margin-bottom:16px; "She became the voice of change, and the voice of frustration with especially the police department here in Portland, and that made her a target because remember, theres a lot of people who say the problem isnt with the police, the problem is with the protesters and with people who dont express themselves right," KATU political analyst Jim Moore said.
.contact_entity {font-size: 1.5em ;margin-top: 0.6em; margin-bottom: 0em;margin-right: 0.5em;} I wished him well in his new role.. background-color: #f4f4f4; Yes a LOT of folks are sick-and-tired and some of them might have flirted with one of these guys, but I think some of them will come home in the general. Feels to me like this is part of a much larger context and not the fault of 1 of Portlands 5 city councilors? [42], Hardesty was erroneously accused of a hit and run in 2021. margin: 0px 10px; } Poor people are fleeing to the suburbs & beyond. text-align: center; Exactly, and this is why I dont like STAR. Im progressive in the sense that I think families shouldnt have to worry about getting shot at the park or mugged at the bus stop. If I want diversity I go to Beaverton these days.. background-color: #db0000; Will enough Portlanders like what they learn about him? In other words, in most contexts used in American political discourse, its completely meaningless, much like progressive is. This page was current at the end of the official's last term in office covered by Ballotpedia. I will be shocked if very many Mozrysky voters go for Hardesty in the fall. Its not an acronym. Portland city commissioners Jo Ann Hardesty and Dan Ryan. What struck you about last night? Gun violence, traffic safety, and homelessness has all spiked during the pandemic nationally across US. Mozyrsky has chosen to run against incumbent Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty, who won her seat in 2018 and, as a former two-term lawmaker in the Oregon House and a leader of nonprofits,. .race_header, .results_text, .results_table_container, .votebox_legend { Democracy is hard. It makes a ton of sense to send people trained to provide mental health services to mental health related situations. The bureaucrats are more interested in having their 500th community outreach event than actually doing work and it shows. Hardesty stood for the November 2022 election runoff to serve a second term, but lost the seat to challenger Rene Gonzalez. In the final weeks before the election, Portland Accountability PAC, an outside political group bankrolled by business and downtown property owners, spent six figures on bolstering Hardestys challenger. There is real animosity between her and the police. background-color: #003388; color: white; Are you happy? Its fine not to be a progressive all the time, you could own that! [7], After leaving the Navy, Hardesty settled in Portland, Oregon. font-style: italic; Im a progressive in the sense that I am generally supportive of social reforms that I think will improve marginalized peoples lives. Hardesty was picked up from Ilani Casino Resort, and was about to be unexpectedly dropped off at a closing filling station along I-5 when she called 911 to report safety concerns about being about to be left alone on the side of the road in the dark, telling the dispatcher, "Well, Ive got a Lyft driver that decided he would just drop me off at a filling station. Ideally, they would all be part of a comprehensive menu of emergency services that would be dispatched when and where needed, just as we currently dispatch police, fire, and medical services on an as-needed but often overlapping manner. Hardesty won the race, against Multnomah County Commissioner Loretta Smith; the final tally showed her receiving 61.8% of the votes cast. font-weight: bold; Just observe what has become of Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Denver, and NYC to name a few. I think Gonzalez is further to the right than most folks realize and if he makes it into the runoff, hell have a lot more explaining to do. .votebox-results-cell--number { display: inline-block; border-radius: 50%; I sure hope not. What does that mean, putting antifa in all caps? Of course, why would she bother to read a dusty plan that PBOT never had any intention to follow? padding-left: 10px; Do you think that the crew in neighborhood associations who lead the charge on fighting back rest villages were happy they werent delivered? p.survey-response {margin-left:10px;} [36] She conceded the race later that day. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. It really depends on what you consider an accomplishment. Hardesty faced several controversies during her tenure in office, such as her handling of personal credit card debt, vacation time, and placing a call to 9-1-1 over a dispute with a Lyft driver. color: white; [37], Hardesty was married to Skip Elliot Bowman in 2001. border: 1px solid #999; Jo Ann Hardesty, Rene Gonzalez in photos from their campaign websites, October 2022. .contact_entity {font-size: 1.0em ;margin-top: 0.6em; margin-bottom: 0em; margin-right: 0.5em;} Coverage/analysis of candidates is necessarily too shallow. Source. Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement (updated 4/4/2023), Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement, and Your Privacy Choices and Rights (updated 1/26/2023). Will have more news on celebration & transition soon, but do want to thank staff, donors, vols & my family for all the help.". If it did, then that top candidate would still be filtered out if we processed the final elimination and ran STAR to its intended end. DeFazio only beat Skarlatos by 5 points 2 years ago, & while the new boundaries are more favorable to Democrats, Hoyle obviously is lacking DeFazios incumbency advantage and seems to be less appealing to the democratic base. margin: 0; If you did the STAR runoff and stopped when you had two candidates rather than one, would that really introduce much distortion. 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Comparing a given city to the national trend isnt fair, you should compare within a given level of urbanicity. 4. font-size: 12px; In the campaign, he also reportedly pushed for the city to recognize that addiction and mental health problems are also factors driving the homelessness crisis. [12], Hardesty ran for Portland City Council in 2018, for the open seat being vacated by the retiring Dan Saltzman. If you dont want to have to walk through tents and trash at your neighborhood parks, have graffiti and idiotic ANTIFA riots, Beaverton is much better. .mw-content-ltr td.votebox-results-cell--text, Fifty percent of likely voters said they'd cast their ballot for Gonzalez, a lawyer and technology business owner, compared to 26% for Hardesty, people briefed on the survey results told The. [28] Hardesty was the first of the three frontrunners for the position who hit her limit on fundraising caps. Hmmm. Sad? .mw-body #mw-content-text th.votebox-results-cell--text { YouTubes privacy policy is available here and YouTubes terms of service is available here. How to run for office | I think Kafoury has done a terrible job as well. font-weight: bold; She has done a number of incredible accomplishments, especially when you consider this was her first term, and she often was the lone voice of reason and compassion on a hostile, pro-business council. } https://www.opb.org/article/2022/05/12/portland-united-political-action-committee-campaign-finance-city-council/. Killings have been on the rise in Portland for the past few years. $('.hideResponses').hide(); The two items that deal with traffic violence and deaths dont even mention pedestrian deaths or say that the situation has improved. Hardestys words and deeds have made Portlanders more dangerous, and Gonzalez has a plan for restoring shared spaces and infrastructure, so hes getting my vote. I personally dont have strong opinions on when PDX schools should have been opened back up, but I do think his answer was revealing it strikes me as an irresponsibly cavalier and hasty approach to a global pandemic that we knew little about in those early months, that was claiming lives and straining our healthcare system at a severe rate, and that we had no effective treatment for and no vaccine for until a year later. I wont argue that (to use your example of 20 candidates) mulling over 10% of the field is easier when 90% have already been decided on by some smaller subset of voters, but I do think that is ultimately harmful and tends to distort representation. } })(); See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection. Does it mean allowing encampments? font-size: 20px; padding-top: 3px; ANTIFA groups that attach police and cause vandalism should be locked up. Bison Coffeehouse owner Loretta Guzman joined 'Fox & Friends First' to discuss how the anti-police attack has impacted her business and the community's response to the attack. .race_header.libertarian { Despite a tsunami of outside funding to candidates running to the right of Portland City Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty, her popularity broke through and she took home 41% of the vote for her City Council seat. } Ted put her in charge of PBOT hoping shed flounder and shes done pretty okay, and I sincerely hate PBOT. I ultimately see that as yet another failure of PBOT and our form of government. [5][6], After graduating from high school, Hardesty joined the United States Navy. $('.pastResponses').show(); The driver had refused to roll up a window, citing Lyft's pandemic air circulation recommendations. top: -5px; .results_row td:first-child { Denver deploys 74% more cops per capita than Portland, with one for every 475 residents. Does it mean making housing affordable? width: 350px; ul.key-messages {list-style-type: none; margin-left:10px; } [20][21] She is the first Black woman and first minority woman to serve on the council. font-weight: bold; If the responders went to Starbucks instead of answering the call, youd get the same statistic. Maus chose to focus on this specific council race, for some reason, which spurred a debate focusing on Hardesty. @media (max-width:600px) { Shane Dixon Kavanaugh | The Oregonian/OregonLive. These problems are not a Portland specific problem. padding-top: 8px; div.survey-scrollbox { height:400px; overflow:scroll; margin:20px; padding:10px; border:1px