PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Jo Ann Hardesty, a Navy veteran, former state legislator, and former president of the Portland NAACP, is in the final days of her re-election campaign.
Portland City Commissioner Hardesty was the first black woman ever elected to the city council.
On this Eye on Northwest Politics, she talks about voting for the mayor’s new homelessness plan, and other issues facing the city.
Watch the full interview in the player above.