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Greene, Hollands, Brim-Edwards glide to victory in Portland school board races Updated 8:08 PM; Facebook Share The Portland school board will seat two new members in July and, for the first time in its history, concurrently count three Black members among its ranks. Herman Greene won the four-way Zone 4 race Tuesday, claiming 73% of the vote according to partial returns as of 8 p.m. In Zone 5, Gary Hollands held 83%. Julia Brim-Edwards, the lone incumbent seeking reelection, won a second consecutive term representing Zone 6 with 80% of the vote according to the preliminary results. Brim-Edwa...

Portland Public, Portland Community College board races see landslide wins Herman Greene, Julia Brim-Edwards and Gary Hollands won with landslide leads for the Portland Public Schools Board of Education. In Zone 4, Greene led with 73%. Hollands had 84% in Zone 5 and Brim-Edwards pulled in 81% by the time votes were tallied Wednesday morning. Greene and Hollands will be newcomers to the PPS board. Brim-Edwards is the only incumbent who ran for re-election to her seat. "I want to thank Portland voters and the community for their vote of confidence in returning me to the School Board, and fo...

May 18 special election includes Portland School Board seats, Oregon Historical Society levy Today 5:15 AM A child helps place an adult's ballot in a drop box at Multnomah County Elections headquarters. LC- Mark Graves Facebook Share By The Oregonian/OregonLive This year’s May election is a special election, meaning voters are seeing only local candidates -- city councils, school boards, fire districts and the like -- and local ballot measures. It’s too late to mail your ballot to have it counted in time. Instead, take your ballot to a drop box by 8 p.m. Tuesday. Find the one closest t...

Portland school board candidates have collected $100,000. The single largest donor? The teachers union Today 8:35 AM Facebook Share Portland school board candidates have brought in nearly $100,000 in donations and more than one quarter of that cash has so far come from one source: the union representing the district’s educators. With a week to go until Election Day, the Portland Association of Teachers has donated $13,000 each to the campaigns of Herman Greene and Gary Hollands, both of whom the union endorsed, campaign disclosure reports indicate. Greene’s race, a four-way contest for t...

May 06 2021 Three seats are on the May ballot, with political newcomers filling out the ranks of other races. Voters this month have a chance to elect three of the seven members of the Portland Public Schools Board of Education. The race for Zone 6 is a sure bet. Julie Brim-Edwards needs to be re-elected to continue her good stewardship of the district's money and policies. The other two races depend on each voter's priorities. Brim-Edwards, who is running against Matthew Margolis and Libby Glynn, has experience as an executive at Nike and as a staffer at the Legislature. Both of t...