Michael Hoselton

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Michael Hoselton

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Last election

May 21, 2024

Education

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Gladstone High School

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Paralegal

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Michael Hoselton ran for election to the Salem City Council to represent Ward 5 in Oregon. He lost in the primary on May 21, 2024.

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

Biography

Michael Hoselton earned a high school diploma from Gladstone High School. His career experience includes working as a paralegal. He has served as treasurer of the Oregon Paralegal Association, as a board member of the Northgate Neighborhood Association, and as a volunteer for the Marion County Fair.

Elections

2024

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

General election

General election for Salem City Council Ward 5

Irvin Brown won election in the general election for Salem City Council Ward 5 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Irvin Brown (Nonpartisan)	98.1	3,699
		Other/Write-in votes	1.9	73

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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Salem City Council Ward 5

Irvin Brown defeated Michael Hoselton in the primary for Salem City Council Ward 5 on May 21, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Irvin Brown (Nonpartisan)	53.0	965
		Michael Hoselton (Nonpartisan)	46.3	843
		Other/Write-in votes	0.8	14

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,822
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Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Michael Hoselton completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Hoselton'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.

I am an award winning paralegal and community leader. I grew up in rural Clackamas County, a mile from Barton Park, as the youngest of six children. My father was a prominent bankruptcy attorney, helping over 10,000 get their financial lives back in order, and I am the proud grandson of a veteran of Pearl Harbor. At Gladstone High School, I served on the student council my sophomore and junior years, then graduated early at Clackamas Community College. I worked as a package handler at FedEx and then as a waiter before attending Seattle Pacific University in the U Scholars (honors) program for two years until the economy made my future unaffordable, an experience too many Millennials have shared with me. Then I worked as my father's paralegal to help support the family business until he retired at the end of 2019. I moved to Salem for work and have never been happier. Now I work for the Oregon Department of Justice, where I have gained an understanding of how government really works. I also volunteer for the Marion County Fair and enjoy other community opportunities that were never available to me as a rural Oregonian.

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?

• Balance the Budget! We don't need to raise taxes and fees. Cutting jobs and services are not the only ways to cut costs. Salem must modernize its bureaucracy. I don't want to cut jobs, I want to make them redundant.
• Pro-Business! Salem needs to be an attractive, low cost place to do business in order to bring in private investments. I support the Siletz Casino Project to build an over $100 million resort complex in Ward 5, which will share 25% of its profits with the City and State.
• Public Safety! The top budget priority must be public safety, including hiring more police, firefighters, and crisis responders. Our officers work 20 hours of overtime routinely. Hiring more officers will reduce costs and burnout.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

We have five times the per capita rate of homelessness in Salem than in Portland. That's half the homeless with one tenth the population. Public Safety!

The top budget priority must be public safety, including hiring more police, firefighters, and crisis responders. Our officers work 20 hours of overtime routinely. Hiring more officers will reduce costs and burnout.

Salem's Climate Action Plan is a hope and a prayer that forces far beyond our control will save us. It would also make it so expensive to live in Salem that me and all of my neighbors would be priced out. We deserve a real action plan with manageable goals to reduce pollution by making a green lifestyle more convenient and affordable.

What qualities does this office possess that makes it a unique and important part of the state government and legal system?

Munipal politics receives little attention, but it

Is there a book, essay, film, or something else you would recommend to someone who wants to understand your political philosophy?

My political philosophy is informed by numerous works. We stand on the shoulders of giants and I have many role models, from Zhuge Liang to John Nagl.

What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?

The most important thing is to be present, going to every event and listening to everyone who needs to be heard. Without that, you can 't do the brass tacks of the job, which is solving as many problems for as many people as possible.

What is the first historical event that happened in your lifetime that you remember? How old were you at the time?

I was 13 years old on September 11, 2001. We will never forget.

What are your views on financial transparency and government accountability?

Every dollar of public funds must be a public record and that record should be easily accessible.

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