May 19th county primaries are open to all parties.

Thomas Hiura for West Lane: Accountable Lane County Leadership for All.

Every West Lane resident deserves a real voice. Thomas listens and leads with accountable transparency, every day.

Key Priorities

Accountability & Transparency

Bringing a County Office to the Coast

- Ensuring that Commissioners hold themselves to the same standards of conduct and worker dignity that private citizens do.

- Being accountable with every single tax dollar.

Bringing a County Office to the Coast

- Building/strengthening service offerings and consistent engagement throughout coastal and rural Lane.

- Measuring success by how few residents we leave out, not how many services we can reduce or privatize.

Improved Healthcare Access

Bringing a County Office to the Coast

Affordable & Accessible Housing

- Ensuring availablility of physical, mental, eldercare, dental, reproductive and maternity care, in an uncertain time.

- Reducing burdensome costs and increasing affordability.

Affordable & Accessible Housing

Public Safety & Emergency Response

Affordable & Accessible Housing

- Accelerating the availablity of affordable housing, and the means to build it.

- Working to keep West Lane families from being pushed out of their homes.

Public Safety & Emergency Response

- Improving rural response times for sheriff patrols, emergency calls and fires.

- Emphasizing accountability, professionalism and strong community ties.

Climate Readiness & Preparedness

Public Safety & Emergency Response

- Increasing readiness so that West Lane families can have greater security against disasters, and are not alone.

- Stewarding an environment we are proud to conserve for generations of Oregonians.

Endorsements

Local elected leaders:

Kaarin Knudson, Eugene Mayor

Lucy Vinis, Eugene Mayor (2017-2025)

Kitty Piercy, Eugene Mayor (2005-2017)

Nora Kent, Lane ESD Board Member

Sherry Duerst-Higgins, Lane ESD Board Member

Rose Wilde, Lane ESD Board Member

Leslie Harris, Lane ESD Board Chair

Vanessa Truett, Lane ESD Board Vice Chair

Mary Vuksich-Shafer, Lane County Assessor

Sally Wantz, Florence City Councilor

Maureen Miltenberger, Siuslaw School Board Member

Pete Sorenson, Lane County Commissioner (1997-2021) & Oregon Senator

Jenny Jonak, 4J School Board Member

Tom Di Liberto, 4J School Board Member

Judy Newman, 4J School Board Member

Maya Rabasa, 4J School Board Member

Ericka Thessen, 4J School Board Member
Tim Morris, EWEB Board Member

Drae Charles, Bethel School Board Member

Brian Hynd, Bethel School Board Member

Lyndsie Leech, Eugene City Councilor

Jennifer Yeh, Eugene City Councilor

Emily Semple, Eugene City Councilor (2017-2025)
Kori Rodley, Springfield City Councilor

Dawn Lesley, Community leader & Engineer

Organizational endorsements:

Democratic Party of Lane County

Eugene Tenant Alliance

Florence Area Democratic Club

Community members:

Diana Abernathey

Athena Aguiar

Michael Allen

Patricia Allen

Beverly Barr

Kunu Bearcham

Ken Beeson

Jon Belcher

Melissa Bird

Rebecca Bradvica

Jojo Breslin

Pat Briggs

Pat Burke

Ron Burley

Vince Casey

Kallista Cassity

Kamyl Cole

Zack Cooper

Ibrahim Coulibaly

Brandon Davis

Leslie Davis

Maxwell Davis

Vicki Dunaway

Peter Eberhardt

John Escher
Joella Ewing

Ky Fireside

Kay Fitzger

Dana B. Fleming

Sherry Franzen

Randall Gicker

Patti Hansen

Mark Harden

Chelseah Harper

Elliott Harwell

Jasmine Hatmaker

Donna Hirschman

Wende Hitchcock

Dan Isaacson

Jun Ishibashi

Olivia Jensen

Austyn Jiminez

Isaac Judd

Marja Jones

Suzanne Kafouey-Henderson

Andrew Kalloch

Ed Kashin

Becky Kelley

Barbara Kindrich

Markus Kirkpatrick

Sydney Kissinger

Mike Koivula

Edward Kramer
Matt Laubach

Devon Lawson

Andrew Ledbetter

Aeron Lerch

Colleen Lewis
Mindy Linder

Jackie Low

Joy Marshall

Ivy Medow
Ryan Moore

Melissa “Mimi” Nolledo

Linda Nordstrom

Libby Olvera

Lea Patten

Angela Pomerleau

Tai Pruce-Zimmerman

Karin Radtke

John Raymonda

Gerry Rempel

Jerry Rosiek

Mildred Rowley

Debbie Salazar

Bradley Saunders

Hailey Schug

Brian Simard

Marissa Simard

John Skarda
Tova Stabin

Brian Steveson

Charlie Swanson

Claire Syrett

Blake Thompson

Stephanie Turnbull

Sam Tyler

Mary Lou Vignola

Debbie Williamson-Smith

Paul Wilson

Carl Yeh

Aimee Yogi

Janice Zagorin

Glen Zimmerman

and more to come!

Thomas Hiura for West Lane: Accountable Lane County Leadership for All.

Experienced, Homegrown Leadership in this Community.

Key Priorities

Accountability & Transparency

Bringing a County Office to the Coast

Bringing a County Office to the Coast

Bringing a County Office to the Coast

Bringing a County Office to the Coast

Bringing a County Office to the Coast

Improved Healthcare Access

Bringing a County Office to the Coast

Affordable & Accessible Housing

Affordable & Accessible Housing

Public Safety & Emergency Response

Affordable & Accessible Housing

Public Safety & Emergency Response

Public Safety & Emergency Response

Public Safety & Emergency Response

Climate Readiness & Preparedness

Public Safety & Emergency Response

Public Safety & Emergency Response

View an hourlong interview on a local Lane County podcast:

For transparency-- View Oregon Voter's Pamphlet statements now, before they print in late April:

Background info from the West Lane candidates themselves:

Endorsements

Local elected leaders:

Organizational endorsements:

Community members:

Extended bio page will go live this week (3rd week of April). It will be worth the wait, thank you!

A 32 Year-Old Lifelong Lane County Leader and 79%-elected Lane ESD School Board Member: Accountability • Transparency • Serving Every Region of West Lane.

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