How do you reform a city? Let us count the ways. The Stump Talk podcast digs into the sweeping reforms Portland voters approved in 2022, like Ranked Choice Voting and multimember districts. Curious about how City Hall is changing? We bring in political experts to give you the scoop and make YOU the political insider.
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In Episode 22 of Stump Talk, mathematician Moon Duchin returns to the studio to explain the mechanics behind proportional ranked choice voting.
She is joined by Raina Okonogi-Neth, a Ph.D. student in mathematics at Cornell University and a researcher at Duchin’s Data and Democracy Lab.
Read or Listen:
* The Data and Democracy Lab’s report on the 2024 Portland election (2025) (https://mggg.org/portland-stv-24)
* The Data and Democracy Lab’s pre-reform analysis of voting systems in Portland, Oregon (2021) (https://mggg.org/publications/Portland.pdf)
* Our previous podcast with Moon Duchin and George Cheung (https://rosecityreform.substack.com/p/for-good-news-take-a-look-at-portland)
* Rose City Reform: How District 4 Was Won (https://rosecityreform.substack.com/p/how-district-4-was-won)
* Rose City Reform: How District 3 Was Won (https://rosecityreform.substack.com/p/how-district-3-was-won)
* Rose City Reform’s 2026 candidate tracker (https://rosecityreform.org)
Stump Talk is brought to you by Rose City Reform, a research and journalism project tracking Portland's charter reform process. Producers: Maja Harris and Jon Garcia. Editor: Jon Garcia
This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rosecityreform.substack.com (https://rosecityreform.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1)
17 Jun 2026
“Go find your seventh vote."
In Episode 21 of Stump Talk, Council President Jamie Dunphy takes us inside the 2026–27 budget process. We discuss why so many votes ended in a tie, and why one of the most labor-friendly councils in recent history could not find a compromise to reverse the mayor’s job cuts.
You can catch the final budget adoption vote here on June 17 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pt2lqEXr7Y).
Stump Talk is brough to you by Rose City Reform, a research and journalism project dedicated to tracking Portland’s reform process. It is co-produced and edited by Jon Garcia of Lake Productions.
This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rosecityreform.substack.com (https://rosecityreform.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1)
24 Apr 2026
“Is this making my life better?"
In Episode 20 of Stump Talk, we are joined by former Charter Commission members Robin Ye and Debbie Kitchin.
They reflect on what problems charter reform was trying to solve, whether those fixes are working—and how Portlanders might judge the results for themselves.
References in this episode:
* Geography is Important, But It’s Not King - an Interview with Robin Ye (Rose City Reform) (https://rosecityreform.substack.com/p/geography-is-important-but-its-not)
* You can find Rose City Reform’s candidate tracker here (https://rosecityreform.substack.com/p/2026-candidate-tracker). In September, we will publish a more extensive guide at RoseCityReform.org (https://rosecityreform.org)
Stump Talk is brought to you by Rose City Reform, a journalism and research initiative dedicated to tracking Portland’s reform process. The show is hosted by Maja Harris and produced and edited by Jon Garcia of Lake Productions.
This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rosecityreform.substack.com (https://rosecityreform.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1)
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