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Jo Ann Hardesty
Jo Ann Hardesty was a member of the Portland City Commission in Oregon, representing District 3. She assumed office on January 1, 2019. She left office on December 31, 2022.
Hardesty ran for re-election to the Portland City Commission to represent District 3 in Oregon. She lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Hardesty was affiliated with the Independent Party of Oregon, but the Portland City Commission and the election were officially nonpartisan.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: City elections in Portland, Oregon (2022)
General election
General election for Portland City Commission Position 3
Rene Gonzalez defeated incumbent Jo Ann Hardesty in the general election for Portland City Commission Position 3 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Rene Gonzalez (Nonpartisan)  | 52.5 | 149,861 |
 | Jo Ann Hardesty (Nonpartisan) | 47.2 | 134,696 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 897 | ||
| Total votes: 285,454 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Portland City Commission Position 3
The following candidates ran in the primary for Portland City Commission Position 3 on May 17, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jo Ann Hardesty (Nonpartisan) | 43.7 | 73,152 |
| ✔ | | Rene Gonzalez (Nonpartisan) | 23.2 | 38,760 |
 | Vadim Mozyrsky (Nonpartisan) | 22.2 | 37,218 | |
| Joseph Whitcomb (Nonpartisan) | 4.1 | 6,831 | ||
 | Kim Kasch (Nonpartisan) | 2.7 | 4,548 | |
 | Peggy Sue Owens (Nonpartisan) | 1.2 | 2,046 | |
 | Edward Baker (Nonpartisan) | 0.7 | 1,226 | |
| Jeffrey Wilebski (Nonpartisan) | 0.6 | 1,075 | ||
 | Dale Hardt (Nonpartisan) | 0.5 | 858 | |
| Chad Leisey (Nonpartisan) | 0.5 | 756 | ||
| Karellen Stephens (Nonpartisan) | 0.4 | 652 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 208 | ||
| Total votes: 167,330 | |||
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2018
General election
General election for Portland City Commission Position 3
Jo Ann Hardesty defeated Loretta Smith in the general election for Portland City Commission Position 3 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jo Ann Hardesty (Nonpartisan) | 61.8 | 165,220 |
 | Loretta Smith (Nonpartisan) | 37.2 | 99,402 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.9 | 2,524 | ||
| Total votes: 267,146 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Portland City Commission Position 3
The following candidates ran in the primary for Portland City Commission Position 3 on May 15, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jo Ann Hardesty (Nonpartisan) | 46.5 | 56,235 |
| ✔ | | Loretta Smith (Nonpartisan) | 21.2 | 25,645 |
 | Felicia Williams (Nonpartisan) | 10.9 | 13,162 | |
 | Andrea Valderrama (Nonpartisan) | 10.5 | 12,677 | |
| Stuart Emmons (Nonpartisan) | 9.4 | 11,371 | ||
| Lew Humble (Nonpartisan) | 1.6 | 1,938 | ||
| Total votes: 121,028 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Jo Ann Hardesty did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Dan Saltzman |
Portland City Commission Position 3 2019-2022 |
Succeeded by Rene Gonzalez |
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