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Democrat from Oregon
Jefferson Smith represents Oregon State House District 47. He is a native of east Portland, the district he represents.
Recent statements involving Jefferson Smith
Says Minnesota has more Fortune 500 companies than Oregon and "one of the most obvious differences is they've invested in their schools."
Says the city of Portland has one manager for every six "front-line" workers.
Says the mayor’s job "is to make sure that if somebody is trying to build a set of water treatment plants to cure us from cryptosporidium we don’t have, we don't say yes even if CH2M Hill wants us to."
Says "I don’t agree with Mr. Hales that we should give a sweeping break to the developers to allow them to build that infill housing without paying for those very basics."
Say that under state law, "systems development charges can only be spent on capital investment."
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Fact-checking the Portland mayor's race:
Will it be Eileen Brady and Charlie Hales in November’s runoff for Portland mayor? Or Jefferson Smith and Brady? Or Hales versus Smith? Polls show that the three leading candidates are virtually tied with no one candidate likely to score the 50 percent plus one needed to win outright on Tuesday.
With that in mind, here is a roundup of our fact checks on the candidates.
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