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 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.
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.
Edward Tevis Wheeler is an American politician who has served as the mayor of Portland,Oregon since 2017. He was Oregon State Treasurer from 2010 to 2016.
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.
The 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Oregon was held on November 3,2020,to elect the five U.S. representatives from the state of Oregon,one from each of the state's five congressional districts. The elections coincided with the 2020 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 2022 Oregon gubernatorial election took place on November 8,2022,to elect the governor of Oregon. Incumbent Kate Brown took office when fellow Democrat John Kitzhaber resigned on February 18,2015. She won the subsequent 2016 special election a full term in 2018. Due to term limits,she was unable to run again in 2022.
On May 19,2020 and November 3,2020,elections were held in Portland,Oregon,to elect the mayor.
Margot Black is an American tenant rights organizer,activist,grass-roots lobbyist and former political candidate. She helped found and was co-chair of Portland Tenants United,Portland's metro-wide tenant union focused on tenants' rights to secure,safe,affordable and equitable housing,tenant-union organizing,eviction prevention,and providing emergency assistance for renters navigating housing law.
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.
A 4 foot bust of York,the only African American on the Lewis and Clark Expedition,was installed in Portland,Oregon's Mount Tabor Park,in the United States,from February to July 2021. The artist stayed anonymous at first,but after the bust was removed he revealed himself as Todd McGrain. McGrain was a student of Darrell Millner,Portland State University professor of history and Black Studies. The bust appeared on February 20,replacing the statue of Harvey W. Scott,which had been toppled on October 20,2020. McGrain did not seek city permission to install the bust,which McGrain expected to be temporary;on June 11 the city announced that it would remove the bust.
The Goose Hollow Inn is a tavern in Portland,Oregon. Former mayor Bud Clark opened it in 1967.
The 2022 Portland City Commission elections were held on May 17,2022,and November 8,2022.
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.
The 2024 Portland mayoral election will be held on November 5,2024,to elect the mayor of Portland,Oregon. On September 13,2023,incumbent Democratic mayor Ted Wheeler announced that he would not be seeking a third term. This will be the first Portland mayoral election to use ranked-choice voting after it was instituted by the passage of a 2022 ballot measure.
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.
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