2020 Portland, Oregon City Commission election

The 2020 Portland City Commission elections were held on May 19, 2020 and November 3, 2020 with a special election on August 11, 2020.^[1]

Three positions were up for election. Positions 1 and 2 were open due to the retirement of Amanda Fritz and the death of Nick Fish, respectively. Position 4 was held by Chloe Eudaly, who lost re-election.^[2]

Portland has no term limits on officeholders.

Position 1

Incumbent Amanda Fritz announced that she would retire at the end of her term. Carmen Rubio received more than 50% of the vote in the primary and therefore won outright without needing to advance to the run-off.^[2]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Carmen Rubio	135,934	67.6%
	Nonpartisan	Candace Avalos	17,966	8.9%
	Nonpartisan	Alicia McCarthy	13,050	6.5%
	Nonpartisan	Isham Harris	9,225	4.6%
	Nonpartisan	Timothy DuBois	8,314	4.1%
	Nonpartisan	Mary Ann Schwab	7,799	3.9%
	Nonpartisan	Philip Wolfe	3,253	1.6%
	Nonpartisan	Cullis James Autry	2,797	1.4%
	Nonpartisan	Corinne Patel	2,132	1.3%
	Nonpartisan	Write-ins	745	0.4%
Total votes			201,124	100

Position 2

A special election was called due to the death of Nick Fish. The special primary was held in conjunction with the other primaries on May 19, 2020. The run-off election was held on August 11, 2020. Dan Ryan won the run-off election.^[2]

Special primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Loretta Smith	39,304	18.8%
	Nonpartisan	Dan Ryan	34,693	16.6%
	Nonpartisan	Tera Hurst	30,982	14.8%
	Nonpartisan	Julia DeGraw	26,441	12.6%
	Nonpartisan	Sam Chase	23,466	11.2
	Nonpartisan	Margot Black	14,091	6.7%
	Nonpartisan	Cynthia Castro	7,762	3.7%
	Nonpartisan	Jack Kerfoot	7,195	3.4%
	Nonpartisan	Terry Parker	5,095	2.4%
	Nonpartisan	Jeff Lang	3,837	1.8%
	Nonpartisan	Ronault Catalani	3,512	1.7%
	Nonpartisan	Ryan Farmer	2,407	1.2%
	Nonpartisan	Aquiles Montas	2,175	1.0%
	Nonpartisan	Jas Davis	1,842	0.9%
	Nonpartisan	Alicea Maurseth	1,632	0.8%
	Nonpartisan	Diana Gutman	1,597	0.8%
	Nonpartisan	Walter Wesley	1,405	0.7%
	Nonpartisan	Rachelle Dixon	1,097	0.05%
	Write-in		498	0.2%
Total votes			209,031	100.00%

Special run-off election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Dan Ryan	88,157	51.2%
	Nonpartisan	Loretta Smith	82,734	48.0%
	Nonpartisan	Write-ins	1,320	0.8%
Total votes			201,124	100

Position 4

Incumbent Chloe Eudaly won the primary election but lost in the run-off to Mingus Mapps.^[2]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Chloe Eudaly (incumbent)	65,142	31.3%
	Nonpartisan	Mingus Mapps	59,603	28.6%
	Nonpartisan	Sam Adams	57,738	27.7%
	Nonpartisan	Keith Wilson	10,868	5.2%
	Nonpartisan	Seth Woolley	8,346	4.0%
	Nonpartisan	Kevin McKay	3,318	1.6%
	Nonpartisan	Robert MacKay	1,519	0.7%
	Nonpartisan	Aaron Fancher	1,056	0.5%
	Nonpartisan	Write-ins	820	0.4%
Total votes			208,410	100

Special run-off election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Mingus Mapps	186,700	55.6
	Nonpartisan	Chloe Eudaly (incumbent)	145,909	43.4%
	Nonpartisan	Write-ins	1,320	0.8%
Total votes			201,124	100

References

^ "Elections Calendar". Multnomah County. June 20, 2011. Retrieved March 1, 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "City elections in Portland, Oregon (2020)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved March 1, 2021.

[1] "Elections Calendar". Multnomah County. June 20, 2011. Retrieved March 1, 2021.

[:0-2] "City elections in Portland, Oregon (2020)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved March 1, 2021.

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