2016 Portland, Oregon mayoral election

2016 Portland mayoral election

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Turnout	63.24%
Nominee Ted Wheeler Jules Bailey Sarah Iannarone Popular vote 105,562 31,955 22,831 Percentage 54.7%[1] 16.6% 11.8%
Results by precinct (all voted for Wheeler). Darker shades indicate higher %s of the vote.
Mayor before election Charlie Hales Elected Mayor Ted Wheeler

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The 2016 Portland mayoral election was held on Tuesday, May 17, 2016 to elect the 53rd mayor of Portland, Oregon.^[2] Ted Wheeler was elected after garnering 54% of the primary vote.^[1] Incumbent mayor Charlie Hales did not seek a second term.^[3]

Portland uses a nonpartisan system for local elections, in which all voters are eligible to participate. All candidates are listed on the ballot without any political party affiliation.

Fifteen candidates competed in a blanket primary election on May 17, 2016.^[4][5] As Ted Wheeler garnered 54% of the vote, a scheduled November 8 runoff election, scheduled in case that no candidate received an absolute majority, did not take place. Jules Bailey was the first runner-up in the primary, receiving 16% of the vote.^[1][6][7]

Primary[]

Candidates[]

• David C. "The Ack" Ackerman, dishwasher and photographer^[8][9][10]
• Jules Bailey, Multnomah County Commissioner and former state representative^[11]
• Bruce Broussard, business owner and host of Oregon Voter Digest^[4][12][13]
• Patricia Ann "Patty" Burkett", student^[4][14]
• Eric Alexander Calhoun, home care worker^[4][15]
• Philip "Sean" Davis, author, professor, and firefighter^[16][17]
• Bim Ditson, small business owner, community organizer, drummer^[18][19]
• Steven Entwisle, kayaktivist^[8][9][17]
• Deborah Harris, business employment specialist^[20][21]
• Lewis E. "Lew" Humble, retired mechanic^{[8][9][22][23]}
• Sarah Iannarone, restaurateur^[24]
• Trevor Manning, equity intern^[8][9][25]
• David Schor, attorney^[9][26]
• Jessie Sponberg, community activist^[27][28]
• Ted Wheeler, state treasurer of Oregon^{[8][29][30][31]}

Declined to run[]

• , Multnomah County commissioner^[32][33][34]
• Jennifer Williamson, state representative^[34][35]

Withdrawn[]

The deadline for withdrawing from the race was March 11, 2016.^[36] Incumbent mayor Charlie Hales was widely seen as the frontrunner in the election, announcing his bid for re-election in March 2015.^[37][38] In an unexpected move in October 2015, however, Hales announced he would drop his re-election bid and focus on running the city during his final year in office.^{[3][39][40][41]}

• Charlie Hales, Mayor of Portland

Polling[]

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Results[]

References[]

External links[]

Official campaign websites

• Sean Davis for Mayor
• David "The Ack" Ackerman for Mayor
• Jules Bailey for Mayor
• Bim Ditson for Mayor
• Steven Entwisle for Mayor
• Sarah Iannarone for Mayor
• David Schor for Mayor
• Jessie Sponberg for Mayor
• Ted Wheeler for Mayor