solid gray; } Shell be in a runoff with either Rene Gonzalez or Vadim Mozyrsky, who are currently separated by only 879 votes. Source. overflow-y: hidden; what, people emphasizing violence using guns. } margin-bottom:0px; And vice versa. padding-bottom: 7px; Access to information is a fundamental problem, not a nice to have extra bonus. I wonder what makes Hardesty different than them. } border:1px solid #FFB81F; She lost in the general election on November 8, 2022. She got us new bathwater. Rene Gonzalez defeated incumbent Jo Ann Hardesty in the general election for Portland City Commission Position 3 on November 8, 2022. [22] She is highly critical of the Portland Police Bureau. .widget-row.value-only { [45] Additionally, as a result of an internal affairs investigation, two of the officers involved received formal disciplinary action, and the former union president was fired by Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler. Well, Im not getting out of the car, in the dark, at a filling station, not happening - all because I asked him to put the window up. I am proud of the values we represented and the accomplishments we brought to life in Portland, Hardesty stated in her concession announcement. Being progressive doesnt mean you have to tolerate and enable a drug epidemic that is destroying our communities. width: 100% !important; Preliminary results show that 114,408 votes have been counted for Gonzalez. Hardesty announced her concession in a statement sent to KOIN 6 News by her campaign manager Joseph Santos-Lyons on Wednesday. div.oneoff-scrollbox.regular { height:400px; overflow:scroll; margin:20px; padding:10px; border:1px solid gray; } Hardesty ran for re-election to the Portland City Commission to represent Position 3 in Oregon. If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation. background-color: #f9d334; Senator Jeff Merkley and U.S. Representative Earl Blumenauer, both from Oregon, and Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt. .widget-row { Click here to contact us for media inquiries, and please donate here to support our continued expansion. The third map at bottom shows what percentage of the vote went for Hardesy, by precinct. I am however hopeful she will lose the the runoff. font-size: .9em; My hope going forward is that our city will be a place where people of all backgrounds can thrive, where no one is scapegoated because they are poor. I admire your optimism, but I wouldnt just assume Val Hoyle will win the 4th in the general. padding-bottom: 8px; Its easy to assume that people who dont agree with you are all racist morons, but that isnt necessarily the case here. Gonzalez is currently at 24.2% and is barely edging out Mozrysky at 23.4%. Its just absurd that we vote for Bureau heads but dont get to vote for what Bureau they head. Most PPS parents are going to agree with this document. The following candidates ran in the primary for Portland City Commission Position 3 on May 17, 2022. Why not hold her responsible? } clearInterval(nTimer); Uh no, thats not how it works, Chris. margin-bottom: -2px !important; Im so relieved to learn that gun violence, pedestrian deaths, and the homeless crisis have all improved over the past four years. } https://pamplinmedia.com/pt/9-news/544860-436054-street-lives-portlandians-dopesick-blues- [Man could move back to Utah to live with family, but chooses to stay here due to lax drug laws], https://www.opb.org/article/2022/01/15/2021-was-a-record-year-for-homicides-in-portland/. She previously served in the Oregon House of Representatives from 1995 until 2001. Hardesty is progressive and walks the walk. position: relative; Sure, that makes it easier for the larger group later on in a general, but what if the best options were already filtered out? Hardesty had plenty. margin-bottom: 0; [46], In March 2022, Hardesty failed to appear in Multnomah County Circuit Court relating to $16,000 in unpaid credit card debt she had accumulated. We have to have a council that can work with the police union. background-color: #003388; Hardesty just called to congratulate & wish me luck in my new role," Rene for Portland also tweeted. The fund generates $60 million annually from a 1% tax on corporations with $1 billion in receipts, for workforce training, tree planting, and retrofitting low-income homes. }, 100); Hardesty was the first African American woman and first minority women to serve on the council. padding-bottom: 3px; .results_table_container { } Original images and content owned by Pedaltown Media, Inc. Not to be used without permission. 2023 FOX News Network, LLC. color: black; Is San Francisco? Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. *The federal government also deeply subsidizes their margin interest rate. She previously served in the Oregon House of Representatives from 1995 until 2001. There were no incumbents in this race. Jo Ann A. Hardesty (formely Bowman, [2] [3] born October 15, 1957) is an American Democratic politician in the U.S. state of Oregon who served as a Portland City commissioner from 2019 to 2022. A political newcomer seeking to unseat Portland Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty is running neck-and-neck against her in the early days of the campaign, according to an internal poll commissioned. In her first major decision as the elected-in-charge of Portland's civic life bureau, Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty has decided to permanently cut city funding from embattled neighborhood. Dont take my word for it. background-color: #f9d334; In the tweet, Gonzalez thanked Hardesty for her service and said that he plans to release more information about his transition to office soon. YouTubes privacy policy is available here and YouTubes terms of service is available here. Portland City Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty addresses protesters as they take part in a rally against police brutality in Portland, Oregon late July 24, 2020. Only in inner eastside neighborhoods did she receive over 50% of the vote. Following a close race in the May primaries [31] Hardesty placed first in the primary with 44% of the vote. (Diego Diaz/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images). font-weight: bold; Also, who knows what climate catastrophes await us this summer and fall; could massive wildfires, deadly heatwaves, some other severe natural (human-accelerated) event change a candidates fateI think yes! 1998 - 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. | All Rights Reserved. The union currently doesnt want to anything to do with 20% of city council. background-color: #6db24f; And I continue to feel deep shame for how much blame for issues like homelessness Portlanders place on the shoulders of commissioner Hardesty alone, given that she is the first black woman elected citywide in our citys history, and has no more power than any other council member (although she is the only effective one imo, the only other person whos effected change is Mingus Mapps and his have proved very bad). .hideResponses { display: none;} Those items that havnt been completed are not because she not working for them, its because wheeler and the others fight against progress. 2 weeks? $('.showResponses').hide(); .contact_office { font-size: 0.8 em; margin-top: 0.6em; margin-bottom: 0em;margin-right: 0.5em;} background-color: grey; Hes talking about arresting homeless folks. Your help supports local, independent journalism that informs, educates, and engages our community. color: #0645ad; Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement (updated 4/4/2023), Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement, and Your Privacy Choices and Rights (updated 1/26/2023). width: 100%; Youre arguing to make it easier by moving choice from the larger electorate to a smaller one. .inner_percentage.Green { The thing she has done thats had a great impact is to deliver the Portland Street Response. Lots of higher income people left urban cores during covid, so the denominator in murder rate calculations shrunk. } Time to take the city back. There are a number of officials and bureaus that are directly in charge of homelessness. Voters dealt progressive candidates a rebuke in Seattles city elections late last year, while San Franciscos Mayor London Breed, a Democrat, has taken a hardline approach to shoplifting, open drug use and homeless camping. Jo Ann Hardesty is the first African American woman to serve on Portland's City Council and the third black woman to serve as an Oregon State Representative. Just take a look around at all the squalid drug camps everywhere. All rights reserved. (And Im certainly not voting for Gonzales.). [47] The judge ordered her to pay the full amount. When you have 12 candidates running for an office, and when there are many races going on, it is really hard to get the information you need to make an informed decision. float:right; Seattle, for example, staffs 29% more, with one officer for every 643 residents. div.oneoff-scrollbox.short { height:250px; overflow:scroll; margin:20px; padding:10px; border:1px solid gray; } No city successful city will be actually affordable when we have extreme wealth inequality as a nation. Nearly twice as many voters 18% said they'd cast a ballot in support of Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty, a. Court records show Bank of America filed lawsuits against Hardesty in Multnomah County late last month, claiming she owes more than $16,000 on a pair of defaulted credit card accounts. PORTLAND POLICE UNION RAILS AGAINST DEFUND POLICE COMMISSIONER AFTER RIOT SQUAD RESIGNATIONS. This spring, Le Creuset has introduced an exciting new shade thats already selling fast: shallot, a soft lavender with pink and slight gray undertones. This would certainly be a significant improvement over what we have today, but honestly doing away with primaries altogether is one of the big benefits its less costly, creates less voter fatigue, centralizes decisions to when most voters are active/engaged, etc. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Here are a few more thoughts and results from other races weve been watching closely: Theres a lot more analysis and results still to come in, so stay tuned! 