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The 2004 Portland City Commission elections were held on May 18, 2004, and November 2, 2004, to elect two positions on the Portland, Oregon City Council. [1]
Vera Katz's Chief of Staff Sam Adams won a runoff election for position 1 and Randy Leonard won re-election in a runoff for position 4. [2] [3]
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Nonpartisan | Nick Fish | 56,244 | 47.72% | |
| Nonpartisan | Sam Adams | 43,745 | 37.11% | |
| Nonpartisan | Jason Newell | 10,699 | 9.08% | |
| Nonpartisan | Brian H. Smith | 1,789 | 1.52% | |
| Nonpartisan | Woodrow "Woody" Broadnax | 1,672 | 1.41% | |
| Nonpartisan | Aquiles U. Montas | 1,543 | 1.31% | |
| Nonpartisan | Jerry Watson | 1,539 | 1.31% | |
| Write-in | 639 | 0.54% | ||
| Total votes | 118,193 | 100 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Nonpartisan | Sam Adams | 126,277 | 51.40% | |
| Nonpartisan | Nick Fish | 117,333 | 47.76% | |
| Write-in | 2,054 | 0.84% | ||
| Total votes | 245,664 | 100 | ||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Nonpartisan | Randy Leonard | 61,201 | 52.67% | |
| Nonpartisan | Mark Lloyd Lakeman | 9,743 | 8.38% | |
| Nonpartisan | Frank Dixon | 9,100 | 7.83% | |
| Nonpartisan | Mary Ann Schwab | 7,199 | 6.20% | |
| Nonpartisan | Paul Leistner | 6,792 | 5.85% | |
| Nonpartisan | Leonard Gard | 4,753 | 4.09% | |
| Nonpartisan | Aaron F. Hall | 4,525 | 3.89% | |
| Nonpartisan | Bonny McKnight | 4,325 | 3.72% | |
| Nonpartisan | Alicia Salaz | 2,763 | 2.38% | |
| Nonpartisan | Scott Stephens | 2,315 | 1.99% | |
| Nonpartisan | Jim Whittenburg | 1,515 | 1.30% | |
| Write-in | 1,969 | 1.69% | ||
| Total votes | 116,200 | 100.00% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Nonpartisan | Randy Leonard | 167,418 | 94.46% | |
| Write-in | 9,813 | 5.54% | ||
| Total votes | 177,231 | 100 | ||
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