| Elections in Oregon |
|---|
 |
The 2010 Portland City Commission elections were held on May 18, 2010, to elect two positions on the Portland, Oregon City Council. [1]
Incumbents Nick Fish and Dan Saltzman both won reelection to positions 2 and 3 respectively. Both won over 50% of the vote in the primary election, avoiding a runoff.
 | ||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||
Incumbent Nick Fish won 79.97% of the vote, defeating 3 other candidates. [2]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Nick Fish | 77,511 | 79.97% | |
| Nonpartisan | Walt Nichols | 9,829 | 10.14% | |
| Nonpartisan | Jason Barbour | 5,884 | 6.07% | |
| Nonpartisan | Timothy O Youker | 3,105 | 3.20% | |
| Write-in | 601 | 0.62% | ||
| Total votes | 96,930 | 100% | ||
| | ||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||
Incumbent Dan Saltzman won reelection with 55.21% of the vote, defeating 8 other candidates. [2]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Dan Saltzman | 55,362 | 55.21% | |
| Nonpartisan | Mary Volm | 11,923 | 11.89% | |
| Nonpartisan | Jesse Cornett | 8,053 | 8.03% | |
| Nonpartisan | Rudy Soto | 7,131 | 7.11% | |
| Nonpartisan | Spencer Burton | 5,768 | 5.75% | |
| Nonpartisan | Michael J. Courtney | 5,482 | 5.47% | |
| Nonpartisan | Martha Perez | 2,990 | 2.98%% | |
| Nonpartisan | Edward Garren | 1,950 | 1.94% | |
| Nonpartisan | Jason Renaud | 1,299 | 1.30% | |
| Write-in | 316 | 0.32% | ||
| Total votes | 100,274 | 100 | ||
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–Vancouver–Hillsboro, OR–WA metropolitan statistical area. The state's smallest and most populous county, its county seat, Portland, is the state's largest city.
Multnomah County, Oregon, the city of Portland, Oregon, and Metro held elections on May 16 and November 7, 2006.
The 2008 United States Senate election in Oregon was held on November 4, 2008. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Gordon H. Smith sought reelection to a third term. Smith was the only Republican Senator from the West Coast and the only Republican holding statewide office in Oregon. He was opposed by Democrat Jeff Merkley, the Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives, and David Brownlow of the Constitution Party of Oregon. Merkley won by a narrow margin, with Smith not conceding until two days after the election. Merkley became the first Democrat to win this seat since 1960, and since Smith was the only Republican holding statewide office in Oregon at the time, this was the first time since 1860 that no Republicans won or held statewide office in Oregon. Merkley's inauguration marked the first time since 1967 that Democrats held both of Oregon's United States Senate seats.
The government of Portland, Oregon is based on a city commission government system. Elected officials include the mayor, commissioners, and a city auditor. The mayor and commissioners are responsible for legislative policy and oversee the various bureaus that oversee the day-to-day operation of the city. Portland began using a commission form of government in 1913 following a public vote on May 3 of that year. Each elected official serves a four-year term, without term limits. Each city council member is elected at-large.
Dan Saltzman is a politician in the U.S. state of Oregon who served as a commissioner on the City Council of Portland in Portland, Oregon, from 1999 through the end of 2018. As of 2017, he had served longer on the Council than any other person since 1969.
Nicholas Kahl is an attorney and Democratic politician from Oregon. He served in the Oregon House of Representatives from 2009 to 2011. He is a practicing lawyer in Portland, Oregon.
West Virginia's 2012 general elections were held on November 6, 2012. Primary elections were held on May 8, 2012.
Jules Bailey is an American politician who served in the Oregon House of Representatives from 2009 to 2014, representing inner Southeast and Northeast Portland. Bailey also served on the County Commission for Multnomah County, Oregon from June 2014 to December 2016. In 2016, Bailey ran for mayor of Portland in 2016, losing to Ted Wheeler.
Amanda Fritz is a British-American politician and retired psychiatric nurse from the U.S. state of Oregon. Before being elected to Portland's City Council in 2008, Fritz was a neighborhood activist and seven-year member of the Portland Planning Commission. She was also the first candidate to win public financing under Portland's Clean Elections system in 2006, though she lost to incumbent Dan Saltzman in the first round of that year's election.
On Tuesday, November 6, 2012, an election was held in Portland, Oregon, to elect the mayor. Charlie Hales was elected, defeating Jefferson Smith. Incumbent mayor Sam Adams did not seek a second term.
Loretta Smith is an American politician and businesswoman who served as a Multnomah County commissioner from 2011 to 2018. She is currently running for Portland City Council.
The 2020 Portland City Commission elections were held on May 19, 2020 and November 3, 2020 with a special election on August 11, 2020.
The 2022 Portland City Commission elections were held on May 17, 2022, and November 8, 2022.
The 2020 Portland City Commission elections were held on May 17, 2016, and November 8, 2016.
The 2018 Portland City Commission elections were held on May 15, 2018, and November 6, 2018.
The 2014 Portland City Commission elections were held on May 20, 2014. Both candidates won the election with over 50% of the vote avoiding a general election runoff.
The 2012 Portland City Commission elections were held on May 15, 2012, and November 6, 2012. Steve Novick won position 4 outright by receiving over 50% of the vote and avoided a runoff. Amanda Fritz won election to position 1 during the runoff election.
The 2008 Portland City Commission elections were held on May 20, 2008, and November 4, 2008, to elect three positions on the Portland, Oregon City Council.
The 2006 Portland City Council elections were held on May 16, 2006, to elect two positions on the Portland, Oregon City Council.
The 2002 Portland City Commission elections were held on May 21, 2002, and November 5, 2002, to elect two positions on the Portland, Oregon City Council, with a special election to elect an additional position held on September 17, 2002 and November 5, 2002.
