2016 Portland, Oregon, mayoral election

Candidates

• David C. "The Ack" Ackerman, dishwasher and photographer^[8][9][10]
• Jules Bailey, Multnomah County Commissioner and former state representative^[11]
• Bruce Broussard, business owner and host of Oregon Voter Digest^[4][12][13]
• Patricia Ann "Patty" