Loretta Smith
Loretta Smith is an American politician who served as a Multnomah County Commissioner. She ran unsuccessful campaigns for Portland City Council in 2018 and 2020.[1][2] In each of those elections, she qualified for a runoff election but lost in the second round.
Loretta Smith | |
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Multnomah County Commissioner | |
In office January 2011 – January 2019 | |
Constituency | East and Southeast Portland |
Succeeded by | Susheela Jayapal |
Personal details | |
Political party | Democratic |
Elections
2010 Multnomah County Commission election
Smith ran in the 2010 Multnomah County Commission election against 8 other people and won with 5,397 votes (18.39%).[3]
2018 Portland City Council election
Smith ran and lost against Jo Ann Hardesty for Portland City Council in 2018. She came in 2nd place with 99,402 votes (37.2%) against Hardesty's 165,220 votes (61.8%) in the runoff election. She received 25,645 votes (21.2%) in the primary and Hardesty won 56,235 (46.5%)[4][5]
2020 Portland City Council special election
Smith came in first in the primary with 38,330 votes (18.8%); she lost to former Portland School Board member Dan Ryan in the special election in August.[6][7]
References
- Oregonian/OregonLive, Everton Bailey Jr | The (January 1, 2020). "Former Multnomah County Commissioner Loretta Smith files to run for Nick Fish's Portland council seat". oregonlive. Retrieved June 2, 2020.
- Bailey, Everton Jr. (August 12, 2020). "Portland voters pick Dan Ryan over Loretta Smith to join City Council". The Oregonian. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
- "May 18, 2010 Primary Election". Multnomah County. March 2, 2011. Retrieved June 2, 2020.
- "Hardesty vs. Smith: Diversity, housing, homelessness and more". news.streetroots.org. Retrieved June 2, 2020.
- "Municipal elections in Portland, Oregon (2018)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved June 2, 2020.
- "Dan Ryan Is Portland's Newest City Commissioner, Winning Special Election Runoff". Willamette Week. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
- "Loretta Smith, Dan Ryan vie for Portland City Council seat left vacant by Nick Fish's death". opb. Retrieved August 18, 2020.