Leonard Bergstein, z”l, passed away on Oct. 17, 2022, at the age of 76. Leonard is survived by his wife of 38 years, Betsy Bergstein; children, David Bergstein, Mikhael (Evan) Romain and Danelle (RD) Romain; four grandchildren; and brothers, Art and Zac Gordon.
Bergstein was born in New York City on Nov. 13, 1945, to Theresa and Abraham Bergstein. He attended Wesleyan University and earned his law degree from New York University School of Law. He moved to Oregon in 1972. 
He was a veteran political consultant, lobbyist and KGW commentator, who had been scheduled to provide on-air election night commentary on KGW next month.
He was a legislative aide to Gov. Bob Straub and was an aide to Neil Goldschmidt when Goldschmidt was mayor of Portland and later U.S. secretary of transportation. Bergstein started his own consulting firm, Northwest Strategies, a leading political firm with primarily corporate clients for more than 40 years. He was an adviser to Oregon Supreme Court Justice Betty Roberts, Multnomah County Commissioner Gladys McCoy, City Commissioner Charles Jordan and Mayor Vera Katz.
U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) paid tribute to Bergstein on Twitter: “Len was instrumental with my start in public life by helping me earn a place with Gov. Straub on Oregon’s board of nursing home administrators. I’m eternally grateful for his presence in my life and will miss him greatly.”
Bergstein was an enthusiastic Portland booster who advised local political campaigns and nonprofits, including, mostly recently, the Albina Vision Trust, which is seeking to revitalize Portland’s historically Black Albina neighborhood that was divided by the construction of Interstate 5. He was actively working to advance the trust’s work at the time of his death.
He was a member of Congregation Beth Israel. A private family funeral was held with a Celebration of Life planned at a later date.