Three runoff races will land on Beaverton voters' ballots Tuesday, Nov. 3, covering one city council seat and two Washington County Board of Commissioners positions.

Ballots must be returned to an official drop site by 8 p.m. or postmarked by Election Day, according to the Washington County Elections Division. The county plans to post unofficial results after that 8 p.m. deadline.

Here is what is on the ballot.

Beaverton City Council Position 1

Rachel Philip and Evelyn Kocher advanced to the runoff after neither secured a majority in the May 19 primary, according to the Beaverton Valley Times. The seat is elected at-large, so both candidates appear on every Beaverton ballot.

Philip is a software developer and former auditor who has lived in Beaverton since 2018, according to a Washington County Democrats candidate interview published in April.

She has served on the Beaverton Budget Committee and lists affordable housing, transportation safety, climate preparedness and civic engagement among her priorities.

Kocher is a Beaverton High School graduate who works as a communications manager at Latino Network, according to her campaign website. She has served on the city's Transportation System Plan Community Advisory Committee.

Her platform includes rent control, a moratorium on data center construction and designating Beaverton a sanctuary city for gender-affirming and abortion care.

Washington County chair

Commissioners Nafisa Fai and Pam Treece are competing for the board's top elected seat after neither won outright on May 19.

Campaign finance records show a funding gap between the two. Treece had raised $464,579 in cash contributions as of Oct. 26, while Fai had collected about $393,979 in cash, the Beaverton Valley Times reported.

Treece's largest donor was Timothy Boyle, CEO of Columbia Sportswear, who gave $40,000 total. Nike co-founder Phil Knight donated $20,000 in April. Fai's contributions came largely from labor unions and progressive political action committees, including $35,000 from SEIU Local 49's COPE Fund and Oregon AFSCME 75.

Washington County District 4

Steve Callaway and Kipperlyn Sinclair are in a runoff for the District 4 commissioner seat. Sinclair's campaign website lists ending tax breaks for data centers, investing in local businesses and protecting farmland as her top priorities.

Background on Callaway's platform could not be confirmed from available sources.

How to return your ballot

Oregon is a vote-by-mail state. Completed ballots can be mailed with no postage needed, but must be postmarked by Nov. 3. Voters can also drop ballots at any official drop site in the state by 8 p.m.

Beaverton-area drop sites include:

  • Beaverton City Library, curbside on Southwest Hall Boulevard between Third and Fifth streets
  • Beaverton City Library at Murray Scholls, 11200 S.W. Murray Scholls Place, Suite 102
  • Washington County Service Center East, 3700 S.W. Murray Blvd.

Washington County will certify final results by Nov. 30. Voters can track their ballot status through the Oregon Secretary of State's MyVote tool.

Official results will be posted at washingtoncountyor.gov/elections/current-election.