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On May 16, 2000, an election was held inPortland, Oregon, to elect themayor.. Incumbent mayorVera Katz was re-elected to a third term.
Portland uses anonpartisan system for local elections, in which all voters are eligible to participate. All candidates are listed on the ballot without any political party affiliation.
All candidates meeting the qualifications competed in ablanket primary election on May 16, 2000. Because Katz received a majority of the vote in the primary, no runoff election in November was necessary.
Katz defeated Jake Oken-Berg, a 19-year-old student and political unknown who received a surprising 27% of the vote and almost forced a runoff, as well as 15 other candidates, who, combined, received approximately 18% of the vote.[2][3][4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Nonpartisan | Vera Katz (incumbent) | 70,303 | 55.06 | |
| Nonpartisan | Jake Oken-Berg | 34,125 | 26.73 | |
| Nonpartisan | John David Ernsberger | 5,105 | 4.00 | |
| Nonpartisan | Bruce Broussard | 4,860 | 3.81 | |
| Nonpartisan | Jason Fleming | 2,163 | 1.69 | |
| Nonpartisan | Scott Conway | 1,836 | 1.44 | |
| Nonpartisan | Blake Byrne | 1,750 | 1.37 | |
| Nonpartisan | Charlie Gilbert | 1,346 | 1.05 | |
| Nonpartisan | Virginia Davis | 1,319 | 1.03 | |
| Nonpartisan | Shaun J. Fairlee | 792 | 0.62 | |
| Nonpartisan | Jada Mae Langloss | 745 | 0.58 | |
| Nonpartisan | Wendy Mari Loren | 718 | 0.56 | |
| Nonpartisan | Melody Berkheiser | 526 | 0.41 | |
| Nonpartisan | Tyrone Williams | 512 | 0.40 | |
| Nonpartisan | William J. Doering | 404 | 0.32 | |
| Nonpartisan | Lew E. Humble | 224 | 0.18 | |
| Nonpartisan | Robert L. Forthan | 174 | 0.14 | |
| Write-in | 782 | 0.61 | ||
| Total votes | 127,684 | 100 | ||
