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.

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, with Ted Wheeler choosing not to run for re-election, Mingus Mapps, Rene Gonzalez, and Carmen Rubio are running for mayor, while Dan Ryan is running for a City Council seat in District 2.

District 1
District 1 represents the eastern part of the city, primarily everything east of Interstate 205 all the way to the city's eastern border with Gresham, as well as Portland International Airport. Neighborhoods represented include Argay, Centennial, Glenfair, Hazelwood, Lents, Mill Park, Parkrose, Parkrose Heights, Pleasant Valley, Powellhurst-Gilbert, Russell, Sumner, Wilkes, and Woodland Park.

Declared

 * Candace Avalos, Executive Director of Verde, former member of the Portland Charter Commission, and candidate for city commission in 2020
 * Jamie Dunphy, former staffer to Commissioner Nick Fish
 * Timur Ender, former policy advisor to then-city commissioner Steve Novick
 * Noah Ernst
 * Joe Furi
 * Terrence Hayes, civil rights activist
 * David Linn, member of the Centennial School District Board
 * Sonja McKenzie, Oregon School Boards Association president and member of the Parkrose School District Board
 * Steph Routh, Portland Planning Commission member
 * Deian Salazar, Oregon Commission on Autism Spectrum Disorder member at-large
 * Thomas Shervey
 * Cayle Tern, Reynolds School Board member
 * Loretta Smith, former Multnomah County commissioner, candidate for city commission in 2018 and 2020, and candidate for OR's 6th congressional district in 2022

District 2
District 2 represents most of North and Northeast Portland north of Interstate 84 and west of 82nd Avenue. Neighborhoods represented include Alameda, Arbor Lodge, Beaumont-Wilshire, Boise, Bridgeton, Cathedral Park, Concordia, Cully, Dignity Village, East Columbia, Eliot, Grant Park, Hayden Island, Hollywood, Humboldt, Irvington, Kenton, King, Lloyd District, Madison South, Overlook, Piedmont, Portsmouth, Sabin, St. Johns, Sullivan's Gulch, Sumner, Sunderland, University Park, Vernon, and Woodlawn.

Declared

 * James Armstrong, accountant and small business advocate
 * Reuben Berlin, mortgage loan officer
 * Alan Blake
 * David Burnell, substance abuse counselor
 * Debbie Kitchin, former Portland Charter Commissioner and small business owner
 * Marnie Glickman, lawyer
 * Mariah Hudson, Chair of Portland Bureau of Transportation & co-chair of the PPS Budget Advisory Committees, past chair Northeast Coalition of Neighborhoods
 * Mike Marshall
 * William Mespelt
 * John Middleton, Vice President of the Board of Community Warehouse
 * Christopher Olson, nonprofit communications specialist
 * Jennifer Park, nonprofit program director
 * Tiffani Penson, Manager of People and Culture for the City of Portland
 * Elana Pirtle-Guiney, labor advocate and policy expert for Governor Kate Brown
 * Dan Ryan, Portland City Commissioner
 * Laura Streib, nonprofit executive director
 * Jonathan Tasini, union activist and Democratic Party strategist
 * Nat West, former owner of Reverend Nat’s Hard Cider
 * Michelle DePass, Chair of the Portland Public Schools Board

Withdrawn

 * Joseph Emerson
 * Brooklyn Sherman, school district employee (endorsed Armstrong)
 * Marc Koller, Independent Party candidate for Oregon's 3rd congressional district in 2018

Declined

 * Sam Adams, former mayor of Portland (Running for Multnomah County Commission)

District 3
District 3 represents most of Southeast Portland south of Interstate 84 and west of Interstate 205, as well as a small sliver of Northeast Portland east of 47th Avenue and south of Prescott Avenue. Neighborhoods represented include Brentwood-Darlington, Brooklyn, Buckman, Creston-Kenilworth, Foster-Powell, Hosford-Abernethy (includes Ladd's Addition), Kerns, Laurelhurst, Madison South, Montavilla, Mt. Scott-Arleta, Mt. Tabor, North Tabor, Richmond, Rose City Park, Roseway, South Tabor, Sunnyside, and Woodstock.

