UNION MEMBERS VOTE!
Oregon’s May 2021 special election is above all about who will lead our schools. Ballots will be mailed to registered voters on April 28 and are due back May 18.
ABOUT THIS GUIDE: Ballots can be crowded and confusing. To help union members make informed decisions, here’s a list of all candidates who face at least one opponent and have at least one union endorsement. [All acronyms are listed in the legend below.]
CITY COUNCIL
BEAVERTON CITY COUNCIL
Position 1 (at large)
Ashley Hartmeier-Prigg, an operations manager at Nike, is chair of the board of Tualatin Hills Park and Recreation District. She’s running for the seat vacated by Lacey Beatty, who won a race for Beaverton mayor last November. OSEA, CPBCTC, IAFF 1660, LiUNA, OEA-BEA, WFP AshleyHartmeierPrigg.com
PORT COMMISSION
PORT OF COLUMBIA COUNTY
Position 5
Brian Fawcett is an economic development manager for Clatskanie PUD. NOLC FawcettForPort.com
K-12 SCHOOL BOARDS
ASHLAND
Position 1
Natalie Jackson is a childcare provider. OEA
Position 3
Misha Hernandez is an Oregon Nurses Association union rep, Teamsters member, central labor chapter delegate, and former SEIU organizer. SOCLC, Insulators, LiUNA, OEA
Position 4
Sarah Beata DeLong is a former Shakespeare Festival costume designer. OEA
BEAVERTON
Zone 1
Susan Greenberg, the incumbent, is deputy director at Jewish Family & Child Service. LiUNA, OEA-BEA SusanForBeavertonSchools.com
CENTENNIAL
Position 6
Erica Fuller is a community organizer. NOLC, OEA-CEA, OSEA Fuller4centennial.com
CORVALLIS
Position 1
Sami Al-AbdRabbuh, incumbent, is an engineer, emergency management researcher and former AFT Local 6069 member. LBLCLC, IBEW 280, OEA-CEA, OSEA OLCS VoteSami.com
Position 4
Luhui Whitebear, incumbent, manages the Native American cultural center at OSU. LBLCLC
Position 6
Vince Adams, incumbent, is a trainer at the Oregon School Boards Association. LBLCLC
DAVID DOUGLAS
Position 3
Deian Salazar is a youth activist and Democratic Party precinct committee person. NOLC, LiUNA
EUGENE 4J
Position 2
Laural O’Rourke, an employee of Lane County human services, is an Army veteran and member of AFSCME Local 2831 LCCLC
Position 3
Tom Di Liberto, a retired teacher and AFT member at UO, led the teachers union bargaining team at Eugene EA. LCCLC, OEA-EEA, OSEA, UFCW, WFP TomDiLibertoFor4j.com
Position 6
Maya Rabasa is a former teacher and teachers union member. LCCLC, IBEW 280, OEA-EEA, OSEA, SMART OLCS MayaRabasa.com
GRESHAM-BARLOW
Position 5
Jasia Mosley is a community organizer. OEA-GBEA, UFCW JasiaForGresham.com
OAKRIDGE
Position 2
Susan Hardy, incumbent, is a Head Start coordinator and retired school teacher, OSEA member, and vice president of the Lane County Central Labor Chapter. LCCLC OLCS
NORTH CLACKAMAS
Position 5
Kathy Wai, incumbent, is a redistricting administrator for the Oregon Secretary of State and a TriMet board member. CPBCTC, OEA-NCEA ElectKathyWai.com
Position 6
Lars Best is a union electrician in IBEW Local 48 NOLC, CPBCTC, IBEW 48 LarsBest.com
OREGON CITY
Position 3
Jason Kemmerich is a parent and volunteer coach. CPBCTC, OEA-OCEA JasonForOCschoolboard.com
PORTLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Zone 4 (North Portland)
Herman Greene is senior pastor of Abundant Life PDX, a church in North Portland. NOLC, CPBCTC, LiUNA, OEA-PAT
Zone 5 (Northeast Portland)
Gary Hollands runs an investment company, a trucking school and a junk removal company, and previously served on the Multnomah Education Service District board. LiUNA, OEA-PAT
REYNOLDS
District 7
Cayle Tern is an SEIU Local 503 member and regional chair of the union’s political committee. He’s a family coach at the Oregon Department of Human Services, and a board member for the nonprofit civic revitalization group East County Rising. NOLC, LiUNA, SEIU 503 OLCS
