Commissioner-elect Carmen Rubio seeks to be collaborator on Portland City Council

Portland voters made history in the May primary electing the first Latinx member of the City Council.

The executive director of the Latino Network, Carmen Rubio, won the Council seat, Position 1, with 67 percent of the vote, avoiding a runoff.

The seat is currently held by Amanda Fritz who did not run for re-election.

Rubio was a guest on this week's episode of "Straight Talk," and told host, Laural Porter, she is incredibly grateful to the voters of Portland for their trust in her.

"It's shown me that the issues that propelled me to run resonated with voters, and that they care about those things, too," she said.

Rubio's campaign focused on housing affordability, making sure every person has a place to call home, and taking care of working families struggling during the pandemic.