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Jo Ann Hardesty

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Jo Ann Hardesty
Hardesty in 2012
Portland City Commissioner
Assuming office
January 2019
SucceedingDan Saltzman
Member of the Oregon House of Representatives
from the 19th district
In office
January 1995 – January 2001
Succeeded byJackie Dingfelder
Personal details
Born (1957-10-15) October 15, 1957 (age 66)
Baltimore, Maryland[1]
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseSkip Hardesty
ResidencePortland, Oregon

Jo Ann A. Hardesty (née Bowman; born October 15, 1957) is an American Democratic politician in the U.S. state of Oregon who is currently a Portland City Commissioner. She previously served in the Oregon House of Representatives from 1995 until 2001. Hardesty is the first African American woman to be elected to Portland's city council.[2][3]

Career

Hardesty served in the United States Navy, and was elected to the Oregon House in 1994, holding office until 2001. She later served as executive director of Oregon Action, and became president of the Portland chapter of the NAACP in January 2015.[4][5]

In 2007 Hardesty began hosting "Voices from the Edge," a progressive talk radio program on KBOO, a community radio station in Portland. The call-in show addresses racial disparity, government accountability, environmental justice and politics on local, state and national levels.[6]

Hardesty ran for Portland City Council in 2018, for the open seat being vacated by the retiring Dan Saltzman.[7] She won the race, against Multnomah County Commissioner Loretta Smith; early returns showed her receiving approximately 62 percent of the votes cast.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ "Jo Ann Bowman's Biography". Project VoteSmart. Retrieved August 29, 2016.
  2. ^ a b Monahan, Rachel; Shepherd, Katie (November 6, 2018). "Jo Ann Hardesty Is the First Black Woman Elected to Portland City Council". Willamette Week. Retrieved November 7, 2018.
  3. ^ a b Templeton, Amelia (November 6, 2018). "Portland Voters Elect Hardesty As 1st Woman Of Color To City Council". Oregon Public Broadcasting. Retrieved November 7, 2018.
  4. ^ "Joann Bowman Resigns from Oregon Action". The Skanner. April 20, 2010. Retrieved August 29, 2016.
  5. ^ Smith, Donovan L. (January 20, 2015). "New NAACP President JoAnn Hardesty on Civil Rights Now". The Skanner. Retrieved August 29, 2016.
  6. ^ "Voices from the Edge". Retrieved September 1, 2018.
  7. ^ Monahan, Rachel (August 4, 2017). "Jo Ann Hardesty, Former Legislator and Head of NAACP Portland, Running for City Council Seat". Willamette Week. Retrieved November 7, 2017.


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