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Jonathan Tasini

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Jonathan Tasini
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Last election

November 5, 2024

Education

Bachelor's

University of California, Los Angeles, 1982

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Houston, Texas
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Nonprofit management
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Jonathan Tasini ran for election to the Portland City Council to represent District 2 in Oregon. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.

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

Biography

Jonathan Tasini was born in Houston, Texas. He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1982. His career experience includes working in nonprofit management.[1]

Elections

2024

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

General election

General election for Portland City Council District 2

The ranked-choice voting election was won by Sameer Kanal in round 20 , Dan Ryan in round 22 , and Elana Pirtle-Guiney in round 22 . 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.

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Total votes: 77,157
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Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Candidate Connection

Jonathan Tasini completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Tasini'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 am a 40-year union member, endorsed by more unions (26) than any other candidate in the city, representing thousands of Portlanders. I am running to be the voice of working people and retirees. I was president of UAW Local 1981 for 13 years, which required that I manage the finances, budget, personnel and strategy for our union—in other words, knowing how to read a budget, work with staff and shape the overall direction of the organization. During my tenure, the union tripled in size and budget. It meant lobbying at the local, state and federal level—in other words, taking a policy from conception to actual becoming law, a crucial need for City Councilors. It required building coalitions to advance legislative and political efforts, which I did nationally and internationally. Those are skills and experience unmatched by any candidate in this district.
  • Wages, housing and climate change are my top three issues because they have a single theme: we are the richest nation in human history. Every single person should earn a fair wage, housing should be a universal right and our planet should not be plundered for profit. We must change our economic system that exploits for profit our labor and the planet. I have always believed that workers, not CEOs and elites, are the ones who create society's wealth. My policy plans would raise everyone's wage significantly, put more money in workers and retirees pockets, ensure that we invest in social housing and stand firm against polluters.
  • I see the chance to create an emerald city. A city that works for the people, not the very wealthy. We can create a beacon for the entire nation, where everyone earns a fair wage, can pay the rent and live in a prosperous community. That vision is why I have the most support of *any candidate" from thousands of workers represented by 26 union endorsements. People just like you: Teachers, retail workers, public employees, laborers, health care workers, truck drivers, janitors, electricians, ironworkers, carpenters, engineers, pipefitters, landscapers, workers who repair bridges, roads, sidewalks and bikeways, park rangers, painters, operating engineers, letter carriers, and auto workers.
  • I’ve knocked on more than 8,500 doors of voters to date and each time someone raises the homeless question and, in the same breathe, links it to addiction/mental illness, I say to folks that although addiction and mental illness are contributing factors to homelessness, 90 percent of homelessness is driven by economics— the minimum wage in the city to rent a two-bedroom home should be more than $32-per-hour (stat: National Low Income Housing Coalition); as an aside, the minimum wage in every major city in the country does not support the ability to pay rent. Put succinctly, people can’t afford the rent. Housing must be a universal right, similar to Medicare and Social Security
My entire adult life has been devoted to fighting for fair wages for working people. That means that every worker should have the right to unionize without fear of being fired or facing employer intimidation, Unions built the middle class and, when unions are strong, everyone does better.
Nelson Mandela. Think about this: a man sits in prison for 40 years, under harsh conditions and at the mercy of his jailers. He is released from prison and, with one signal, he could have unleashed a tidal wave of revenge. Instead, he worked towards reconciliation. No person in my lifetime has had that level of moral certitude.
The Grapes of Wrath
If one actually believes in representing the people, s/he should understand that the root cause of inequality, which plagues every community, is an economic system that must be scrapped. We have to rebuild our economy so that the people who create the wealth in society—the workers—receive the largest share of the fruits of their labor.
I stood up for the people and made their working lives just a bit better.
The assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. It happened on my mother's birthday and my parents came home from a celebration completely devastated. I was 12.
A pizza joint.
Spock
No. However, I believe that a person should have a set of basic skills that allow her/him to read a budget and understand how to pass legislation.
Our Revolution, Northwest Oregon Labor Council (the city’s central labor council); Columbia Pacific Building and Construction Trades Council; Portland Association of Teachers; Teamsters Joint Council 37; SEIU Oregon; AFSCME Local 189, 328 and Council 75; UFCW Local 555; UA Local 290; Boilermakers Local 104; IBEW Local 48; Iron Workers Local 29; LIUNA Local 483; IUPAT DC 5; Laborers Local 737; National Association of Letter Carriers, Branch 82; Operating Engineers Local 701; United Mine Workers; International Association of Technical & Professional Engineers; and the UAW (my union of 32 years); Ben & Jerry; Bill McKibben, founder of 350.0rg; and Bernie PDX

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