Key Leaders Breakfast ~ Tualatin 2026 Mayoral Candidate Forum

Come learn about your 2026 City of Tualatin Mayoral Candidates and what they offer for Tualatin. Register today! 
 

Welcome Candidates:

Valerie Pratt:
Valerie Pratt has lived in Tualatin 32 years, where she has raised her family and served the Tualatin community. She  is a CPA and former business owner who now works in private industry.
Her governmental service began in 2010 on the Tualatin Parks Advisory Committee. She became the chair of this committee, chaired the Tualatin Parks Master Plan Advisory Committee and served on the Budget Committee.

Valerie began serving on City Council in 2019 and has been elected twice. Her peers on City Council have elected her twice to be Council President. Valerie currently represents council on seven committees, as President of the Tualatin Community Police Foundation, Co-Chair of Tualatin Together Key Leaders Committee, and as Secretary of the Oregon Road Runners Club.

Valerie’s campaign is built on competency, total commitment, continuous advocacy, and practical solutions.

 
Octavio Gonzales:
Councilor Octavio Gonzalez was elected in November 2022. He serves on the Metropolitan Area Communications Commission (MACC) and as an alternate on the Washington County Consolidated Communications Agency 911, Washington County Coordinating Committee, and Willamette River Water Coalition.

His community service includes nine years on the Tigard-Tualatin School District (TTSD) Budget Committee, concluding as vice chair, and served as Board member with Tualatin Together. He began volunteering at Bridgeport Elementary School as the crosswalk dad during morning drop-off and later served on the No Place for Hate Committee and parent organization.

Professionally, Octavio helps homeowner association boards and management companies develop long-range landscape and budget plans focused on liability, and conservation, helping communities plan responsibly and avoid special assessments.

His campaign focuses on fiscal accountability, protecting household budgets, public safety, essential infrastructure, and practical, responsive government.
 * All invited candidates must be officially registered with the Oregon Secretary of State.