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Rene Gonzalez (Oregon)

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Rene Gonzalez
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Prior offices
Portland City Commission Position 3
Predecessor: Jo Ann Hardesty
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Last election

November 5, 2024

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Rene Gonzalez was a member of the Portland City Commission in Oregon, representing District 3. He assumed office on January 1, 2023. He left office on December 31, 2024.

Gonzalez ran for election for Mayor of Portland in Oregon. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Elections

2024

See also: Mayoral election in Portland, Oregon (2024)

General election

General election for Mayor of Portland

The ranked-choice voting election was won by Keith Wilson in round 20 . 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.

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 309,963
Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Gonzalez in this election.

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
✔
Image of Rene Gonzalez
Rene Gonzalez (Nonpartisan) Candidate Connection
 
52.5
 
149,861
Image of Jo Ann Hardesty
Jo Ann Hardesty (Nonpartisan)
 
47.2
 
134,696
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.3
 
897

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

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
✔
Image of Jo Ann Hardesty
Jo Ann Hardesty (Nonpartisan)
 
43.7
 
73,152
✔
Image of Rene Gonzalez
Rene Gonzalez (Nonpartisan) Candidate Connection
 
23.2
 
38,760
Image of Vadim Mozyrsky
Vadim Mozyrsky (Nonpartisan)
 
22.2
 
37,218
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Joseph Whitcomb (Nonpartisan)
 
4.1
 
6,831
Image of Kim Kasch
Kim Kasch (Nonpartisan) Candidate Connection
 
2.7
 
4,548
Image of Peggy Sue Owens
Peggy Sue Owens (Nonpartisan)
 
1.2
 
2,046
Image of Edward Baker
Edward Baker (Nonpartisan) Candidate Connection
 
0.7
 
1,226
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Jeffrey Wilebski (Nonpartisan)
 
0.6
 
1,075
Image of Dale Hardt
Dale Hardt (Nonpartisan) Candidate Connection
 
0.5
 
858
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Chad Leisey (Nonpartisan)
 
0.5
 
756
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Karellen Stephens (Nonpartisan)
 
0.4
 
652
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
208

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 167,330
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Endorsements

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Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

Candidate Connection

Rene Gonzalez completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Gonzalez's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Our once beautiful city is struggling in ways that were unfathomable a short time ago. We are at an inflection point in the story of Portland. We cannot sit back idly and watch the city we love struggle without working to help solve its problems.

If you’re like us, you agree that rising crime, declining livability, and City Hall’s ineffective ideologically driven policies are ruining the city we used to proudly call home.

We are facing a historic rise in crime that will require well-supported and staffed law enforcement, combined with strong oversight and accountability. Homeless camps and illegally parked vehicles have made too many of our sidewalks, streets and parks unusable, unsanitary and dangerous. Solving this will require a focus on emergency shelter and eliminating the “anything goes” attitude with respect to the unhoused. Finally, we need problem-solvers, not ideologues, to guide the city at this juncture.

We also have immense promise. If Rene Gonzalez is elected to Portland City Council, he will tap into our city’s proud history of civic engagement and innovation. With you at our side, we will first restore our city, and then build a better Portland in a spirit of collaboration, pragmatism, and joy.
  • Strong Leader who led efforts to reopen Oregon schools.
  • History of for-profit, non-profit, and communal financial leadership and stewardship.
  • 5th generation Portlander raising 3 children in the city: deeply tied to the history of Portland and deeply vested in its future.
Public safety and homelessness.

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