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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.
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]
Nov. 9—Several key proposals before Portland voters, including a change to the structure of city government and an increase in the minimum wage, were lacking support in early results Tuesday night.
Nov. 22—A city review of a discrepancy in the number of ballots recorded on Election Day and in a subsequent recount in a close race for an at-large seat on the Portland City Council has turned ...
Nov. 3—Portland voters chose three new members of the City Council on Tuesday in an election that will help shape city leadership for years to come. But one race won't be settled until a ranked ...
Zimmerman is one of the twelve inaugural members of Portland's new expanded city council after switching from a city commission government to a mayor–council government. Due to the close nature of his race, Zimmerman (along with Jamie Dunphy from District 1) was one of the last two confirmed winners of the election. [1]
The open mayoral race in the state’s most populous city features 19 candidates — all vying to lead after years of growing frustration over homeless encampments. Among them: three City Council members, including one ensnared in a driving record scandal; a stripper; and a trucking company CEO vowing to end unsheltered homelessness in 12 months.