LWVPDX Podcasts

This is a podcast of an interview with Timothy LeMaster, who is running to represent House District 43 in the Oregon State Legislature.

This is a podcast of an interview with Shira Newman, who is running to represent House District 42 in the Oregon State Legislature.

This is a podcast of an interview with Dacia Grayber, who is running to represent House District 28 in the Oregon State Legislature.

This is a podcast of an interview with Joanna Harbour, who is running to represent Oregon's 3rd Congressional District in the US House of Representatives.

This is a podcast of an interview with David Delk, who is running to represent Oregon's 3rd Congressional District in the US House of Representatives. 

In this episode, members of the Portland City Charter Review Commission explain the Charter Reform ballot measure that will be on the ballots of Portland Oregon voters in the November 8, 2022 election. The speakers include the Charter Commission Project Manager Julia Meier, and three of the volunteer Charter Commissioners,  Candace Avalos,  Becca Uherbelau, and  Melanie Billings-Yun. They explain...

This is a recording of a candidate forum featuring three of the candidates running for Portland Commissioner Position 3 in the May 17, 2022 Primary Election. All the candidates running for this position were offered the opportunity to take part in this forum by demonstrating that their campaigns are viable, with significant voter interest and support.  

This is a recording of a candidate forum featuring two of the candidates running for Multnomah County Sheriff in the May 2022 Primary Election. The participating candidates are Derrick Peterson and Nicole Morrisey O'Donnell. The third candidate running for this position was offered the opportunity to take part in this forum by demonstrating he has a viable campaign, with significant voter int...

This is a recording of a candidate forum with four of the candidates running for the office of Chair, Board of County Commissioners in the May 2022 Primary Election. The participating candidates are Lori Stegmann, Jessica Vega Pederson, Sharia Mayfield, and Sharon Meieran. All the candidates running for this position were offered the opportunity to take part in this forum by demonstrating that the...

This is a recording of a candidate forum featuring the two candidates running for Portland Auditor  in the May 17, 2022 Primary Election. Simone Rede and Brian Setzler answer questions about their qualifications, as well as their goals and plans if elected.

This is a recording of a candidate forum featuring two of the candidates running for Portland Commissioner Position 2 in the May 17, 2022 Primary Election. All the candidates running for this position were offered the opportunity to take part in this forum by demonstrating that their campaigns are viable, with significant voter interest and support.  

This is a recording of an interview with Timothy Sytsma, who is running as a Republican for Oregon State Representative, District 46. He is the only Republican running for this position in the Primary Election. We invited the Democrat running for this position, Khanh Pham, to be interviewed as well, but she was not available. All the candidates running for state representative from either party we...

This is a recording of an interview with Catherine Thomasson, who is running as a Democrat for Oregon State Representative, District 45. She is one of two Democrats running for this position in the Primary Election. No Republican candidate is running for District 45. We invited the Democrat running for this position, Thuy Tran, to be interviewed as well, but she was not available. All the candidat...

This is a recording of an interview with Dacia Grayber, who is running as a Democrat for Oregon State Representative, District 28. She is the only Democrat running for this position in the Primary Election. We invited the two Republican candidates for this position, Patrick Castles and Charles Mengis, to be interviewed as well, but they were not available. All the candidates running for state repr...

This is a recording of an interview with Elizabeth Steiner Hayward, who is running as a Democrat for Oregon State Senator, District 17. She is the only Democrat running for this position in the Primary Election. We invited the Republican candidate for this position, John Verbeek, to be interviewed as well, but he was not available. This interview is also available as a video recording. A list of a...

This is a recording of an interview with Jonathan Polhemus, who is running as a Democrat for US Representative, District 3. He is one of two Democrats running for this position in the Primary Election. We invited the other candidates for this position, Democrat Earl Blumenauer and Republican Joanna Harbour, to be interviewed as well, but they were  not available. This interview is also available a...

This is a recording of an interview with Zach Hudson, who is running as a Democrat for Oregon State Representative, District 49. He is the only Democrat running for this position in the Primary Election. We invited the Republican candidate for this position, Randy E Lauer, to be interviewed as well, but he was not available. All the candidates running for state representative from either party wer...

This is a recording of an interview with John Masterman, who is running as a Republican for Oregon State Representative, District 48. He is the only Republican running for this position in the Primary Election. We invited the Democrat running for this position, Hoa H Nguyen, to be interviewed as well, but she was not available. All the candidates running for state representative from either party...

This is a recording of an interview with Terri Preeg Riggsby, who is running for Metro Council District 6. She is one of two candidates running for this position. We invited both of them to be interviewed; we also recorded an interview with the other candidate for this position. Both the candidates were asked the same questions. We included as many of the questions as time allowed in each intervie...

This is a recording of an interview with Duncan Hwang, who is running for Metro Council District 6. He is one of two candidates running for this position. We invited both of them to be interviewed; we also recorded an interview with the other candidate for this position. Both the candidates were asked the same questions. We included as many of the questions as time allowed in each interview. This...

This is a recording of an interview with Ashton Simpson, who is running for Metro Council District 1. He is the only candidate running for this position. However, he believes that voters should know about all the candidates on their ballots.  We asked him the same questions we asked the candidates for other Metro Council Districts. We included as many of the questions as time allowed in each inter...

This is a recording of an interview with Alisa Pyszka, who is running for Metro Council President.  She is one of four candidates running for this position. We invited all of them to be interviewed. However,  the other candidates for this position were not available for interviews. We asked Alisa Pyszka the same questions we would have asked the other candidates. We included as many of the questio...

This is a recording of an interview with Christina Stephenson, who is running for Oregon Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries. She is one of seven candidates running for this position. We invited all of them to be interviewed; we also recorded interviews with four of the other candidates for this position. All the candidates were asked the same questions. We included as many of the q...

This is a recording of an interview with Casey Kulla, who is running for Oregon Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries. He is one of seven candidates running for this position. We invited all of them to be interviewed; we also recorded interviews with four of the other candidates for this position. All the candidates were asked the same questions. We included as many of the questions a...

This is a recording of an interview with Chris Henry, who is running for Oregon Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries. He is one of seven candidates running for this position. We invited all of them to be interviewed; we also recorded interviews with four of the other candidates for this position. All the candidates were asked the same questions. We included as many of the questions a...