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A candidate would have had to receive over 50% of the vote to win the seat outright.

Voters were asked whether to approve the measure to generate $70.5 million over four years for roads, sidewalks and crosswalks.

Mozyrsky, an administrative law judge, and Moyer, a Disability Rights Oregon policy director, were among five candidates running to replace Commissioner Sharon Meieran.

Starting July 1, the city will do a dry run of the new structure created by charter reform. Michael Jordan will be interim city administrator for the transition.

A candidate running for the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners is defending lucrative contracts awarded to her husband by a community organization they both oversee. Jessie Burke, owner of the Society Hotel in downtown Portland, and Posies Café in North Portland, is a Multnomah County Commissioner candidate, as well as the board chair of the Old Town Community Association (OTCA). Her husband, Jonathan Cohen, serves as the treasurer for OTCA’s board. Last February, the OTCA...