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 ®
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)

  1. Yes. 63/37 Creates a process to impeach and remove elected officials.

  2. 63% reporting, No+6 Creates a commission to set salaries for state officials.

  3. No. 60/40 Authorizes ranked choice voting.

  4. No. 80/20 Raises corporate taxes to provide rebates to individuals.

  5. 63% reporting, Yes+10 Sets organized labor guidelines for marijuana businesses.

  • @jordanlundOPMEnglish
    3•1 month 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.