The SEIU Local 503 CAPE Council consists of 52 locally elected member representatives that drive SEIU Local 503’s voice in politics. The members of our CAPE Council provide a voice for working Oregonians by recommending candidate endorsements and then working to get our endorsed candidates elected by phone banking, canvassing, donating resources, and getting the word out to other SEIU 503 members.
After interviewing candidates and compiling responses to questionnaires about their positions on the issues, the CAPE Council has endorsed the following candidates in the November 2012 general election:
For ballot measure endorsements, click here.
| Office | District | Candidate |
| House District | 5 | Peter Buckley |
| House District | 8 | Paul R Holvey |
| House District | 9 | Caddy McKeown |
| House District | 10 | David Gomberg |
| House District | 11 | Phil Barnhart |
| House District | 12 | John Lively |
| House District | 13 | Nancy Nathanson |
| House District | 14 | Val Hoyle |
| House District | 16 | Sara Gelser |
| House District | 19 | Claudia Kyle |
| House District | 21 | Brian Clem |
| House District | 22 | Betty Komp |
| House District | 23 | Ross Swartzendruber |
| House District | 24 | Kathy Campbell |
| House District | 25 | Paul Holman |
| House District | 26 | Wynne Wakkila |
| House District | 27 | Tobias Read |
| House District | 28 | Jeff Barker |
| House District | 29 | Ben Unger |
| House District | 30 | Joe Gallegos |
| House District | 31 | Brad Witt |
| House District | 32 | Deborah Boone |
| House District | 33 | Mitch Greenlick |
| House District | 34 | Chris Harker |
| House District | 35 | Margaret Doherty |
| House District | 36 | Jennifer Williamson |
| House District | 37 | Carl Hosticka |
| House District | 38 | Chris Garrett |
| House District | 40 | Brent Barton |
| House District | 41 | Carolyn Tomei |
| House District | 42 | Jules Kopel Bailey |
| House District | 43 | Lew Frederick |
| House District | 44 | Tina Kotek |
| House District | 45 | Michael Dembrow |
| House District | 47 | Jessica Vega Pederson |
| House District | 48 | Jeff Reardon |
| House District | 49 | Chris Gorsek |
| House District | 50 | Greg Matthews |
| House District | 51 | Shemia Fagan |
| House District | 52 | No endorsement |
| House District | 54 | Nathan Hovekamp |
| House District | 57 | Greg Smith |
| House District | 58 | Bob Jenson |
| Senate District | 2 | Jim Diefenderfer |
| Senate District | 5 | Arnie Roblan |
| Senate District | 9 | Steve Frank |
| Senate District | 14 | Mark Hass |
| Senate District | 17 | Elizabeth Steiner-Hayward |
| Senate District | 18 | Ginny Burdick |
| Senate District | 21 | Diane Rosenbaum |
| Senate District | 22 | Chip Shields |
| Senate District | 23 | Jackie Dingfelder |
| Senate District | 25 | Laurie Monnes-Anderson |
| Senate District | 27 | Geri Hauser |
| State Treasurer | Ted Wheeler | |
| Secretary of State | Kate Brown | |
| State Labor Commissioner | Brad Avakian | |
| Attorney General | Ellen Rosenblum | |
| Supreme Court | #3 | Richard Baldwin |
| City of Portland | City Council | Mary Nolan |
| City of Portland | Mayor | Charlie Hales |
| Yamhill County Commission | #2 | Denise Bacon |
| Clackamas County Commission | Chair | Charlotte Lehan |
| Clackamas County Commission, Chair | #4 | Jamie Damon |
| Jackson County Commissioner | #2 | Jeff Scroggin |