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 Keith Wilson,who has served since January 1,2025,and was first elected in the 2024 election.
The government of Portland,Oregon is based on a mayor–council government system. Elected officials include the mayor,a 12-member city council,and a city auditor. The city council is responsible for legislative policy,while the mayor appoints a professional city manager who oversees the various bureaus and day-to-day operations of the city. The mayor is elected at-large,while the council is elected in four geographic districts using single transferable vote,with 3 winning candidates per district. Portland's current form of government was approved by voters in a 2022 ballot measure,with the first elections under the new system held in 2024.
Sho Dozono is a Japanese-American businessman and former political candidate from Portland,Oregon. He was a candidate in the 2008 Portland mayoral race. Portland City Commissioner Sam Adams was the front runner throughout the race. Dozono,who would have faced Adams again in November if neither candidate had cleared 50%,lost to him in the primary when Adams won 58% of the vote.
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.
Edward Tevis Wheeler is an American politician who served as the mayor of Portland,Oregon from 2017 to 2024. He was Oregon State Treasurer from 2010 to 2016.
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.
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.
Carmen Rubio is an American politician and non-profit executive in the U.S. state of Oregon who served as a Portland City Commissioner from December 2020 to December 2024.
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.
Mingus Ulysses Mapps is an American professor and politician in Portland,Oregon. He was elected to the city council in November 2020,winning 56% of the vote. His bureau assignments as of September 2023 are Water Bureau,the Bureau of Environmental Service and the Bureau of Transportation (PBOT)
Rene Gonzalez is an American businessman,politician,and former lawyer. He held a seat on the Portland,Oregon City Council from January 2023 to December 2024. 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 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.
The 2024 Multnomah County District Attorney election was held on May 21,2024,to elect the district attorney of Multnomah County,Oregon,which includes the state's largest city,Portland.
Nathan Vasquez is an American attorney who is the District Attorney of Multnomah County,Oregon. In May 2024,Vasquez defeated incumbent Mike Schmidt.
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.
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.
