Chad Lykins

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Chad Lykins
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Elections and appointments
Last election

November 5, 2024

Education

Bachelor's

College of Charleston

Ph.D

Vanderbilt University

Personal
Religion
Judaism
Profession
Small business owner/educator
Contact

Chad Lykins ran for election to the Portland City Council to represent District 4 in Oregon. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Lykins completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Chad Lykins earned a bachelor's degree from the College of Charleston and a Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University. His career experience includes working as a small business owner, educator, and assistant professor at the University of Hong Kong. As of 2024, Lykins was affiliated with Rose City Chess.[1]

Elections

2024

See also: City elections in Portland, Oregon (2024)

General election

General election for Portland City Council District 4

The ranked-choice voting election was won by Olivia Clark in round 7 , Mitch Green in round 29 , and Eric Zimmerman in round 31 . The results of Round are displayed below. To see the results of other rounds, use the dropdown menu above to select a round and the table will update.


Total votes: 76,718
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Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Lykins in this election.

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Candidate Connection

Chad Lykins completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Lykins' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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I am the son of teenage parents from Huntsville, Alabama. My mom struggled with substance abuse and mental illness and died young. I got a PhD in Leadership and Policy from Vanderbilt University and taught education policy at the University of Hong Kong. After my family moved to Portland, I founded Rose City Chess, which provides after-school programs, camps, online lessons, and tournaments for kids all over District 4. I live in the Hayhurst neighborhood with my wife and three kids, all of whom attend or graduated from Portland Public Schools.
  • We know how to lift our unsheltered neighbors into permanent housing. It starts with giving them a room with a door that locks. Add in services as needed and we can transition folks to permanent housing at 4x the rate of folks in congregate shelters.
  • The cause of our homelessness crisis is the high cost of housing and the low vacancy rate. The solution to our homelessness crisis is to build much more housing, of all kinds and all over the city. Every Portlander deserves to live in a complete, connected neighborhood, close to the people and places they love.
  • All our policy choices are climate policy choices. Housing, transportation, parks, etc. - all should be viewed through the lens of ongoing climate change.
I taught education policy, so I'm most passionate about the parts of our policy agenda that have the greatest impact on our kids.
I am a strong collaborator with a varied background. I worked service-industry jobs, taught at the university level, and ran my own business.
See the full list at lykinsforportland.com/endorsements

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Footnotes

  1. Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on October 7, 2024