2024 Portland, Oregon, mayoral election
The 2024 Portland mayoral election will be held on November 5, 2024, to elect the mayor of Portland, Oregon. On September 13, 2023, incumbent Democratic mayor Ted Wheeler announced that he would not be seeking a third term.[1] This will be the first Portland mayoral election to use ranked-choice voting after it was instituted by the passage of a 2022 ballot measure.[2]
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Municipal elections in Portland are officially nonpartisan, meaning that party affiliations are not listed on the ballot.
Background
On July 3, 2023, City Commissioner Mingus Mapps became the first elected official to announce his candidacy.[3]
Homelessness and public safety are expected to be among the two most important issues of this election.[4] This election, as well as the City Council election, will be 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.[5]
Candidates
Declared
- Mingus Mapps, City Commissioner (Party affiliation: Democratic)[3]
- Durrell J. Kinsey Bey, Youth Essentials coordinator[6]
Potential
- Rene Gonzalez, City Commissioner (Party affiliation: Democratic)[7]
- Mike Reese, former Multnomah County Sheriff and Portland Police Chief[3]
- Marshall Runkel, solar energy consultant and former chief of staff to then-City Commissioners Chloe Eudaly and Erik Sten[8]
- Sam Adams, former mayor (Party affiliation: Democratic)[9]
Declined
- Vadim Mozyrsky, administrative law judge and candidate for City Commission in 2022[10]
- Ted Wheeler, incumbent Mayor (Party affiliation: Democratic)[1]
References
- 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.
- 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.
- Kavanaugh, Shane Dixon (July 5, 2023). "Portland City Commissioner Mingus Mapps launches bid for mayor in 2024". The Oregonian/OregonLive. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
- Griggs, Taylor; Vaughn, Courtney. "2024 Election: Portland City Council Candidates Already Scrambling For Public Campaign Dollars". Portland Mercury. Retrieved September 26, 2023.
- "Massive change coming to Portland city government". opb. Retrieved September 26, 2023.
- "Oregon Secretary Of State". secure.sos.state.or.us. Retrieved August 14, 2023.
- "Mingus Mapps Shuffles Staff as Mayoral Bid Looms". Willamette Week. August 5, 2023. Retrieved August 9, 2023.
- Peel, Sophie (July 26, 2023). "Former City Hall Adviser, Onetime Multnomah County Sheriff Mull Runs for Portland Mayor". Willamette Week. Retrieved July 26, 2023.
- https://www.wweek.com/news/city/2023/08/30/rumored-to-be-weighing-runs-for-portland-city-council-these-big-names-demur/
- 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.