The 2024 Portland

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elections were held on November 5, 2024. It was the first election under Portland's new form of government, the first election to elect a

city council A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area. Depending on the location and classification of the municipality it may be known as a city council, town council, town board, community council, borough counc ...

instead of a

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, the first without a primary, the first where every seat was up for election, and the first under a proportional ranked-choice voting system (

single transferable voting The single transferable vote (STV) or proportional-ranked choice voting (P-RCV) is a multi-winner electoral system in which each voter casts a single vote in the form of a ranked ballot. Voters have the option to rank candidates, and their vo ...

) as opposed to a

first-past-the-post voting First-past-the-post (FPTP)—also called choose-one, first-preference plurality (FPP), or simply plurality—is a single-winner voting rule. Voters mark one candidate as their favorite, or first-preference, and the candidate with more first- ...

system with a primary. It was held concurrently with the

2024 Portland, Oregon mayoral election The 2024 Portland mayoral election was held on November 5, 2024, to elect the mayor of Portland, Oregon. Businessman Keith Wilson was elected, defeating three city council members and 15 other candidates. This was the first Portland mayoral e ...

. Prior to January 2025, Portland used a

city commission government City commission government is a form of local government in the United States. In a city commission government, voters elect a small commission, typically of five to seven members, typically on a plurality-at-large voting basis. These commission ...

with a five-member board, including the

mayor In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a Municipal corporation, municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilitie ...

. Under the new form of government, approved by voters in 2022 and to come into effect in January 2025, the mayor will no longer be part of the city council, and instead of five at-large positions, the council will have twelve districted seats. Portland is divided into four wards, each electing three councilmembers. The district elections use a

single transferable vote The single transferable vote (STV) or proportional-ranked choice voting (P-RCV) is a multi-winner electoral system in which each voter casts a single vote in the form of a ranked ballot. Voters have the option to rank candidates, and their vot ...

election system. Special elections will no longer be used to fill vacancies in the council. The elections continue to be officially

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(so party proportionality cannot be measured). In the previous election, Dan Ryan and Rene Gonzalez were elected to the council, marking that voters had shifted away from

progressivism Progressivism is a Left-right political spectrum, left-leaning political philosophy and Reformism, reform political movement, movement that seeks to advance the human condition through social reform. Adherents hold that progressivism has unive ...

towards policies advocated by moderate Democrats. In the 2024 mayoral race,

Ted Wheeler Edward Tevis Wheeler (born August 31, 1962) is an American politician and businessman who served as the 53rd mayor of Portland, Oregon, from 2017 to 2025. A moderate member of the Democratic Party, Wheeler served as the state treasurer of Ore ...

chose not to run for re-election. Outgoing commission members Mingus Mapps, Rene Gonzalez, and

Carmen Rubio Carmen Rubio (born 1973) is an American politician and non-profit executive in the U.S. state of Oregon who served as a Portland City Commissioner from December 2020 to December 2024. Early life and education Rubio was born and raised in Hillsb ...

ran for mayor, while Dan Ryan ran for a City Council seat in District 2. In the mayoral race, Mapps, Gonzalez and Rubio, alongside 15 other candidates, were all defeated by businessman Keith Wilson, while Ryan became the lone member of the previous City Commission to be elected to the new City Council in District 2 (although

Steve Novick Steven Novick (born February 8, 1963) is an American politician, attorney, and activist from the U.S. state of Oregon. In 2008 United States Senate election in Oregon, 2008, he was a candidate for U.S. Senate for the seat then held by Republican ...

had previously served from 2013-2017). Joining him were

Candace Avalos Candace Avalos is an American nonprofit executive and politician who is a member of Portland City Council from District 1 after being elected along with Loretta Smith and Jamie Dunphy in the 2024 election. Avalos is one of the twelve inaugura ...

, Loretta Smith, and Jamie Dunphy from District 1, Sameer Kanal and

Elana Pirtle-Guiney Elana Pirtle-Guiney is an American politician and labor organizer who is currently serving as President of the Portland City Council (Oregon), Portland City Council. She represents Portland's 2nd City Council district (Oregon), District 2 on the ...

in District 2,

Angelita Morillo Angelita Morillo is an American politician serving as a member of Portland City Council (Oregon), Portland City Council from Portland's 3rd City Council district (Oregon), District 3. She was elected in 2024 Portland, Oregon City Council election ...

, and Tiffany Koyama Lane in District 3, and Olivia Clark,

Mitch Green Mitch Green (born January 13, 1957) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1980 to 2005. He is best known for having gone the distance with Mike Tyson in 1986, who was undefeated at the time. Two years later, in 1988, Green ...

