🟥 Advice from a local Democrat who won a red district

Democrats Win the Two Local Swing Districts

Considered one of the most vulnerable Democratic incumbents, U.S. Congresswoman Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D., Wash.) won her Republican-leaning district and says her party should stop ignoring working-class voters. “It is going to take parents of young kids, people in rural communities, people in the trades running for office and being taken seriously,” she says. [New York Times]

• Related: A Democrat also won the other local swing district, Oregon’s District 5. State Rep. Janelle Bynum beat U.S. Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, a first-term incumbent. Bynum will be Oregon’s first Black member of Congress. [OPB]

10 of 12 City Council Races Decided

We now know who won 10 of the 12 City Council seats. The Oregonian called eight of the races over the weekend. Two candidates won decisively on Election Day. The status of two races remains unclear. The new Council will include six women, at least five people of color, and three members of the Democratic Socialists of America. Here’s who’s won (so far): [Oregonian]

• District 1 (East Portland): Environmental justice advocate Candace Avalos and former Multnomah County Commissioner Loretta Smith. One seat is too close to call.
• District 2 (North Portland): Former city policy manager Sameer Kanal, policy strategist Elana Pirtle-Guiney, and current City Commissioner Dan Ryan.
• District 3 (Southeast): Teacher Tiffany Koyama Lane and policy advocate Angelita Morillo (as well as former City Commissioner Steve Novick, whose victory was determined on Election Day).
• District 4 (West Side): Energy economist Mitch Green (as well as former TriMet official Olivia Clark, who won decisively on Election Day). One seat is too close to call.