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.

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.

Portland has no term limits on officeholders.

Position 1

Portland City Commission Position 1 election

May 19, 2020

Candidate Carmen Rubio Candace Avalos Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Popular vote 135,934 17,966 Percentage 67.6% 8.9%

City Commission before election Amanda Fritz Nonpartisan Elected City Commission Carmen Rubio Nonpartisan

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.

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

Portland City Commission Position 2 election

May 19, 2020 & November 3, 2020

Candidate Dan Ryan Loretta Smith Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Popular vote 88,157 82,734 Percentage 51.2% 48.0%

City Commission before election Nick Fish Nonpartisan Elected City Commission Dan Smith Nonpartisan

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.

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

Portland City Commission Position 4 election

May 19, 2020 & November 3, 2020

Candidate Mingus Mapps Chloe Eudaly Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Popular vote 65,142 59,603 Percentage 31.3% 28.6%

City Commission before election Chloe Eudaly Nonpartisan Elected City Commission Mingus Mapps Nonpartisan

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

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