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.
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 politician and businesswoman serving as a member of the Oregon House of Representatives. She is a member of the Democratic Party and 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 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.
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 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.
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.
Michael Schmidt is an American attorney and a progressive prosecutor. He has served as the Multnomah County District Attorney since August 2020. Originally set to begin his term on January 1,2021,Governor Kate Brown appointed him to the job early,in August 2020,to replace Rod Underhill,who retired in July. Schmidt will be succeeded by Nathan Vasquez on January 1,2025 at the end of his term after conceding loss in the primary election in May 2024.
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 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.
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 will be held on November 5,2024,to elect the mayor,city auditor and city council of Portland,Oregon. This will be the first Portland election to use ranked-choice voting after it was instituted by the passage of 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.
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