Eli Arnold, a Portland police officer who ran unsuccessfully for the Portland City Council in 2024, will try again next year to win a seat in the same district.

Arnold just narrowly lost his bid for one of the three seats available in District 4, which covers all of the westside and a sliver of Southeast, placing fourth after a nail-biting election that left him just shy of snatching the spot won by current City Councilor Eric Zimmerman.

The soft-spoken cop ran largely on a law-and-order platform, vowing to support the Police Bureau and take a harder stance on enforcing camping laws.

Arnold filed a notice of intent late last month to participate in the city’s Small Donor Elections program, often the first clerical step taken by candidates seeking to run.

He tells WW he’s running “to

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