Portland Mercury Endorses Three Candidates in 2026 District 3 Council Election
The Portland Mercury newspaper has announced its endorsements for the 2026 City Council District 3 election in Portland, Oregon, recommending Angelita Morillo, Tiffany Koyama Lane, and Steve Novick.
Portland, OR, October 14, 2026 —
The Portland Mercury has announced its endorsements for Portland’s 2026 City Council District 3 election, recommending Angelita Morillo, Tiffany Koyama Lane and Steve Novick.
The announcement names the three candidates but the information provided does not include the newspaper’s reasons for recommending them. It also does not describe the candidates’ platforms, provide details about the endorsement process or identify any other candidates in the race.
The announcement concerns a City Council district election in Portland, Oregon. No specific election date, voting information or campaign details were provided, so those details cannot be confirmed from the information available.
The endorsements establish which candidates the newspaper recommends, but do not indicate how voters will decide or what the election’s outcome may be. The information provided also does not include statements from the candidates or responses to the endorsements.
Further details about the newspaper’s rationale, the field of candidates and the election schedule were not included in the announcement summary. The confirmed information is limited to the endorsing publication, the 2026 District 3 City Council election in Portland and the three candidates it recommended: Morillo, Koyama Lane and Novick.
Story summarized from the original created by Mercury Election Strike Force on www.portlandmercury.com, see more information here.
