ENDORSEMENTS

Organizations:

Independent Party of Oregon

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Working Families Party

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Deschutes Democrats
Indivisible

Bend
Oregon League of Conservation Voters
Sierra Club
Northwest Carpenters Union
LiUNA! Local 737
Central Oregon Labor Chapter
Central Oregon Building & Construction Trades Council
Ironworkers Local 29
SEIU Local 503

Local Leaders:

Janelle Bynum

U.S. Congressional Representative
Anthony Broadman

Oregon State Senator
Emerson Levy

Oregon State Representative
Phil Chang

Deschutes County Commissioner
Melanie Kebler

Mayor of Bend
Ed Fitch

Mayor of Redmond
Sarah McDougall

Sisters City Council President
Joe Stutler

Wildland Fire Incident Commander
Kathryn Osborne

Redmond City Councilor
Jim Porter

Retired Bend Police Chief
Marvin Kaplan

Central Oregon Veteran’s Ranch Board Member
Megan Perkins

Bend Mayor Pro Tem
Steve Platt

Bend City Councilor
Ashley Proctor

Redmond School Board Member
Andrew Kaza

Independent Party of Oregon, State Council Co-Chair
Kathy Deggendorfer

Prominent Artist, Sisters

Community:

“I support Morgan for several reasons: her ability to listen with an open mind and respect, about what the community needs. Her creativity to implement solutions using common sense and the resources at hand, and her capacity to lead and inspire others to work in collaboration to solve our local problems. This ability is something you can only develop though years of community service. This seems simple but it is not, listening with respect, with compassion and with the willingness to understand. For me, that alone puts Morgan on a different level as a community leader.”

Miguel Angel Herrada, Pacific Source DEI, Scalehouse Board
"Morgan Schmidt is one of the most amazing people I have ever met. She is very thoughtful and caring. She not only will make this county better, she makes the world better. If you want to make the right choice you have found it in Morgan!"

Sean Gregg, Chiropractor & Small Business Owner
Morgan is grounded in representation, servitude and gratitude. She readily acknowledged the importance of honoring processes and differing points of view. Having her voice at the table her voice at the table will provide an important perspective often absent when developing critical public policy.

Briana Spencer, Grassroots Activist
“Morgan is a leader that has an incredible heart and an incredible ability to bring people together to accomplish great things to better our community. Thinking of Morgan as a Deschutes County Commissioner makes me so excited. I know she will listen to us and continue to accomplish great things with a greater reach, benefitting all Deschutes County Neighbors.”

-Dana Richards, Deschutes County Resident
“Morgan is a change agent. She looks for root causes to problems and works for positive results to benefit the community.”

-Kristine Adams-Wannberg, Auditor
“Morgan Schmidt has been there: out on the streets with those who live there, standing and sitting alongside those whose voices call out for justice and mutual respect, at the door, offering shelter and a meal. Her heart is full with empathy and compassion. Her voice is strong, but her ears are engaged. She is ready to listen to and act with each of us for a better, kinder, stronger Deschutes County.”

Sue Nell Phillips, Spanish Interpreter
“Morgan Schmidt is the real deal! Her inherent power comes from being true to herself and speaking from her heart space.”

Ashley Pelton, LMSW
“Morgan is exactly what Deschutes County Commission needs- an exceptionally kind and compassionate individual who will work hard to find ways to solve our most knotty problems, respecting and helping our neediest while finding common ground with all.”

Abby Kellner-Rode
“Morgan has served our community with integrity. She understands that long term solutions require listening, learning, and working together. As a commissioner, Morgan will work hard for every resident to thoughtfully and responsibly manage our county’s valuable resources.”

-Joey Hamilton, Community Advocate & Business Executive
"Morgan is the leader our community needs right now. She has a gift for casting a vision and then collaborating across sectors to bring people together and get it done. Deschutes County needs her combination of vision and action to get us through our current challenges."

Courtney Christenson, Small Business Owner, Parent, Concerned Citizen
"Morgan will be a breath of fresh air on the County Commission."

Michael "Mike" Hollern, Executive
"Morgan has all the qualities we need in Deschutes County-intelligence and compassion. Her priorities will make our great community even better."

Helen Tompkins, Attorney and Small Business Owner
"I believe Morgan possesses a broad and inclusive perspective that will benefit all citizens of Deschutes County."

Kirk Schueler, President & CEO
“I support Morgan Schmidt because she is a leader with great experience, a neighborly approach, and a realistic vision for growing our community. “

Paul Bacon, Deschutes County Resident
"The protection of water and our natural resources for generations to come is the ONLY issue that matters this election. I’m voting for Morgan because I #GIVEaSchmidt about having enough water to sustain life in Central Oregon. Period. "

Halina Kowalski