Joey Brunelle
ME · Chair, Portland Civilian Police Review Board
Joey Brunelle chairs Portland's new Civilian Police Review Board and has spoken often at City Council meetings for years. His priorities are housing, clean elections, renewable energy, and safer streets for people who walk and bike.
Where Joey Brunelle stands, based on their records
Supports
Public Safety and Crime Control (1 record)
Track record
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 1 support
Published a Press Herald opinion piece on city crime. It called for mental health clinicians on low-level calls, more foot and bike patrols, and a program steering low-level drug dealers into treatment.
September 26, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: pressherald.com
Track record — General
General · 4 records
Received the Urbanist Coalition of Portland's endorsement for an at-large City Council seat.
September 19, 2026
Source: urbanistportland.me
Was appointed by the City Council, 9-0, to Portland's new Civilian Police Review Board as a non-voting member for a one-year term.
April 27, 2026
Source: content.civicplus.com
Publicly backed the 2019 push for a city-funded clean elections program for local races, an idea he had campaigned on in 2017 and 2018.
April 15, 2019
Source: pressherald.com
Asked the city on 2018-11-08 to recount three precincts and to review its vote-counting machines after six machines broke down on election night. He had lost the at-large council race by more than 700 votes.
November 8, 2018
Source: pressherald.com
Past race Joey Brunelle ran in:
- City Council At-Large · November 3, 2026 · Portland city, Maine