Think Out Loud

Jo Ann Hardesty reflects on Portland election results

By Rolando Hernandez (OPB)
Nov. 18, 2022 12:04 a.m. Updated: Nov. 18, 2022 8:53 p.m.

Broadcast: Friday, Nov. 18

A woman wears a yellow turtle neck beneath a plaid jacket, with a pendant necklace around her neck. She smiles slightly as she looks at the camera.

Jo Ann Hardesty outside City Hall in Portland, Ore., on Oct. 23, 2019. Hardesty won election to City Council in 2018, becoming the first woman of color to serve on the governmental body.

Cheyenne Thorpe / OPB

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Portlanders will be seeing a new face on the city council. Voters have elected Rene Gonzalez to be the city’s newest commissioner, ousting incumbent Jo Ann Hardesty. Hardesty joins us to share her take on the election — and the direction she thinks the city is headed.

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