SALEM-KEIZER
Zone 1 (West Salem)
Osvaldo Avila is an analyst for the Higher Education Coordinating Commission. MPYCLC, IBEW 280, IUPAT, IW, LiUNA, OEA-SKEA, SMART, SEIU 503 Osvaldo4skboard.com
Zone 3 (South Salem)
Ashley Carson Cottingham is deputy director of the Oregon Office of the Long-Term Care Ombudsman. MPYCLC, LiUNA Ashley4oregon.com
Zone 5 (Southeast Salem)
Karina Guzmán Ortiz is an early childhood system partner engagement specialist for the Oregon Department of Education and member of SEIU Local 503. MPYCLC, IUPAT, LiUNA, OEA-SKEA KarinaForOregon.com
Zone 7 (Northeast Salem)
María Hinojos Pressey is operations director of the farmworker advocacy group PCUN. MPYCLC, IUPAT, LiUNA, OEA-SKEA Maria4oregon.com
SPRINGFIELD
Position 5
Kelly Mason is a UO academic adviser. LCCLC
SWEET HOME
Position 5
Jim Gourley, incumbent, is a former mayor, longtime officer of USW Local 1189, and president of the central labor chapter. LBLCLC
TIGARD-TUALATIN
Position 3
Octavio Gonzalez, is an account manager at a landscaping company. CPBCTC OG4ttsdboard.com
WEST LINN – WILSONVILLE
Position 5
Seiji Shiratori works as a policy Director for the Property Tax Division of the Oregon Department of Revenue. CPBCTC ShiratoriForOregon.com
COMMUNITY COLLEGES
LANE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Zone 1
Thomas Jennings is an electrician and member of IBEW Local 932 LCCLC (dual)
Holli Johnson incumbent, coordinates the Black Student Success Program at Lane Education Service District LCCLC (dual), LCCEA
Zone 5
Steve Mital is a sustainability director at UO, a former UO instructor, and former member of the Eugene Water & Electric Board LCCLC
PORTLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Zone 1 (Lake Oswego, Tigard, Tualatin)
Laurie Cremona Wagner is vice president of marketing for Oracle and the wife of Oregon Senate Majority Leader Rob Wagner. CPBCT LaurieForPCC.com
Zone 4 (downtown Portland to Scappoose)
Serin Bussell, a Portland Parks and Rec procurement analyst, was formerly a shop steward at Metro with AFSCME Local 3580. NOLC, LiUNA, PCCFFAP/PCCFCE, UBC, UFCW, WFP OLCS SerinBussell.com
Zone 7 Director (Hillsboro – North Plains)
Reiko Mia Williams is principal of Sabin Elementary School in Portland. NOLC, CPBCTC, LiUNA, UFCW ReikoForPCC.com
Kristi Wilson is a workforce development manager at the City of Hillsboro. PCCFCE (dual), WFP ElectKristiWilson.com
EDUCATION SERVICE DISTRICTS
MULTNOMAH EDUCATION SERVICE DISTRICT
Position 3, Zone 2
Mary Botkin, incumbent, was a career lobbyist at the Legislature for Oregon AFSCME. NOLC
LANE EDUCATION SERVICE DISTRICT
Position 6
Rose Wilde is the incumbent. LCCLC
LEGEND
Acronyms refer to a union’s statewide or regional body unless a local number is listed. Each endorsement list starts with the AFL-CIO’s central labor bodies (CLCs), made up of multiple labor unions.
- NOLC NW Oregon Labor Council
- LCCLC Lane County Central Labor Chapter
- LBLCLC Linn Benton Lincoln Central Labor Chapter
- MPYCLC Marion Polk Yamhill Central Labor Chapter
- CPBCTC Columbia Pacific Building Trades Council
- IAFF Fire Fighters or local affiliate
- IBEW Electrical Workers
- Insulators Insulators Local 36
- IUPAT Painters District Council 5
- IW Ironworkers Local 29
- LiUNA Laborers Local 737
- OEA Oregon Education Association – local affiliate
- OSEA Oregon School Employees Assoc.
- PCCFFAP/PCCFCE faculty and classified locals of AFT at Portland Community College
- SMART Sheet Metal Local 16
- UFCW United Food & Commercial Workers Local 555
- UBC Pacific NW Regional Council of Carpenters
- WFP Working Families Party, a union-backed party
- OLCS means a graduate of the Oregon Labor Candidate School, which trains union members to run for public office.
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