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NortHWest lABor Press | legeND Unless endorsing labor organizations are listed alongside local number, the acronym refers to a statewide or re- gional body. In each entry, AFL-CIO and OBTC are listed first because they are unions of unions. AFL-CIO state federation most unions belong to AFSCME state, county, and munici- pal employees 189 City of Portland 350 Clackamas County 3580 Metro 2831 Lane County AFT AFT-Oregon or local affiliate AFM Musicians Local 99 ATU transit workers Local 757 CPBTC Portland metro area building trades council CWA Local 7901, telecom and non- profit workers IAFF Fire Fighters or local affiliate IBEW electrical workers 48 Portland 280 Albany IBTTeamsters Joint Council 37 ILWU longshore/warehouse Insulators - Insulators Local 36 IUOE Operating Engineers Local 701 IUPAT Painters District Council 5 NoN-PArtIsANPrIMAry Metro regIoNAl goVerNMeNt Oregon’s Metro is the only directly elected regional government in the United States. Six Metro Councilors are elected to four-year terms from individual districts, and the Council President is elected region-wide. Serving over 1.5 million people in Clackamas, Multnomah, and Washington counties, Metro coordinates land use and transportation planning among the region's local governments, manages garbage and recycling, maintains the Urban Growth Boundary, and runs parks, trails and natural areas and venues such as the Oregon Convention Center, Portland Expo Center, and the Oregon Zoo. Councilor District 5 (N, NE and NW Portland) Mary Nolan is a former Oregon House Majority Leader. IAFF, PAT, UBC NolanForMetro.com Mary Peveto is the founder of Neighbors for Clean Air and a former Adidas brand manager. AFSCME 3580 PevetoForMetro.com karen spencer is the founder of a finance tech company and a former intellectual property attorney at Nike. IBT VoteForKarenSpencer.com Councilor District 6 (Central East and West Portland) Bob stacey is the incumbent Metro Council mem- ber and former director of the land use advocacy group 1000 Friends of Oregon NOLC, CPBTC, AFSCME 3580, IAFF, PAT, UBC, UFCW BobStacey.com leigha lafleur is a Wiccan priestess and 2016 Bernie Sanders organizer. PCCFAP LaFleur4oregon.com Measure 26-210 suPPort Funds supportive housing services includ- ing housing, drug treatment, and mental health services through a 1% tax on high-income individu- als ($125,000 individual, $200,000 joint) and busi- nesses (over $5 million) AFSCME 3580, PAT, UFCW clAckAMAs couNty Board of commissioners The positions are nonpartisan, but in recent years, Clackamas County has been a battleground between moderate Democrats and conservative Republicans. This year, the logging-company-backed group Timber Unity is backing challengers to Chair Jim Bernard and Commissioner Ken Humbertson. Chair jim Bernard, the incumbent chair, faces a challenge from former Clackamas County Commissioner Tootie Smith. NOLC, CPBTC, AFSCME, IAFF, IUOE, IW, LiUNA, UA 290, UBC, UFCW VoteJimBernard.com Commission, Position 3 Martha schrader incumbent commissioner and a former state legislator, is seeking a third term. NOLC, CPBTC, AFSCME 350, IAFF, IBT, UA 290, UBC, UFCW CommissionerMarthaSchrader.com Commission, Position 4 ken Humberston incumbent commissioner, is seeking a second term. NOLC, CPBTC, AFSCME 350, IAFF, IBEW 48, IBT, Insulators, IUOE, IUPAT, IW, UFCW VoteKenH4ccc.com coluMBIA couNty Commissioner, Position 1 Margaret Magruder, incumbent commissioner, owns a wool insulation company. NOLC MargaretMagruder.com lANe couNty Commissioner, Position 3 (South Eugene) laurie trieger is a community activist and works for a nonprofit that helps reintegrate the formerly