Portland's 1st City Council district (Oregon)

Portland's 1st City Council district
Portland's 1st City Council district
	The four districts electing members to Portland City Council. District 1 is shown in red.
Government
• Type	Mayor-council government
• Body	Portland City Council (Oregon)
Population (2023)
• Total	159,498
Demographics
• White	52.6%
• Hispanic	16.0%
• Asian	14.4%
• Black	8.4%
• Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	6.1%
• American Indian	1.2%
Registration
• Democratic	39%
• Republican	14%
• Non-affiliated voters (NAVs)	41%
• Other party	6%

Last updated February 03, 2025

Portland's 1st City Council district is one of four multi-member districts electing three people to Portland City Council in Portland, Oregon. The district is located in the eastern part of the city and comprises primarily of parts of the city east of Interstate 205 all the way to the city's eastern border with Gresham, as well as Portland International Airport.

Election results

2024

2024 Portland, Oregon City Council election, District 1 results

2024 Portland, Oregon City Council election, District 1^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
	Nonpartisan	Candace Avalos	19.4	8,297	8,307	8,337	8,368	8,543	8,637	8,726	8,789	8,938	9,237	9,372	10,649	12,169	10,718	10,718	10,718	10,718
	Nonpartisan	Loretta Smith	13.0	5,586	5,595	5,608	5,634	5,687	5,767	5,889	5,999	6,158	6,399	6,689	7,198	7,953	8,207.25	9,172.84	12,027.1	10,718
	Nonpartisan	Jamie Dunphy	11.8	5,064	5,068	5,075	5,108	5,146	5,180	5,250	5,303	5,412	5,483	5,635	6,079	7,305	7,893.25	8,491.6	9,749.63	9,749.63
	Nonpartisan	Terrence Hayes	9.3	3,975	3,984	4,003	4,046	4,078	4,172	4,251	4,314	4,445	4,525	4,847	5,214	5,787	5,952.93	7,682.34
	Nonpartisan	Noah Ernst	9.5	4,052	4,060	4,082	4,095	4,129	4,190	4,251	4,360	4,479	4,642	5,116	5,658	5,883	5,935.57
	Nonpartisan	Steph Routh	9.1	3,894	3,898	3,904	3,940	3,997	4,033	4,095	4,155	4,266	4,332	4,500	5,089
	Nonpartisan	Timur Ender	8.3	3,550	3,556	3,567	3,586	3,662	3,699	3,784	3,861	3,983	4,187	4,335
	Nonpartisan	Doug Clove	4.0	1,698	1,709	1,736	1,765	1,795	1,883	1,977	2,129	2,302	2,403
	Nonpartisan	Peggy Sue Owens	3.0	1,266	1,269	1,279	1,294	1,321	1,333	1,365	1,441	1,501
	Nonpartisan	David Linn	2.6	1,111	1,113	1,130	1,150	1,195	1,226	1,308	1,441
	Nonpartisan	Joe Allen	2.3	978	981	1,011	1,026	1,040	1,068	1,141
	Nonpartisan	Michael (Mike) Sands	2.2	952	957	987	1,013	1,033	1,063
	Nonpartisan	Deian Salazar	1.7	720	720	741	754	789
	Nonpartisan	Cayle Tern	1.7	711	713	726	741
	Nonpartisan	Thomas Shervey	0.9	385	387	402
	Nonpartisan	Joe Furi	0.8	355	361
	Nonpartisan	Uncertified Write In	0.6	277
Quota: 10,718

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References

↑ "Districtr (City of Portland City Council Districts)". City of Portland. Retrieved January 23, 2025.
↑ "City of Portland Councilor District 1 - Final Results". Multnomah Votes. Multnomah County, Oregon. December 2, 2024. Retrieved December 3, 2024.

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[1] "Districtr (City of Portland City Council Districts)". City of Portland. Retrieved January 23, 2025.

[2] "City of Portland Councilor District 1 - Final Results". Multnomah Votes. Multnomah County, Oregon. December 2, 2024. Retrieved December 3, 2024.

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