2016 Portland, Oregon, mayoral election

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2016 Portland, Oregon, mayoral election
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Turnout63.24%
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Nominee Ted Wheeler Jules Bailey Sarah Iannarone
Popular vote105,56231,95522,831
Percentage54.7% [1] 16.6%11.8%
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Results by precinct (all voted for Wheeler). Darker shades indicate higher %s of the vote.
Mayor before election

Charlie Hales

Elected Mayor

Ted Wheeler

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]

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.

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]

Primary

Candidates

Declined to run

Withdrawn

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]

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s) administeredSample sizeMargin of errorJules BaileyCharlie HalesTed WheelerOtherUndecided
DHM Research May 6 – 9, 2016402±4.9%9%–33%15% [42] 43%
KATU/SurveyUSA March 28 – April 1, 2016 [43] 576±4.2%8%–38%22% [44] 31%
Patinkin Research Strategies December 9–13, 2015 [45] 400±4.9%38%–35%1%26%
Lake Research Partners August 29 – September 2, 2015 [46] 400±4.9%–21%34%1%44%

Results

Portland mayoral primary election, 2016 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Ted Wheeler 105,562 54.67
Nonpartisan Jules Bailey 31,95516.55
Nonpartisan Sarah Iannarone22,83111.82
Nonpartisan Bruce Broussard 7,4653.69
Nonpartisan Sean Davis5,2172.70
Nonpartisan David Schor5,0832.63
Nonpartisan Jessie Sponberg3,2351.68
Nonpartisan Bim Ditson2,4671.28
Nonpartisan Patty Burkett2,3461.22
Nonpartisan David Ackerman2,2551.17
Nonpartisan Deborah Harris1,6360.85
Nonpartisan Lew Humble7480.39
Nonpartisan Trevor Manning4800.25
Nonpartisan Steven J. Entwisle Sr.4050.21
Nonpartisan Eric Calhoun3580.19
Write-in 1,0400.54
Total votes193,083 100

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