In the 2024 election cycle, United for Portland will consider endorsements of candidates running for Multnomah County Commission, Portland City Council, and Mayor of Portland.
At this time, we are working exclusively on endorsements for the May 2024 primary election.
If you are running, or considering running, for Portland City Council or Mayor of Portland, we’d love to hear from you. But please know that endorsements will take place after the filing deadline in August.
The purpose of the United for Portland endorsement process is to identify thoughtful, pragmatic leaders running for office. United for Portland will seek to identify and endorse the candidate who will be the best elected leader, a process which is inherently subjective. In some circumstances, United for Portland may decide to make no endorsement or to make multiple endorsements in a given race.
United for Portland’s endorsements are based on:
United for Portland’s endorsement process is conducted confidentially. All responses to questionnaires (unless otherwise specified) and any information given during an interview about issue positions or about specific campaign plans are held in confidence until after the election is over.
Not all candidates who complete a questionnaire will be interviewed. It may be determined based on responses and record that the applying candidate may not be able to earn United for Portland’s endorsement.
All United for Portland endorsements are made by the United for Portland Board.
Our goal is to be able to issue final endorsements before the voters’ pamphlet deadline and after the filing deadline. This allows candidates who would like to use the endorsements in the voter’s pamphlet to do so.
An endorsement from United for Portland is not a guarantee or indicator of financial contributions or additional resources to support a candidate or campaign.