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The 2024 Portland City Council elections were held on November 5, 2024. It was the first election under Portland's new form of government, the first election to elect a city council instead of a city commission, the first without a primary, the first where every seat was up for election, and the first under a proportional ranked-choice voting system (single transferable voting) as opposed to a ...
The 2024 Portland municipal elections were held on November 5, 2024, to elect the mayor, city auditor and city council of Portland, Oregon.This was the first Portland election to use ranked-choice voting (instant-runoff voting for the mayor's position; single transferable voting for city councillors) following the implementation of charter reform approved by voters in a 2022 ballot measure.
The 2024 Portland mayoral election was held on November 5, 2024, to elect the mayor of Portland, Oregon. Businessman Keith Wilson was elected, defeating three city council members and 15 other candidates.
Sep. 2—Portland's City Council voted unanimously Thursday night to put a batch of government reform measures and citizen referendum questions before voters on the Nov. 8 ballot. Other than ...
In addition, the Portland City Council was expanded from five seats to twelve (three each from one of four districts), all of which were elected for the first time. The 2024 Portland elections were the first to use ranked-choice voting after it was instituted by the passage of a 2022 ballot measure. [8]
In September 2023, Avalos announced her run for the newly expanded city council in the 2024 election, running in District 1, which represents East Portland. [7] Avalos was endorsed by former Governor Kate Brown, Multnomah County Chair Jessica Vega Pederson, and the Service Employees International Union, along with her former opponent Rubio. [3]
Mar. 7—Pat Washburn has thought about running for the Portland City Council, but when she considers the time she'd have to sacrifice from her day job, it doesn't seem feasible. "I would have to ...
Rene Gonzalez is an American businessman, politician, and former lawyer. He held a seat on the Portland, Oregon City Council from January 2023 to December 2024. He challenged incumbent commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty in the 2022 election, [1] running on a platform that emphasized law and order and livability.