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Eli Arnold

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Eli Arnold
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Elections and appointments
Last election

November 5, 2024

Education

Bachelor's

Portland State University, 2017

Military

Service / branch

U.S. Army

Years of service

1997 - 2015

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Profession
Police officer
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Eli Arnold ran for election to the Portland City Council to represent District 4 in Oregon. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.

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

Biography

Eli Arnold served in the U.S. Army from 1997 to 2015. He earned Military citation from the U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence in 2007 and a bachelor's degree from Portland State University in 2017. His career experience includes working as a police officer. [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.

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 76,718
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Endorsements

To view Arnold's endorsements as published by their campaign, click here. Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Arnold in this election.

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Candidate Connection

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

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I'm a Sellwood resident, a father of four, a veteran, and a bicycle cop.
  • Homelessness must be treated like an actual emergency. Housing and tiny house villages are an attempt to address the systemic problem, but offer nothing for the acute issues. We need to use our emergency powers, our Bureau of Emergency Management, and first responder resources to manage the problem, while we wait on long term solutions. We know a camp where people are known is better than an anonymous one. A camp with sanitation is better than one without. Some locations cause more harm than others. We can use our judgement and the powers of enforcement under our camping ordnance to start stabilizing the situation on the ground.
  • We have to fix our public safety sector. We have too few police officers to reliably meet the needs of the public. We can use City Code to address problems like unregistered, uninsured RV's, or people walking down sidewalks with machetes. The public deserves a rapid and appropriate response when someone calls 911.
  • Portland has been a bad partner to business. From stifling housing development with an inefficient and unpredictable permitting process, to failing to take action when homeless camps pop up in front of storefronts, we have neglected our basic responsibility of providing a suitable environment for businesses to thrive. We cannot have a successful city without a successful economy.
Public safety, ending unsheltered homelessness, and streamlining our housing production.
My military career taught me to be a fully committed team member and a sense of extreme responsibility when given a mission. We're going to need to be flexible, cooperative, and to move quickly if we're going to provide real benefit to the city.
We need someone on council with firsthand experience with homelessness, drug addiction, mental health responses, and our struggles to handle 911 calls. I believe I am the only candidate with experience where city policy is actually implemented in these areas, and where it has failed to gain traction to create change.
District Attorney-Elect Nathan Vasquez

County Commissioner-Elect Vince Jones-Dixon
Commissioner Rene Gonzalez
Commissioner Mingus Mapps
IBEW Local 48
Teamsters Council 37
Western Carpenters Network
The Portland Police Association

The Portland Firefighters Association

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    1. ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on October 5, 2024
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