In Portland's suburbs, more women joining the mayoral ranks
Malynda Wenzl, the newly elected mayor of Forest Grove and a middle school teacher, got into politics almost a decade ago, fired up by her students...
Malynda Wenzl, the newly elected mayor of Forest Grove and a middle school teacher, got into politics almost a decade ago, fired up by her students over the lack of a youth recreation center in her suburban city.Remy Drabkin, who will take over as McMinnville's next mayor in January, has been involved in politics ever since she was a little girl, when her parents drove her from their Willamette Valley home to Portland to campaign against 1992′s anti-gay Measure 9.Heidi Lueb, Tigard's city council president who will be the city's first female mayor come January, was involved in student government at the University of Oregon, but then let her interest in politics go dormant for a decade.