Declared

 * Matt Anderson, high school teacher and U.S. Air Force veteran
 * Sandeep Bali, pharmacist and candidate for city commission in 2022
 * Melodie Bierwagen
 * Rex Burkholder, Founder, Bicycle Transportation Alliance, led Outdoor School for All campaign, and former Metro Council member
 * Jesse Cornett, client manager at ADP, Inc., Bernie Sanders 2020 presidential campaign Staffer and candidate for city council in 2010
 * Daniel DeMelo, software engineer and chair of the Portland Joint Office of Homeless Services Community Budget Advisory Committee
 * Chris Flanary, Portland Housing Bureau employee
 * Dan Gilk
 * Theo Hathaway Saner
 * Kelly Janes
 * Phillippe Knab
 * Tiffany Koyama Lane, elementary school teacher and teacher's union leader
 * Kenneth Landgraver
 * Angelita Morillo, member of the Portland Rental Services Commission and TikTok Star
 * Steve Novick, former city commissioner
 * Ahlam Osman, small business owner and environmental activist
 * Terry Parker
 * Luke Zak, political organizer and destination management professional

Potential

 * Rachel Clark, small business manager and daughter of former mayor Bud Clark

Withdrawn

 * Robin Ye, chief of staff to state representative Khanh Pham and former Portland Charter Commissioner

Failed to qualify

 * Tony Morse, substance abuse nonprofit executive (running in District 4)

District 4
District 4 represents all of Portland west of the Willamette River (its Northwest, Southwest, and South sextants) as well as the Eastmoreland, Reed, and Sellwood-Moreland neighborhoods in southeast Portland. Neighborhoods represented include Arlington Heights, Arnold Creek, Ashcreek, Bridlemile (includes Glencullen), Collins View, Crestwood, Downtown, Eastmoreland, Far Southwest, Forest Park, Goose Hollow, Hayhurst (includes Vermont Hills), Hillsdale, Hillside, Homestead, Linnton, Maplewood, Markham, Marshall Park, Multnomah (includes Multnomah Village), Northwest District (includes Uptown, Nob Hill, Alphabet Historic District), Northwest Heights, Northwest Industrial, Old Town Chinatown, Pearl District, Reed, Sellwood-Moreland, South Burlingame, South Portland (includes Corbett, Fulton, Lair Hill, Terwilliger, and the Johns Landing and South Waterfront developments), Southwest Hills, Sylvan-Highlands, and West Portland Park (includes Capitol Hill).

Declared

 * Eli Arnold, police officer with the Portland Police Bureau
 * Jeremy Beausoleil Smith
 * Patrick Cashman
 * Olivia Clark, Former Salem, Oregon Legislative Director
 * Michael DiNapoli, Event Technician
 * Brandon Farley
 * Lisa Freeman
 * Mitch Green, economist at Bonneville Power Administration
 * Stephen Hall, communications consultant and pastor
 * Chris Henry
 * Ben Hufford
 * Chad Lykins, Executive Director, Rose City Chess
 * Tony Morse, substance abuse nonprofit executive
 * Stan Penkin, Pearl District Neighborhood Association President
 * Moses Ross, political consultant and chair of the Multnomah Neighborhood Association
 * Sarah Silkie, Portland Water Bureau engineer
 * John Toran, dispensary owner
 * Michael Trimble
 * Andra Vltavín
 * Bob Weinstein, former mayor of Ketchikan, Alaska
 * Eric Zimmerman, chief of staff to Julia Brim-Edwards

Withdrawn

 * Chomba Kaluba

Declined

 * Vadim Mozyrsky, administrative law judge and candidate for city commission in 2022 (running for Multnomah County Commission)