# @theoregonian on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CuVHoXhB4ka
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/7886504-theoregonian-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2023-07-05T21:00:22.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The Oregonian (@theoregonian) — https://gondola.cc/theoregonian

## Caption

Mingus Mapps, a first-term Portland commissioner and former political science professor, said Wednesday he will run for mayor next year, making him the first declared candidate in a race that is all but certain to center around the series of crises that continue to confront Oregon’s largest city.

In an interview with The Oregonian/OregonLive, Mapps, 54, criticized Portland’s “status quo,” highlighting the city’s increase in homicides, shootings and property crimes, the thousands of people living unsheltered and a growing drug crisis that has led to more than 500 overdose deaths in Multnomah County in the last year.

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#mingusmapps #portlandpolitics #orpolitics #politics #mayor #portlandmayor #oregonianpolitics

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