City elections in Salem, Oregon (2025)
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| 2025 Salem elections |
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| Election dates |
| Filing deadline: March 11, 2025 |
| General election: May 20, 2025 |
| Election stats |
| Offices up: City Council |
| Total seats up: 1 |
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The city ofSalem, Oregon, held a special general election for city council on May 20, 2025. The filing deadline for this election was March 11, 2025.
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Candidates and results
City council
Ward 6
General election
Special general election for Salem City Council Ward 6
Mai Vang defeatedDeanna Garcia andLogan Lor in the special general election for Salem City Council Ward 6 on May 20, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Mai Vang (Nonpartisan)  | 45.6 | 975 |
 | Deanna Garcia (Nonpartisan) | 38.2 | 816 | |
| Logan Lor (Nonpartisan) | 15.9 | 339 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 8 | ||
| There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source | Total votes: 2,138 | ||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- C. Jeffery Evans (Nonpartisan)
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About the city
- See also:Salem, Oregon
Salem is a city inMarion County, Oregon. As of 2020, its population was 175,535.
City government
- See also:Council-manager government
The city government of Salem utilizes a council-manager system. In this form of municipal government, an elected city council, which includes the mayor and serves as the city's primary legislative body, appoints a chief administrative officer called a city manager.[1]
Demographics
The following table displays demographic data provided by theUnited States Census Bureau.
| Demographic Data for Salem, Oregon | ||
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| Salem | Oregon | |
| Population | 175,535 | 4,237,256 |
| Land area (sq mi) | 48 | 95,995 |
| Race and ethnicity** | ||
| White | 78.9% | 82.6% |
| Black/African American | 1.3% | 1.9% |
| Asian | 3.2% | 4.5% |
| Native American | 1.1% | 1.1% |
| Pacific Islander | 1.5% | 0.4% |
| Other (single race) | 6% | 3.4% |
| Multiple | 8.1% | 6.2% |
| Hispanic/Latino | 22.4% | 13.2% |
| Education | ||
| High school graduation rate | 88.3% | 91.1% |
| College graduation rate | 29.6% | 34.4% |
| Income | ||
| Median household income | $58,726 | $65,667 |
| Persons below poverty level | 15.3% | 12.4% |
| Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau,"Decennial Census" (2020). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau,"American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2015-2020). | ||
| **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the censushere. | ||
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