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On Tuesday, May 17, 2016, an election was held in Portland, Oregon, to elect the mayor. [2] Ted Wheeler was elected after garnering 54% of the primary vote. [1] Incumbent mayor Charlie Hales did not seek a second term. [3]
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.
Fifteen candidates competed in a blanket primary election on May 17, 2016. [4] [5] As Ted Wheeler garnered 54% of the vote, a scheduled November 8 runoff election, scheduled in case that no candidate received an absolute majority, did not take place. Jules Bailey was the first runner-up in the primary, receiving 16% of the vote. [1] [6] [7]
The deadline for withdrawing from the race was March 11, 2016. [36] Incumbent mayor Charlie Hales was widely seen as the frontrunner in the election, announcing his bid for re-election in March 2015. [37] [38] In an unexpected move in October 2015, however, Hales announced he would drop his re-election bid and focus on running the city during his final year in office. [3] [39] [40] [41]
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Jules Bailey | Charlie Hales | Ted Wheeler | Other | Undecided |
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DHM Research [42] | May 6 – 9, 2016 | 402 | ±4.9% | 9% | – | 33% | 15% [43] | 43% |
KATU/SurveyUSA [44] | March 28 – April 1, 2016 [45] | 576 | ±4.2% | 8% | – | 38% | 22% [46] | 31% |
Patinkin Research Strategies [47] | December 9–13, 2015 [48] | 400 | ±4.9% | 38% | – | 35% | 1% | 26% |
Lake Research Partners [49] | August 29 – September 2, 2015 [50] | 400 | ±4.9% | – | 21% | 34% | 1% | 44% |
No. | Date | Host | Moderator | Link | Nonpartisan | Nonpartisan | Nonpartisan | Nonpartisan | Nonpartisan | Nonpartisan |
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Key: P Participant A Absent N Not invited I Invited W Withdrawn | ||||||||||
Jules Bailey | Bruce Broussard | Sean Davis | Sarah Iannarone | David Schor | Ted Wheeler | |||||
1 | Apr. 20, 2016 | KOIN The Portland Tribune | Jeff Gianola | YouTube | P | P | P | P | P | P |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Nonpartisan | Ted Wheeler | 105,562 | 54.67 | |
Nonpartisan | Jules Bailey | 31,955 | 16.55 | |
Nonpartisan | Sarah Iannarone | 22,831 | 11.82 | |
Nonpartisan | Bruce Broussard | 7,465 | 3.69 | |
Nonpartisan | Sean Davis | 5,217 | 2.70 | |
Nonpartisan | David Schor | 5,083 | 2.63 | |
Nonpartisan | Jessie Sponberg | 3,235 | 1.68 | |
Nonpartisan | Bim Ditson | 2,467 | 1.28 | |
Nonpartisan | Patty Burkett | 2,346 | 1.22 | |
Nonpartisan | David Ackerman | 2,255 | 1.17 | |
Nonpartisan | Deborah Harris | 1,636 | 0.85 | |
Nonpartisan | Lew Humble | 748 | 0.39 | |
Nonpartisan | Trevor Manning | 480 | 0.25 | |
Nonpartisan | Steven J. Entwisle Sr. | 405 | 0.21 | |
Nonpartisan | Eric Calhoun | 358 | 0.19 | |
Write-in | 1,040 | 0.54 | ||
Total votes | 193,083 | 100 |
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