REVEALED: Left-wing Portland Mayoral candidate Carmen Rubio accrued more than 150 parking tickets, violations over past two decades—driver's license suspended at least 6 times

It has been revealed that Carmen Rubio, the leading left-wing candidate to replace Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler, has received more than 150 parking tickets and traffic violations over the last two decades. Records show that she failed to pay most of them in a timely manner, including for several years.

As a result, a judge has suspended Rubio's driver's license on at least six occasions for failing to appear in court or pay citation fines. Rubio is currently a Portland city commissioner.

Records obtained by The Oregonian show that Rubio's most recent driver's license suspension occurred in 2016 when she was earning more than $100,000 per year as an executive director of Latino Network, a Portland-based nonprofit organization. The suspension was in place for five months.

Rubio's unpaid parking citations were referred to a collection agency at least 100 times by the Multnomah County courts, records show. At least twice, her vehicle was impounded and held until she resolved numerous citations, which amounted to several thousand dollars.

The majority of the infractions she received were between 2009 and 2020 when she was operating the left-wing racial justice nonprofit. Since taking office as city commissioner in 2021, she has received three infractions. Additionally, she accrued dozens of violations while working at City Hall for former Portland Mayor Tom Potter and Nick Fish between 2005 and 2009.

Rubio, 50, admitted her guilt in a statement to The Oregonian, citing financial hardships in her "younger years."

"I've never hid the fact that in my younger years I put my family financial and career obligations first - and that I learned some hard lessons about when life catches up with you. I now know and try very hard to never put my personal life on the back burner even when times are tough," Rubio said. "These are experiences that have shaped who I am today and also make me a better leader because I have greater empathy for people who have gone through similar things."

Rubio's blatant disregard for accountability by failing to settle the violations promptly is unparalleled among any candidate who has ever run for office in the city.

According to records, Rubio was issued a citation in Multnomah County in February 2001 for speeding and failing to maintain proof of insurance for the vehicle she was operating. She was ordered to appear in court in April 2001 to settle the class B violations. Rubio failed to attend her scheduled court date and the judge suspended her driving privileges for almost one year, the paper reported.

Rubio's license was suspended an additional five times between March 2008 and November 2016, each time after she failed to attend her scheduled court appearances and was cited for failure to heed a traffic control device. Records indicate that she was issued over a dozen parking violations during the time her license was suspended.

Rubio was ordered to pay $2,955 and $5,992 for a combined 42 traffic citations she had yet to resolve in July 2012 and December 2015, according to court documents. Records indicate that Rubio frequently parked her vehicle in locations where she was prohibited from parking, including after she was elected as a city commissioner.

In July of this year, she was issued a ticket for parking in a truck loading zone on Southwest Fourth Avenue, which is located on block from City Hall. She was issued a parking citation for parking in a no-parking zone four blocks from Providence Park during the Timbers' season-opening game in February 2022.

Additionally, she neglected to update her vehicle registration for over a year after initially incurring a $145 punishment in March 2022 due to the expiration of her license registration in June 2021. Photos obtained by the Oregonian show that she had two-year expired tags on her plates when she was fined for an infraction in 2023.