Following is a list of endorsements approved by the Council 75 Executive Board for the May 20 Oregon Primary Election.

 

Oregon AFSCME's endorsement process is as follows: candidates are mailed a questionnaire, which they are required to fill out and return if they are to be considered for endorsement. Next, a series of regional interviews are conducted by Oregon AFSCME political staff, Council 75 Political Action Committee members and other interested members. Those groups make endorsement recommendations to the full Oregon AFSCME PAC, which formulates the final proposed endorsement list that is ultimately voted on by the statewide Executive Board.

 

The PAC and the Executive Board will release a second, updated endorsement list following the May 20 primary. Any questions regarding this process should be directed to Oregon AFSCME Political Coordinator Janice O'Malley, who is the staff liaison to the Council 75 PAC. She can be contacted by phone at (503) 239-9858 or (800) 792-0045.

 

Federal

President — Barack Obama (D)

U.S. Senate — Jeff Merkley (D)

U.S. Congress, Dist. 5 — Kurt Schrader (D)

 

Oregon State Treasurer

Council 75 — Ben Westlund (D)

 

Oregon Attorney General

Local 189 (City of Portland) — John Kroger (D)

Local 1075 (Oregon Justice Attorneys) — Greg Macpherson (D)

 

Oregon Senate *

District 01 — None

District 02 — None

District 05 — None

District 09 — None

District 10 — None

District 12 — None

District 14 — Mark Hass (D)

District 18 — None

District 21 — Diane Rosenbaum (D)

District 22 — Margaret Carter (D)

District 23 — Jackie Dingfelder (D)

District 25 — Laurie Monnes Anderson (D)

District 27 — None

District 28 — None

District 29 — David Nelson (R)

District 30 — None

 

Oregon House

District 01 — None

District 02 — None

District 03 — None

District 04 — None

District 05 — Peter Buckley (D)

District 06 — None

District 07 — None

District 08 — Paul Holvey (D)

District 09 — Arnie Roblan (D)

District 10 — Jean Cowan (D)

District 11 — Phil Barnhart (D)

District 12 — Terry Beyer (D)

District 13 — Nancy Nathanson (D)

District 14 — Chris Edwards (D)

District 15 — None

District 16 — Sara Gelser (D)

District 17 — None

District 18 — None

District 19 — None

District 20 — None

District 21 — Brian Clem (D)

District 22 — Betty Komp (D)

District 23 — Jason Brown (D)

District 24 — Ed Glad (R)

District 25 — None

District 26 — Jessica Adamson (D)

District 27 — Tobias Read (D)

District 28 — Jeff Barker (D)

District 29 — Chuck Riley (D)

District 30 — David Edwards (D)

District 31 — Brad Witt (D)

District 32 — Deborah Boone (D)

District 33 — Mitch Greenlick (D)

District 34 — Suzanne Bonamici (D)

District 35 — Larry Galizio (D)

District 36 — Mary Nolan (D)

District 37 — None

District 38 — Chris Garrett (D)

District 39 — None

District 40 — Dave Hunt (D)

District 41 — Carolyn Tomei (D)

District 42 — Regan Gray (D)

District 43 — Chip Shields (D)

District 44 — Tina Kotek (D)

District 45 — Michael Dembrow (D)

District 46 — Ben Cannon (D)

District 47 — Jefferson Smith (D)

District 48 — Mike Schaufler (D)

District 49 — Nick Kahl (D)

District 50 — None

District 51 — None

District 52 — Suzanne Van Orman (D)

District 53 — None

District 54 — None

District 55 — None

District 56 — None

District 57 — None

District 58 — Bob Jenson (R)

District 59 — None

District 60 — None

 

* Oregon Senate terms are four years, so only one-half of the Senate terms are up any given election.

 

Local Elections

 

Endorsements for local, municipal elections are done by the AFSCME local union that represents that agency. For example, Local 88, which represents Multnomah County employees, makes the endorsement decision for Multnomah County offices, not the Council.

 

Following is a list of such local endorsements that have been reported to us.

 

 

Clackamas County — as per Local 350 (Clackamas County)

 

County Commissioner, Position 1 (Chair) — Lynn Peterson

County Commissioner, Position 3 — Martha Schrader

County Commissioner, Position 4 — Charlotte Lehan

County Commissioner, Position 5 — Jim Bernard

 

 

Clatsop County — as per Local 2746 (Clatsop County)

 

County Commissioner, District 2 — Jim Scheller

 

 

Eugene — as per Local 1724 (City of Eugene)

 

Mayor — Kitty Piercy

 

 

Multnomah County — as per Local 88 (Multnomah County)

 

County Commissioner, District 1 — Deborah Kafoury

County Commissioner, District 3 — Rob Milesnick

County Commissioner, District 4 — Carla Piluso

 

 

Polk County — as per Local 173 (Polk County)

 

District Attorney — Aaron Felton

 

 

Portland — as per Local 189 (City of Portland)

 

Mayor — Sam Adams

City Council — Nick Fish

 

 

Umatilla County — as per Local 3742 (Umatilla County Courthouse)

 

County Commissioner — Glenn Youngman

 

 

Washington County — as per Local 3668 (Metro Public Defenders)

 

Washington County Judge — Keith Rogers