incar- cerated. AFT, IAFF, IBT, SEIU, UBC, UFCW LaurieTrieger.com Commissioner, Position 4 (North Eugene) Andrew ross is a retired family law attorney. LCCLC, UFCW AndrewRossForLaneCounty.com MultNoMAH couNty District Attorney Mike schmidt, director of the Oregon Criminal Jus- tice Commission, is a former deputy Multnomah dis- trict attorney. He wants to focus on violent crimes, prioritize addiction counseling and mental health treatment, support restorative justice programs for crime victims, get rid of cash bail, and establish a problem-solving court to move homeless people fac- ing minor charges towards self-sufficiency. NOLC, AF- SCME 88, PAT, PCCFAP, UBC, UFCW, WFP MikeSchmidtForDA.com ethan knight is an assistant U.S. Attorney best known for his role in the unsuccessful prosecution of the Malheur Refuge occupiers and for securing a 30- year prison sentence for a 19-year-old Somalia- American Portlander who was recruited by under- cover FBI agents to take part in a fake Christmas tree bomb plot. IAFF, IBT, PPA ElectEthanKnight.com circuit court judge 4th District, Position 12 rima ghandour is a commercial litigation attorney in a five-way race for a spot on state circuit court. NOLC, CPBTC, PCCFAP, UFCW RimaForJudge.com WAsHINgtoN couNty Commissioner, District 1 Nafisa fai is a Somali immigrant, founder of the an- nual Pan African Festival, and a public health advo- cate. NOLC, CPBTC, AFSCME, IBT, LiUNA, OEA, IAFF, IBEW 48, PCCFFAP, SEIU, UBC, UFCW NafisaForWashingtonCounty.com Commissioner, District 3 Ben Marcotte is a software engineer and neighbor- hood activist. UFCW BenForDist3.org cIty of BeAVertoN Mayor lacey Beaty is a Beaverton City Council member and a manager at Virginia Garcia Health Center. She advocated for paid family medical leave, and wants more investment in affordable housing and side- walks. CPBTC, IBT, IUOE, IW, LiUNA, OEA, PCCFFAP Beat- yForBeaverton.com Denny Doyle, incumbent mayor, is seeking a fourth four-year term. IAFF, IBEW 48, SEIU VoteDennyDoyle.com Councilor, Position 3 john Dugger is a supplier performance manager at IW Ironworkers Local 29 LCCLC Lane County Central Labor Chapter (local AFL-CIO) LiUNA Oregon/SW Washington Dis- trict Council of Laborers NOLC NW Oregon Labor Council, the local AFL-CIO OBTC State building trades council OEA Oregon Education Association or its local affiliate OFNHP ONA Oregon Nurses Association OSEA school employees PAT Portland Association of Teachers PCCFFAP/PCCFCE faculty and clas- sified locals of AFT at PCC Nike and a neighborhood activist. NOLC, PCCFFAP/PC- CFCE, SEIU JohnForBeaverton.com Mark fagin, incumbent city councilor, owns a tech industry sales rep company. IAFF Fagin4beaverton.com cIty of eugeNe Mayor lucy Vinis is the incumbent mayor seeking a second four-year term. AFT, IAFF, IBEW 280, IBT, OEA, SEIU, UFCW LucyVinis.com Councilor, Ward 1 (Central Eugene) tim Morris is a detox worker and tenant activist. LC- CLC, AFT, IBT FriendsOfTimMorris.com Councilor, Ward 2 (South Eugene) Matthew keating is a Lane Community College board member who works in digital marketing. LC- CLC, AFT, IAFF, IBEW 280 MattKeating.org Councilor, Ward 7 (Northwest Eugene) claire syrett, the incumbent, is a nurses union rep. LCCLC, IAFF, IBEW 280, IBT, UBC, UFCW ClaireSyrett.org Councilor, Ward 8 (Southwest Eugene) randy groves is a retired fire fighter. LCCLC, IAFF, IBEW 280, SMART, UBC, UFCW RandyGroves.org ryan Moore is a tenant activist. AFT, IBT MooreForEugene.com cIty of PortlAND Mayor ted Wheeler, having doubled homeless shelter ca- pacity and built 800 new units of affordable housing, is seeking a second four-year term as mayor of Port- land. By and large, unions that had dealings with the city don’t think Wheeler