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<h4>Mike Schmidt is Multnomah County’s District Attorney.</h4>Following the abrupt resignation of the previous District Attorney, Mike took office in August 2020 in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic and months of protests following George Floyd’s murder. Throughout his first term, Mike has prioritized his office’s resources to focus on gun violence and other violent crime, and he has significantly increased data accessibility and transparency in the office. He has also enacted major progressive policy reforms, establishing a new Justice Integrity Unit, expanding opportunities for restorative justice solutions, making immigration-neutral charging decisions, and creating an evidence-based STEP Court focusing on reducing recidivism.<img src="https://run.imgix.net/3501ed5a-e80d-46ff-a73a-4d2bbdec64f2/d5127b4e-8aa4-44c9-987a-42049c5f653e/d5127b4e-8aa4-44c9-987a-42049c5f653e.jpeg?ixlib=js-3.8.0&amp;bri=0&amp;con=0&amp;sat=0&amp;high=0&amp;shad=0&amp;usm=0&amp;rect=0%2C0%2C300%2C441&amp;w=1500" alt="Mike Schmidt as a Deputy DA" title="" caption="" align="right" alignwidth="25" tiltdirection="left" variant="framed">Mike first moved to Oregon in 2005 after teaching in public high schools in New Orleans. As a teacher, he observed the school-to-prison pipeline firsthand. His students were victims of crime, witnesses to crime, children of incarcerated parents, and sometimes defendants themselves.That experience drove Mike to study criminal law at Lewis &amp; Clark and join the Multnomah District Attorney's Office.As a Deputy District Attorney serving under former D.A. Schrunk, Mike gained prosecutorial experience that showed him how the criminal justice system worked—and where it fell short. As a frontline prosecutor, Mike tried misdemeanor cases, property crime felonies, drug court cases, and led a project to get restitution for victims of crime.Before being elected Multnomah D.A. himself, he served as Executive Director of the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission.<img src="https://run.imgix.net/3501ed5a-e80d-46ff-a73a-4d2bbdec64f2/6278ced5-68a9-450b-ba58-d37c6f7813a4/6278ced5-68a9-450b-ba58-d37c6f7813a4.jpeg?ixlib=js-3.8.0&amp;bri=0&amp;con=0&amp;sat=0&amp;high=0&amp;shad=0&amp;usm=0&amp;rect=1038%2C204%2C3446%2C2839&amp;w=1500" alt="Mike walking in park" title="" caption="" align="left" alignwidth="40" tiltdirection="left" variant="framed">In that role, he oversaw a $90 million budget and spearheaded community-based efforts to reform our state’s approach to criminal justice. As Director, Mike led projects that have made our system more transparent, fought for legislation that decreases racial disparities, and for treating addiction like a health issue—not a criminal justice issue.Mike lives in Southeast Portland with his wife and their two sons. Mike enjoys playing darts, board games, watching the Blazers and the Saints, and spending time with his family exploring Oregon.

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A rise in crime during the pandemic across most of Oregon’s largest cities – including Portland – is abating, according to a new state analysis of preliminary federal crime data.

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November 30, 2023-Former Portland Mayor Tom Potter has endorsed Mike Schmidt for the 2024 Multnomah County District Attorney’s race.Mr. Potter served as mayor of Portland from 2005 to 2009. Previously, he served Portland for 27 years as a police officer, including serving three years as Chief of Police for PPB.“As DA, Mike has focused on our most pressing public safety challenges like gun violence and car thefts. At the same time he is implementing much needed reforms to address transparency, accountability, and racial equity in our system,” said Mr. Potter. “For an elected leader to rise to meet the needs of the moment while also keeping his promises is noteworthy. Mike will continue being accountable to us and keep working to make our communities safer. That’s why he’s got my proud support.”Mike Schmidt has already secured the endorsements of over 50 community leaders and trusted progressive organizations. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.mikeschmidtforda.com/endorsements">You can view a complete list of his endorsers here.</a>###

Former Portland Mayor Tom Potter has endorsed Mike Schmidt for the 2024 Multnomah County District Attorney’s race.Mr. Potter served as mayor of Portland from 2005 to 2009. Previously, he served Portland for 27 years as a police officer, including serving three years as Chief of Police for PPB.“As DA, Mike has focused on our most pressing public safety challenges like gun violence and car thefts. At the same time he is implementing much needed reforms to address transparency, accountability, an

Former Portland Mayor Tom Potter Endorses Mike Schmidt for Multnomah County District Attorney

Twelve people have graduated Multnomah County’s STEP Court as the program shows a low recidivism rate within its first year, Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt announced Friday.

Multnomah County STEP Court sees 12 graduate, low recidivism in first year

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Schmidt also brings a holistic approach to his job—one that looks at root causes, outcomes, and ways in which the criminal justice system can be a change agent, and prevent people from re-entering the system, or spending their lives entangled in it. [...] Still, it’s hard to tell whether Vasquez can be trusted to reflect the kind of progressive values we hope to see in local government and in the justice system. Vasquez voted as a Republican until 2017.

Portland Mercury Endorses Mike Schmidt

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