2020 Portland, Oregon mayoral election

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2020 Portland, Oregon mayoral election
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←  2016 May 19, 2020 (first round)
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Turnout49.64% Decrease2.svg 13.60 pp (first round)
79.47% Increase2.svg 29.83 pp (runoff)
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Candidate Ted Wheeler Sarah Iannarone Teressa Raiford
First round107,241
49.29%		51,849
23.82%		18,310
8.40%
Runoff 163,564
46.20%		144,326
40.77%
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CandidateOzzie González Bruce Broussard
First round12,632
5.80%		11,336
5.20%
Portland Oregon Mayoral Election 2020 Results.svg
Results of the final round by precinct. Blue denotes precincts won by Wheeler, red denotes precincts won by Iannarone.
Mayor before election

Ted Wheeler

Elected mayor

Ted Wheeler

On May 19, 2020, and November 3, 2020, elections were held in Portland, Oregon, to elect the mayor.

Contents

In Portland local elections, 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 19, 2020. As no candidate received an absolute majority, a runoff election between the top two candidates was scheduled for Tuesday, November 3, 2020. Voters could also choose to write-in candidates. [1] [2]

In the general election, Portland voters also elected members of their City Commission and voted on local ballot initiatives. [3]

Candidates

Candidates who advanced to runoff

CandidateExperienceAnnouncedReferences
The following candidates advanced to the runoff election on April 2
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Ted Wheeler 		53rd Mayor of Portland, Oregon
Former Oregon State Treasurer 		October 14, 2019 [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Sarah Iannarone 2020 (cropped).jpg
Sarah Iannarone		Community Activist
Urban Policy Consultant		July 9, 2019 [9] [10] [11]

Candidates eliminated in the first round

CandidateExperienceAnnouncedReferences
The following candidates were eliminated in the first round and did not advance to the runoff election
Teressa Raiford donated (50265993221).jpg
Teressa Raiford 		Founder of Don't Shoot Portland December 3, 2017 [9] [12] [13]
Bruce Broussard.jpg
Bruce Broussard 		Host of Oregon Voter Digest on PBS November 13, 2018 [14] [15]
OzzieGonzalez.png
Ozzie Gonzalez		Architect and Sustainability ConsultantDecember 12, 2019 [9] [16] [17]
Piper CrowellDirector of Global Digital and Innovation Policy at Nike, Inc. February 12, 2020
Suspended campaign March 25, 2020		 [18] [19] [20]
Randy RapaportReal Estate Developer
Educational Psychologist		March 10, 2020 [21]
Mark WhiteCo-chair of the Portland City Charter CommissionJanuary 30, 2020 [22]
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Cash Carter		Former Portland Timbers team chefNovember 18, 2019 [23] [24]

Candidates who received fewer than 1,000 votes

  • Willie Banks, community advocate [25] [26]
  • Jarred Bepristis, bartender [27]
  • Daniel Hoffman, homeless rights activist [28] [29]
  • Lew Humble, retired mechanic, perennial candidate [30]
  • Michael Jenkins, cannabis grower [31]
  • Sharon Joy, retired community advocate [32]
  • Floyd LaBar, yoga teacher [33]
  • Beryl McNair, retired Federal government employee, candidate for Portland Mayor in 2008 [34]
  • Michael O'Callaghan, homeless rights activist and candidate for Alaska governor in 1990 [35] [36]
  • Mark White, program manager [37]
  • Michael Burleson, community leader, activist, attorney at law [38] (Suspended)

Declined to run

Endorsements

Ted Wheeler

Organizations

Newspapers

Sarah Iannarone

National

Local

Newspapers

Organizations

Ozzie González

Organizations

Polling

Runoff

Poll sourceDate(s)

administered

Sample

size [a]

Margin

of error

Ted WheelerSarah IannaroneWrite InUndecided
DHM Research/OPB [52] October 7–11, 2020400 (LV)±4.9%33%34%6%28%
DHM Research/Portland Business Alliance [53] [b] September 17–22, 2020– (LV) [c] ±4%30%41%16%13%
Public Policy Polling [54] June 17–18, 2020992 (V)±3.1%33%32%–35%

Results

Primary

Portland mayoral primary election, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Ted Wheeler (incumbent) 107,241 49.29%
Nonpartisan Sarah Iannarone 51,849 23.82%
Nonpartisan Teressa Raiford 18,3108.40%
Nonpartisan Ozzie González12,6325.80%
Nonpartisan Bruce Broussard 11,3365.20%
Nonpartisan Randy Rapaport3,8161.75%
Nonpartisan Piper Crowell3,2721.50%
Nonpartisan Mark White2,3081.06%
Nonpartisan Cash Carter1,4880.68%
Nonpartisan Sharon Joy9010.42%
Nonpartisan Willie Banks7890.36%
Nonpartisan Daniel Hoffman7020.32%
Nonpartisan Michael O'Callaghan6290.29%
Nonpartisan Michael Burleson4060.19%
Nonpartisan Lew Humble2990.14%
Nonpartisan Michael Jenkins2620.12%
Nonpartisan Beryl McNair2590.12%
Nonpartisan Jarred Bepristis1050.05%
Nonpartisan Floyd LaBar950.04%
Write-in 8610.40%
Total votes217,560 100.00%

Runoff

Since no candidate received a simple majority (50% plus one) vote in the primary election, the two candidates who received the most votes (Wheeler and Iannarone) ran again in the general election on November 3, 2020. [55] Iannarone, who had finished third in the 2016 mayoral election, was campaigning on a progressive platform emphasizing urbanism and taking a stronger stand against police violence. [56]

The police murder of George Floyd and resulting protests occurred only two weeks after the first round of the mayoral election, and led to significant protest activity in Portland that continued throughout 2020. These events led supporters of third-place candidate Teressa Raiford to begin mounting a write-in campaign on her behalf, arguing that she more authentically represented the energy of the street protests. [57]

Wheeler won the election, becoming Portland's first mayor to win a second consecutive term since Vera Katz left office in 2005. Ultimately, almost 48,000 write-in votes were cast in the election, far exceeding Wheeler's approximately 20,000-vote margin of victory. [58]

Portland mayoral general election, 2020 [59]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Ted Wheeler (incumbent) 167,260 46.07%
Nonpartisan Sarah Iannarone147,96440.76%
Write-in 47,83213.17%
Total votes363,056 100.00%

Notes

Partisan clients

    1. ↑ Key:
      A – all adults
      RV – registered voters
      LV – likely voters
      V – unclear
    2. ↑ The Portland Business Alliance endorsed Wheeler prior to this poll's sampling period
    3. ↑ Not yet released

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