2024 Portland, Oregon mayoral election

2024 Portland, Oregon mayoral election
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Candidate Keith Wilson Carmen Rubio
First round 101,935
33.74% 		67,125
22.22%
Final round 149,885
59.24% 		103,125
40.76%
 
Candidate Rene Gonzalez Mingus Mapps
First round 54,013
17.88% 		38,823
12.84%
Final round Eliminated Eliminated
Mayor before election

Ted Wheeler
Democratic

Elected mayor

Keith Wilson
Democratic

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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 3 city council members and 15 other candidates.[1]

This was the first Portland mayoral election to use ranked-choice voting (Instant-runoff voting) after it was instituted by the passage of a 2022 ballot measure.[2] Municipal elections in Portland are officially nonpartisan, meaning that party affiliations are not listed on the ballot.

Background

Ted Wheeler, the incumbent Mayor, whose term expires January 1, 2025.

On June 12, 2023, Durrell Kinsey Bey became the first candidate to announce his run for mayor. He was followed by City Commissioner Mingus Mapps on July 3, 2023.[3][4]

On September 13, 2023, incumbent Democratic mayor Ted Wheeler announced that he would not be seeking a third term.[5] In December and January respectively, City Commissioners Rene Gonzalez and Carmen Rubio announced their candidacies as well.[6][7]

This is the first Portland election to use ranked-choice voting.

Homelessness and public safety were considered the two most important issues of this election.[8] This election, as well as the City Council election, was a major indication of political shifts in Portland. The previous mayoral and city council elections saw a shift away from progressives towards slightly more moderate elected officials.[9]

Candidates

Declared

Candidate Experience Announced Ref
Durrell Kinsey Bey Youth leadership program worker June 2, 2023
Website 		[4]

Mingus Mapps 		Portland City Commissioner, Position 4
Academic 		July 5, 2023
Website
 [3]
Rene Gonzalez Portland City Commissioner, Position 3
Attorney 		December 6, 2023
Website 		[6]

Carmen Rubio 		Portland City Commissioner, Position 1
Policy Advisor to Mayor Tom Potter and Commissioner Nick Fish 		January 9, 2024
Website 		[7]
Keith Wilson CEO, Titan Freight Systems
2020 Portland City Council candidate 		Website [10]
Liv Osthus Stripper, author, musician, and sex work advocate February 27, 2024
Website 		[11]

Withdrew

Candidate Experience Announced Withdrawn
Marshall Runkel Political Strategist, environmental lobbyist
Former Chief of staff to Commissioner Chloe Eudaly 		June 11, 2024[12] August 19, 2024[13]

Declined

Endorsements

Carmen Rubio

Statewide officials

Local officials

Labor unions

Political parties

Notable individuals

  • Marshall Runkel, 2024 candidate for Mayor of Portland[13]
Rene Gonzalez

U.S. representatives

Labor unions

Local officials

Newspapers

Keith Wilson

Newspapers

Labor unions

Local officials

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		Mingus Mapps Rene Gonzalez Carmen Rubio Keith Wilson Liz Osthus Write In Undecided/Don't know
DHM Research[30] October 9–13, 2024 300 (A) ± 5.7% 10% 23% 11% 18% 4% 1% 32%
Lake Research Partners[31] August 7–11, 2024 500 (LV) ± 4.4% 13% 21% 13% 4% 3% – 39%

Debates

No. Date Host Location Moderators Participants Link
1 April 25, 2024 National Association of Minority Contractors
KOIN 6 Portland 		Hilton Double Tree Lloyd Center Ken Boddie Mingus Mapps
Carmen Rubio
Keith Wilson
2 September 12, 2024 Portland Metro Chamber
KOIN 6 Portland 		Hilton Portland Hotel Ken Boddie Rene Gonzalez
Carmen Rubio
Keith Wilson 		YouTube
3 October 15, 2024 KGW
The Oregonian 		David Molko

