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The 2024 Portland City Council elections will be held on November 5, 2024, to elect the members of Portland's City Council. This will be a unique election as it will be the first election under Portland's new form of government, the first without a primary, the first where every seat will be up for election, and the first under a proportional ranked-choice voting system as opposed to a first-past-the-post voting system with a primary.[1]
Currently, Portland operates under a city commission government with a five-member board, including the mayor.[2] Under the new form of government, approved by voters in 2022, the mayor will no longer be a part of the city council, and instead of five at-large positions, the council will have twelve districted seats. Three councilmembers will each represent one of four districts.[1] The district elections will use a single transferable vote system. Special elections will also no longer be used to fill vacancies in the council.[3] The elections will continue to be officially nonpartisan.
In the previous election, Dan Ryan and Rene Gonzalez were elected to the council, marking a shift in voters away from progressivism towards more moderate democratic politicians.[4] Currently, Mingus Mapps, Rene Gonzalez, and Carmen Rubio are running for Mayor while the other Commissioners have yet to announce their intentions.
- ^ a b "2024 Election". Portland.gov. Archived from the original on August 7, 2023. Retrieved August 7, 2023.
- ^ "Chapter 2 Government". Portland.gov. Retrieved August 7, 2023.
- ^ "Frequently Asked Questions: Recent Changes to Portland Election Code | Portland.gov". Portland.gov. May 4, 2023. Retrieved August 7, 2023.
- ^ Kavanaugh, Shane Dixon (November 9, 2022). "Rene Gonzalez, with law-and-order focus, ousts Portland Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty in contentious City Council race". The Oregonian/OregonLive. Retrieved August 7, 2023.
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