Kenneth Huey The Oregonian‘s Editorial Board, like many entities around town, only has eyes for two mayoral contenders. For a candidate debate scheduled a week from today, the O‘s invited State Treasurer Ted Wheeler and Multnomah County Commissioner Jules Bailey—two out of a dozen people vying for the city’s top elected position. And in an […]
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Mayoral Candidate Sarah Iannarone Finally Shares Fundraising Numbers, Uses Them to Chastise The Oregonian
When Sarah Iannarone entered the race to be Portland’s next mayor in late January, she did so with some lofty fundraising goals. Nodding to the necessity of cash to run a credible race in this town (and most towns), Iannarone said she was confident she could scare up $100,000 in a matter of weeks—and roughly […]
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Before Ted Wheeler Blasted State Regulators, He Got Financial Support from Bullseye Glass
Bullseye Glass’s facility, near SE Powell and 21st State Treasurer Ted Wheeler joined the ongoing outcry over potentially dangerous air pollution in Southeast Portland on Tuesday, likening the state’s Department of Environmental Quality to regulators overseeing the Flint, Michigan water crisis. “Bad things happen when regulators are asleep at the switch,” Wheeler said in a […]
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Jessie Sponberg’s Inviting Other Mayoral Candidates To A Homeless Camp “Slumber Party”
James Rexroad At Hazelnut Grove Invites to Portland’s exclusive candidate forums have been hard to come by for Portland’s lesser known mayoral candidates, so Jessie Sponberg’s organizing his own. It’s a sleepover. Sponberg, a well-known local activist, announced today he’s gotten approval from campers at Hazelnut Grove to hold a “mayoral candidate slumber party” at […]
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Sarah Iannarone, Portland’s Latest Mayoral Contender, Says She’ll Have the Resources To Win
Sarah Iannarone is making clear she’s come to win. Sure, Iannarone’s name won’t be as familiar to many Portlanders as others in the race to replace Charlie Hales as Portland’s mayor. Her history of public service and civic engagement isn’t as robust—limited largely to advocating in and for her Southeast Portland neighborhood. But as she […]
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Confirmed: Chloe Eudaly is Running for City Council
Chloe Eudaly Chloe Eudaly—who’s been a vocal activist in Portland’s housing crisis and is the longtime owner of Portland independent bookstore Reading Frenzy—confirms she’s going to run against Commissioner Steve Novick (and the handful of other candidates who’ve filed) for Commissioner, Position 4. Eudaly has registered with the Oregon Secretary of State under the committee […]
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Campaign Season’s Underway, And City Council Candidates Are Popping Up All Over the Place
MLK Day has passed, the winter doldrums have set in, and suddenly there’s a whole hell of a lot of movement in this May’s races for mayor and city council, just four short months away. Since we wrote about the candidacy of local architect Stuart Emmons this morning, candidates have been coming out of the […]
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Steve Novick Has Another Challenger. Architect Stuart Emmons Will Formally Announce Candidacy Today
stuartemmons.com Since January 2015, City Commissioner Steve Novick’s raised a little over $176,000 to fund a re-election bid. In that time, Novick’s also collected a long list of challengers. The latest? Portland architect Stuart Emmons says he’ll formally announce a bid against Novick this afternoon. He’s been quietly assuring reporters this month that he’d go […]
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Ted Wheeler Visited Hazelnut Grove This Weekend. He’s Conflicted.
Homelessness may well be the central issue in this year’s race for Portland mayor as we progress toward May’s primary. It makes sense. Not only is the issue as visible as it’s ever been in Portland, but both of the race’s main contenders—state Treasurer Ted Wheeler and Multnomah County Commissioner Jules Bailey—profess a deep concern […]
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The Three Biggest Patriots Watching That Terrible Donald Trump Dance
PSA: There are exactly three people worth watching in the refreshingly cringeworthy video of Donald Trump’s theme song that’s been making the rounds this afternoon. Ignore the horror show up front. The USA Freedom Kids are cheap hucksters. The real money’s in the audience. •First, the stoic gentlemean in the Trump shirt directly behind the […]
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Eric Zimmerman Wants To Fill Jules Bailey’s Shoes At Multnomah County
Multnomah County Eric Zimmerman Note: We’ve updated this post with comments from Zimmerman. With his decision to run for Portland mayor (he plans to officially declare in January ), Jules Bailey has ensured he’s only got a year left at his newly won seat on the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners. That means: Free commission […]
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We’ve Got A Race—Again! Jules Bailey Is Running For Portland Mayor.
Multnomah County Jules Bailey Several evenings ago, Jules Bailey was putting his infant son down for bed, he says, when a thought occurred to him. “How do I tell this kid to fight for folks…. but I didn’t do it when our city needed it?” Bailey told the Mercury this morning. “We can’t wait four […]