We asked each candidate who filed to run for Portland City Council, City Auditor, Multnomah County Chair, and Multnomah County Board of Commissioners to respond to our questionnaire. Candidate responses are shared verbatim in this voter guide.
Candidates were invited to submit statements about their policy priorities relating to climate change, environmental justice, and/or sustainability, with encouragement to be specific about their policy goals. They were referred to 350PDX’s Climate Justice Platform 2026 and encouraged to endorse it if it aligns with their values.
City Council candidates were asked to respond yes or no to the following question:
“As a Portland City Councilor, will you protect the Portland Clean Energy Community Benefits Fund (PCEF), ensuring it is not diverted through the budget or other processes to outside purposes, and retaining its climate focus in line with what voters intended?”
Additionally, incumbent City Council candidates received a score based on their voting record on items related to our 2024 Climate Justice Platform. This score is listed on the 350PDX Candidate Scorecard and each incumbent candidate’s score is listed on their profile. None of these scores or candidate profiles are endorsements.
This voter guide includes a page for each of the candidates who responded and our scorecard. It also includes a brief statement on our endorsement of Oregon Ballot Measure 26-267. View digital voter guide below or view and download a PDF here.
City Auditor
Multnomah County Chair
Multnomah County Commissioner District 2
Ballot Measure 26-267
350PDX is officially endorsing Ballot Measure 26-267, which would provide all Portlanders the chance to help decide how to spend 2% of the City’s discretionary budget. Want to fund neighborhood park projects, street improvements, or affordable after-school programs? You and other Portlanders decide! The Your2Cents PDX campaign would finally bring participatory budgeting to Portland, a proven method of expanding transparency, accountability, and participation practiced by over 7,000 localities around the world. Dozens of cities in the United States have already instituted participatory budgeting, including New York, Boston, St. Louis, and Seattle. Pilot programs in Portland have been well received. Learn more about participatory budgeting at the Climate Resilience Project
The participatory budgeting process will improve Portlanders’ ability to directly invest in meaningful change for a healthier environment and climate, benefitting those who need it most.
In a nutshell, PB is a way to strengthen democracy in the annual budgeting process, which is not accessible to the average Portland resident. Learn more about the Your2Cents campaign behind this ballot measure at your2centspdx.com.
Candidate Scorecard
