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 Keith Wilson,who has served since January 1,2025,and was first elected in the 2024 election.
The Portland City Council,,is the legislative body of the City of Portland in Oregon and forms part of the Government of the city.
Kathleen Taylor is an American politician currently serving in the Oregon State Senate. A Democrat,she was first elected to the Oregon House of Representatives in 2014 and to the Oregon State Senate in 2016. She represents Senate district 21,which covers part of southeast Portland and its suburbs,including Milwaukie. She lives in Portland.
On May 19,2020,and November 3,2020,elections were held in Portland,Oregon,to elect the mayor.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Oregon on November 3,2020. Primary elections were held on May 19,2020.
The 2020 Oregon Secretary of State election was held on November 3,2020,to elect the Oregon Secretary of State,the highest office in the state after the governor. Incumbent Republican Bev Clarno had agreed not to run for a full term. Clarno was appointed by Governor Kate Brown to replace Dennis Richardson,who died of cancer during his term.
Loretta Smith is an American politician and businesswoman who is a member of the Portland City Council from District 1. She previously 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.
Susheela Jayapal is an American politician. From January 2019 to November 2023,she served as a county commissioner for Multnomah County,Oregon,the state's most populous county. She was the first Indian American to hold an elected office at the county level in Oregon.
Dan Ryan is an American non-profit executive and politician who is a member of the Portland City Council. Ryan was elected in a 2020 special election to succeed Nick Fish,who died of stomach cancer on January 2,2020. Ryan was re-elected in 2022.
The 2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Oregon were held on November 5,2024,to elect the six U.S. representatives from the state of Oregon,one from each of the state's congressional districts. The elections coincided with the 2024 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate,and various state and local elections. The primary elections occurred on May 21,2024.
The 2024 Portland mayoral election was held on November 5,2024,to elect the mayor of Portland,Oregon. Businessman Keith Wilson was elected,defeating 3 city council members and 15 other candidates.
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 following the implementation of charter reform approved by voters in a 2022 ballot measure.
The 2024 Portland City Council elections were held on November 5,2024. It was the first election under Portland's new form of government,the first election to elect a city council instead of a city commission,the first without a primary,the first where every seat was 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. It was held concurrently with the 2024 Portland,Oregon mayoral election.
Candace Avalos is an American nonprofit executive and politician who is a member of Portland City Council from District 1 after being elected along with Loretta Smith and Jamie Dunphy in the 2024 election. Avalos is one of the twelve inaugural members of Portland's new expanded city council after switching from a city commission government to a mayor–council government.
Tiffany Koyama Lane is a member of Portland City Council from District 3 after being elected along with Steve Novick and Angelita Morillo in the 2024 election. Koyama Lane is one of the twelve inaugural members of Portland's new expanded city council after switching from a city commission government to a mayor–council government.
Angelita Morillo is a member of Portland City Council from District 3. She was elected in 2024 during Portland's first municipal election using Single Transferable Vote to elect its City Council members from multi-member districts and assumed office on January 1,2025.
Olivia Clark is a retired policy director who was elected to Portland City Council from District 4 in 2024,along with Mitch Green and Eric Zimmerman. Clark is one of the twelve inaugural members of Portland's new expanded city council after switching from a city commission government to a mayor–council government.
Eric Zimmerman was elected to Portland City Council in 2024 in District 4,along with Olivia Clark and Mitch Green. Zimmerman is one of the twelve inaugural members of Portland's new expanded city council after switching from a city commission government to a mayor–council government. Due to the close nature of his race,Zimmerman was one of the last two confirmed winners of the election.
Sameer Kanal is an American politician who is currently member of the Portland City Council from District 2 after being elected along with Dan Ryan and Elana Pirtle-Guiney in the 2024 election. Kanal is one of the twelve inaugural members of Portland's new expanded city council after switching from a city commission government to a mayor–council government. He will be the first Asian American and first South Asian American to serve on Portland City Council.
