LWVPDX Podcasts

This is a recording of an interview with Joyce Rosenau, who is running in the May 2023 Special District Election for the Reynolds School District Board of Education.

This podcast is an interview with candidate Albert Kaufman, running for the District 3 position on the Multnomah County Oregon Commission. 

This is a recording of an interview with Ana del Rocio, who is running in the May 2023 election for the District 3 position on the Multnomah County Oregon Commission.

This podcast is a recording of an interview with John Masterman, who is running for the Multnomah Education Service District, Position 1, Zone 5. The MESD serves students in Multnomah County, Oregon. 

This is a recording of an interview with Barry Fox-Quamme, who is running in the May 2023 Special Election as a candidate for the Mount Hood Community College Board of Education.

This is a recording of an interview with Deian Salazar, who is running in the May 2023 Special Election for position 7 on the David Douglas School District Board of Education.

This is a recording of a brief interview with Julia Brim-Edwards, who is running to fill the District 3 position on the Multnomah County Oregon Commission. 

This Election forum features three candidates who are running in the May 2023 Special Election to fill a vacant seat on the Multnomah County Commission. The candidates, Julia Brim-Edwards, Albert Kaufman, and Ana del Rocio, explain why they are running and answer questions about the policies they believe are needed for Multnomah County. 

This Election Forum features speakers  representing the supporters and the opponents of Measure 26-238. The measure would create a new county tax of 0.75% (0.0075) on capital gains income (profit) from the sale of property. The revenue from this tax would be used to pay for a new Tenant Resources Program and provide free legal services for residential tenants faced with eviction.

A panel of community leaders from Portland Oregon discuss chronic homelessness as a public health issue. They explain how they are working to provide services and shelter to people with mental illness and/or addiction, and the need for more shelters, and supportive affordable low-income housing.  The speakers are: Jill Kahnert , Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor, retired from Central City Conce...

The League of Women Voters of Portland and four expert speakers talk about policing in Portland, including police training, progress and problems with police compliance with the US Department of Justice Settlement Agreement and the creation of groups of unarmed professionals to handle nonviolent confrontations. 

A panel of expert election analysts discuss the results of the 2022 General Election in Oregon. What happened? What were the surprises? What may be the effects of the results for the nation, Oregon and Portland? The panelists were:  Anna Griffin, Vice President of news, talk and podcasts for Oregon Public Broadcasting. Before OPB, she spent 11 years as a reporter and editor at The Oregonian and 10...

In this podcast, you will hear from speakers representing both sides of the debate about Measure 26-228, which would amend the Portland Oregon City Charter. Becca Uherbelau of Portland United for Change presents arguments in favor of passing the measure. Terry Harris of Partnership for Common Sense Government presents arguments against the measure. This is a timed forum. Each side has two minutes...

This podcast features candidates Sharon Meieran and Jessica Vega Peterson, running to be Chair of the Multnomah County Commission. In this timed forum, each candidate presents two-minute opening and closing statements. They each answer questions about how they want to address the issues facing the county. 

This is a podcast of a balanced candidate forum featuring candidates Cheri Helt and Christina Stephenson, running for the position of Commissioner of the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries. Each of the candidates begins with a two-minute opening  statement. They then answer questions about what they want to accomplish if elected. Finally they each present a closing statement. 

In this podcast, candidates Rene Gonzalez and Jo Ann Hardesty explain why they hope to be elected as the Portland City Commission, Position 3. This is a timed forum in which each candidate has the same amount of time to answer questions on issues they will face if elected. The two candidate also present opening and closing statements about why voters should elect them.

This podcast considers ways that we can protect our schools and communities from gun violence. The speakers address the issue from differing perspectives. The speakers are: Moderator Marge Easley, a volunteer who covers gun safety legislation for the LWV of Oregon Action Committee. Dr. Kathleen Carlson, Chair, Gun Violence Prevention Research Center (GVPRC) at Oregon Health and Science University....

This is a podcast of a short interview with Amanda Orozco-Beach, running for Position 6 on the Gresham Oregon City Council. 

This is a podcast of an interview with Eddy Morales, who is running for Position 2 on the Gresham Oregon City Council.  

This is a podcast of an interview with Jo Ann Hardesty, running for re-election to Portland Oregon City Council, Position 3.

This is a podcast of an interview with Jessica Vega Pederson, who is running for the position of Chair of the Multnomah County Commission.

This is a podcast of an interview with Zach Hudson, running to represent House District 49 in the Oregon State Legislature.

This is a podcast of an interview with How Nguyen, who is running to represent House District 48 in the Oregon State Legislature. 

This is a podcast of an interview with John Masterman, who is running to represent House District 48 in the Oregon State Legislature. 

This is a podcast of an interview with Thuy Tran, who is running to represent House District 45 in the Oregon State Legislature.