united states president

O john kerry

REPRESENTATIVE IN

CONGRESS 3RD DISTRICT

O Earl Blumenauer

REPRESENTATIVE IN

CONGRESS 5th DISTRICT

O Darlene Hooley

secretary of state

O bill bradbury

state senator

25th district

O Laurie Monnes Anderson

state REPRESENTATIVE

33rd DISTRICT

O Mitch Greenlick

state REPRESENTATIVE

42nd DISTRICT

O Diane Rosenbaum

state REPRESENTATIVE

43rd DISTRICT

O chip shields 1

state REPRESENTATIVE

51st DISTRICT

O Kathryn Firestone

judge of the supreme

court position 4

O Rives Kistler

judge of the supreme

court position 7

O William Riggs

judge of the court of

appeals position 7

O Robert Wollheim

multnomah county

COUNTY COMMISSIONER,

DISTRICT #1

O Maria Rojo De Steffey

COUNTY COMMISSIONER,

DISTRICT #3

O Lisa Naito

COUNTY COMMISSIONER,

DISTRICT #4

O Lonnie Roberts 2

METRO COUNCIL,

DISTRICT #5

O Rex Burkholder

METRO COUNCIL,

DISTRICT #6

O Robert Liberty

mayor

O phil busse

CITY COUNCIL

COMMISSIONER, POSITION #1

O Sam Adams

CITY COUNCIL

COMMISSIONER, POSITION #4

O Randy Leonard

measure

26-53

O no 3

footnotes

(1) The "progressive portfolio" at the state legislature needs to be diversified to represent more interests and issues. Both candidates for this position are qualified. As the director for "Better People," a job training organization for former felons, Shields brings a working knowledge about how to best and properly integrate felons back into our communities. With a flood of Measure 11 convicts about to hit the streets again, the state needs programs to address this concern.

(2) Lonnie... we're throwing you a bone here. You may not have been treated with 100% fairness during the same-sex marriage debate, but a man of your position shouldn't be such a crybaby. Use your next term in office to figure out why people aren't inviting you to their parties.

(3) No... for now. Instead, Portland should change its charter to adopt an "instant runoff" format. This means that voters would have the opportunity to vote for their top two candidates during the primary election. The top two vote getters would advance to the general election, regardless of whether or not one candidate gets more than 50 percent of the vote. This format provides more depth and allows voters to pare down their choices during a primary election without feeling like they have to eliminate a good, alternative candidate. Effectively this format would allow voters to choose both candidates for the general election.