, and

Eric Zimmerman Eric Zimmerman (born 1969) is an American game designer and the co-founder and CEO of Gamelab, a video game developer, computer game development company based in Manhattan. GameLab is known for the game ''Diner Dash''. Each year Zimmerman host ...

in District 4. Clark and Novick's victories were called by ''

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'' on election night, but 8 of the remaining 10 seats were not called until Saturday, November 9, while Dunphy and Zimmerman's seats were not decided until Thursday, November 21 — more than 2 weeks after

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District 1

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represents the eastern part of the city, primarily everything east of

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all the way to the city's eastern border with Gresham, as well as

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. Neighborhoods represented include Argay,

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, Glenfair, Hazelwood,

Lents The Lents neighborhood in the Southeast section of Portland, Oregon is bordered by SE Powell Blvd. on the north, the Clackamas County line or City of Portland line on the south (whichever is farther south), SE 82nd Ave. to the west, and roughly ...

Mill Park Mill Park is a small suburb of Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, 18 km north-east of Melbourne's Melbourne city centre, central business district, located within the City of Whittlesea Local government areas of Victoria ...

, Parkrose, Parkrose Heights, Pleasant Valley, Powellhurst-Gilbert,

Russell Russell may refer to: People * Russell (given name) * Russell (surname) * Lady Russell (disambiguation) * Lord Russell (disambiguation) ** Bertrand Russell *Justice Russell (disambiguation) Places *Russell Island (disambiguation) *Mount Russel ...

Sumner Sumner may refer to: Places Antarctica * Mount Sumner, a mountain in the Rare Range, Antarctica * Sumner Glacier, southern Graham Land, Antarctica Australia * Sumner, Queensland, a suburb of Brisbane New Zealand * Sumner, New Zealand, a seasi ...

, Wilkes, and Woodland Park.

Candidates

Declared

* Joe Allen *

, executive director of Verde, former member of the Portland Charter Commission, and candidate for Portland City Commission in

2020 The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...

* Doug Clove, inspector, Portland Water Bureau * Jamie Dunphy, former staffer to Commissioner

Nick Fish Nicholas Stuyvesant Fish (September 30, 1958 – January 2, 2020) was an American politician and lawyer who served as a Commissioner of Portland, Oregon from 2008 to 2020. A Democratic Party (United States), Democrat, Fish worked with Portland P ...

* Timur Ender, former policy advisor to former Portland City Commissioner

and Oregon Walks board member * Noah Ernst, superintendent and attorney for Radio Cab Co. * Joe Furi * Terrence Hayes, civil rights activist * David Linn, Centennial School District board member * Peggy Sue Owens, candidate for Portland City Commission in

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

* Steph Routh, Portland Planning Commission member * Mike Sands * Thomas Shervey * Loretta Smith, former

Multnomah County Multnomah County is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2020 census, the county's population was 815,428. Multnomah County is part of the Portland metropolitan area. The state's smallest and most populous county, it ...

commissioner, candidate for city commission in

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

and

, and candidate for in

* Cayle Tern, Reynolds School Board member

Withdrawn

* Sonja McKenzie,

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board member and former Oregon School Board Association president

Campaign Suspended

* Deian Salazar, Oregon Commission on Autism Spectrum Disorder member at-large (endorsed Hayes, joined Hayes campaign as Policy Advisor and Deputy Field Manager)

Results

District 2

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represents most of

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and

Northeast The points of the compass are a set of horizontal, radially arrayed compass directions (or azimuths) used in navigation and cartography. A '' compass rose'' is primarily composed of four cardinal directions—north, east, south, and west—eac ...

Portland north of Interstate 84 and west of

82nd Avenue 82nd Avenue of the Roses (simply 82nd Avenue prior to 2005) is a street in Portland, Oregon, and comprises the northern end of Oregon Route 213, also known as the Cascade Highway. It is one of the longest streets in Portland, running down the ...

. Neighborhoods represented include

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, Arbor Lodge, Beaumont-Wilshire,

Boise Boise ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Idaho. As of the 2020 census, there were 235,685 people residing in the city. Located on the Boise River in southwestern Idaho, it is east of the Oregon border and nor ...

, Bridgeton, Cathedral Park, Concordia,

Cully Cully may refer to: Places *Cully, Calvados, a former commune in the Allier department, France *Cully, Switzerland, a municipality in the canton of Vaud *Cully, Portland, Oregon, United States, a neighborhood in northeast Portland People Given na ...

Dignity Village Dignity Village is a city-recognized legal encampment of an estimated 60 homeless people in Portland, Oregon, United States. In the days before Christmas of 2000, a group of individuals living outdoors in Portland established a tent city. It evol ...

