2024 Portland, Oregon municipal elections

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The 2024 Portland municipal elections were held on November 5, 2024, to elect the mayor, city auditor and city council of Portland, Oregon. This was the first Portland election to use ranked-choice voting (instant-runoff voting for the mayor's position; single transferable voting for city councillors) following the implementation of charter reform approved by voters in a 2022 ballot measure. [1]

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Businessman Keith Wilson was elected mayor, defeating 3 incumbent city commissioners who also ran for the position. Commissioner Dan Ryan was the sole incumbent to be elected to the new city council, although former commissioner Steve Novick also won a seat. The remaining ten council seats were won by members who had not previously held office in Portland, including Elana Pirtle-Guiney and Tiffany Koyama Lane, who were elected council president and vice president respectively in January 2025. Incumbent auditor Simone Rede was re-elected unopposed.

Municipal elections in Portland are officially nonpartisan, meaning that party affiliations are not listed on the ballot.

Mayor

Candidates

CandidateExperienceAnnouncedRef
Durrell Kinsey BeyYouth leadership program workerJune 2, 2023
Website 		[2]
Mingus Mapps (cropped).jpg
Mingus Mapps 		Portland City Commissioner, Position 4
Academic		July 5, 2023
Website
[3]
Rene Gonzalez Portland City Commissioner, Position 3
Attorney		December 6, 2023
Website 		[4]
Carmen Rubio (cropped).jpg
Carmen Rubio 		Portland City Commissioner, Position 1
Policy Advisor to Mayor Tom Potter and Commissioner Nick Fish 		January 9, 2024
Website 		[5]
Keith Wilson CEO, Titan Freight Systems
2020 Portland City Council candidate		 Website [6]
Liv Osthus Stripper, author, musician, and sex work advocateFebruary 27, 2024
Website 		[7]

Results

2024 Portland mayoral election
PartyCandidateMaximum
round		Maximum
votes		Share in
maximum
round		Maximum votes
First round votesTransfer votes


Nonpartisan Keith Wilson 19149,95959.25%
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Nonpartisan Carmen Rubio 19103,15740.75%
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Nonpartisan Rene Gonzalez 1868,53924.27%
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Nonpartisan Mingus Mapps 1744,18415.09%
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Nonpartisan Liv (Viva) Østhus 1622,8797.71%
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Nonpartisan Durrell Kinsey Bey153,5501.19%
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Nonpartisan Josh Leake143,2271.08%
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Nonpartisan Sharon Nasset132,9720.99%
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Nonpartisan Michael O'Callaghan122,7400.92%
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Nonpartisan Martin Ward112,3140.77%
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Nonpartisan Alexander Landry Neely102,1480.72%
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Nonpartisan Michael Hayes91,9820.66%
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Nonpartisan Shei'Meka (BeUtee) As-Salaam81,4480.48%
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Nonpartisan James McDonald71,2520.42%
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Nonpartisan Dustin Witherspoon69800.33%
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Nonpartisan Saadiq Ali59300.31%
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Nonpartisan Yao Jun He48090.27%
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Nonpartisan James Atkinson IV35550.18%
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Nonpartisan Write In24800.16%
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Nonpartisan Michael Necula13090.10%
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City auditor

The city auditor was elected to a two-year term in 2024, while the office will be up for election for a four-year term in 2026. Incumbent auditor Simone Rede ran for a second term and was re-elected unopposed. [8]

City council

Due to a ballot measure passed by voters in 2022, which reformed the city charter, the 2024 election was the first under the new mayor–council system of government. The former 5-seat city commission, with members elected at-large, was replaced by a new city council with 12 seats elected from 4 geographic districts. City council members were elected using single transferable vote, with 3 winning candidates per district. All seats were up for election, with six members running for four-year terms and the other six running for two-year terms, which will be eligible to run for a full term in 2026.

All incumbent members of the Commission were eligible to run for re-election to the new City Council. Incumbent Dan Ryan was the only member to do so, winning a seat in district 2. [9] Former commissioner Steve Novick, who previously served a term from 2013 to 2017, was elected to the new city council representing district 3. [10] Two races remained too close to call for more than 2 weeks after the election. [9] The final 12-member council included six men and six women, five people of color, and four members who identify as LGBTQ. [11]

At the new council's inaugural meeting in January 2025, Elana Pirtle-Guiney was elected council president, while Tiffany Koyama Lane was elected vice president. [12]

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  2. ↑ Zielinski, Alex (September 13, 2023). "Portland mayor Ted Wheeler will not seek third term". Oregon Public Broadcasting . Retrieved December 4, 2023.
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  4. ↑ Kavanaugh, Shane (December 6, 2023). "Portland City Commissioner Rene Gonzalez launches run for mayor: 'I think a centrist can win'". The Oregonian . Retrieved December 6, 2023.
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