2012 Portland, Oregon mayoral election

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2012 Portland, Oregon mayoral election
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Nominee Charlie Hales Jefferson Smith Eileen Brady
First-round vote50,40344,48429,427
First-round percentage37.22%32.85%21.73%
Second-round vote163,52283,741
Second-round percentage61.2%31.3%

Mayor before election

Sam Adams

Elected mayor

Charlie Hales

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. [1]

Contents

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 Tuesday, May 15, 2012. [2] As no candidate received an absolute majority, the top two finishers advanced to a runoff in the November 6 general election. [3] In the general election, former city commissioner Charlie Hales defeated state representative Jefferson Smith with approximately 61% of the vote. [4]

Primary

Candidates on the ballot

Declined to run

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Sam
Adams
Tre
Arrow
Eileen
Brady
Max
Brumm
Bill
Dant
Charlie
Hales
Mike
Reese
Jefferson
Smith
OtherUndecided
DMH Research [13] May 10–12, 2012500± 4.4%16%32%24%8%21%
SurveyUSA/KATU [14] May 4–7, 2012563± 4.2%28%25%27%5%15%
Elway/KGW/The Oregonian [15] May 2–6, 2012400± 5.0%16%29%28%6%18%
DHM Research/KPTV/OPB [16] April 28–30, 2012400± 4.9%23%25%20%6%28%
18%21%22%17%23%
SurveyUSA/KATU [17] April 10–12, 2012548± 4.3%34%22%15%9%21%
SurveyUSA/KATU [18] February 23–26, 2012555± 4.2%7%25%2%3%16%10%8%28%
SurveyUSA/KATU [19] November 2–7, 2011537± 4.3%23%19%14%44%
19%13%20%11%38%

Debate

2012 Portland mayoral election debate
No.DateHostModeratorLink Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Key:
 P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited  W  Withdrawn
Eileen Brady Charlie Hales Jefferson Smith
1Apr. 27, 2012 AM 860
University of Portland
Tim Hohl YouTube PPP

Results

Portland mayoral primary election, 2012 [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Charlie Hales 50,403 37.22
Nonpartisan Jefferson Smith 44,484 32.85
Nonpartisan Eileen Brady 29,42721.73
Nonpartisan Scott Rose1,7401.29
Nonpartisan Cameron Whitten1,7301.28
Nonpartisan Scott Fernandez1,3721.01
Nonpartisan Steve Sung1,2040.89
Nonpartisan Tre Arrow 9160.68
Nonpartisan Max Brumm7930.59
Nonpartisan Michael Langley5110.38
Nonpartisan Bill Dant3780.28
Nonpartisan David "The Ack" Ackerman3600.27
Nonpartisan Dave Campbell3200.24
Nonpartisan Shonda Kelley2790.21
Nonpartisan Loren Brown2110.16
Nonpartisan Howie Rubin1840.14
Nonpartisan Max Bauske1370.10
Nonpartisan Christopher Rich1150.08
Nonpartisan Lew Humble910.07
Nonpartisan Robert Carron870.06
Nonpartisan Josh Nuttall690.05
Nonpartisan Sam Belisle590.04
Nonpartisan Blake Neiman-Davis550.04
Write-in 4790.35
Total votes135,404 100

General election

The November 6 general election was a race between top-two primary finishers Charlie Hales and Jefferson Smith.

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Charlie
Hales
Jefferson
Smith
OtherUndecided
SurveyUSA [21] October 7–9, 2012513± 4.4%37%30%33%
SurveyUSA [22] September 14–18, 2012506± 4.4%34%29%37%

Results

Portland mayoral general election, 2012 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Charlie Hales163,52261.2
Nonpartisan Jefferson Smith83,74131.3
Write-in 20,0397.5
Total votes267,302 100

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Portland Mayor Sam Adams not running for re-election". The Oregonian . July 29, 2011. Retrieved March 31, 2012.
  2. "City of Portland Candidate Filing Information Packet". Office of City Auditor LaVonne Griffin-Valade . Retrieved March 31, 2012.
  3. Slovic, Beth (May 15, 2012). "Charlie Hales, Jefferson Smith to runoff for Portland mayor; Eileen Brady out (2012 primary election)". OregonLive. Retrieved May 16, 2012.
  4. 1 2 "November 2012 General Election - Official Results". Office of the City Auditor, Portland. December 2012. Retrieved January 1, 2013.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Slovic, Beth (March 6, 2012). "Portland mayoral race will feature 23 candidates; Multnomah County commissioners draw scant opposition". The Oregonian . Retrieved April 1, 2012.
  6. Schmidt, Brad (May 31, 2011). "New Seasons co-founder Eileen Brady announces 2012 bid for Portland mayor". The Oregonian . Retrieved March 31, 2012.
  7. Schmidt, Brad (May 23, 2011). "Portland's competitive 2012 mayoral race under way with Charlie Hales' announcement". The Oregonian . Retrieved March 31, 2012.
  8. Slovic, Beth (September 13, 2011). "Jefferson Smith announces he will run for Portland mayor, challenging Eileen Brady and Charlie Hales". The Oregonian . Retrieved March 31, 2012.
  9. Schmidt, Brad (June 8, 2011). "Earl Blumenauer says he isn't interested in run for Portland mayor". The Oregonian . Retrieved March 31, 2012.
  10. 1 2 Schmidt, Brad (June 29, 2011). "Jim Francesconi won't run for Portland mayor in 2012". The Oregonian . Retrieved March 31, 2012.
  11. Bernstein, Maxine (November 21, 2011). "Portland police Chief Mike Reese says he won't run for mayor". The Oregonian . Retrieved April 1, 2012.
  12. Slovic, Beth (August 2, 2011). "Commissioner Dan Saltzman said he feels 'no need' to enter Portland mayor's race". The Oregonian . Retrieved March 31, 2012.
  13. DMH Research [ permanent dead link ]
  14. SurveyUSA/KATU
  15. Elway/KGW/The Oregonian
  16. DHM Research/KPTV/OPB [ permanent dead link ]
  17. SurveyUSA/KATU
  18. SurveyUSA/KATU
  19. SurveyUSA/KATU
  20. "May 2012 Primary Election - Official Results". Office of the City Auditor, Portland. Retrieved August 11, 2012.
  21. SurveyUSA
  22. SurveyUSA

General election candidates

Primary candidates