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Charlie Hales is an American politician who served as the mayor of Portland, Oregon from 2013 to 2017. He was born on January 22, 1956 in Washington, D.C. He graduated from the University of Oregon with a degree in political science in 1978.
Hales began his political career in 1992 when he was elected to the Portland City Council. He served on the council until 2002, when he was elected to the Multnomah County Commission. He served on the commission until 2009, when he was elected to the Portland City Council again.
In 2012, Hales announced his candidacy for mayor of Portland. He won the election in May 2013 and was sworn in as mayor in January 2014. During his tenure, he focused on improving the city's infrastructure, increasing public safety, and creating jobs. He also worked to reduce homelessness and improve the city's transportation system.
Hales left office in 2017 and was succeeded by Ted Wheeler. He currently serves as a senior advisor to the Portland Business Alliance. He is also a member of the Oregon Business Council and the Oregon Investment Council.
As of 2021, Charlie Hales's net worth is estimated to be roughly $2 million.
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His wife is Nancy Hales
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Gavin Hales, Carolyn Hales, Rob Hales, Andy Hales, Katelyn Hales |
Charlie Hales Net Worth
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On March 6, 2015 Hales announced he would seek reelection for the 2016 mayoral election. In September, State Treasurer and former county commissioner Ted Wheeler announced his intention to run a well-funded campaign against Hales. A month later Hales abandoned his reelection bid, stating, "So when confronted with a choice between giving my full effort to the job of being mayor and spending that energy on a long and consuming re-election campaign, it's an easy choice. Therefore, I have decided not to file for re-election." Wheeler won election in May 2016 with token opposition.
On November 3, 2015, Hales and the city government passed a resolution opposing the local expansion of fossil fuel infrastructure.
Hales faced controversy over his decisions regarding Portland's homeless issue. Hales initially declared a housing emergency in 2015 before experimenting with a "Safe Sleep Policy" which promoted non-enforcement of anti-camping laws on sidewalks and rights of way, which was promptly met with lawsuits from local businesses and neighborhood groups. He was protested by residents adjacent to the Springwater Corridor Trail,
During his tenure on the city council, Hales conceived of and won voter approval for the first parks bond measure in over 50 years, funding construction of two new community centers and over 100 park improvement projects across the city. Hales completed the first phase of the Portland Streetcar system, the first urban streetcar in the US in almost 50 years. He also completed the planning of the Pearl District and South Waterfront redevelopment areas, which were designed as dense, transit-oriented "new urban" neighborhoods. Hales' advocacy for transportation — summed up in his stated goal to make Portland "the best European city in America" for non-auto transportation — earned him the nickname, "Choo-Choo Charlie".
During the first two years of his tenure as mayor, Hales confronted the city's largest-ever budget shortfall — $21 million — and emerged with a balanced budget, as well as conservative budgeting practices that allowed in enough revenue for supplemental budgets. Hales also reformed police practices, prioritizing community policing through walking beats and his choice in police chief, the community-minded Larry O'Dea. Along with Commissioner Steve Novick, Hales in 2014 proposed $46 million in new fees to pay for street maintenance and safety improvements, such as filling pot holes and building sidewalks.
In 2011, Hales announced that he would be a candidate for mayor in 2012. On November 6, 2012, he defeated challenger Jefferson Smith, receiving 61% of the vote. He assumed office on January 1, 2013.
Hales received public criticism during his 2012 campaign for voting eight times in Oregon while a Washington resident. From 2004 to 2009, he claimed tax residency at his wife's Stevenson, Washington home. Oregon taxes income in Hales' bracket at 10.8 percent, while Washington has no income tax.
Hales married his second wife Nancy in 2004. An avid backpacker and sailor, he spent a month sailing around the San Juan Islands after his term as a city commissioner, and then went to work for HDR, Inc. After his mayoral term, he spent 18 months sailing and then returned to HDR.
Hales' attendance declined in 2001 during his campaign for the executive director position of the Port of Portland. At the end of May 2002, part way through his third term, Hales left to take a position with HDR, Inc., an engineering firm, where he managed planning and design of new streetcar lines in cities across the country. Following his departure from City Council, Hales told Willamette Week that he considered the 1994 parks bond measure and the streetcar to be his greatest achievements while in office.
Hales was elected to Portland City Council in 1992. He was sworn in as a City Commissioner in January 1993.
Hales attended public schools in Alexandria, Virginia, and graduated from Thomas Edison High School in Fairfax County, where he participated in band and drama club. He graduated from the University of Virginia in 1979 with a bachelor's degree in political theory. He took graduate studies in public administration at Lewis & Clark College in Portland.
Charles Andrew Hales (born January 22, 1956) is a former American politician from Oregon. He served as the 52nd Mayor of Portland from 2013 to 2017, and previously served on the Portland City Council from 1993 to 2002.
Charles Andrew Hales was born in Washington, D.C., in January 1956. His father, Alfred Ross Hales, Jr., was a structural engineer for the United States Navy and his mother, Carol Hales, was a homemaker. He had two older siblings but, at nine years younger than his brother, grew up "virtually as an only child."