2024 Portland, Oregon municipal elections
The 2024 Portland municipal elections will be held on November 5, 2024, to elect the mayor, city auditor and city council of Portland, Oregon. This will be the first Portland election to use ranked-choice voting after it was instituted by the passage of a 2022 ballot measure.[1]
Municipal elections in Portland are officially nonpartisan, meaning that party affiliations are not listed on the ballot.
Mayor
Incumbent Democratic mayor Ted Wheeler is eligible to run for re-election to a third four-year term in office.
Declared
| Candidate | Experience | Announced | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| Durrell Kinsey Bey | Youth leadership program worker | June 2, 2023 Website | [2] |
 Mingus Mapps | Portland City Commissioner, Position 4 | July 5, 2023 Website | [3] |
| Rene Gonzalez | Portland City Commissioner, Position 3 Attorney | December 6, 2023 Website | [4] |
 Carmen Rubio | Portland City Commissioner, Position 1 Policy Advisor to Mayor Tom Potter and Commissioner Nick Fish | January 9, 2024 Website | [5] |
| Keith Wilson | CEO, Titan Freight Systems 2020 Portland City Council candidate | Website | [6] |
| Liv Osthus | Stripper, author, musician, and sex work advocate | February 27, 2024 | [7] |
Potential
- Nik Blosser, former chief of staff to Governor Kate Brown[8]
- Sam Adams, former mayor (Democratic)[9]
Declined
- Vadim Mozyrsky, administrative law judge and candidate for City Commission in 2022 (running for County Commission)[10]
- Dan Ryan, city commissioner (Democratic) (running for City Council)[11]
- Ted Wheeler, incumbent Mayor (Democratic)[12]
City auditor
The city auditor will be elected to a two-year term in 2024, while the office will be up for election for a four-year term in 2026. Incumbent auditor Simone Rede is eligible to run for re-election to a second term in office.
City council
Due to a ballot measure passed by voters in 2022, this will be the first election under Portland's new form of government. Instead of a 5-seat council, the new council will have 12 seats, all up for election. Six members will run for four-year terms; six others will run for two-year terms in 2024 and will be eligible to run for a full four-year term in 2026. All members will be elected from four districts using proportional ranked-choice voting. The members will replace the outgoing five-member Portland City Commission, which was elected using at-large first-past-the-post voting.
All incumbent members of the Commission are eligible to run for re-election to the City Council.
References
- ^ Vaughn, Courtney (April 4, 2023). "Five Months Down, 20 to Go: Checking In on Portland's Charter Reform Makeover". Portland Mercury. Retrieved May 2, 2023.
- ^ Zielinski, Alex (September 13, 2023). "Portland mayor Ted Wheeler will not seek third term". Oregon Public Broadcasting. Retrieved December 4, 2023.
- ^ Kavanaugh, Shane Dixon (July 5, 2023). "Portland City Commissioner Mingus Mapps launches bid for mayor in 2024". The Oregonian/OregonLive. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
- ^ Kavanaugh, Shane (December 6, 2023). "Portland City Commissioner Rene Gonzalez launches run for mayor: 'I think a centrist can win'". The Oregonian. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
- ^ Edge, Sami (January 9, 2024). "City Commissioner Carmen Rubio joins race for Portland mayor". The Oregonian. Retrieved January 9, 2024.
- ^ Vaughn, Courtney; Griggs, Taylor (February 16, 2024). "Portland 2024 Mayoral Candidates". Portland Mercury. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
- ^ Peel, Sophie (February 27, 2024). "Liv Osthus, Stage Name Viva Las Vegas, Is Running for Portland Mayor". Willamette Week. Retrieved February 27, 2024.
- ^ Jaquiss, Nigel (December 1, 2023). "Nik Blosser Departing Senior Post at Portland General Electric". Willamette Week. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
- ^ Peel, Sophie (August 30, 2023). "Rumored to Be Weighing Runs for Portland City Council, These Big Names Demur". Willamette Week. Retrieved November 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.
- ^ Peel, Sophie (January 28, 2023). "Former City Council Candidate Vadim Mozyrsky Mulls a Run for Multnomah County District Attorney". Willamette Week. Retrieved February 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. Portland, Oregon. Retrieved December 4, 2023.
- ^ 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. Retrieved September 13, 2023.
