Candidates for Portland City Council upset by outside spending [Video]

According to the independent expenditure reports, the National Association of Realtors Fund has spent almost $56,000 on the race for Portland city council.The money specifically went to marketing materials for Brandon Mazer and Jake Viola, candidates for At-Large City Councilor, as well as Catherine Nekoie and Nancy English, candidates for District 2 City Councilor.However, these candidates said they were not aware of the spending, and they don’t want it.“It’s very upsetting and distorting the campaign results possibly,” Nancy English said. “I’d rather not have any results that are not authentically earned by the candidates.” When pamphlets paid for by the national group arrived in the mail, English took a video of herself burning them and posted it on social media.”I was so upset when I realized that this national group that was promoting their own interests had interfered in my campaign,” she said, before throwing the pamphlets in a fire.Brandon …