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Meet the slate

Three neighbors. One direction.

We are not a party and we are not a machine. We are three people who kept showing up to the same meetings, asking the same questions, and wanting to be part of the solution — so we decided to run together.

Watch Anna's video · 0:32

Councilor, Incumbent

Anna Warrington

Anna Warrington has called North Plains home for two decades. She spent twenty-one years at Nike, most recently in project management, before retiring and turning that experience toward the city she lives in.

She was appointed to the City Council in March 2026 and has spent her time on the dais asking the questions residents keep asking: where is the money going, and who signed off on it? She is running to finish the work — a budget the city can defend line by line, and a growth plan the community actually had a say in.

  • Financial accountability
  • Project oversight
  • Measured growth

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Watch Melody's video · 0:36

Candidate, City Council

Melody Axe

Melody Axe has built a career around people and families. She works as a Direct Support Specialist for people living with persistent mental illness, and previously served as Programs Manager for the National Alliance on Mental Illness in Washington County and as a family advocate with Community Action.

That work has already put her at county tables where decisions get made. She is running on the habits the job demands — listen first, ask questions before deciding — and on growth that does not cost North Plains its farmland or its character. She has pledged to work for residents, not outside land speculators and developers.

  • Community engagement
  • Farmland protection
  • Human services

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Watch Don's video · 1:27

Councilor, Incumbent

Don Weber

Don Weber was appointed to the North Plains City Council in December 2025, during one of the most turbulent stretches in the city's recent history — a period that has since seen a mayor resign and three interim city managers come and go in a matter of months.

He is running for a full term on a simple premise: a city this size cannot afford chaos. Stable management, honest books, and decisions made in public are not partisan positions — they are the baseline.

  • Stable governance
  • Fiscal health
  • Open meetings

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Endorsements

Backed by neighbors — and the local paper.

Local farms, conservation leaders, a former mayor and current councilors are behind this slate, and the Hillsboro Herald endorsed all three of us.

City Council Endorsement

Warrington, Axe, Weber Perfect Fit To Take North Plains Into Brighter Future

— Hillsboro Herald, September 20, 2026

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Endorsements

Anna Warrington

  • Aaron NicholsFriends of Smart Growth
  • Mel & Wendy MortensenShepherd's Rest Tree Farm
  • Linda Gales-MertenMerten Vineyards LLC
  • John PlattHelvetia Winery, LLC
  • Faun HoseySave Helvetia
  • Mandy HagedornPrevious North Plains City Councilor
  • Don WeberNorth Plains City Councilor
  • Mark DeForgeNorth Plains City Councilor
  • Lora Dexheimer

Endorsements

Melody Axe

  • Friends of Smart Growth
  • Save Helvetia
  • Lora Dexheimer
  • Oregon Data Center Defiance
  • Dean Moberg and Elaine StewartDirectors, Tualatin Conservation District
  • Mark DeForge, Don Weber and Anna WarringtonNorth Plains City Councilors
  • Cheri OlsonFormer North Plains Mayor

Endorsements

Don Weber

  • Friends of Smart Growth
  • Save Helvetia
  • Lora Dexheimer
  • Oregon Data Center Defiance
  • Dean Moberg and Elaine StewartDirectors, Tualatin Conservation District
  • Mark DeForge and Anna WarringtonNorth Plains City Councilors
  • Melody AxeNorth Plains City Council candidate
  • Cheri OlsonFormer North Plains Mayor

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All three, together

Vote Anna, Melody and Don by Nov 3.

Three seats. Three votes. A Council that can finally move.

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