# 2024 Portland, Oregon mayoral election

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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.
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. Municipal elections in Portland are officially nonpartisan, meaning that party affiliations are not listed on the ballot.

## Background

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.
On September 13, 2023, incumbent Democratic mayor Ted Wheeler announced that he would not be seeking a third term. In December and January respectively, City Commissioners Rene Gonzalez and Carmen Rubio announced their candidacies as well.
Homelessness and public safety were considered the two most important issues of this election. 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.

## Candidates
### Declared

* Sadiq Ali
* Shei'Meka As-Salaam, educator
* James Atkinson IV, inventor
* Durrell Kinsey Bey, youth leadership program worker
* Rene Gonzalez, city commissioner
* Michael Hayes, retired
* Yao Jun He
* Josh Leake, loan officer and small business owner
* James Macdonald
* Mingus Mapps, city commissioner
* Sharon Nasset, service worker
* Michael Necula, bartender
* Alexander Landry Neely, winemaker and small business owner
* Michael O'Callaghan, activist
* Liv Osthus, stripper and author
* Carmen Rubio, city commissioner
* Martin Ward
* Keith Wilson, CEO of Titan Freight Systems
* Dustin Witherspoon, maintenance supervisor
* James Zehren, attorney and writer (write-in)

### Withdrew

* Marshall Runkel, political strategist

### Declined

* Sam Adams, former mayor (ran for Multnomah County Commission)
* Vadim Mozyrsky, administrative law judge and candidate for City Commission in 2022 (ran for Multnomah County Commission)
* Dan Ryan, city commissioner (ran for City Council)
* Ted Wheeler, incumbent mayor

### Endorsements
#### Statewide officials

* Kate Brown, former governor of Oregon (2015–2023)
* Tina Kotek, governor of Oregon (2023–present)

#### Local officials

* Jesse Beason, Multnomah County commissioner (2023–present)
* Susheela Jayapal, former Multnomah County commissioner (2019–2023)
* Lynn Peterson, president of Metro

#### Labor unions

* AFSCME Local 189
* NW Oregon Labor Council, AFL–CIO
* Portland Association of Teachers
* SEIU Local 49
* UFCW Local 555

#### Political parties

* Working Families Party

#### Individuals

* Marshall Runkel, 2024 candidate for mayor of Portland

#### U.S. representatives

* Kurt Schrader, former U.S. representative from Oregon's 5th congressional district (2009–2023)

#### Labor unions

* Columbia Pacific Building and Construction Trades Council
* International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 48
* International Union of Operating Engineers Local 701
* Multnomah County Deputy Sheriffs Association
* Portland Fire Fighters' Association
* Portland Police Association

#### Local officials

* Kevin Barton, Washington County district attorney
* Nathan Vasquez, Multnomah County district attorney elect
* John Wentworth, Clackamas County district attorney

#### Newspapers

* The Oregonian

#### Newspapers

* Willamette Week

#### Labor unions

* SEIU Local 49
* UFCW Local 555

#### Local officials

* Joe Buck, Lake Oswego mayor
* Steve Callaway, Hillsboro mayor
* Ashton Simpson, Metro councilor

## Polling

| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Mingus Mapps | Rene Gonzalez | Carmen Rubio | Keith Wilson | Liz Osthus | Write In | Undecided/don't know |
| DHM Research | October 9–13, 2024 | 300 (A) | ± 5.7% | 10% | 23% | 11% | 18% | 4% | 1% | 32% |
| Lake Research Partners | 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% | ​​ |
| Nonpartisan | Carmen Rubio | 19 | 103,157 | 40.75% | ​​ |
| Nonpartisan | Rene Gonzalez | 18 | 68,539 | 24.27% | ​​ |
| Nonpartisan | Mingus Mapps | 17 | 44,184 | 15.09% | ​​ |
| Nonpartisan | Liv (Viva) Østhus | 16 | 22,879 | 7.71% | ​​ |
| Nonpartisan | Durrell Kinsey Bey | 15 | 3,550 | 1.19% | ​​ |
| Nonpartisan | Josh Leake | 14 | 3,227 | 1.08% | ​​ |
| Nonpartisan | Sharon Nasset | 13 | 2,972 | 0.99% | ​​ |
| Nonpartisan | Michael O'Callaghan | 12 | 2,740 | 0.92% | ​​ |
| Nonpartisan | Martin Ward | 11 | 2,314 | 0.77% | ​​ |
| Nonpartisan | Alexander Landry Neely | 10 | 2,148 | 0.72% | ​​ |
| Nonpartisan | Michael Hayes | 9 | 1,982 | 0.66% | ​​ |
| Nonpartisan | Shei'Meka (BeUtee) As-Salaam | 8 | 1,448 | 0.48% | ​​ |
| Nonpartisan | James McDonald | 7 | 1,252 | 0.42% | ​​ |
| Nonpartisan | Dustin Witherspoon | 6 | 980 | 0.33% | ​​ |
| Nonpartisan | Saadiq Ali | 5 | 930 | 0.31% | ​​ |
| Nonpartisan | Yao Jun He | 4 | 809 | 0.27% | ​​ |
| Nonpartisan | James Atkinson IV | 3 | 555 | 0.18% | ​​ |
| Nonpartisan | Write In | 2 | 480 | 0.16% | ​​ |
| Nonpartisan | Michael Necula | 1 | 309 | 0.10% | ​​ |