2024 Portland, Oregon mayoral election
The2024 Portland mayoral election was held on November 5, 2024, to elect themayor ofPortland, Oregon . BusinessmanKeith Wilson was elected, defeating threecity council members and 15 other candidates.[ 1]
This was the first Portland mayoral election to useranked-choice voting (Instant-runoff voting ) after it was instituted by the passage of a 2022 ballot measure.[ 2]
Ted Wheeler , the incumbent mayor, whose term expired on January 1, 2025On June 12, 2023, Durrell Kinsey Bey became the first candidate to announce his run for mayor. He was followed by City CommissionerMingus Mapps on July 3, 2023.[ 3] [ 4]
On September 13, 2023, incumbentDemocratic mayorTed Wheeler announced that he would not be seeking a third term.[ 5] Rene Gonzalez andCarmen Rubio announced their candidacies as well.[ 6] [ 7]
This is the first Portland election to useranked-choice voting . Homelessness andpublic safety were considered the two most important issues of this election.[ 8] City Council election , was a major indication of political shifts in Portland. The previous city council elections saw a shift away fromprogressives towards slightly moremoderate elected officials.[ 9]
Saadiq Ali[ 10] Shei'Meka As-Salaam, educator[ 10] James Atkinson IV, inventor[ 10] Durrell Kinsey Bey, youth leadership program worker[ 4] Rene Gonzalez , city commissioner[ 6] Michael Hayes, retired[ 10] Yao Jun He[ 10] Josh Leake, loan officer and small business owner[ 10] James Macdonald[ 10] Mingus Mapps , city commissioner[ 3] Sharon Nasset, service worker[ 10] Michael Necula, bartender[ 10] Alexander Landry Neely, winemaker and small business owner[ 10] Michael O'Callaghan, activist[ 10] Liv Osthus , stripper and author[ 11] Carmen Rubio , city commissioner[ 7] Martin Ward[ 10] Keith Wilson , CEO of Titan Freight Systems[ 12] Dustin Witherspoon, maintenance supervisor[ 10] James Zehren, attorney and writer(write-in) [ 13] Marshall Runkel, political strategist[ 14] [ 15] Carmen Rubio
Statewide officials Local officials Individuals Marshall Runkel, 2024 candidate for mayor of Portland[ 15] Labor unions Political parties Newspapers Rene Gonzalez
U.S. representatives Local officials Labor unions Newspapers Keith Wilson
Local officials Labor unions Newspapers Poll source Date(s) Sample[ b] Margin Mingus Mapps Rene Gonzalez Carmen Rubio Keith Wilson Liz Osthus Write In Undecided/don't know DHM Research[ 33] October 9–13, 2024 300 (A) ± 5.7% 10% 23% 11% 18% 4% 1% 32% Lake Research Partners[ 34] August 7–11, 2024 500 (LV) ± 4.4% 13% 21% 13% 4% 3% – 39%
2024 Portland mayoral election Candidate Maximum Maximum Share in Maximum votesFirst round votes Transfer votes
Keith Wilson 19 149,959 59.25%
Carmen Rubio 19 103,157 40.75%
Rene Gonzalez 18 68,539 24.27%
Mingus Mapps 17 44,184 15.09%
Liv (Viva) Østhus 16 22,879 7.71%
Durrell Kinsey Bey 15 3,550 1.19%
Josh Leake 14 3,227 1.08%
Sharon Nasset 13 2,972 0.99%
Michael O'Callaghan 12 2,740 0.92%
Martin Ward 11 2,314 0.77%
Alexander Landry Neely 10 2,148 0.72%
Michael Hayes 9 1,982 0.66%
Shei'Meka (BeUtee) As-Salaam 8 1,448 0.48%
James McDonald 7 1,252 0.42%
Dustin Witherspoon 6 980 0.33%
Saadiq Ali 5 930 0.31%
Yao Jun He 4 809 0.27%
James Atkinson IV 3 555 0.18%
Write In 2 480 0.16%
Michael Necula 1 309 0.10%
^ The Mercury issued a ranked endorsement of Rubio, Wilson, and Osthus, in that order. ^ Key: ^ "In Portland, Oregon, political outsider Keith Wilson elected mayor after homelessness-focused race" .AP News . November 7, 2024. RetrievedNovember 8, 2024 .^ Vaughn, Courtney (April 4, 2023)."Five Months Down, 20 to Go: Checking In on Portland's Charter Reform Makeover" .Portland Mercury . RetrievedMay 2, 2023 . ^a b Kavanaugh, Shane Dixon (July 5, 2023)."Portland City Commissioner Mingus Mapps launches bid for mayor in 2024" .The Oregonian /OregonLive . RetrievedJuly 5, 2023 . ^a b Zielinski, Alex (September 13, 2023)."Portland mayor Ted Wheeler will not seek third term" .Oregon Public Broadcasting . RetrievedDecember 4, 2023 . ^a b Peel, Sophie (September 13, 2023)."Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler Will Not Seek a Third Term" .Willamette Week .Archived from the original on September 13, 2023. RetrievedSeptember 13, 2023 . ^a b Kavanaugh, Shane (December 6, 2023)."Portland City Commissioner Rene Gonzalez launches run for mayor: 'I think a centrist can win' .The Oregonian . RetrievedDecember 6, 2023 . ^a b Edge, Sami (January 9, 2024)."City Commissioner Carmen Rubio joins race for Portland mayor" .The Oregonian . RetrievedJanuary 9, 2024 . ^ Griggs, Taylor; Vaughn, Courtney."2024 Election: Portland City Council Candidates Already Scrambling For Public Campaign Dollars" .Portland Mercury . RetrievedSeptember 26, 2023 . ^ Griffin, Anna."Massive change coming to Portland city government" .opb . RetrievedSeptember 26, 2023 . ^a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Here's who is running for Portland mayor in November" .opb . RetrievedJanuary 14, 2025 .^ Peel, Sophie (February 27, 2024)."Liv Osthus, Stage Name Viva Las Vegas, Is Running for Portland Mayor" .Willamette Week . RetrievedFebruary 27, 2024 . ^ Vaughn, Courtney; Griggs, Taylor (February 16, 2024)."Portland 2024 Mayoral Candidates" .Portland Mercury . RetrievedFebruary 21, 2024 . ^ "Register of City Candidates | City of Portland 2024 November General Election | Portland.gov" .www.portland.gov . RetrievedJanuary 14, 2025 .^ Peel, Sophie (June 11, 2024)."Marshall Runkel Is Running for Portland Mayor" .Willamette Week . RetrievedJune 11, 2024 . ^a b Peel, Sophie (August 19, 2024)."Marshall Runkel Drops Out of Mayoral Race" .Willamette Week . RetrievedAugust 19, 2024 . ^ Peel, Sophie (August 30, 2023)."Rumored to Be Weighing Runs for Portland City Council, These Big Names Demur" .Willamette Week . RetrievedNovember 3, 2023 .Sam Adams, former Portland mayor and onetime top aide to Mayor Ted Wheeler: Adams says he's recently been asked to run for mayor and for City Council, but hasn't decided yet. "It's not a no, it's not a yes," he adds. ^ Dixon Kavanaugh, Shane (February 27, 2024)."Former Portland mayor Sam Adams enters Multnomah County Commission race" .The Oregonian . RetrievedJune 11, 2024 . ^ Peel, Sophie (January 28, 2023)."Former City Council Candidate Vadim Mozyrsky Mulls a Run for Multnomah County District Attorney" .Willamette Week . RetrievedFebruary 9, 2023 .Nor will [Mozyrsky] run for mayor, he adds. ^ Foran, Andrew (December 4, 2023)."Portland city commissioner Dan Ryan announces he won't run for mayor" .KOIN . RetrievedDecember 4, 2023 . ^a b c d Bourgeois, Michaela (July 22, 2024)."Carmen Rubio's campaign first to qualify for public financing in Portland mayoral race" .KOIN . Portland, Oregon. RetrievedJuly 23, 2024 . ^a b c d e Peel, Sophie (June 26, 2024)."Governor Tina Kotek Endorses Carmen Rubio for Portland Mayor" .Willamette Week . RetrievedJune 26, 2024 . ^ Peele, Sophie (July 12, 2024)."Gonzalez, Rubio Continue to Split Endorsements in Mayoral Race" .Willamette Week . RetrievedJuly 13, 2024 . ^ "2024 General Election Endorsements" .SEIU Oregon . Archived fromthe original on October 19, 2024. RetrievedOctober 19, 2024 .^a b "2024 Endorsements" .UFCW Local 555 . Archived fromthe original on October 19, 2024. RetrievedOctober 19, 2024 .^ "Oregon Working Families Party Endorses Carmen Rubio for Portland Mayor" .workingfamilies.org . Working Families Party. August 27, 2024. RetrievedOctober 10, 2024 .^ "Mercury Endorsements: Mayor's Race 2024" .Portland Mercury .^a b c d e Bourgeois, Michaela (August 28, 2024)."Former Oregon representative endorses Rene Gonzalez for Portland mayor" .KOIN . Portland, Oregon. RetrievedAugust 28, 2024 . ^a b c Bourgeois, Michaela (July 10, 2024)."Portland-metro district attorneys endorse Rene Gonzalez for mayor" .KOIN . Portland, Oregon. RetrievedJuly 10, 2024 . ^ "Editorial endorsement November 2024: For Portland mayor, vote Gonzalez as top choice; Rubio second" .The Oregonian . October 9, 2024. RetrievedOctober 16, 2024 .^a b c "Keith Wilson" .Rose City Reform . Archived fromthe original on October 19, 2024. RetrievedOctober 19, 2024 .^ "SEIU Local 49 Adds Mingus Mapps and Keith Wilson to Its Endorsements …" .Willamette Week the original on October 19, 2024. RetrievedOctober 19, 2024 .^ "WW's Fall 2024 Endorsements: Portland Mayor" .Willamette Week . October 16, 2024. RetrievedOctober 16, 2024 .^ Kavanaugh, Shane (October 16, 2024)."Portland mayoral hopeful once considered a long shot is best positioned to win, Oregonian poll finds" .The Oregonian .Archived from the original on October 16, 2024. RetrievedOctober 23, 2024 . ^ Oregonian/OregonLive, Shane Dixon Kavanaugh | The (August 19, 2024)."Portland Commissioner Rene Gonzalez holds early lead in mayor's race, poll shows; nearly 40% of voters undecided" .oregonlive . RetrievedSeptember 14, 2024 .
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