Wes Soderback
Wes Soderback ran for election to the Portland Public Schools Board of Education to represent Zone 3 in Oregon. Soderback lost in the general election on May 21, 2019.
Soderback was a nonpartisan candidate for Multnomah County Commission Chair in Oregon. Soderback lost the primary on May 15, 2018.
Soderback was a candidate for Zone 3 representative on the Portland Board of Education in Oregon. He lost in the general election on May 19, 2015.
Biography
Soderback is a systems integrator with Soderback Associates, which is a channel partner with Intel Corporation.[1]
Elections
2019
See also: Portland Public Schools, Oregon, elections (2019)
General election
General election for Portland Public Schools Board of Education Zone 3
Incumbent Amy Carlsen Kohnstamm defeated Deb Mayer and Wes Soderback in the general election for Portland Public Schools Board of Education Zone 3 on May 21, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Amy Carlsen Kohnstamm (Nonpartisan) | 62.4 | 39,151 | |
 | Deb Mayer (Nonpartisan) | 30.9 | 19,424 | |
| Wes Soderback (Nonpartisan) | 6.1 | 3,810 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.6 | 401 | ||
| Total votes: 62,786 | ||||
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2018
Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Multnomah County Commission Chair
Incumbent Deborah Kafoury won election outright against D. Bora Harris, Wes Soderback, and Chuck Crockett in the primary for Multnomah County Commission Chair on May 15, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Deborah Kafoury (Nonpartisan) | 72.0 | 95,165 |
| D. Bora Harris (Nonpartisan) | 14.8 | 19,602 | ||
| Wes Soderback (Nonpartisan) | 7.0 | 9,239 | ||
| Chuck Crockett (Nonpartisan) | 6.2 | 8,220 | |
| Total votes: 132,226 | ||||
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2015
- See also: Portland Public Schools elections (2015)
Four of the seven seats on the Portland Board of Education were up for general election on May 19, 2015. The seats of Zone 1 incumbent Ruth Adkins, Zone 2 incumbent Matt Morton, Zone 3 incumbent Bobbie Regan and Zone 7 incumbent Greg Belisle were up for election.
Regan was the only incumbent to file to seek re-election. He faced three challengers, Amy Carlsen Kohnstamm, Gretchen Hollands and Wes Soderback, and was defeated by Kohnstamm.
Julie Esparza Brown defeated Andrew Davidson in the race for the open Zone 1 seat. Four candidates—Paul Anthony, José González, Emma Russac Williams and John Sweeney—filed for the open Zone 2 race. Anthony was successful in that race. Mike Rosen won the open Zone 7 seat unopposed.
Results
| Portland Public Schools, Zone 3 General Election, 4-year term, 2015 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Nonpartisan |  Amy Carlsen Kohnstamm |
44.2% | 23,412 | |
| Nonpartisan | Bobbie Regan Incumbent | 40.7% | 21,526 | |
| Nonpartisan | Gretchen Hollands | 9.9% | 5,232 | |
| Nonpartisan | Wes Soderback | 4.8% | 2,524 | |
| Nonpartisan | Write-in votes | 0.5% | 240 | |
| Total Votes | 52,934 | |||
| Source: Washington County Elections Divsion, "Official Summary Report: Special District Election May 19, 2015," June 4, 2015, Multnomah County, Oregon, "May 2015 Special Election Results," June 3, 2015, and Clackamas County, Oregon, "Specail District Election May 19, 2015, Official Results for Election," accessed June 9, 2015 | ||||
Funding
Soderback began the race with an existing account balance of $799.61 from his previous campaign. He reported $0.00 in contributions and $216.50 in expenditures to Oregon Secretary of State, which left his campaign with $583.11 in cash on hand in this election. However, Soderback had $3,060.00 in outstanding loans and personal expenditures, leaving his campaign effectively $2,476.89 in debt.[2]
Endorsements
Soderback did not receive any official endorsements in this election.
Campaign themes
2019
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Wes Soderback did not complete Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey.
2015
Soderback provided the following statement for the Multnomah County voter's pamphlet:
| “ | Portland schools have been struggling with a decline in students, funding, and voter apathy. Finally, we may be turning corner onto a new path. The Economy is slowing improving and tax revenues are increasing. The Legislature is providing a higher level of funding. Now we need the voters, through their elected Board of Directors, to provide leadership on a new course that will return Portland Schools to a level of excellence it rightfully deserves.
About five years ago, when it was announced that Benson Polytechnic High Schools would be closed, a group of us Benson Alumni got together to save our beloved school.. It has been an enlightening experience to say the least. What we found is a School District that is unable and unwilling to take on the tough issues. Benson was not the problem only a symptom of a district disarray The district is divided into factions that are fighting to preserve what they have at the expense of the district as a whole. The Board of Directors needs to look at the district as one unit and what affect one, effects all. Benson, a school providing Career Technical Education that ranks at the top of the list of students that graduate, is to get the axe.[3] |
” |
| —Wes Soderback (2015)[1] | ||
See also
2019 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Multnomah County, Oregon, "Voters' Pamphlet - May 2015 Special Election," accessed May 19, 2015
- ↑ Oregon Secretary of State, "Committee/Filer Search by Name," accessed June 17, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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