2016 Portland, Oregon, mayoral election

2016 Portland, Oregon, mayoral election
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May 17, 2016 (2016-05-17)
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Turnout63.24%
 
Nominee Ted Wheeler Jules Bailey Sarah Iannarone
Popular vote 105,562 31,955 22,831
Percentage 54.7% 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

On Tuesday, May 17, 2016, an election was held in Portland, Oregon, to elect the mayor. Ted Wheeler was elected after garnering 54% of the primary vote. Incumbent mayor Charlie Hales did not seek a second term.

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. 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.

Primary

Candidates

  • David C. "The Ack" Ackerman, dishwasher and photographer
  • Jules Bailey, Multnomah County Commissioner and former state representative
  • Bruce Broussard, business owner and host of Oregon Voter Digest
  • Patricia Ann "Patty" Burkett", student
  • Eric Alexander Calhoun, home care worker
  • Philip "Sean" Davis, author, professor, and firefighter
  • Bim Ditson, small business owner, community organizer, drummer
  • Steven Entwisle, kayaktivist
  • Deborah Harris, business employment specialist
  • Lewis E. "Lew" Humble, retired mechanic
  • Sarah Iannarone, restaurateur
  • Trevor Manning, equity intern
  • David Schor, attorney
  • Jessie Sponberg, community activist
  • Ted Wheeler, state treasurer of Oregon

Declined to run

Withdrawn

The deadline for withdrawing from the race was March 11, 2016. Incumbent mayor Charlie Hales was widely seen as the frontrunner in the election, announcing his bid for re-election in March 2015. 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.

Polling

Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size Margin of error Jules Bailey Charlie Hales Ted Wheeler Other Undecided
DHM Research May 6 – 9, 2016 402 ±4.9% 9% – 33% 15% 43%
KATU/SurveyUSA March 28 – April 1, 2016 576 ±4.2% 8% – 38% 22% 31%
Patinkin Research Strategies December 9–13, 2015 400 ±4.9% 38% – 35% 1% 26%
Lake Research Partners August 29 – September 2, 2015 400 ±4.9% – 21% 34% 1% 44%

Forum

2016 Portland mayoral election candidate forum
No. Date Host Moderator Link Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Key:
 P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
Jules Bailey Bruce Broussard Sean Davis Sarah Iannarone David Schor Ted Wheeler
1 Apr. 20, 2016 KOIN
The Portland Tribune		 Jeff Gianola YouTube P P P P P P

Results

Portland mayoral primary election, 2016
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Ted Wheeler 105,562 54.67
Nonpartisan Jules Bailey 31,955 16.55
Nonpartisan Sarah Iannarone 22,831 11.82
Nonpartisan Bruce Broussard 7,465 3.69
Nonpartisan Sean Davis 5,217 2.70
Nonpartisan David Schor 5,083 2.63
Nonpartisan Jessie Sponberg 3,235 1.68
Nonpartisan Bim Ditson 2,467 1.28
Nonpartisan Patty Burkett 2,346 1.22
Nonpartisan David Ackerman 2,255 1.17
Nonpartisan Deborah Harris 1,636 0.85
Nonpartisan Lew Humble 748 0.39
Nonpartisan Trevor Manning 480 0.25
Nonpartisan Steven J. Entwisle Sr. 405 0.21
Nonpartisan Eric Calhoun 358 0.19
Write-in 1,040 0.54
Total votes 193,083 100

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "May 17, 2016 Primary Election Results - Multnomah County, Oregon: All Precincts, Multnomah, All Contests (Update 12)" (PDF). Multnomah County Elections Division. June 3, 2016. pp. 13–14. Retrieved June 14, 2016.
  2. ↑ Hull Caballero, Mary. "Time Schedule for 2016 Municipal Elections". Office of Auditor Mary Hull Caballero. Retrieved December 27, 2015.
  3. 1 2 Theen, Andrew (October 26, 2015). "Portland Mayor Charlie Hales withdraws re-election bid". OregonLive. Retrieved December 27, 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Schmidt, Brad (March 9, 2016). "Portland mayoral race draws 15 candidates". The Oregonian (Oregonlive.com). Retrieved March 26, 2016.
  5. ↑ "City of Portland Candidate Filing Information Packet" (PDF). Office of City Auditor, Portland. p. 3. Retrieved March 31, 2012.
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  7. ↑ TEGNA. "Ted Wheeler elected next mayor of Portland". KGW. Archived from the original on May 19, 2016. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
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  25. ↑ Candidate – Trevor Manning (Office of City Auditor Mary Hull Caballero)
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  42. ↑ DHM Research
  43. ↑ Among the other candidates, 4% of support went to Broussard, 2% to Iannarone, and 1% to Burkett, Calhoun, Ditson, Davis, Schor, Sponberg, Ackerman, Harris, and Entwisle. 0% went to Manning and Humble.
  44. ↑ KATU/SurveyUSA
  45. ↑ "Exclusive Poll: Wheeler holds big lead in mayor's race, but many undecided". KATU. April 1, 2016. Retrieved April 6, 2016.
  46. ↑ Among the other candidates, 4% of support went to Ackerman and Burkett, 3% to Broussard, 2% to Davis, Harris, Humble, and Iannarone, and 1% to Calhoun, Ditson, and Schor. 0% went to Manning and Sponberg.
  47. ↑ Patinkin Research Strategies
  48. ↑ Theen, Andrew (December 14, 2015). "Jules Bailey leads Ted Wheeler in Portland mayoral poll, Bailey camp says". The Oregonian. Portland, Oregon. Retrieved February 6, 2016.
  49. ↑ Lake Research Partners
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