Sho Dozono

Portland businessman Sho Dozono has narrowed the lead held by Commissioner Sam Adams in the city's mayoral race, according to a poll conducted last week by the Portland Tribune and FOX News 12.

The poll, the first in three months, indicates that Adams leads the 13-candidate field with 41 percent of the vote, the same number he had in February. Dozono however has picked up six points, giving him 26 percent of the vote.

The Portland Business Journal released a poll today showing businessman Sho Dozono with a 53%-35% lead over City Councilman Sam Adams in the race for Mayor of Portland. 

Portland mayoral candidates Sam Adams and Sho Dozono are both Democrats. There are two Republicans in the race—Christopher Rich and Jeff Taylor—but party loyalty didn’t seem to weigh in when Multnomah County Republican Party when they threw their support behind Dozono.

The Multnomah County Republicans’ endorsement called Dozono “a man of proven leadership in increasing society’s wealth,” while encouraging Rich and Taylor to run for other offices. “This is not their year for mayor.”

In the race for Mayor, Portland Commissioner Sam Adams leads businessman Sho Dozano by eleven percentage points, 47%-36%, according to a SurveyUSA/KATU-TV poll.

Oregon has always been a bit ahead of the curve on the green movement, and since today is Earth Day, plenty of politicians have been speaking about their views on the environment.  read more »

The Portland mayoral candidates— businessman Sho Dozono and City Commissioner Sam Adams—faced off in a televised debate tonight, and touched on issues ranging from the physical plant of City Hall, to education and transportation funding.

In general, both exemplified the styles by which they have come to be known: Adams was full of policy ins and outs, while Dozono stressed his record of business success.

KATU’s polls have been making waves this week. The SurveyUSA poll found Rep. Jeff Merkley and Candy Neville with about the same amount of support in the U.S.  read more »

Back in January, Sho Dozono was able to qualify for public funds in—relativley speaking—no time at all, and today he decided to stay in the race despite the fact that he will no longer have access to those funds.   read more »

A state judge ruled today that Portland mayoral candidate Sho Dozono was a candidate when a lobbyist paid for a $27,295 poll on his behalf and therefore violated the $12,000 cap on goods and services that a candidate can receive.

Dozono, who consequently lost his taxpayer help, is deliberating what course of action he will take.  read more »

The race for Portland mayor is heating up.

Current Mayor Tom Potter said at a press conference this morning that he is throwing his support behind businessman Sho Dozono.  read more »