. "Steve Novick"@en . . . "Novick, Steve"@en . . "1963-02-08Z"^^ . "American politician" . . . . "Portland City Commissioner" . "1963Z"^^ . . . . "Steven Novick (born February 8, 1963) is a politician in the U.S. state of Oregon and a former environmental lawyer and political activist. He is currently a Portland City Commissioner \u2013 a member of the City Council of Portland \u2013 having been elected in May 2012 and assumed office on January 1, 2013. In 2008, he ran for the Democratic Party's nomination for the United States Senate, for the seat then held by Republican Gordon Smith, but narrowly lost to Oregon House speaker Jeff Merkley."@en .