Mayor of Portland: Sarah Iannarone
Portland City Commissioner, Position 4: Chloe Eudaly
Metro Councilor, District 5: Chris Smith
Portland Parks Levy, Measure 26-213: Yes
Portland Police Oversight Board, Measure 26-217: Yes
Portland Water Fund Charter Amendment, Measure 26-219: Yes
Portland Public Schools Levy, Measure 26-215: Yes
Multnomah County Library Bond Measure 26-211: Yes
Multnomah County Universal Preschool Access, Measure 26-214: Yes
Metro Transportation Funding, Measure 26-218: Yes
Oregon Ballot Measure 107, Campaign Finance Reform: Yes
Oregon Ballot Measure 108, Tobacco Tax: Yes
Oregon Ballot Measure 109, Therapeutic Psilocybin: Yes
Oregon Ballot Measure 110, Expand Addiction Recovery Services: Yes
Oregon Secretary of State: Shemia Fagan
Oregon State Treasurer: Tobias Read
Oregon Attorney General: Ellen Rosenblum
State Representative, District 33: Maxine Dexter
State Representative, District 36: Lisa Reynolds
State Representative, District 41: Karin Power
State Representative, District 42: Rob Nosse
State Representative, District 43: Tawna Sanchez
State Representative, District 44: Tina Kotek
State Representative, District 45: Barbara Smith Warner
State Representative, District 46: Khanh Pham
State Representative, District 47: Ashton Simpson
State Representative, District 48: Jeff Reardon
State Senator, District 18: Ginny Burdick
State Senator, District 21: Kathleen Taylor
State Senator, District 22: Lew Frederick
State Senator, District 23: Michael Dembrow
US Senator: Jeff Merkley
US Representative, District 1: Suzanne Bonamici
US Representative, District 3: Earl Blumenauer
US Representative, District 5: Kurt Schrader
President: Joe Biden
[READ ALL OF THE MERCURY‘S 2020 ENDORSEMENTS HERE!—eds]
Reasons to vote out Ted Wheeler start with his deference to any development. The City Bureau of development services bends over backwards to approve over-large or out-of-context tower and apartment blocks; a departure from historic building patterns and standards. Development on the Barbur Blvd MAX project will replace 5 miles of mature street trees and forest canopy with hideous tall buttress wall and more lanes of asphalt, faster traffic speeds and worse crosswalks. RoseQ I-5 is a similar “widening” that ODOT thinks we need but won’t admit it’s a terrible design..Ted said put I-5 in a tunnel not because he thinks it’s possible, but because he sees property speculation. Ted’s solutions to homeless crisis come with million dollar price tags for institutionalized settings most homeless would rather avoid. Simpler solutions are humiliating in other ways. Ted does not love Portland.
The Merc was lazy re: Oregon State Treasurer Tobias Read and his antagonism toward socially conscious investing. He has the worst record of any blue state treasurer. For instance, California sold private prison stocks while Read poured more money into them. Plus, he has been a wimp on grappling with tough funding issues and has a mediocre investment record. There is actually noone to vote for OST. Read will win, but do not encourage him.