Multnomah County is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2020 census,the county's population was 815,428. Multnomah County is part of the Portland–Vancouver–Hillsboro,OR–WA metropolitan statistical area. Though smallest in area,Multnomah County is the state's most populous county. Its county seat,Portland,is the state's largest city.
Multnomah County,Oregon,the city of Portland,Oregon,and Metro held elections on May 16 and November 7,2006.
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.
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. In January 2017,he began working for the Oregon Beverage Recycling Cooperative as the chief stewardship officer,and as the CEO in January 2023.
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.
Charles Randall ‘Randy’Leonard is a politician in the U.S. state of Oregon. He was a member of the Oregon Legislative Assembly from 1993 to 2002 and served as a city commissioner in Portland from 2002 through 2012.
Caroline Miller is a former elected member of the county commission of Multnomah County,Oregon in the United States,and a published author. Since leaving the political arena,Miller has been a prolific writer. She has published three novels:Trompe l'Oeil in 2012,Gothic Spring and Heart Land in 2009. Her short stories have been published in Children's Digest and Grit and Tales of the Talisman,and her short story,Under the Bridge and Beneath the Moon,were dramatized for radio in Oregon and Washington. Miller's two-act play,"Woman on the Scarlet Beast," was performed by the Post5 Theatre company in Portland,Oregon Jan 20-Feb.8 2015.
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.
On Tuesday,November 6,2012,an election was held in Portland,Oregon,to elect the mayor. Charlie Hales was elected,defeating Jefferson Smith. Incumbent mayor Sam Adams did not seek a second term.
Jeffrey Scott Cogen is an American businessman,lawyer,and former politician in the U.S. state of Oregon. From 2016 to 2019,he was Executive Director of Impact NW,a social service and anti-poverty organization headquartered in Portland,Oregon. He served as chairman of the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners from 2010 to 2013.
Deborah Kafoury is a politician in the U.S. state of Oregon.
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.
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.
The 2022 Oregon gubernatorial election took place on November 8,2022,to elect the governor of Oregon. The incumbent governor,Democrat Kate Brown,took office on February 18,2015,upon the resignation of John Kitzhaber. She was subsequently elected in the gubernatorial special election in 2016,and was re-elected to a full term in 2018. Due to term limits,she was ineligible for re-election in 2022.
On May 19,2020 and November 3,2020,elections were held in Portland,Oregon,to elect the mayor.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Oregon on November 3,2020. Primary elections were held on May 19,2020.
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.
The 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Oregon were held on November 8,2022,to elect the six U.S. representatives from the state of Oregon,one from each of the state's six congressional districts. Primaries for these seats were held on May 17,2022. The elections coincided with the elections and primaries of other federal and state offices.
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.
Sharon Meieran is an American physician,lawyer,and politician. She has served as a county commissioner for Multnomah County,Oregon since January 3,2017,representing district 1.