, East Columbia,

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, Grant Park, Hayden Island,

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Humboldt Humboldt may refer to: People * Alexander von Humboldt, German natural scientist, brother of Wilhelm von Humboldt * Wilhelm von Humboldt, German linguist, philosopher, and diplomat, brother of Alexander von Humboldt Fictional characters * Hu ...

, Irvington, Kenton,

King King is a royal title given to a male monarch. A king is an Absolute monarchy, absolute monarch if he holds unrestricted Government, governmental power or exercises full sovereignty over a nation. Conversely, he is a Constitutional monarchy, ...

Lloyd District The Lloyd District is a primarily commercial neighborhood in the North and Northeast sections of Portland, Oregon, United States. It is named after Ralph Bramel Lloyd (1875–1953), a California rancher, oilman, and real estate developer who ...

, Madison South,

Overlook A scenic viewpoint—also called an observation point, viewpoint, viewing point, vista point, scenic overlook,These terms are more commonly used in North America. etc.—is an elevated location where people can view scenery (often with binocul ...

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Portsmouth Portsmouth ( ) is a port city status in the United Kingdom, city and unitary authority in Hampshire, England. Most of Portsmouth is located on Portsea Island, off the south coast of England in the Solent, making Portsmouth the only city in En ...

Sabin Sabin may refer to: Places United States * Sabin, Minnesota, a city in Clay County, Minnesota * Sabin, Portland, Oregon, a neighborhood in Portland, Oregon * Sabin, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community in the town of Sylvan, Wisconsin Else ...

, St. Johns, Sullivan's Gulch,

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, University Park, Vernon, and Woodlawn.

Candidates

Declared

* James Armstrong, accountant and small business advocate * Reuben Berlin, mortgage loan officer * Michelle DePass, Portland Public Schools board chair * Debbie Kitchin, former Portland Charter Commissioner and small business owner * Marnie Glickman, lawyer * Mariah Hudson, chair of Portland Bureau of Transportation and co-chair of the

PPS PPS commonly refers to: * Post-postscript, an afterthought, usually in a document. PPS may also refer to: Aviation * Puerto Princesa International Airport, Palawan, Philippines (by IATA code) * Priority Passenger Service, in Singapore Airlines#Fre ...

Budget Advisory Committees, past chair Northeast Coalition of Neighborhoods * Sameer Kanal, inclusive policy manager for the City of Portland * Debbie Kitchin, Portland Charter commission member and small business owner * Mike Marshall, nonprofit director * Will Mespelt, property manager * Christopher Olson, nonprofit communications specialist * Jennifer Park, nonprofit program director * Tiffani Penson, Manager of People and Culture for the City of Portland * Antonio Jamal PettyJohnBlue *

, labor advocate and policy expert for Governor

Kate Brown Katherine Brown (born June 21, 1960) is an American politician and attorney who served as the 38th governor of Oregon from 2015 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, she served three terms as the state representative from the 13th distr ...

* Dan Ryan, Portland City Commissioner * Sam Sachs, founder of No Hate Zone * Bob Simril, business advisor * Laura Streib, nonprofit executive director * Jonathan Tasini, union activist, Democratic Party strategist, and former candidate for

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in New York in 2006 * Liz Taylor * Nat West, former owner of Reverend Nat's Hard Cider and

TriMet The Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon (TriMet) is a Transit district, transit agency that serves most of the Oregon part of the Portland metropolitan area. Created in 1969 by the Oregon Legislative Assembly, Oregon legi ...

bus driver * Nabil Zaghloul, Director for social service programs at Multnomah County

Withdrawn

* Joseph Emerson * Brooklyn Sherman, school district employee ''(endorsed Armstrong)'' * Marc Koller, Independent Party candidate for

Oregon's 3rd congressional district Oregon's 3rd congressional district covers most of Multnomah County, including Gresham, Troutdale, and most of Portland east of the Willamette River (parts of Northwest and Southwest Portland lie in the 1st and 5th districts). It also in ...

* Alan Blake * David Burnell, substance abuse counselor * John Middleton, Vice President of the Board of Community Warehouse

Declined

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, former mayor of Portland ''(Running for

Multnomah County Commission Multnomah County is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2020 census, the county's population was 815,428. Multnomah County is part of the Portland metropolitan area. The state's smallest and most populous county, its ...

)''

Results

District 3

District 3 represents most of

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Portland south of Interstate 84 and west of

, as well as a small sliver of

Portland east of 47th Avenue and south of Prescott Avenue. Neighborhoods represented include Brentwood-Darlington,

Brooklyn Brooklyn is a Boroughs of New York City, borough of New York City located at the westernmost end of Long Island in the New York (state), State of New York. Formerly an independent city, the borough is coextensive with Kings County, one of twelv ...