had a faultless first term, but they see a knowledgeable mayor who has worked to maintain good relationships with unions dating back to his time as state treasurer and county chair. Faced with a bevy of untested challengers, endorsing him for a second term was not controversial. NOLC, CPBTC, AFSCME 189, IAFF, IBEW 48, SEIU 49, UFCW Ted- Wheeler.com Commissioner, Position 1 carmen rubio has led the Latino Network since 2009, and formerly worked for late city commissioner Nick Fish, Portland Mayor Tom Potter, and Mult- nomah County Commissioner Serena Cruz. NOLC, CPBTC, AFSCME 189, IBEW 48, PAT, PROTEC17, SEIU, UBC, UFCW CarmenForPortland.com Commissioner, Position 2 sam chase is a current member of Metro Council and a former chief of staff to late city commissioner Nick Fish. IBT, UFCW SamChaseForPortland.com julia Degraw is a labor ally who and frequent par- ticipant at union rallies. As leader of Food and Water Watch, she helped defeat a proposal for Nestle to bottle and sell water from the public supply in Cas- cade Locks, and she campaigned with city unions against a ballot measure to privatize the Portland Water Bureau. AFSCME 189, PAT, PCCFAP/PCCFCE, PRO- TEC17 Julia4pdx.com loretta smith worked 20 years for Senator Ron Wyden, and then served served eight years as Mult- nomah County Commissioner. She ran for City Council in 2018. UFCW VoteLorettaSmith.com May 1, 2020 | PAge 5 PROTEC 17 Professional & Technical Employees at City of Portland SMART Sheet Metal Local 16 UA 290 plumbers and fitters UFCW Local 555, grocery UBC Pacific NW Council of Carpenters WFP Oregon Working Families Party, a union-backed minor party Commissioner, Position 4 sam Adams, former Portland mayor. SEIU 49 SamAdamsPDX.com chloe eudaly, the incumbent commissioner, deliv- ered on what she ran on four years ago, and that’s ac- tion on housing. Rent control was banned statewide, but Eudaly led passage of the closest thing to it: a renter relocation ordinance that required landlords to pay the equivalent three months rent if they raise rents more than 10%. IBT, PAT, PROTEC17 VoteChloe.com Mingus Mapps, a former political science professor, objected to Eudaly’s plan to diminish the role of neighborhood associations and end funding for citi- zen crime patrols, and was fired from Eudaly’s Port- land Office of Community and Civic Life. Now he’s running for his former boss’s job. CPBTC, PCCFAP Min- gusMapps.com Measure 26-209 suPPort Renews an existing 10¢ a gallon motor vehicle fuel tax that funds street maintenance and repair and safety improvements Protec17 cIty of sAleM Mayor Mike eyster is a retired UO administrator, former Board chair of Lane Transit District and Lane Commu- nity College, and vice chair of Springfield Utility Board. LCCLC, ATU, IAFF, IBEW 280, UBC, UFCW MikeEysterForMayor.com City Council, Ward 1 Virginia stapleton is a parent activist. SEIU, UFCW ElectVirginiaStapleton.com City Council, Ward 3 trevor Philips is an emergency room doctor at Salem Hospital. IBEW 280, SEIU, UFCW ElectTrevorPhillips.com City Council, Ward 7 Vanessa Nordyke is an attorney for the Oregon De- partment of Justice, a member of AFSCME Local 1085, and an Oregon Labor Candidate School grad. AFSCME, IAFF, SEIU ElectVanessaNordyke.com cIty of sPrINgfIelD Mayor Mike eyster is a retired UO administrator, former Board chair of Lane Transit District and Lane Commu- nity College, and vice chair of Springfield Utility Board. LCCLC, ATU, IAFF, IBEW 280, UBC, UFCW MikeEysterForMayor.com Councilor, Ward 3 kori rodley is a manager at United Way. LCCLC, IAFF, IBT, UBC, UFCW KoriRodley.com ceNteNNIAl scHool DIstrIct Measure 26-208 suPPort Renews existing bond for school security and facility improvements. NOLC
