2024 Portland, Oregon City Council election
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.
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Currently, Portland operates under a city commission government with a five-member board, including the mayor. 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. The district elections will use a single transferable vote system. Special elections will also no longer be used to fill vacancies in the council. 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. Currently, Mingus Mapps, Rene Gonzalez, and Carmen Rubio are running for Mayor while the other Commissioners have yet to announce their intentions.