown on some collared shirts, scrambled to find the right Zoom meeting link, and engaged in wide-ranging conversations with Portlanders who care deeply about the future of our city, region, and state. Getting to hold endorsement interviews with political candidates and campaigns has been a real privilege—and advising our readers on how to vote is an even greater one.
It’s also a grave responsibility, and one we take seriously. While some of the following endorsements were as easy and obvious as voting by mail is in Oregon, others are the result of multiple discussions among our team, hours of further research, and a deep desire to not steer you wrong. We can’t guarantee you’ll agree with all of our picks, but we can promise you that we’ve put in the work before arriving at them.
