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Endorsements in the Portland Public Schools elections (2017)
The following is a list of official endorsements made by political parties, education organizations, and elected officials in the Portland Public Schools 2017 school board elections.
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Candidate endorsements* | |||||||||||
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Endorsement | Rita Moore Zone 4 |
Jamila Munson Zone 4 |
Scott Bailey Zone 5 |
Virginia La Forte Zone 5 |
Julia Brim-Edwards Zone 6 |
Joseph Simonis Zone 6 |
Trisha Parks Zone 6 | ||||
Local media | |||||||||||
The Oregonian[1] | |||||||||||
Portland Tribune[2][3] | |||||||||||
Willamette Week[4] | |||||||||||
The Portland Observer[5] | |||||||||||
Organizations | |||||||||||
Bernie PDX[6] | |||||||||||
Portland Association of Teachers[7] | |||||||||||
Stand for Children[8] | |||||||||||
Federal officials | |||||||||||
Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Education Diane Ravitch[9] | |||||||||||
State officials | |||||||||||
State Sen. Mark Hass (D)[10] | |||||||||||
State Sen. Kathleen Taylor (D)[10] | |||||||||||
Sate Rep. Diego Hernandez (D)[11] | |||||||||||
State Rep. Alissa Keny-Guyer (D)[10] | |||||||||||
State Rep. Tawna Sanchez (D)[11] | |||||||||||
Local officials | |||||||||||
Multnomah Education Service District Chair Stephen Marc Beaudoin[11] | |||||||||||
Multnomah County Chair Deborah Kafoury[10][11] | |||||||||||
Multnomah County Chair Beverly Stein[11] | |||||||||||
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler[11] | |||||||||||
Portland City Commissioner Nick Fish[10][11] | |||||||||||
Portland City Commissioner Dan Saltzman[10][11] | |||||||||||
Portland Public Schools board members | |||||||||||
Paul Anthony[9][12][10] | |||||||||||
Julie Esparza Brown[12][10][11] | |||||||||||
Pam Knowles[12][10][11] | |||||||||||
Tom Koehler[11][10] | |||||||||||
Amy Carlsen Kohnstamm[12][11] | |||||||||||
Mike Rosen[12][10] | |||||||||||
*Ballotpedia did not identify any official endorsements for Zone 5 candidate Traci Flitcraft and Zone 6 candidates Zach Babb, Ed Bos, or David Morrison in the general election. Because of this, these names are not included in this table. |
Footnotes
- ↑ The Oregonian, "Moore, La Forte and Brim-Edwards best picks for Portland school board: Editorial endorsement 2017," April 29, 2017
- ↑ Portland Tribune, "Our Opinion: La Forte, Brim-Edwards to PPS board," April 27, 2017
- ↑ Portland Tribune, "Our Opinion: Munson a good fit for PPS board," May 1, 2017
- ↑ Willamette Week, "WW's May 2017 Endorsements," April 25, 2017
- ↑ The Portland Observer, "Portland School Board Endorsements," May 2, 2017
- ↑ Bernie PDX, "2017 Endorsements," accessed May 8, 2017
- ↑ Portland Association of Teachers, "May Election Voters' Guide," accessed May 8, 2017
- ↑ Oregon Stand for Children, "School Board Endorsements," accessed May 8, 2017
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Moore for Schools, "Supporters," accessed May 4, 2017
- ↑ 10.00 10.01 10.02 10.03 10.04 10.05 10.06 10.07 10.08 10.09 10.10 Julia Brim-Edwards for Portland School Board, "Endorsements," accessed May 5, 2017
- ↑ 11.00 11.01 11.02 11.03 11.04 11.05 11.06 11.07 11.08 11.09 11.10 11.11 Jamila for Portland Public Schools, "Endorsements," accessed May 4, 2017
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 Virginia for Portland Public School Board, "Endorsements," accessed May 5, 2017