Voters in Portland, Oregon, have elected political outsider Keith Wilson as their next mayor. Wilson, a Portland native and CEO of a trucking company, ran on an ambitious pledge to end unsheltered homelessness within a year of taking office.
Portland mayoral candidate Keith Wilson with his wife, Katherine, watch local news election returns on a large screen at Old Town Brewing in Portland , Ore., Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. Portland mayoral candidate Keith Wilson on election night at Old Town Brewing in Portland , Ore., Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. Portland mayoral candidate Keith Wilson on election night at Old Town Brewing in Northeast Portland , Ore., Tuesday Nov. 5, 2024.
His message appears to have resonated in a city where surveys conducted over the past few years have shown that residents view homelessness as a top issue. The mayoral race, which featured 19 candidates, was thrown open when Mayor Ted Wheeler decided against seeking reelection after holding the city’s top post since 2017. Wheeler rose to national prominence in 2020 as nightly protests erupted on Portland streets and around the country in response to the, voters rank their picks in order of preference on the ballot. If a candidate is the first choice of more than 50% of voters in the first round of counting, that candidate wins.
About 35% of voters ranked Wilson as their first choice, according to the first and second rounds of preliminary results released Tuesday and Wednesday. That is compared with City Council members Carmen Rubio and Rene Gonzalez, who were ranked first by roughly 19% of voters, and Mingus Mapps, ranked first by some 13% of voters.For much of the year, the two City Council members were viewed as frontrunners.
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