Sarah Silkie a candidate for District 4 (West Portland and the Reed, Woodstock, and Sellwood-Moreland neighborhoods).
Silkie is an Engineer with the Portland Water Bureau and a Union Steward for PROTEC17, a union for public sector professionals. Her resume includes teaching sustainable engineering at Mount Hood Community College. Silkie is a 2023 graduate of the Oregon Labor Candidate School, a training program for pro-labor candidates.
Silkie’s website lists her priorities as supporting workers, ending Portland’s depedency on fossil fuels, fiscal responsibility, and greater government transparency.
She has committed to the ‘Save Portland Street Response’ pledge, vowing to prioritize, introduce, and vote in favor of full funding for Portland Street Response to operate 24-7 in every budget cycle. Additionally, she has signed the Green New Deal plrdge, committing to supporting Green New Deal policies, and the “No Fossil Fuel Money” pledge, rejecting contributions over $200 from oil, gas, and coal industries.
For more information about Sarah Silke and a full list of her endorsements, please visit her campaign website.
Media links:
- KATU: Know Your Candidates
- Portland Mercury Endorsement
- Willamette Week: City Council Entrance Interview
- League of Women Voters Candidate Interview: Sarah Silkie
- Portland is Possible: Know Your Candidate– D4, Sarah Silkie
- KATU District 4 Forum
- Oregon Voter Digest
- Portland Mercury: Portland City Council Candidates: District 4
- Portland Is Possible: Know Your Candidate