Hardesty, Smith to Face Off in November

This fall Portland voters will elect the first Black woman to city council.

Veteran activist Jo Ann Hardesty got 42 percent of the vote in this spring’s primary, and Multnomah County Commissioner Loretta Smith got 22.5 percent – a close enough race to qualify the two candidates for a runoff race in the fall.

Susheela Jayapal, a candidate for Multnomah County Commissioner District 2, running for Smith’s vacated seat, also claimed an historic victory Tuesday as the first south Asian to be elected in the state of Oregon.

This week also saw an upset in the 24th district race for state senator, with former state representative Shemia Fagan unseating incumbent Rod Monroe in a race dominated by debate about the future of housing and renters’ rights in Oregon.

The Skanner News staff compiled the following results from government and wire sources, which were up-to-date as of Wednesday morning. View a full list of statewide election results here. Multnomah County results are here.

City of Portland Commissioner, Position 3

Jo Ann A Hardesty – 34,507 - 42.17 percent
Loretta Smith – 18,382 - 22.47 percent
Andrea Valderrama – 8,736 - 10.68 percent
Felicia Williams – 10,028 - 12.26 percent
Stuart Emmons – 8,446 - 10.32 percent
Lew Humble – 1,458 - 1.78 percent
Write-in - 266 - 0.33 percent

Metro Council President

Lynn Peterson – 72,098 - 83.72 percent
Michael P Langley – 13,559 - 15.74 percent
Write-in – 463 - 0.54 percent

Metro Council, District 2

Joe Buck – 1,152 - 33.49 percent
Christine Lewis – 1,110 - 32.27 percent
Carol Pauli - 324 - 9.42 percent
Betty Dominguez - 842 - 24.48 percent
Write-in - 12 - 0.35 percent

Multnomah County Chair

Deborah Kafoury – 66,303 - 71.36 percent
Wes Soderback – 7,074 - 7.61 percent
D Bora Harris – 12837 - 13.82 percent
Chuck Crockett – 6100 - 6.57 percent
Write-in – 593 - 0.64 percent

Multnomah County Commissioner District 2

Susheela Jayapal 15,094 59.27 percent
Maria Garcia – 3,738 - 14.68 percent
Bruce Broussard - 3,653 - 14.34 percent
Sha Yvette Maxwell – 2,906 - 11.41 percent
Write-in - 75 - 0.29 percent

Multnomah County Auditor

Scott Learn – 36,096 - 41.87 percent
Jennifer McGuirk – 35,287 - 40.93 percent
Mark Ulanowicz – 14,475 - 16.79 percent
Write-in - 351 - 0.41 percent

Multnomah County Sheriff

Mike Reese (unopposed) – 64,355 - 97.06 percent
Write-in - 1946 - 2.94 percent

City of Portland Auditor

Mary Hull Caballero – 53,927 - 98.77 percent
Write-in – 670 - 1.23 percent

City of Portland Commissioner, Position 2

Nick Fish – 50,868 - 62.71 percent
Julia DeGraw – 25,172 - 31.03 percent
Philip J Wolfe - 2,548 - 3.14 percent
Nicholas Sutton - 2,097 - 2.59 percent
Write-in – 436- 0.54 percent

State Senator, 24th District (Democrat)

Shemia Fagan – 3,600 - 62.86 percent
Rod Monroe - 1243 - 21.70 percent
Kayse Jama - 870 - 15.19 percent
Write-in 14 - 0.24 percent

State Representative, 51st District (Democrat)

Janelle S Bynum - 1108 - 98.14 percent
Write-in 21 1.86 percent

U.S. House District 3 NW, Portland/Multnomah Democratic Primary

Earl Blumenauer - 62,992 - 91 percent
Ben Lavine 4,187 - 6 percent
Charles Barnett 1,238 - 2 percent
Eric Hafner 1,019 - 1 percent

Governor - Democratic Primary

Kate Brown 264,526 - 83 percent
Ed Jones 29,975 - 9 percent
Candace Neville 25,253 - 8 percent

Governor - GOP Primary

Knute Buehler 125,124 - 47 percent
Sam Carpenter - 79,497 - 30 percent
Greg Wooldridge - 51,503 - 19 percent
Bruce Cuff - 4,283 - 2 percent
Jeff Smith - 4,164 - 2 percent
David Stauffer - 1,864 - 1 percent
Jonathan Edwards - 777 - 0 percent
Keenan Bohach - 700 - 0 percent
Brett Hyland - 666 - 0 percent
Jack Tacy - 464 - 0 percent