2024 Portland, Oregon mayoral election explained

Election Name:	2024 Portland mayoral election
Flag Image:	Flag of Portland, Oregon.svg
Ongoing:	yes
Type:	mayoral
Previous Election:	2020 Portland mayoral election
Previous Year:	2020
Election Date:	November 5, 2024
Next Election:	2028 Portland mayoral election
Next Year:	2028
Party1:	Nonpartisan politician
Party2:	Nonpartisan politician
Mayor
Before Election:	Ted Wheeler
Before Party:	Democratic Party (US)

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. 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.^[1]

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.

Homelessness and public safety are expected to be among the two most important issues of this election.^[2] 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.^[3]

Candidates

Declared

Candidate	Experience	Announced
Durrell Kinsey Bey	Youth leadership program worker	Website	^[4]
Mingus Mapps	Portland City Commissioner, Position 4 Academic	Website	^[5]
Rene Gonzalez	Portland City Commissioner, Position 3 Attorney	Website	^[6]
Carmen Rubio	Portland City Commissioner, Position 1 Policy Advisor to Mayor Tom Potter and Commissioner Nick Fish	Website	^[7]
Keith Wilson	CEO, Titan Freight Systems 2020 Portland City Council candidate	Website	^[8]
Liv Osthus	Stripper, author, musician, and sex work advocate		^[9]

Declined

• Vadim Mozyrsky, administrative law judge and candidate for City Commission in 2022 (running for Multnomah County Commission)^[12]
• Dan Ryan, city commissioner (Democratic) (running for City Council)^[13]
• Ted Wheeler, incumbent mayor (Democratic)^[14]
• Sam Adams, former mayor (Democratic) (running for Multnomah County Commission)^{[15] [16]}

Endorsements

See also

• 2024 Portland, Oregon municipal elections
• 2024 Portland, Oregon City Council election

Notes and References

1. Web site: Vaughn . Courtney . April 4, 2023 . Five Months Down, 20 to Go: Checking In on Portland’s Charter Reform Makeover . May 2, 2023 . .
2. Web site: Griggs . Taylor . Vaughn . Courtney . 2024 Election: Portland City Council Candidates Already Scrambling For Public Campaign Dollars . September 26, 2023 . Portland Mercury . en.
3. Web site: Griffin, Anna . Massive change coming to Portland city government . September 26, 2023 . opb . en.
4. News: Zielinski, Alex . September 13, 2023 . Portland mayor Ted Wheeler will not seek third term . December 4, 2023 . Oregon Public Broadcasting.
5. Web site: Kavanaugh . Shane Dixon . July 5, 2023 . Portland City Commissioner Mingus Mapps launches bid for mayor in 2024 . July 5, 2023 . . en.
6. News: Kavanaugh . Shane . December 6, 2023 . Portland City Commissioner Rene Gonzalez launches run for mayor: ‘I think a centrist can win’ . December 6, 2023 . The Oregonian.
7. News: Edge . Sami . January 9, 2024 . City Commissioner Carmen Rubio joins race for Portland mayor . January 9, 2024 . The Oregonian.
8. News: Vaughn. Courtney . Griggs. Taylor. February 16, 2024. Portland 2024 Mayoral Candidates. Portland Mercury. February 21, 2024.
9. News: Peel. Sophie . February 27, 2024. Liv Osthus, Stage Name Viva Las Vegas, Is Running for Portland Mayor. Willamette Week. February 27, 2024.
10. News: Peel. Sophie. June 11, 2024. Marshall Runkel Is Running for Portland Mayor. Willamette Week. June 11, 2024.
11. News: Peel. Sophie. August 19, 2024. Marshall Runkel Drops Out of Mayoral Race. Willamette Week. August 19, 2024.
12. Web site: Peel . Sophie . January 28, 2023 . Former City Council Candidate Vadim Mozyrsky Mulls a Run for Multnomah County District Attorney . February 9, 2023 . . Nor will [Mozyrsky] run for mayor, he adds..
13. News: Foran. Andrew. December 4, 2023. Portland city commissioner Dan Ryan announces he won’t run for mayor . KOIN. Portland, Oregon. December 4, 2023.
14. News: Peel. Sophie. September 13, 2023. Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler Will Not Seek a Third Term. live. Willamette Week. https://web.archive.org/web/20230913221451/https://www.wweek.com/news/city/2023/09/13/portland-mayor-ted-wheeler-will-not-seek-a-third-term/. September 13, 2023. September 13, 2023.
15. Web site: Peel . Sophie . Rumored to Be Weighing Runs for Portland City Council, These Big Names Demur . . November 3, 2023 . August 30, 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..
16. News: Dixon Kavanaugh . Shane . February 27, 2024. Former Portland mayor Sam Adams enters Multnomah County Commission race. The Oregonian. June 11, 2024.