Oregon city's hartman runs for clackamas commission

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Annessa Hartman (D) will be running against the current interim Clackamas County Commissioner #4, Diana Helm (D).  Hartman currently is a state of Oregon House of Representative, serving the area surrounding Oregon City.

Hartman got flack for voting against Governor Kotek's proposed gas tax and motor fee increase package that is awaiting a final vote this September, in an Oregon special legislative session.

Clackamas County Commission seat 4 was held by Mark Shull (R) from 2021 through its term in at the start of 2025.  

There are two other open seats on the 5 person Clackamas County Board of Commissioners, and those are held by Ben West and Paul Savas.  It looks like both are running for re-election.  Savas has been in his Commissioner Seat since the year 2011.  If re-elected he will have been on the Commission for some 20 years, which somewhat unheard of.

Savas is a Republican in Name Only.  It walks the fence, and often, votes like a Democrat.  He probably gets challenged by another Republican.

Currently, the Clackamas County Commission leans somewhat left, but the Chair is more a blue dog Democrat than Progressive.  So, the Clackamas Board is more centered than neighboring Washington and Multnomah County Commission Boards, which are more Progressive like.

The 2026 election season gets off the ground now that the calendar has flipped to September 2025, the first chance to file to run for elected office in the upcoming 2026 elections.

(posted by Elvis Clark on September 14, 2025)

Bethel receives a campaign donation of $25,000 from Oregon Timber tycoon Freres.  Her campaign platform is fairly generic, apple pie and all, at this point of the Oregon Governor election race -2026.

Here's a bit more detail on Bethel by the Willamette Week newspaper:   GOP Candidate for Governor Gets First Big Check 

(posted by Elvis Clark on June 26, 2026)