2022 race briefing
Jo Ann Hardesty won Position 3 on the Portland City Commission in 2018, defeating Loretta Smith 61.8% to 37.2%, and served from January 2019 through December 2022. She was an outspoken advocate for shifting public safety resources away from policing.
In the May 17, 2022 nonpartisan primary she finished first with 43.7%, and Rene Gonzalez took second with 23.2%, sending both to a November runoff. On November 8, 2022, Gonzalez defeated Hardesty 52.5% to 47.2%.
Our Revolution and PolRev backed Hardesty in 2022, and this card keeps PolRev’s record of the race.