News Max Brumm was among the more visible of the alternative mayoral candidates in the primary election. The 19-year-old finished eighth among the 23 candidates on the ballot, with 790 votes. Apparently, he also gained a seething distaste for Rep. Jefferson Smith (D-Portland). Brumm released his runoff endorsement Thursday, and it's less noteworthy for whom it endorses—Charlie Hales—than for the intensity ...   More

Murmurs Former City Commissioner Charlie Hales shook up the Portland mayor’s race against Rep. Jefferson Smith (D-Portland) by announcing June 21 he would limit contributors to $600 and not accept out-o   More

News Portland mayoral candidate Charlie Hales today announced he would limit donations to his campaign, and challenged his rival, state Rep. Jefferson Smith (D-East Portland), to do the same."From now on," Hales said in a campaign press release, "this campaign will only accept contributions up to $600 and all from within the state of Oregon. And I call on Jefferson Smith to join me."The limits are somewhat ...   More

News Occupy Portland played its promised fence-mending softball game against Portland city employees (including several Parks bureau rangers) Sunday afternoon at Overlook Park. The Occupiers won 16-5, with onetime city-defying activist Arlo Stone crushing a grand slam. But the conciliatory festivities were slyly stolen by a guest umpire: mayoral candidate Rep. Jefferson Smith (D-Portland).Smith and his ...   More

News Coming off the most expensive mayoral primary in Portland history—the top three candidates spent $2.6 million—the money trail has gone dark.In the three weeks, since coming in first in the May 14 mayoral primary, former City Commissioner Charlie Hales has reported raising less than $500. Hales' opponent in the Nov. 6 general election, State Rep. Jefferson Smith (D-Portland) has reported 18 contributions ...   More

News Jefferson Smith really wants to be the "fun" mayoral candidate, and he's willing to get wet to do it.The Lents International Farmer's Market—out in East Portland, where Smith has attempted to build a base—opens on Sunday, June 17. As part of the opening day celebrations, Smith will sit in a dunk tank and let spectators try to put him in the drink.Smith rarely misses a chance to keep it weird—he ...   More

News Stacey Dycus, the political consultant who guided State Rep. Jefferson Smith (D-Portland) to a stronger than expected finish in the May mayoral primary, is moving on, Dycus tells WW.Dycus ran an effective, low-budget campaign for Smith that relied on extensive volunteer canvassing and DIY television ads. For months, polls showed Smith a distant third but in the campaign's final couple of weeks, he ...   More

News The asphalt prairies along Northwest 21st and 22nd avenues don’t look like much now.  But Con-way...   More

News Fresh off his May 15 primary victory, mayoral candidate Charlie Hales fired most of his staff last week. As a gesture of...   More