, Buckman, Creston-Kenilworth, Foster-Powell, Hosford-Abernethy (includes

Ladd's Addition Ladd's Addition is an inner southeast historic district of Portland, Oregon, United States. It is Portland's oldest planned residential development, and one of the oldest in the western United States. The district is known in Portland for a dia ...

), Kerns, Laurelhurst, Madison South, Montavilla, Mt. Scott-Arleta, Mt. Tabor, North Tabor,

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, Rose City Park,

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, South Tabor, Sunnyside, and

Woodstock The Woodstock Music and Art Fair, commonly referred to as Woodstock, was a music festival held from August 15 to 18, 1969, on Max Yasgur's dairy farm in Bethel, New York, southwest of the town of Woodstock, New York, Woodstock. Billed as "a ...

Candidates

Declared

* Matt Anderson, high school teacher and

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veteran * Sandeep Bali, pharmacist and candidate for city commission in

* Melodie Bierwagen * Christoper Brummer * Rex Burkholder, founder, Bicycle Transportation Alliance and former Metro Council member * Brian Conley, journalist * Jesse Cornett,

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staffer and candidate for city council in

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

* Daniel DeMelo, software engineer and chair of the Portland Joint Office of Homeless Services Community Budget Advisory Committee * Chris Flanary, Portland Housing Bureau employee * Dan Gilk * Theo Hathaway Saner * Clifford Higgins * Kelly Janes (KJ) * Harrison Kass * Phillippe Knab * Tiffany Koyama Lane, teacher at Alameda Elementary School and Portland Association of Teachers leader * Kenneth Landgraver III *

, policy advocate at Partners for a Hunger-Free Oregon, member of the Portland Rental Services Commission, and social media influencer *

, former Portland City Commissioner * Ahlam Osman, small business owner and environmental activist * Cristal Azul Otero, social worker * Terry Parker * Heart Free Pham * John Sweeney * Kezia Wanner, Oregon Department of Emergency Management business & compliance director * Luke Zak, political organizer and destination management professional

Campaign Suspended

* Jaclyn Smith-Moore, web developer

Potential

* Rachel Clark, small business manager and daughter of former mayor

Bud Clark John Elwood "Bud" Clark Jr. (December 19, 1931 – February 1, 2022) was an American businessman and politician who served as the 48th mayor of Portland, Oregon, from 1985 to 1992. A left-leaning populist with little political experience befor ...

Withdrawn

* Mu-Yin Chen, musician and motivational speaker * Robin Ye, chief of staff to state representative Khanh Pham and former Portland Charter Commissioner

Failed to qualify

* Tony Morse, substance abuse nonprofit executive ''(running in District 4)''

Results

District 4

District 4 represents all of Portland west of the

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(its

Northwest The points of the compass are a set of horizontal, radially arrayed compass directions (or azimuths) used in navigation and cartography. A '' compass rose'' is primarily composed of four cardinal directions—north, east, south, and west— ...

Southwest The points of the compass are a set of horizontal, radially arrayed compass directions (or azimuths) used in navigation and cartography. A '' compass rose'' is primarily composed of four cardinal directions—north, east, south, and west— ...

, and

South South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both west and east. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþa ...

sextants) as well as the Eastmoreland,

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, and Sellwood-Moreland neighborhoods in

southeast Portland Southeast Portland is one of the sextants of Portland, Oregon. Boundaries and features Southeast Portland stretches from the warehouses along the Willamette River through historic Ladd's Addition to the Hawthorne and Belmont districts out to ...

. Neighborhoods represented include Arlington Heights, Arnold Creek, Ashcreek, Bridlemile (includes Glencullen), Collins View, Crestwood,

Downtown ''Downtown'' is a term primarily used in American and Canadian English to refer to a city's sometimes commercial, cultural and often the historical, political, and geographic heart. It is often synonymous with its central business district ( ...

, Eastmoreland, Far Southwest,

Forest Park A forest park is a park whose main theme is its forest of trees. Forest parks are found both in the mountains and in the urban environment. Examples Chile * Forest Park, Santiago China * Gongqing Forest Park, Shanghai * Mufushan National Fore ...

, Goose Hollow, Hayhurst (includes Vermont Hills), Hillsdale, Hillside,

Homestead Homestead may refer to: *Homestead (building), a farmhouse and its adjacent outbuildings; by extension, it can mean any small cluster of houses * Nguni homestead, a cluster of houses inhabited by a single extended family, typically with a kraal ...

, Linnton, Maplewood,

Markham Markham may refer to: Biology * Markham's storm-petrel (''Oceanodroma markhami''), a seabird species found in Chile and Colombia * Markham's grass mouse (''Abrothrix olivaceus markhami''), a rodent subspecies found on Wellington Island and the ne ...

, Marshall Park, Multnomah (includes Multnomah Village), Northwest District (includes Uptown, Nob Hill, Alphabet Historic District), Northwest Heights, Northwest Industrial,

Old Town Chinatown Old Town Chinatown is the official Chinatown of the Northwest Portland, northwest section of Portland, Oregon, Portland, Oregon, United States. The Willamette River forms its eastern boundary, separating it from the Lloyd District, Portland, Oreg ...

Pearl District The Pearl District is an area of Portland, Oregon, formerly occupied by warehouses, light industry and railroad classification yards and now noted for its art galleries, upscale businesses and residences. The area has been undergoing significa ...

, Reed, Sellwood-Moreland, South Burlingame, South Portland (includes Corbett, Fulton, Lair Hill, Terwilliger, and the Johns Landing and

South Waterfront The South Waterfront is a high-rise district under construction on former brownfield industrial land in the South Portland neighborhood south of downtown Portland, Oregon, U.S. It is one of the largest urban redevelopment projects in the Unite ...

developments), Southwest Hills,

Sylvan-Highlands Sylvan-Highlands is a neighborhood of Portland, Oregon, United States located on the west side of the West Hills. History In 1850, Nathan B. Jones, a pioneer of 1847, settled at the head of Tanner Creek and platted lots for a community he ...

, and West Portland Park (includes Capitol Hill). This district's election was notable for having the only change in the winner due to transfers performed under the

system. (However in other elections where party labels are used, election results under STV are easily seen to vary widely from what they were under FPTP or

block voting Block or bloc voting refers to a class of electoral systems where multiple candidates are elected simultaneously. They do not guarantee minority representation and allow a group of voters (a voting bloc) to ensure that only their preferred candi ...

, and this is seen in the first count even before any transfers, due to each voter having just one vote in a multi-winner contest. Relatively seldom do transfers change the candidates in winning positions.) Eli Arnold captured the third-most first preferences in the first round of tabulation, leading

by just over 100 votes. However, Zimmerman received enough transfers (due voters' second- through sixth-place rankings on ballots that were transferred from eliminated candidates) to surpass Arnold's final vote total by just under 800 votes in further rounds of tabulation, and beat him out to the district's third seat.

Candidates

Declared

* Joe Alfone * Eli Arnold, police officer with the

Portland Police Bureau The Portland Police Bureau (PPB), officially the Portland Bureau of Police, is the law enforcement agency of the city of Portland, Oregon, Portland, the largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of September 2024, the Bureau has around 800 ...

* Bob Callahan * Patrick Cashman * Olivia Clark, former legislative director of the city of

Salem, Oregon Salem ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital city of the U.S. state of Oregon, and the county seat of Marion County, Oregon, Marion County. It is located in the center of the Willamette Valley alongside the Willamette River, w ...

* Raquel Coyote * Michael DiNapoli, event technician * Kelly Doyle * Brandon Farley, videographer and conservative activist * Lisa Freeman * John Goldsmith * Kevin Goldsmith *

, economist at

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* Chris Henry, trucker and perennial candidate * Ben Hufford * Chad Lykins, executive director of Rose City Chess * Tony Morse, substance abuse nonprofit executive * Lee Odell * Stan Penkin,

Neighborhood Association President * L. Christopher Regis * Moses Ross, political consultant and chair of the Multnomah Neighborhood Association * Tony Schwartz * Sarah Silkie,

Portland Water Bureau The Portland Water Bureau is the municipal water department for the city of Portland, Oregon, Portland in the U.S. state of Oregon. Its service district includes 225 miles within the Portland metropolitan area. The bureau manages a water supply t ...

engineer * Ciatta Thompson * John Toran, dispensary owner * Michael Trimble * Andra Vltavín * Bob Weinstein, former mayor of

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, chief of staff to Julia Brim-Edwards

Withdrawn

* Chomba Kaluba * Jeremy Beausoleil Smith

Declined

* Vadim Mozyrsky, administrative law judge and candidate for city commission in

''(running for

)''

Results

References

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District 1

Candidates

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Campaign Suspended

Results

District 2

Candidates

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Withdrawn

Declined

Results

District 3

Candidates

Declared

Campaign Suspended

Potential

Withdrawn

Failed to qualify

Results

District 4

Candidates

Declared

Withdrawn

Declined

Results

See also

References