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.
The Regional Arts &Culture Council (RACC) is an organization that administers arts grants in Multnomah,Washington,and Clackamas Counties that also do advocacy in the Portland metropolitan area in Oregon,United States. It evolved from the city’s Metropolitan Arts Commission agency in the 1990s. In 1995,the Metropolitan Arts Commission became the RACC as an independent non-profit organization. It's board of director ousted the executive director Carol Tatch in November 2023 following an outside investigation.
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.
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.
Amanda Fritz is a British-American politician and retired psychiatric nurse from the U.S. state of Oregon. Before being elected to Portland's City Council in 2008,Fritz was a neighborhood activist and seven-year member of the Portland Planning Commission. She was also the first candidate to win public financing under Portland's Clean Elections system in 2006,though she lost to incumbent Dan Saltzman in the first round of that year's election.
Nicholas Stuyvesant Fish was an American politician and lawyer who served as a Commissioner of Portland,Oregon from 2008 to 2020. A Democrat,Fish worked with Portland Parks &Recreation,the Portland Housing Bureau,and the Bureau of Environmental Services.
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.
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.
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.
Starting in May 2020,protests following the murder of George Floyd were held in the city of Portland,Oregon,concurrent with protests in other cities in the United States and around the world. By July 2020,many of the protests,which had been held every day since May 28,drew more than 1,000 participants. Protests continued into August,September,and October 2020,often drawing hundreds.
Loretta Smith is an American politician and businesswoman who served as a Multnomah County commissioner from 2011 to 2018. She is currently running for Portland City Council.
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.
The 2022 Portland City Commission elections were held on May 17,2022,and November 8,2022.
Rene Gabriel Gonzalez is an American businessman,politician,and former lawyer. He has held a seat on the Portland,Oregon City Council since January 2023. He challenged incumbent commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty in the 2022 election,running on a platform that emphasized law and order and livability. In December 2023,Gonzalez announced his plans to run for Mayor of Portland.
The 2024 Portland City Council elections will be held on November 5,2024,to elect the members of Portland's City Council. This will be a unique election as it will be the first election under Portland's new form of government,the first without a primary,the first where every seat will be up for election,and the first under a proportional ranked-choice voting system as opposed to a first-past-the-post voting system with a primary.
The 2018 Portland City Commission elections were held on May 15,2018,and November 6,2018.