2023 FOX News Network, LLC. News coverage of two finalists will inherently be better than coverage of a dozen. The following candidates ran in the primary for Portland City Commission Position 3 on May 15, 2018. top: 0px; Portland City Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty addresses protesters as they take part in a rally against police brutality in Portland, Oregon late July 24, 2020. With about 32% of ballots counted, Hardesty has 41% of the votes. Yeah his group ED300 has plenty of info online, heres a pretty holistic summary. .election_results_text { I dont think Rene Gonzalez has much if a concrete policy platform laid out, but he seems to be broadly in favor of allocating more money to the PPB and keeping schools from enacting covid safety protocols. } } .votebox-scroll-container { } Its hard to kick out the only one who has achieved literally anything useful in the last four years. .votebox { Just how many could decide if she wins or loses. }. A doorknob could have won over Ianaronne, She is running Street Trust into the ground Portland has extremely low standards for the people who run the city. I ride year round and I am voting FOR Hardesty. I think there was some difference in their platforms and I think Hardesty will get some Mozyrsky votes it will be very close though! Portland Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty speaks to protestors during a candlelight vigil to support Portlanders' rights to free speech and assembly at the Multnomah County Justice Center on July 17, 2020, in Portland, Oregon. color: black; The results have been certified. Will faster response times reduce homicides? I didnt vote for Gonzalez, but I have to admit, he hits the Parks/MUPs/Sidewalks point again and again in this interview: https://www.opb.org/article/2022/05/09/portland-city-council-candidate-rene-gonzalez-answers-opbs-questions/. A tsunami of outside funding?? display: block; The general electorate has to hope that the primary electorate is representative, shares similar values, etc, but theres no reason that has to be true. background-color: #dac113; [43] An internal investigation at the Portland Police Bureau found that there was no evidence behind the claims, and that the report claiming the incident was fabricated and disseminated to news outlets by three PPB officers, one of whom was acting as union president at the time. Thats hard to do if you cant grow beyond the critic of police mindset. Access to information is a fundamental problem, not a nice to have extra bonus. I guess itd be all Rubios fault. Portland Street Response. width: 90%; background-color: red; Thats my hunch too Paul. margin-right: 10px; Hardesty was affiliated with the Independent Party of Oregon, but the Portland City Commission and the election were officially nonpartisan. } [32], Having received less than 50% of the vote, she advanced to a runoff in the November 2022 general election. padding-left: 0; Is it the runoff that is distorting, or the first-past-the-post system? Name a single progressive US city that has economically diversified their population. Do we support police retaliation towards someone who dares to question practices and strives to change the system? In most cases we supported the incumbents. width: 100% For example: https://twitter.com/shanedkavanaugh/status/1526003672735309824?s=20&t=OhV9RUHa4tHaIwcbKGt4tw. That program responded to 900 calls for service with none of them resulting in arrest. (KATHRYN ELSESSER/AFP via Getty Images). .widget-row.Independent, .widget-row.Nonpartisan, .widget-row.Constitution { This place we call home is suffering.". The results have been certified. Last week, Hardesty, the first Black woman to serve on City Council, was the sole commissioner to vote against a resolution to create at least three large, designated campsites and ban the rest of the roughly 700 encampments currently scattered across the city. With about 32% of ballots counted, Hardesty has 41% of the votes. No one ran to the left of her, so 41% might be her ceiling. margin-top: 1em; } [1], .votebox { Jo Ann Hardesty concedes, Rene Gonzalez announces victory in Portland City Council commissioner race. } I personally value her work to get the Portland Street Response going and her continued willingness to hold PPB accountable for their violent, anti-social behavior. padding-left: 0; She served for six years and was stationed in the Philippines. .votebox-results-metadata-p { .inner_percentage.Libertarian { I support local candidates who bring creativity, motivation AND financial integrity to Portlands political scene. She'll be in a runoff with either Rene Gonzalez or Vadim Mozyrsky, who are currently separated by only 879 votes. Gonzalezs campaign added. State legislature | A political newcomer seeking to unseat Portland Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty is running neck-and-neck against her in the early days of the campaign, according to an internal poll commissioned by the opponent. Why has there been an effort to tie her to homelessness and why have Portlanders fallen for it? Ballot measures, Who represents me? .key-messages li:last-child { margin-bottom: 0px;} Distancing is a guideline where possible, not a mandate; priority is fully open schools in person.