Shane Dixon Kavanaugh

Rene Gonzalez

Mingus Mapps
Liv Osthus
Carmen Rubio
Keith Wilson

YouTube
4 October 20, 2024 Oregon Public Broadcasting Dave Miller Rene Gonzalez

Mingus Mapps
Carmen Rubio
Keith Wilson

Results

2024 Portland mayoral election
Party Candidate Maximum
round 		Maximum
votes 		Share in
maximum
round 		Maximum votes
First round votesTransfer votes


Nonpartisan Keith Wilson 19 149,959 59.25%
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Nonpartisan Carmen Rubio 19 103,157 40.75%
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Nonpartisan Rene Gonzalez 18 68,539 24.27%
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Nonpartisan Mingus Mapps 17 44,184 15.09%
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Nonpartisan Liv (Viva) Østhus 16 22,879 7.71%
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Nonpartisan Durrell Kinsey Bey 15 3,550 1.19%
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Nonpartisan Josh Leake 14 3,227 1.08%
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Nonpartisan Sharon Nasset 13 2,972 0.99%
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Nonpartisan Michael O'Callaghan 12 2,740 0.92%
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Nonpartisan Martin Ward 11 2,314 0.77%
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Nonpartisan Alexander Landry Neely 10 2,148 0.72%
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Nonpartisan Michael Hayes 9 1,982 0.66%
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Nonpartisan Shei'Meka (BeUtee) As-Salaam 8 1,448 0.48%
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Nonpartisan James McDonald 7 1,252 0.42%
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Nonpartisan Dustin Witherspoon 6 980 0.33%
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Nonpartisan Saadiq Ali 5 930 0.31%
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Nonpartisan Yao Jun He 4 809 0.27%
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Nonpartisan James Atkinson IV 3 555 0.18%
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Nonpartisan Write In 2 480 0.16%
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Nonpartisan Michael Necula 1 309 0.10%
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See also

Notes

  1. ^ Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear

References

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  2. ^ 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.
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  4. ^ a b Zielinski, Alex (September 13, 2023). "Portland mayor Ted Wheeler will not seek third term". Oregon Public Broadcasting. Retrieved December 4, 2023.
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  7. ^ a b Edge, Sami (January 9, 2024). "City Commissioner Carmen Rubio joins race for Portland mayor". The Oregonian. Retrieved January 9, 2024.
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  9. ^ Griffin, Anna. "Massive change coming to Portland city government". opb. Retrieved September 26, 2023.
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  12. ^ Peel, Sophie (June 11, 2024). "Marshall Runkel Is Running for Portland Mayor". Willamette Week. Retrieved June 11, 2024.
  13. ^ a b Peel, Sophie (August 19, 2024). "Marshall Runkel Drops Out of Mayoral Race". Willamette Week. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
  14. ^ 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.
  15. ^ Foran, Andrew (December 4, 2023). "Portland city commissioner Dan Ryan announces he won't run for mayor". KOIN. Portland, Oregon. Retrieved December 4, 2023.
  16. ^ 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.
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  20. ^ Peele, Sophie (July 12, 2024). "Gonzalez, Rubio Continue to Split Endorsements in Mayoral Race". Willamette Week. Retrieved July 13, 2024.
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  23. ^ "Oregon Working Families Party Endorses Carmen Rubio for Portland Mayor". workingfamilies.org. Working Families Party. August 27, 2024. Retrieved October 10, 2024.
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  25. ^ a b c Bourgeois, Michaela (July 10, 2024). "Portland-metro district attorneys endorse Rene Gonzalez for mayor". KOIN. Portland, Oregon. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
  26. ^ "Editorial endorsement November 2024: For Portland mayor, vote Gonzalez as top choice; Rubio second". The Oregonian. October 9, 2024. Retrieved October 16, 2024.
  27. ^ "WW's Fall 2024 Endorsements: Portland Mayor". Willamette Week. October 16, 2024. Retrieved October 16, 2024.
  28. ^ "SEIU Local 49 Adds Mingus Mapps and Keith Wilson to Its Endorsements …". Willamette Week. Archived from the original on October 19, 2024. Retrieved October 19, 2024.
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