News Coverage
There’s been some buzz in the news about us and the issues we care about.
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Election Night a Big One for Bike Walk Vote PAC
Our 2012 election season has been super successful. Jonathan Maus of BikePortland covered the extent of our success.
With the votes counted from the May 15th primary, candidates supported by Bike Walk Vote did extremely well. In fact, five of the seven candidates they endorsed won outright and the remaining two — Jefferson Smith for mayor and Mary Nolan for City Council — finished very close seconds and will sail into runoffs in November.
Read the full article on BikePortland.
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Candidates Rally, Inspire ‘Bike Walk Vote’ Crowd
We thew a party at Crank to let the Active Transportation community meet the candidates we endorsed. The event was written up by Jonathan Maus of BikePortland.
Following their mayoral endorsement of Jefferson Smith last month, Bike Walk Vote unveiled several new endorsements yesterday including: Dick Schouten for Washington County Commissioner; Steve Novick and Mary Nolan for Portland City Council; and Sam Chase, Craig Dirksen, and Bob Stacey for Metro Council. Each one (except for Dirksen, who was a no-show) addressed the crowd with a short speech.
Read the full article.
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Bike Walk Vote Announces Endorsements for City Council, Metro
On April 4th we announced our endorsements for Portland City Council and Metro. BikePortland covered the news.
If all three of Bike Walk Vote’s City Council endorsements end up winning (they’ve chosen Jefferson Smith for mayor), we’ll have a new majority making decisions in Portland.
Read the full article.
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Bike Walk Vote Endorses Jefferson Smith for Portland Mayor
BikePortland covered our endorsement announcement of Jefferson Smith.
After a thorough evaluation process that included in-person interviews, a questionnaire and ride-along with all three major candidates, political action committee Bike Walk Vote has announced their endorsement of Jefferson Smith for Portland mayor.
Read the full article.
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Low-Car Voters Flex Muscles, Eat Pizza at ‘Bike Walk Vote’ Kickoff
The Bike Walk Vote Launch Party was a blast! Thanks everyone who kept the party alive for hours, and thanks Crank for letting us stay late! The first of the news coverage is in from Portland Afoot.
About 100 Portlanders, nearly all of them under 40, met a who’s who of local politicians in an Ash Street bike shop Sunday night to rub elbows, talk politics and raise
$1,000 to $2,000more than $3,000 (revised Monday morning estimate!) in political donations.Read the full article.
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Bike Walk Vote Political Action Committee Set for Re-Launch
BikePortland wrote up a really nice article as we were gearing up to re-launch Bike Walk Vote.
Portland’s only political action committee that focuses solely on how candidates stack up on biking and walking issues – is about to awaken after a hiatus in the last election.
Read the full article.
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