Samuel Francis Adams is an American politician in Portland,Oregon. Adams was mayor of Portland from 2009 to 2012 and previously served on the Portland City Council and as chief of staff to former Mayor Vera Katz. Adams was the first openly gay mayor of a large U.S. city.
The mayor of Portland,Oregon is the official head of the city of Portland,Oregon,United States. The officeholder is elected for a four-year term and has no term limits. By law,all elections in Portland are nonpartisan. The current mayor is Ted Wheeler,who has served since 2017,and was first elected in the 2016 election.
Katherine Brown is an American politician and attorney who served as the 38th governor of Oregon from 2015 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party,she served three terms as the state representative from the 13th district of the Oregon House of Representatives from 1991 to 1997,three terms as the state senator from the 21st district of the Oregon Senate from 1997 to 2009,three terms as majority leader of the Oregon Senate from 2003 to 2009,and two terms as Oregon Secretary of State from 2009 to 2015. She assumed the governorship upon the resignation of John Kitzhaber in 2015. She was elected to serve out the remainder of his gubernatorial term in the special election in 2016 and was reelected to a full term in 2018.
The government of Portland,Oregon is based on a city commission government system. Elected officials include the mayor,commissioners,and a city auditor. The mayor and commissioners are responsible for legislative policy and oversee the various bureaus that oversee the day-to-day operation of the city. Portland began using a commission form of government in 1913 following a public vote on May 3 of that year. Each elected official serves a four-year term,without term limits. Each city council member is elected at-large.
Steven Novick is an American politician,attorney,and activist from the U.S. state of Oregon. In 2008,he was a candidate for U.S. Senate for the seat then held by Republican Gordon Smith,but narrowly lost the primary to Jeff Merkley. He served as a Portland City Commissioner from 2013 to 2017. On the city council,he was in charge of the city's transportation department,among other responsibilities.
Dan Saltzman is a politician in the U.S. state of Oregon who served as a commissioner on the City Council of Portland in Portland,Oregon,from 1999 through the end of 2018. As of 2017,he had served longer on the Council than any other person since 1969.
Mary Therese Nolan is a Democratic politician from the U.S. state of Oregon. She represented District 36 in the Oregon House of Representatives from 2001 to 2013,and served as the majority leader from 2008 to 2010. She ran unsuccessfully for the Portland City Council in 2012. She came back into office in 2020,when she was elected as one of the councilors for the Portland-area regional government,Metro.
Jules Bailey is an American politician who served in the Oregon House of Representatives from 2009 to 2014,representing inner Southeast and Northeast Portland. Bailey also served on the County Commission for Multnomah County,Oregon from June 2014 to December 2016. In 2016,Bailey ran for mayor of Portland in 2016,losing to Ted Wheeler.
On Tuesday,May 17,2016,an election was held in Portland,Oregon,to elect the mayor. Ted Wheeler was elected after garnering 54% of the primary vote. Incumbent mayor Charlie Hales did not seek a second term.
On May 20,2008,an election was held in Portland,Oregon,to elect the mayor.. Sam Adams was elected,defeating challenger Sho Dozono. Incumbent mayor Tom Potter did not seek a second term.
Jo Ann A. Hardesty is an American Democratic politician in the U.S. state of Oregon who served as a Portland City commissioner from 2019 to 2022. She previously served in the Oregon House of Representatives from 1995 until 2001.
Janelle Sojourner Bynum is an American Democratic politician,and former engineer serving as a member of the Oregon House of Representatives. She currently represents the 39th district,which covers northern Clackamas County,including most of Happy Valley and parts of Oregon City,Milwaukie and the surrounding area.
Clover "Chloe" Delight Esther Eudaly (1969/1970) is an American politician from Oregon who served as Portland's City Commissioner from 2017 to 2021. Eudaly lost her November 2020 re-election bid to Mingus Mapps.
On May 19,2020 and November 3,2020,elections were held in Portland,Oregon,to elect the mayor.
Carmen Rubio is an American politician and non-profit executive in the U.S. state of Oregon who is currently a Portland City Commissioner,having taken office on the Portland City Council in late December 2020. She had previously served as the executive director of the Latino Network since 2009.
Teressa Raiford is an American activist and politician in Portland,Oregon. She founded the local Black-led non-profit Don't Shoot Portland.
Loretta Smith is an American politician and businesswoman who served as a Multnomah County commissioner from 2011 to 2018. She ran unsuccessful campaigns for Portland City Council in 2018 and 2020. Smith was a candidate for Oregon's 6th congressional district in the 2022 election,a new seat created after the 2020 United States census.
The Portland city auditor is one of the six citywide elected positions in Portland,Oregon. The auditor is the only elected official functionally independent of City Council and accountable only to the public. The auditor exists "to promote open and accountable government by providing independent and impartial reviews,access to public information,and services for City government and the public." The current auditor,since January 2023,is Simone Rede.
Dan Ryan is an American non-profit executive and politician who was elected to the Portland City Council on August 12,2020. Ryan defeated Multnomah County Commissioner Loretta Smith in a runoff election to succeed Nick Fish,who died of stomach cancer on January 2,2020. Ryan will serve for the remainder of Fish's term,which ends in 2022.
Rene Gonzalez is an American attorney,entrepreneur,and Democratic politician. He challenged Portland City Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty for her seat during the 2022 Portland,Oregon City Commission election,running on a platform that emphasized law-and-order and livability. He won the race with 52.6% of the vote,and took office in January 2023.
