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The 1996 Portland City Commission elections were held on May 21, 1996, and November 5, 1996, to elect three positions on the Portland, Oregon City Council. [1]
Jim Francesconi and Charlie Hales won positions 1 and 4, respectively, after a primary and runoff election. [2] [3] Erik Sten won election to position 2 during a special general election due to Earl Blumenauer's election to the US House of Representatives.
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Jim Francesconi and Gail Shibley won the primary election. Jim Francesconi won the general election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Nonpartisan | Jim Francesconi | 27,942 | 31.15% | |
| Nonpartisan | Gail Shibley | 27,631 | 30.80% | |
| Nonpartisan | Erik Sten | 20,616 | 22.98% | |
| Nonpartisan | Bob Bennett | 4,781 | 5.33% | |
| Nonpartisan | Bob Bloodgood | 3,557 | 3.96% | |
| Nonpartisan | Dale E. Sherbourne | 2,345 | 2.61% | |
| Nonpartisan | Peter S. Nilsson | 1,397 | 1.55% | |
| Nonpartisan | Jada Mae Langloss | 1,026 | 1.14% | |
| Write-in | 400 | 0.44% | ||
| Total votes | 89,695 | 100 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Nonpartisan | Jim Francesconi | 97,164 | 52.06% | |
| Nonpartisan | Gail Shibley | 88,065 | 47.19% | |
| Write-in | 1387 | 0.74% | ||
| Total votes | 186,616 | 100 | ||
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Erik Sten won the special election due to Earl Blumenauer's election to the US House of Representatives.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Nonpartisan | Erik Sten | 109,227 | 60.18% | |
| Nonpartisan | Chuck Duffy | 70,542 | 38.86% | |
| Write-in | 1,722 | 0.94% | ||
| Total votes | 181,491 | 100 | ||
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Charlie Hales and Paul McCoy won the primary election. McCoy dropped out before the general election and Hales won outright.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Nonpartisan | Charlie Hales | 46,901 | 55.77% | |
| Nonpartisan | Paul McCoy | 25,029 | 29.76% | |
| Nonpartisan | Tom O'Connor | 11,415 | 13.57% | |
| Write-in | 741 | 0.88% | ||
| Total votes | 84,086 | 100 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Nonpartisan | Charlie Hales | 125,412 | 95.71% | |
| Write-in | 39,207 | 5.29% | ||
| Total votes | 131,030 | 100 | ||
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