The League invited all the candidates running for the Oregon State Legislature in Multnomah County to respond to LWV questions. The information below is from the candidates who responded on our VOTE411.org website. It is also in our printed and pdf copies of the LWV Voters’ Guide for Multnomah County.
Oregon Senate Candidates
Click the links below to read about the following candidates on VOTE411.org. (Note that unopposed candidates in Senate Districts 18, 21, and 22 did not respond.)
- District 14: Kate Lieber (WFP, Dem) & Harmony K Mulkey (LBT, Rep)
- District 23: Michael Dembrow (WFP, Dem)
- District 25: Chris Gorsek (WFP, Dem) & Justin Hwang (Rep)
Oregon House Candidates
Candidates who are unopposed and did not respond are not listed. However, unopposed candidates who did respond are listed, so you can read their views.
- District 27: Sandra Nelson (LBT, Rep) & Sheri Schouten (WFP, Dem)
- District 31: Brian G. Stout (Rep) & Brad Witt (WFP, Dem)
- District 33: Dick Courter (Rep) & Maxine E. Dexter (WFP, Dem)
- District 35: Dacia Grayber (WFP, Dem) & Bob Niemeyer (Rep)
- District 36: James A. Ball (Rep) & Lisa Reynolds (WFP, Dem) (Note: These two candidates were interviewed for our Video Voters’ Guide.)
- District 38: Patrick Castles (Rep) & Andrea Salinas (WFP, Dem)
- District 41: Michael Newgard (Rep) & Karin Power (WFP, Dem)
- District 42: Rob Nosse (WFP, Dem)
- District 43: Tawna Sanchez (WFP, Dem)
- District 44: Tina Kotek (WFP, Dem) & Margo Logan (Rep)
- District 46: Khanh Phan (WFP, Dem)
- District 47: Ryan Gardner (Rep), Diego Hernandez (Dem), Ashton Simpson (WFP) (Note: Two of these candidates were interviewed for our Video Voters’ Guide. All the candidates were offered interviews.)
- District 48: Edward Marihart (LBT) & Jeff Reardon (Dem)
- District 49: Zach Hudson (WFP, Dem) & Greg Johnson (Rep)
- District 50: Ricki Ruiz (WFP, Dem) & Amelia Salvador (Rep)
- District 51: Janelle S. Bynum (WFP, Dem), Donald B. Crawford (LBT), Jane J. Hays (Rep)
- District 52: Stephen D. Alder (LBT), Jeff Helfrich (Rep), Anna Williams (IND, WFP, Dem)