Carmen Rubio

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Carmen Rubio
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Nonpartisan

Prior offices
Portland City Commission Position 1
Predecessor: Amanda Fritz
Elections and appointments
Last election

November 5, 2024

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Oregon
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Executive director
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Carmen Rubio was a member of the Portland City Commission in Oregon, representing District 1. She assumed office on January 1, 2021. She left office on December 31, 2024.

Rubio ran for election for Mayor of Portland in Oregon. She lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Rubio completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Carmen Rubio was born in Oregon. She graduated from the University of Oregon. Her career experience includes working as an executive director of large nonprofit.[1]

Elections

2024

See also: Mayoral election in Portland, Oregon (2024)

General election

General election for Mayor of Portland

The ranked-choice voting election was won by Keith Wilson in round 20 . The results of Round are displayed below. To see the results of other rounds, use the dropdown menu above to select a round and the table will update.

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 309,963
Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.

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Endorsements

To view Rubio's endorsements as published by their campaign, click here. Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Rubio in this election.

2020

See also: City elections in Portland, Oregon (2020)

Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Portland City Commission Position 1

The following candidates ran in the primary for Portland City Commission Position 1 on May 19, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Carmen Rubio (Nonpartisan)
 
67.5
 
139,791
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Candace Avalos (Nonpartisan)
 
9.0
 
18,727
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Alicia McCarthy (Nonpartisan)
 
6.5
 
13,459
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Isham Harris (Nonpartisan)
 
4.6
 
9,591
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Timothy DuBois (Nonpartisan)
 
4.2
 
8,619
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Mary Ann Schwab (Nonpartisan)
 
3.9
 
8,059
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Philip Wolfe (Nonpartisan)
 
1.6
 
3,409
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Cullis James Autry (Nonpartisan)
 
1.4
 
2,887
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Corinne Patel (Nonpartisan)
 
1.0
 
2,132
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.3
 
532

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 207,206
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Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Candidate Connection

Carmen Rubio completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Rubio's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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I am the granddaughter of immigrants who settled in Oregon more than 50 years ago. I’ve built my career on service to Portland. First, as a staffer at Multnomah County, then in City Hall, until 2009, when I was recruited to be the Executive Director of Latino Network. Over the next 12 years, I grew the organization from a handful of employees struggling to meet the community’s needs to a team of nearly 200 providing critical education and support services that positively transform the lives of Portland’s Latinx youth and families in our community.

As a City Commissioner, I've focused on improving access and quality in government for all of our communities making Portland work for everyone. In just over three years, I’ve made building affordable housing easier and faster, championed Portland Street Response, led the Council to unanimously pass her plan to fix our long-broken permitting system, and played a key role in persuading the police union to agree to body-worn cameras. Under my management, the Portland Clean Energy Fund has made transformative investments to build our climate resilience and create good paying jobs.

A coalition-builder who’s passed bold reform by fighting to bring the right people to the table, I know that Portland’s best days are still ahead and that solutions are within reach. As Mayor, I’ll bring that same combination of vision, grit, commitment to service, and experience to lead Portland into a safe, vibrant, inclusive, and prosperous future.
  • I am running for Mayor because I understand the challenges Portland faces today. I will lead with the competency and an ability to work well with others to:

    -Reduce unsheltered homelessness by increasing temporary shelters with onsite services, including mental health and addiction services, and building more permanent supportive and affordable housing. -Address our public safety needs by using best practices to do more to prevent crime, and build a community-centered, 21st century policing organization so that our public safety system serves all Portlanders.

    -Aggressively push for more affordable housing at all income levels and champion sustainable development initiatives to ensure Portland leads as a climate and equity trailblazer.
  • I believe that Portland can become the world-class city we were on our way to be until the Covid crisis changed the course of every city across the country. Our city fundamentals need to be strong in order to get our city back on track – there’s lots of work ahead. But I am proud of the results I have delivered in just one term in office. No other candidate running for Mayor has a record that comes even close to the positive change I have accomplished for Portlanders in office and during my time as an executive of a large community-focused organization. I've shown that I can build the coalitions and get the votes in and am ready to lead this city. We know what our problems are – let's roll up our sleeves and get to work and move forward!
  • An effective leader always needs to find ways to build positive relationships. Portland needs a mayor who will use their social capital to bring the city together into alignment of a vision, not further drive wedges, and take responsibility for the way forward. And Portlanders deserve a mayor who is going to fight for this city – who is capable of bringing people from multiple corners to the table, is thoughtful AND decisive, can make the tough decisions, and stay focused on getting results. I will be that mayor.
One of my main priorities on the Council has been making it easier to build more housing here in Portland as a critical way to address housing affordability goals. Our notorious fragmented permitting process was keeping us from building the housing and doing the development we need. For more than two decades, no one has been successful in changing the permitting system. I took on the challenge and with a lot of tenacious work, we are able to consolidate permitting services on one team, under one authority.
Knowing that my service to my community made a difference.
Productive accountability.

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2020

Carmen Rubio did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on October 8, 2024

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