Each election year, candidates ask AFT-Oregon for our valuable endorsement. Members on the Political and Legislative Action Committee (PLAC) spend hours evaluating the candidates and their questionnaire responses to select candidates who best represent our members.
Federal Races
- US Senate: Senator Ron Wyden
- CD-1: Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici
- CD-3: Congressman Earl Blumenauer
- CD-4: Oregon Labor Commissioner Val Hoyle
- CD-5: Jamie McLeod-Skinner
- CD-6: State Representative Teresa Alonso Leon
Oregon Governor
While AFT-Oregon has taken no position to date in the Oregon Governor’s race, we are in firm opposition to any candidate who uses anti-worker, anti-union or anti-education rhetoric in their campaign.
Oregon Labor Commissioner
Oregon Judge of the Court of Appeals, Position 3
- Judge Darleen Ortega
Oregon State Senate
- SD-10: State Senator Deb Patterson
- SD-13: Aaron Woods
- SD-18: State Representative Wlnsvey Campos
- SD-19: State Senate Majority Leader Rob Wagner
Oregon State House of Representatives
- HD-19: Salem City Counselor Jackie Leung
- HD-20: State Representative Paul Evans
- HD-21: Ramiro Navarro Jr
- HD-25: Ben Bowman
- HD-26: State Representative Courtney Neron
- HD-28: State Representative Dacia Grayber
- HD-27: State Representative Ken Helm
- HD-29: State Representative Susan McLain
- HD-30: State Representative Nathan Sosa
- HD-33: State Representative Maxine Dexter
- HD-34: State Representative Lisa Reynolds
- HD-35: Farrah Chaichi
- HD-36: Hai Pham
- HD-37: West Linn Mayor Jules Walters
- HD-40: Charles Gallia
- HD-41: Milwaukie Mayor Mark Gamba
- HD-44: State Representative Travis Nelson
- HD-45: Doctor Thuy Tran
- HD-46: State Representative Khanh Pham
- HD-48: Hoa Nguyen
- HD-49: State Representative Zach Hudson
If you have questions or want to be involved in the Political and Legislative Action Committee, please email VP for Political Action Ira Erbs at irae@aft-oregon.org.