RACC is working to ensure that elected officials can articulate the value of arts and culture in society, and asks candidates to prioritize funding decisions to ensure that everyone in our community has access to the arts and arts education.

For the spring 2018 primary election, RACC distributed a questionnaire to all candidates running for Portland City Council; Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington County Boards of Commissioners; and Metro Council. Each candidate was asked five questions on March 13 or 14, and given the opportunity to respond by March 30 when this story was first published.  RACC will continue to publish responses from candidates even after the deadline has passed.

Please click on the link for each candidate to read their response. If there is no hyperlink, that candidate has not submitted a response.

For Portland City Council, Position 2:

• Julia DeGraw
• Nick Fish
• Nicholas Sutton
• Philip Wolfe

For Portland City Council, Position 3:

• Stuart Emmons
• Jo Ann Hardesty
• Lew Humble
• Loretta Smith
• Andrea Valderrama
• Felicia Williams

For Clackamas County Commissioner, Position 2:

• Louise Lopes
• Paul Savas
• Peter Winter

For Clackamas County Commissioner, Position 5:

• Sonya Fischer

For Multnomah County Chair:

• Chuck Crockett
• Deborah Kafoury
• Wes Soderback
• D. Bora Harris

For Multnomah County Commissioner, District 2:

• Bruce Broussard
• Maria Garcia
• Susheela Jayapal
• Sharon Maxwell

For Washington County Chair:

• Ryan Deckert
• Kathryn Harrington
• Bob Terry
• Shabba Woodley

For Washington County Commissioner, District 2:

• Greg Malinowski
• Pam Treece

For Washington County Commissioner, District 4:

• Jerry W. Willey
• Kimberly Culbertson

For Metro Council President:

• Lynn Peterson
• Michael Langley

For Metro Councilor, District 1:

• Shirley Craddick

For Metro Councilor, District 2:

• Carol Pauli
• Joe Buck
• Betty Dominguez
• Christine Lewis

For Metro Councilor, District 4:

• Juan Carlos Gonzalez
• Dana Carstensen