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| Turnout | 62.34%[1] | |||||||||||||
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On May 20, 2008, an election was held inPortland, Oregon, to elect themayor..Sam Adams was elected, defeating challengerSho Dozono.Incumbent mayorTom Potter did not seek a second 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.
Candidates competed in ablanket primary election on May 20, 2008. Because Sam Adams received an absolute majority of the vote in the primary election, no run-off election was held.[3][2]
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Sam Adams | Sho Dozono | Other | Undecided |
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| KATU News[6] | April 2008 | 599 | ±4.1% | 39% | 38% | 14% | 10% |
| FOX News/Portland Tribune[7] | February 2008 | 41% | 20% | 2% | 36% |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Sam Adams | 108,323 | 58.64 | |
| Nonpartisan | Sho Dozono | 61,540 | 33.31 | |
| Nonpartisan | Patricia Stuart | 4,821 | 2.61 | |
| Nonpartisan | Jeff Taylor | 3,014 | 1.63 | |
| Nonpartisan | David Ackerman | 1,572 | 0.85 | |
| Nonpartisan | James Bernard Lee | 1,546 | 0.84 | |
| Nonpartisan | Christopher Rich | 941 | 0.51 | |
| Nonpartisan | Beryl Sylvia McNair | 569 | 0.31 | |
| Nonpartisan | Lew Humble | 548 | 0.30 | |
| Nonpartisan | Kyle Burris | 424 | 0.23 | |
| Nonpartisan | Steven Entwisle | 308 | 0.17 | |
| Nonpartisan | Craig Gier | 307 | 0.17 | |
| Nonpartisan | Bob Leonard Forthan | 185 | 0.10 | |
| Write-in | 626 | 0.34 | ||
| Total votes | 184,279 | 100 | ||
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