Legislative and PUD candidates meet voters one-on-one at Sunday forum

…Moving to the State Legislature, incumbent Sen. Marko Liias (D-21st District) was in Portland attending to his hospitalized grandfather. His campaign manager Jessica Agi spoke on his behalf. Citing Liias’s deep community roots, Agi said that he “understands middle-class families because he grew up in one.” She reiterated his strong commitment to jobs, mental health, gun reform, cutting property taxes, maintaining financial reserves, and his efforts to end conversion therapy. She concluded by saying that Liias is part of “the new generation of Democrats and political leaders who are socially progressive, support small business and are unafraid to stand up to special interests.

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