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PAGE 4 | April 16, 2021 | NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS A UNION GUIDE TO OREGON’S 2021 SPECIAL ELECTION Ballots can be crowded and confusing. To help union members make informed decisions, here’s a list of all candidates who face at least one opponent and have at least one union endorsement. CITY COUNCIL BEAVERTON CITY COUNCIL Position 1 (at large) Ashley Hartmeier-Prigg, an operations manager at Nike, is chair of the board of Tu- alatin Hills Park and Recreation District. NOLC, CPBCTC, IAFF 1660, OEA-BEA, WFP AshleyHartmeierPrigg.com K-12 SCHOOL BOARDS ASHLAND Position 1 Natalie Jackson is a childcare provider. OEA Position 3 Misha Hernandez is an Oregon Nurses Asso- ciation union rep, Teamsters member, central labor chapter delegate, and former SEIU or- ganizer. SOCLC, Insulators, LiUNA 737, OEA Position 4 Sarah Beata DeLong is a former Shake- speare Festival costume designer. OEA CORVALLIS Position 1 Sami Al-AbdRabbuh, incumbent, is an engi- neer, emergency management researcher and former AFT Local 6069 member. LBLCLC, IBEW 280, OEA-CEA, OSEA VoteSami.com OLCS GRAD Position 4 Luhui Whitebear, incumbent, manages the Native American cultural center at OSU. LBLCLC Position 6 Vince Adams, incumbent, is a trainer at the Oregon School Boards Association. LBLCLC DAVID DOUGLAS Position 3 Deian Salazar is a youth activist and Demo- cratic Party precinct committee person. NOLC EUGENE 4J Position 2 Laural O’Rourke, an employee of Lane County human services, is an Army veteran and member of AFSCME Local 2831 LCCLC Position 3 Tom Di Liberto, a retired teacher and AFT member at UO, led the teachers union bar- gaining team at Eugene EA. LCCLC, OEA-EEA, OSEA, UFCW, WFP TomDiLibertoFor4j.com LEGEND Acronyms refer to a union’s statewide or regional body unless a local number is listed. Each endorse- ment list starts with the AFL-CIO’s central labor bod- ies (CLCs), made up of multiple labor unions. NOLC NW Oregon Labor Council LCCLC Lane County Central Labor Chapter LBLCLC Linn Benton Lincoln Central Labor Chapter MPYCLC Marion Polk Yamhill Central Labor Chapter CPBCTC Columbia Pacific Building Trades Council IAFF Fire Fighters or local affiliate Position 6 Maya Rabasa is a former teacher and teach- ers union member. LCCLC, IBEW 280, OEA-EEA, OSEA, SMART MayaRabasa.com OLCS GRAD Zone 7 (Northeast Salem) María Hinojos Pressey is operations director of the farmworker advocacy group PCUN. MPY- CLC, IUPAT, OEA-SKEA Maria4oregon.com GRESHAM-BARLOW SPRINGFIELD Position 5 Jasia Mosley is a community organizer. OEA- GBEA, UFCW JasiaForGresham.com Position 5 Kelly Mason is a UO academic adviser. LCCLC OAKRIDGE Position 5 Jim Gourley, incumbent, is a former mayor, longtime officer of USW Local 1189, and presi- dent of the central labor chapter. LBLCLC Position 2 Susan Hardy, incumbent, is a Head Start co- ordinator and retired school teacher, OSEA member, and vice president of the Lane County Central Labor Chapter. LCCLC OLCS GRAD SWEET HOME COLLEGES/ESDs PORTLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS LANE COMMUNITY COLLEGE Zone 4 (North Portland) Herman Greene is senior pastor of Abundant Life PDX, a church in North Portland. OEA-PAT Zone 5 (Northeast Portland) Gary Hollands runs an investment company, a trucking school and a junk removal company, and previously served on the Multnomah Edu- cation Service District board. OEA-PAT Zone 1 Thomas Jennings is an electrician and member of IBEW Local 932 LCCLC (dual) Holli Johnson incumbent, coordinates the Black Student Success Program at Lane Edu- cation Service District LCCLC (dual), LCCEA Zone 5 Steve Mital is a sustainability director at UO, a former UO instructor, and former member of the Eugene Water & Electric Board LCCLC REYNOLDS District 7 Cayle Tern is an SEIU Local 503 member and regional chair of the union’s political commit- tee. He’s a family coach at the Oregon Depart- ment of Human Services, and a board member for the nonprofit civic revitalization group East County Rising. NOLC, SEIU 503 OLCS GRAD SALEM-KEIZER Zone 1 (West Salem) Osvaldo Avila is an analyst for the Higher Ed- ucation Coordinating Commission. MPYCLC, IBEW 280, IUPAT, IW, OEA-SKEA, SMART, SEIU 503 Osvaldo4skboard.com Zone 3 (South Salem) Ashley Carson Cottingham is deputy direc- tor of the Oregon Office of the Long-Term Care Ombudsman. MPYCLC Ashley4oregon.com Zone 5 (Southeast Salem) Karina Guzmán Ortiz is an early childhood system partner engagement specialist for the Oregon Department of Education and member of SEIU Local 503. MPYCLC, IUPAT, OEA-SKEA KarinaForOregon.com IBEW Electrical Workers Insulators - Insulators Local 36 IUPAT Painters District Council 5 IW Ironworkers Local 29 LiUNA Ore. and S. Idaho District Council of Laborers OEA Oregon Education Association - local affiliate OSEA Oregon School Employees Assoc. PCCFFAP/PCCFCE faculty and classified locals of AFT at Portland Community College SMART Sheet Metal Local 16 UFCW United Food & Commercial Workers Local 555 UBC Pacific NW Regional Council of Carpenters WFP Working Families Party, a union-backed party PORTLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE Zone 4 (downtown Portland to Scappoose) Serin Bussell, a Portland Parks and Rec pro- curement analyst, was formerly a shop stew- ard at Metro with AFSCME Local 3580. NOLC, PCCFFAP/PCCFCE, UBC, UFCW, WFP SerinBussell.com OLCS GRAD Zone 7 Director (Hillsboro - North Plains) Reiko Mia Williams is principal of Sabin Ele- mentary School in Portland. NOLC, CPBCTC, Li- UNA, UFCW ReikoForPCC.com Kristi Wilson is a workforce development manager at the City of Hillsboro. PCCFCE (dual),WFP ElectKristiWilson.com MULTNOMAH EDUCATION SERVICE DISTRICT (MESD) Position 3, Zone 2 Mary Botkin, incumbent, was a career lobby- ist at the Legislature for Oregon AFSCME. NOLC LANE ESD Position 6 Rose Wilde is the incumbent. LCCLC graduate of the Oregon Labor Candi- date School, which trains union mem- bers to run for public office. OLCS GRAD WANT TO RUN FOR OFFICE? Oregon Labor Candidate School was founded to increase the representation of union members in elected office who will champion policies that bene- fit working people and reflect the val- ues of the labor movement. Apply at OregonLaborCandidateSchool.org UNION MEMBERS VOTE! OREGON’S MAY 2021 SPECIAL ELECTION IS ABOUT WHO WILL LEAD OUR SCHOOLS Ballots will be mailed to registered voters on April 28 and are due back May 18.
