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Teressa Raiford (center) is surrounded by supporters and family members as she kicks off her election campaign for Multnomah County Commissioner The Jan 15
rally took place on Northeast Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Shaver Street, next to a lot owned by her family
Running for County Commissioner
Teressa Raiford
kicks off election
campaign
by D onovan
M. S mith
T he P ortland O bserver
Teressa Raiford kicked off a new political
campaign to the backdrop of heavy nostal­
gia, and promises of a stronger community
should she be elected Multnomah County
Commissioner this year.
Raidford, a civil rights activist and north
Portland business woman who ran for the
Portland City Council two years ago, an­
nounced her candidacy for county commis­
sioner on Wednesday, Jan. 15, Martin Luther
King Jr.’s birthday. The county post is
currently occupied by Loretta Smith, an­
other leader from Portland’s black commu­
nity who is running for re-election.
A cast of supporters rallied to support
Raiford as she kicked off her latest campaign
from the transit station at North Rosa Parks
Way and Interstate Avenue. She then boarded
a private bus to the comer of Martin Luther
King Boulevard and Shaver Street where about
20 more backers composed of family, friends,
and community members were waiting.
Raiford’s family has owned property at
MLK and Shaver for decades; notably it was
the site in the early 198O’s when Portland
police officers flung a dead opossum at a
restaurant owned her father, sparking pro­
tests throughout the city.
Raiford told The Portland Observer that
she would station her campaign headquar­
ters at the MLK site, most recently home to
Christopher’s Gourmet Restaurant.
In addition, she stated her campaign
would be utilizing the same bus to collect
clothes and food for those in need in an effort
to maintain a community service while run­
ning her campaign.
She said her main priority in running for
office is to give local residents a better voice
in how the country spends its resources.
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