2000 Portland, Oregon, mayoral election

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2000 Portland, Oregon, mayoral election
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  1996 May 16, 2000 (2000-05-16) 2004  
  Vera Katz.jpg No image.svg
Nominee Vera Katz Jake Oken-Berg
Popular vote70,30334,125
Percentage55.1% [1] 26.7% [1]

Mayor before election

Vera Katz

Elected Mayor

Vera Katz

On May 16, 2000, an election was held in Portland, Oregon, to elect the mayor.. Incumbent mayor Vera Katz was re-elected to a third term.

Portland uses a nonpartisan system for local elections, in which all voters are eligible to participate. All candidates are listed on the ballot without any political party affiliation.

All candidates meeting the qualifications competed in a blanket primary election on May 16, 2000. Because Katz received a majority of the vote in the primary, no runoff election in November was necessary.

Results

Katz defeated Jake Oken-Berg, a 19-year-old student and political unknown who received a surprising 27% of the vote and almost forced a runoff, as well as 15 other candidates, who, combined, received approximately 18% of the vote. [2] [3] [4]

Portland mayoral primary election, 2000 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Vera Katz (incumbent) 70,303 55.06
Nonpartisan Jake Oken-Berg34,12526.73
Nonpartisan John David Ernsberger5,1054.00
Nonpartisan Bruce Broussard 4,8603.81
Nonpartisan Jason Fleming2,1631.69
Nonpartisan Scott Conway1,8361.44
Nonpartisan Blake Byrne1,7501.37
Nonpartisan Charlie Gilbert1,3461.05
Nonpartisan Virginia Davis1,3191.03
Nonpartisan Shaun J. Fairlee7920.62
Nonpartisan Jada Mae Langloss7450.58
Nonpartisan Wendy Mari Loren7180.56
Nonpartisan Melody Berkheiser5260.41
Nonpartisan Tyrone Williams5120.40
Nonpartisan William J. Doering4040.32
Nonpartisan Lew E. Humble2240.18
Nonpartisan Robert L. Forthan1740.14
Write-in 7820.61
Total votes127,684 100

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References

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