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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.
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.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A lot of political changes are coming to Portland, Oregon. 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 ...
The mayor of Portland, Oregon is the official head of the city of Portland, Oregon, United States. The officeholder is elected for a four-year term and has no term limits. By law, all elections in Portland are nonpartisan. [2] The current mayor is Keith Wilson, who has served since January 1, 2025, and was first elected in the 2024 election.
The police murder of George Floyd and resulting protests occurred only two weeks after the first round of the mayoral election, and led to significant protest activity in Portland that continued throughout 2020. These events led supporters of third-place candidate Teressa Raiford to begin mounting a write-in campaign on her behalf, arguing that ...
Keith D. Wilson (born 1963) [1] is an American businessman, nonprofit executive, and Democratic politician who is currently serving as the 54th mayor of Portland, Oregon after winning the 2024 election. [2] [3] He is the president and chief executive officer of Titan Freight Systems. [4]
Months of protests against racial injustice and police violence have made Portland national news in a divisive election year, and President Donald Trump routinely derides Mayor Ted Wheeler as a ...
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Oregon on November 5, 2024. Primary elections were held on May 21, 2024. Primary elections were held on May 21, 2024. In the early hours of October 28 an incendiary device was placed in a ballot drop box in Portland damaging 3 ballots.