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Updated: June 5 This page will be updated as new candidates file for election. Thanks to a charter reform measure passed by voters in 2022, Portland is getting a new form of government, and it will come with a brand new districting system. In November 2024, Portlanders will vote for City Council members in one of four districts across the city, with three councilors per district. Here's who's running in District 3, which is located...

A very consequential year that set the table for a much better future.

Updated: November 21 This page will be updated as new candidates file for election. Thanks to a charter reform measure passed by voters in 2022, Portland is getting a new form of government, and it will come with a brand new districting system. In November 2024, Portlanders will vote for City Council members in one of four districts across the city, with three councilors per district. Here's who's running in District 3, which is located...

Multnomah County Auditor Jennifer McGuirk found no evidence of mismanagement in the county's budget process, but did find that it's unnecessarily opaque.

“Tina Kotek, listen up! All the youth have risen up.” This was one of many chants that echoed through downtown streets during the Portland Youth Climate Strike (PYCS) last Friday, September 15. The strike, which saw teens leave school to march downtown, was held on an unseasonably warm September day, with temperatures in the 90s, underscoring the protesters' message: the climate is changing rapidly, and our leaders must act to reduce greenhouse gas emissions—before it's...

Daniel DeMelo, chair of the all-volunteer budget oversight committee for the Joint Office of Homeless Services, says the county has stonewalled their efforts.

The next Portland City Council election isn’t until November 2024, but candidates are already announcing their intent to run. Since the beginning of August, five people have filed paperwork with the city’s Small Donor Elections Program, signaling forthcoming bids for City Council. Another five people filed campaign finance forms with the state, making 10 City Council candidates as of August 29. Seven of those candidates are running in District 3, the most populous district, which...