Press
- Blacks Back on Political Path
- By: Portland Tribune
- As Barack Obama shatters the race barrier to become a viable presidential contender, black successes in Portland races are a different story. No blacks have served on the Portland City Council since 1992, and none has served on the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners since 1993.
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- Cutting-Edge Candidates
- By: Portland Observer
- Portland is lucky to see even one emerging black voice in many election cycles. But this May will bring at least three young African-Americans to contend for three seats opening in state and local politics.
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- Five Vie for City Council
- By: Daily Vanguard
- While announcing his candidacy for a seat on the Portland City Council, John Branam said he hopes to see Portland State have a more integral role in deciding Portland’s public education agenda, from kindergarten through college.
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- John Branam Kicks off City Council Campaign
- By: Portland Mercury
- During the Monday, November 19 lunch hour, John Branam, the 33-year-old development director for Portland Public Schools, officially launched his city council campaign. Though Branam has been campaigning for weeks—with former Mercury managing editor and mayoral candidate Phil Busse as his manager—and has collected nearly $8,000 in seed money donations, and approximately 300 of the 1,000 $5 contributions he needs to qualify for public financing, he took time on Monday to publicly lay out his education-focused agenda at Portland State University.
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![[photo: John in front of City Hall]](/img/ph03.jpg "Photograph by Chris Ryan")