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2024 Oregon Elections Megathread! (self.portland_oregon)

submitted 4 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by jordanlund to c/portland_oregon

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Getting my politics megathreads up early so I don't have to think about it on Tuesday!

Portland is getting a new mayor, a new city council, AND all the statewide races for President, Congress, Ballot Measures 117 and 118...

This is the place to discuss ALL that!

Early results:

President - Called for Harris

OR - 1 Called for Bonamici (D)
OR - 2 Called for Bentz (R)
OR - 3 Called for Dexter (D)
OR - 4 68% reporting, Hoyle+9 (D)
OR - 5 58% reporting, Bynum+2 (D)
OR - 6 58% reporting, Salinas+9 (D)

Yes. 63/37 Creates a process to impeach and remove elected officials.
63% reporting, No+6 Creates a commission to set salaries for state officials.
No. 60/40 Authorizes ranked choice voting.
No. 80/20 Raises corporate taxes to provide rebates to individuals.
63% reporting, Yes+10 Sets organized labor guidelines for marijuana businesses.

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[–] mortalic 8 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Wish there were more pdxers here.

[–] jordanlund 5 points 4 weeks ago

Me too!

[–] Crackhappy 3 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Curious about everyone's thoughts on 118. At first glance it seemed like a great idea but after seeing what it would do to the general fund I thought it wasn't great at all. What do you think?

[–] jordanlund 3 points 4 weeks ago

I thought it was an awful idea. Basically they want an equivalent to Alaska's oil dividend, but we don't have a natural resource like that so the plan is to just soak big companies?

It's a Robin Hood measure. I get it, big companies should be taxed fairly, but the goal should be to reduce taxes for everyone else, not just kick back money for no reason.

[–] jordanlund 3 points 3 weeks ago

City Council Results Here:

https://www.kgw.com/article/news/politics/elections/live-election-results-portland-city-council/283-d736cfda-bfdb-4746-8531-c84a9cc8e5cf

Mayor Results Here:

https://www.kgw.com/article/news/politics/elections/live-election-results-portland-mayor/283-0a03a6de-55e4-44fb-bd84-829bc604139b