2020 Portland, Oregon City Commission election

Portland City Commission Position 4 election
← 2018 May 19, 2020 & November 3, 2020 2022 →
City Commission before election; Chloe Eudaly; Nonpartisan	Elected City Commission ; Mingus Mapps; Nonpartisan

Portland City Commission Position 2 election
← 2018 May 19, 2020 & November 3, 2020 2022 →
City Commission before election; Nick Fish; Nonpartisan	Elected City Commission ; Dan Smith; Nonpartisan

Portland City Commission Position 1 election
← 2018 May 19, 2020 2022 →
City Commission before election; Amanda Fritz; Nonpartisan	Elected City Commission ; Carmen Rubio; Nonpartisan

The 2020 Portland, Oregon, US 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^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Carmen Rubio	139,791	67.5%
	Nonpartisan	Candace Avalos	18,727	9.0%
	Nonpartisan	Alicia McCarthy	13,459	6.5%
	Nonpartisan	Isham Harris	9,591	4.6%
	Nonpartisan	Timothy DuBois	8,619	4.2%
	Nonpartisan	Mary Ann Schwab	8,059	3.9%
	Nonpartisan	Philip Wolfe	3,409	1.7%
	Nonpartisan	Cullis James Autry	2,887	1.4%
	Nonpartisan	Corinne Patel	2,132	1.0%
	Nonpartisan	Write-ins	532	0.3%
Total votes			207,206	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^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Loretta Smith	39,395	18.8%
	Nonpartisan	Dan Ryan	34,795	16.6%
	Nonpartisan	Tera Hurst	31,053	14.8%
	Nonpartisan	Julia DeGraw	2,650	12.6%
	Nonpartisan	Sam Chase	23,560	11.2
	Nonpartisan	Margot Black	14,143	6.8%
	Nonpartisan	Cynthia Castro	7,793	3.7%
	Nonpartisan	Jack Kerfoot	7,229	3.5%
	Nonpartisan	Terry Parker	5,111	2.4%
	Nonpartisan	Jeff Lang	3,847	1.8%
	Nonpartisan	Ronault Catalani	3,531	1.7%
	Nonpartisan	Ryan Farmer	2,416	1.2%
	Nonpartisan	Aquiles Montas	2,182	1.0%
	Nonpartisan	Jas Davis	1,858	0.9%
	Nonpartisan	Alicea Maurseth	1,645	0.8%
	Nonpartisan	Diana Gutman	1,606	0.8%
	Nonpartisan	Walter Wesley	1,409	0.7%
	Nonpartisan	Rachelle Dixon	1,100	0.5%
	Write-in		498	0.2%
Total votes			209,678	100.00%

Special run-off election^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Dan Ryan	88,809	51.1%
	Nonpartisan	Loretta Smith	83,556	48.1%
	Nonpartisan	Write-ins	1,336	0.8%
Total votes			173,701	100

Position 4

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

Primary election^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Chloe Eudaly (incumbent)	66,943	31.3%
	Nonpartisan	Mingus Mapps	61,209	28.6%
	Nonpartisan	Sam Adams	59,195	27.7%
	Nonpartisan	Keith Wilson	11,190	5.2%
	Nonpartisan	Seth Woolley	8,577	4.0%
	Nonpartisan	Kevin McKay	3,419	1.6%
	Nonpartisan	Robert MacKay	1,549	0.7%
	Nonpartisan	Aaron Fancher	1,101	0.5%
	Nonpartisan	Write-ins	544	0.3%
Total votes			213,727	100

General election^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Mingus Mapps	187,386	55.6%
	Nonpartisan	Chloe Eudaly (incumbent)	146,399	43.4%
	Nonpartisan	Write-ins	3,276	1.0%
Total votes			337,061	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.
^ ^a ^b ^c Caballero, Mary Hull (June 11, 2020). "2020 Primary Elections Report to Council". Portland City Auditor. City of Portland. Retrieved October 18, 2025.
^ Caballero, Mary Hull (September 9, 2020). "2020 August Special Eelction Report to Council". Portland City Auditor. City of Portland. Retrieved October 18, 2025.
^ Caballero, Mary Hull (December 2, 2020). "2020 General Elections Report to Council". Portland City Auditor. City of Portland. Retrieved October 18, 2025.

[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.

[primary-results-3] Caballero, Mary Hull (June 11, 2020). "2020 Primary Elections Report to Council". Portland City Auditor. City of Portland. Retrieved October 18, 2025.

[4] Caballero, Mary Hull (September 9, 2020). "2020 August Special Eelction Report to Council". Portland City Auditor. City of Portland. Retrieved October 18, 2025.

[5] Caballero, Mary Hull (December 2, 2020). "2020 General Elections Report to Council". Portland City Auditor. City of Portland. Retrieved October 18, 2025.

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