Leigha LaFleur

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Leigha LaFleur

Nonpartisan

Elections and appointments

Last election

May 19, 2020

Education

Associate

Portland Community College, 2006

Bachelor's

Eastern Michigan University, 1998

Personal

Religion

Wiccan

Profession

Renewable energy engineering and project management

Contact

Campaign website

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Leigha LaFleur ran for election to the Oregon Metro Council to represent District 6. She lost in the primary on May 19, 2020.

LaFleur completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

LaFleur earned a bachelor's degree from Eastern Michigan University in 1998 and an associate degree from Portland Community College in 2006. Her professional experience includes working in renewable energy engineering and project management.

Elections

2020

See also: Municipal elections in Multnomah County, Oregon (2020)

Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Oregon Metro Council District 6

Incumbent Bob Stacey won election outright against Leigha LaFleur in the primary for Oregon Metro Council District 6 on May 19, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Bob Stacey (Nonpartisan)	70.4	61,490
		Leigha LaFleur (Nonpartisan)	29.0	25,363
		Other/Write-in votes	0.6	511

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 87,364
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Campaign themes

2020

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Leigha LaFleur completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2021. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by LaFleur's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

Leigha LaFleur grew up in Michigan. She graduated Eastern Michigan University with a Bachelor's Degree in Social Work. She was a legal advocate for survivors of domestic violence until leaving the state to move west in 1998. A varied career path includes time as a Human Resources Administrator, a bead teacher and retailer, and a patent professional. Leigha earned both an Associates in Paralegal Studies and a Certificate in Electronics Engineering Technology from Portland Community College. She has been a United States Patent and Trademark Office Registered Patent Agent since 2013.

In addition to her paid work, Leigha's has been a grassroots organizer and activist since 2015. She was one of the founding members of BerniePDX, serving on the Leadership Team from nearly the beginning to this day. Leigha is active in the Democratic Party at both the County and State level. In 2106, Leigha was elected as a Delegate for Senator Bernie Sanders to the DNC Convention in Philadelphia. She has been a progressive force in Democratic Party leadership since joining the Party. She is in her third term on the Congressional District Three Committee, her first as Vice Chair after serving two very successful terms as Chair.

Leigha has always had a passion for trash and is excited to be part of the solution to modernizing our municipal solid waste management system, in addition to working for a more just and equitable housing landscape for people living in the Portland Metro area.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• We're only making more people and they're only making more garbage. It's long past time to modernize our municipal solid waste system!

• Housing costs are outpacing wages and forcing people who have lived in Portland to leave. We need to take innovative steps to ensure a more just and equitable housing landscape for residents.
• Metro is an amazing organization! It should be a great place to work, too. I want to take the feedback from Metro employees and help to transform Metro into the best employer it can be.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Environment!

Energy!

Equity!

Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?

My ideological father is Bernie Sanders. He is a man of integrity, consistency, and always on the side of the common person. I consider myself a Berniecrat, a progressive reformer within the Democratic Party. Another prominent Berniecrat I model myself after is Alexandria Ocasio Cortez. As she does, I also feel very strongly that we need a Green New Deal to not only modernize our crumbling infrastructure, but to create living wage jobs and usher in the renewable energy revolution.

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