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Updated: June 5 This page will be updated as new candidates file for election. Thanks to a charter reform measure passed by voters in 2022, Portland is getting a new form of government, and it will come with a brand new districting system. In November 2024, Portlanders will vote for City Council members in one of four districts across the city, with three councilors per district. Here's who's running in District 3, which is located...

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Two old names looking for new positions shake up a competitive district race.

Sam Oakland, an English professor, poet and author who rode his bicycle to work at what was then Portland State College, started rallying bicycle riders to attend City Hall hearings in the late 1960s.

Sarah Iannarone named executive director of The Street Trust, a Portland advocacy group Updated Jan 17, 2021; Facebook Share Correction appended Sarah Iannarone, the urban policy consultant who lost a hard-fought bid for Portland mayor last fall, is the new executive director of a nonprofit group that promotes bicycling, walking and public transit safety issues across Oregon. Iannarone, 47, was tapped to lead The Street Trust. The nonprofit’s board confirmed her appointment. The announcement gives the small nonprofit, which has six employees including Iannarone, a big-name and a vocal advo...