I love this city. Even though I grew up in Oregon – in Cottage Grove – I barely saw Portland when I was a kid. But in the early ‘90’s, when I was working for the Federal Justice Department in Washington as an environmental lawyer, I brought a case against the Port of Portland for violations of the Clean Water Act. It was during a visit on that case that I looked around and realized that Portland was the place I wanted to call home.

Steve Novick has spent the last two-plus decades fighting for progressive causes that matter to Portlanders. Steve has held big polluters accountable; defended Oregonians from Bill Sizemore’s attacks on education, health care and services to seniors; helped elect progressives; found innovative ways to let people know where their tax dollars go; and fought waste in the Oregon Lottery in order to get more money for schools.