Endorsements
Because of the leadership she has demonstrated over the last three years, Carmen has already earned early endorsements from current and former elected officials, including:
Governor Tina Kotek
former Governor Kate Brown
former Mayor Tom Potter
former City Commissioner Mike Lindberg
Metro President Lynn Peterson
Metro Councilor Juan Carlos González
Metro Councilor Duncan Hwang
Metro Councilor Christine Lewis
Metro Councilor Mary Nolan
Multnomah County Commissioner Jesse Beason
State Senator Michael Dembrow
State Senator Kayse Jama
State Representative Rob Nosse
State Representative Andrea Valderrama
State Representative Khanh Pham
State Representative Thuy Tran
State Representative Tawna Sanchez
former State Representative Ben Cannon
former Multnomah County Commissioner Susheela Jayapal
former Multnomah County Commissioner Maria Rojo de Steffey
Gresham City Councilor Eddy Morales
Washington County Commissioner Nafisa Fai
former PPS School Board Member Martin Gonzalez
She's also earned the endorsement of the following organizations:
AFSCME Local 189
NW Oregon Labor Council
LiUNA Local 737
Portland Association of Teachers
In addition, she’s also earned the support from community members, representing various private and public sector entities:
Rukaiyah Adams
Dwight Adkins
Ruth Adkins
Francisco Aguirre
Michael Alexander
Javier Alomia
Oscar Arana Ochoa
Michael Arrington
Ronald Atwood
Adam Banz
Byron Beck
Pat Becker
Kandis Brewer Nunn
Ed Blackburn
Jerry Brown
Richard Brown
Ron Buel
George Caceres
Miriam Calderon
Michael Cano
John Cardenas
Gale Castillo
Jarrett Cloud
Andrew Colas
Jonath Colon
Juan Costantini
Tracy Curtis
Alicia DeLashmutt
Pete Denman
Bill Dickey
Matthew Douglass
Elisa Dozono
Antoinette Edwards
Madelyn Elder
Karla Elias
Miguel Elias
Lakeitha Elliott
Sadie Figueroa
Sara Fischer
Ernesto Fonseca
Jim Francesconi
Jeana Frazzini
Michael Frost
Steven Fulmer
Michelle Ganow-Jones
Geof Garner
Rachel Gitner
Harold Goldstein
Cynthia Carmina Gomez
Randy Gragg
Patricia & Michael Greenfield
Marta Guembes
Allison Handler
Karin Hansen
Stephan Herrera
Ronnie Herndon
Phillip Hillaire
Mark Holloway
Carly Hood-Ronick
Cece Hughley Noel
Jonathan Jenkins
Trevor Jones
Tom Kelly
Terese Kelly
Debbie Kitchin
Amy Kohnstamm
Don Krahmer
Antonio Lara
Victoria Lara
Elizabeth Leach
Dani Ledezma
Rebecca Lee
Willie Levenson
Holly Levow
Jason Lim
Joaquin Lopez
Reyna Lopez
Paul Lumley
Jose Gonzalez
Dañel Malan-Gonzalez
Juan Martinez
Scott McClain
Peggy McGuire
Linda McKim-Bell
Angel Medina
April Milan
Eddie Moreno
Cris Moss
Marcus Mundy
Tara Murphy
Andy Nelson
Sarah Nelson
R. Scott Newcomb
Tony Nickles
Robert Obrinsky
Jason Parasco
Jamie Partridge
Eddie Passadore
Gregory Passadore
Lee Po Cha
Lolenzo Poe
James Posey
Katie Potter
Patrick Quinton
Jimmy Radosta
Austin Raglione
Wendy Rankin
Jaime Rodriguez
Shelli Romero
Lorenzo Rubio
Maria Rubio
John Russell
Kathleen Saadat
Bob Sallinger
Consuelo Saragoza
Jillian Schoene
Ruth Scott
Alex Seabold
Lina Garcia Seabold
Peter Shanky
Bob Speltz
Eli Spevak
Doug Stamm
Bob Stoll
Don Tankersley
Kim Thomas
Gregory Tibbles
Veronica Valenzuela
Stephanie Vardavas
Nate Waas Shull
Lisa Watson
Marinus Wiewel
Homer Williams
M. Jill Williams
Robin Wisner
Karen Witman
Carl Wolfson
Jeana Woolley
Winta Yohannes
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