Voters across Lake Oswego, West Linn and Wilsonville will fill nine city council seats and decide a Wilsonville ballot measure when ballots are due Tuesday, Nov. 3.

Here is what residents need to know about each race.

Lake Oswego: six candidates, four seats

Lake Oswego will fill four of its seven council seats, with no incumbents running, according to the city's elections page. Councilor John Wendland hit his term limit. Councilors Trudy Corrigan, Ali Afghan and Jackie Manz chose not to run. A fourth seat opened after Councilor Aaron Rapf resigned in April 2026.

The top three vote-getters will serve four-year terms starting Jan. 1, 2027. The fourth-place finisher fills Rapf's remaining two-year term through Dec. 31, 2028.

The six candidates, as reported by the Lake Oswego Review:

  • Bryan Guiney, a Lake Oswego planning commissioner and Oregon field director for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. He served 21 years in the Marine Corps.
  • Patrick Walsh, chair of the Lake Oswego Library Advisory Board and a nonprofit executive.
  • Heather Ramsey, an executive and business coach who led the 2025 Lake Oswego School District bond campaign.
  • Neil Tunmore, a former Intel corporate vice president who has lived in Lake Oswego for 26 years. He told the Lake Oswego Review he wants to bring infrastructure expertise to council, citing the city's planned wastewater treatment facility and fire station projects.
  • Suzanne Miles, a former assistant U.S. attorney who also worked at the Environmental Protection Agency. She told the Review she wants government decision-making to be "clear, transparent, inclusive … evidence-based."
  • Peren Tiemann, a Lewis & Clark law student who started Oregon's first chapter of Students Demand Action.

At a Sept. 23 forum hosted by the Lake Oswego Corporation, candidates split on Oswego Lake access, the Lake Oswego Review reported. Walsh said the lake would be better off as private. Other candidates focused on safety enforcement after a 2025 court order opened public access through Millennium Plaza Park.

West Linn: three candidates, two seats

West Linn has two open seats with terms running through 2030. Councilor Leo Groner chose not to seek reelection.

The candidates, according to the West Linn Tidings:

  • Kevin Bonnington, the incumbent councilor who joined the council in 2024 through a special election. He works in real estate and has called for a comprehensive review of the city's funding model.
  • Kate Nelson, chair of the West Linn Planning Commission since 2024. She said she would advocate for walkable mixed-use development along Highway 43 and the waterfront.
  • Mike Kapigian, a former councilor who served from 1997–98 and 2001–04. He said the city should preserve the Willamette wetlands as a new park and criticized the $45 million operations center project and the use of a hearings officer for land-use appeals.

Housing, the Tannler Drive development and Abernethy Bridge construction noise have emerged as central issues. As we reported Oct. 18, a hearings officer will take up the Tannler Drive appeal Oct. 28.

Wilsonville: four candidates, two seats, plus Measure 3-641

Wilsonville has two open seats. Council President Caroline Berry chose not to run. Councilor Sam Scull is seeking his first full term after being appointed in 2025 following Katie Dunwell's resignation.

The candidates, per the Wilsonville Spokesman:

  • Sam Scull, the incumbent, who worked in the technology industry and previously served on the Development Review Board. He proposed a public financial dashboard for the city.
  • Katie Dunwell, the former councilor who chaired the Housing Our Future Task Force. She called for fiscal accountability, warning the general fund is on a "depletion trend," and said the 2019 Town Center Plan relies on pre-pandemic market data and needs updating.
  • Jennie Hill, a realtor and Rotary Club First Citizen award finalist. She said the Town Center master plan should be revisited to address parking and support small businesses.
  • Adrienne Scritsmier, a Clackamas Community College community education coordinator and budget committee member. She proposed a free summer lunch program for Wilsonville.

Measure 3-641 asks voters whether to create the Wilsonville Town Center Development District, an urban renewal area that would use future growth in property tax revenue to fund public improvements in Town Center. The measure would establish Ordinance No. 905. Wilsonville City Councilor Anne Shevlin wrote in an opinion column in the Wilsonville Spokesman that the district would not create a new tax or raise rates. Opponents in letters to the editor have argued the plan would require 2,381 housing units and worsen traffic.

Ballots are due Nov. 3. Voters can return them by mail or at official drop sites.