John Elwood "Bud" Clark Jr. was an American politician and businessman who served as the 48th mayor of Portland,Oregon,from 1985 to 1992. A left-leaning populist with little political experience before his mayoral bid,he was one of Portland's most colorful political figures.
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. 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 a former American politician,attorney,and activist from the U.S. state of Oregon. Most recently he served a four-year term as a Portland City Commissioner –a member of the City Council of Portland –from January 2013 to January 2017. He was elected in May 2012 and assumed office on January 1,2013. In 2008,he ran for the Democratic Party's nomination for the United States Senate,for the seat then held by Republican Gordon Smith,but narrowly lost to Oregon House speaker Jeff Merkley. On the Portland city council,he was in charge of the city's transportation department,among other responsibilities. Novick ran for re-election to the city council in 2016 but lost to Chloe Eudaly. Starting in 2018,he works as an attorney for Oregon Department of Justice.
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.
Charles Andrew Hales is a former American politician who served as the 52nd mayor of Portland,Oregon,from 2013 to 2017. He previously served on the Portland City Council from 1993 to 2002.
The Independent Publishing Resource Center (IPRC) is a resource center based in Portland,Oregon that provides access to tools for the creation of books,prints,posters,zines,and comics. The studios include a computer lab and general workspace,screen printing,letterpress printing,risograph printing,and a zine library. The center was founded in 1998 by Chloe Eudaly,owner of Reading Frenzy and Show &Tell Press,and Rebecca Gilbert,worker-owner at Stumptown Printers.
The Portland Bureau of Transportation is the agency tasked with maintaining the city of Portland's transportation infrastructure. Bureau staff plan,build,manage,and maintain a transportation system with the goal of providing people and businesses access and mobility. The Bureau received significant media coverage in 2017 for employee hazing within its maintenance operations.
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.
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.
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.
The Kevin J. Duckworth Memorial Dock is a dock on the Willamette River,along Portland,Oregon's Eastbank Esplanade.
The 2020 Portland City Commission elections were held on May 19,2020 and November 3,2020 with a special election on August 11,2020.
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 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 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 ranked-choice voting system as opposed to a first-past-the-post voting system with a primary.
