Portland Mercury Endorses Candidates in 2026 Multnomah County Elections
The Portland Mercury has released its endorsements for the 2026 Multnomah County elections, recommending Shannon Singleton for County Chair and Nathan Ong Norris, Bri Williams, and Serena Cruz for District 2 Commissioner.
Portland, OR, October 14, 2026 —
The Portland Mercury has released endorsements for the 2026 Multnomah County elections, recommending Shannon Singleton for County Chair and Nathan Ong Norris, Bri Williams, and Serena Cruz for District 2 Commissioner.
The recommendations cover two county contests: the County Chair race and the District 2 Commissioner race. Singleton is the publication’s recommended candidate for County Chair. For District 2 Commissioner, the publication recommends Ong Norris, Williams, and Cruz.
The information provided does not include the publication’s reasons for its endorsements or details about the candidates’ platforms, experience, or campaign positions. It also does not specify when the endorsements were published, provide a link to the full announcement, or explain whether the District 2 recommendations are intended to apply to a particular voting process. Those details were not provided.
The announcement concerns the 2026 Multnomah County elections. No additional information was provided about the election schedule, the other candidates in either contest, or the county’s election procedures. The endorsements identify the candidates the Portland Mercury recommends, but the available information does not state how voters or other organizations have responded.
The listed recommendations are limited to the two offices named in the announcement. No endorsements for other Multnomah County positions or races were included in the information provided. Further details about the publication’s rationale and the candidates were not available in the summary.
Story summarized from the original created by Mercury Election Strike Force on www.portlandmercury.com, see more information here.
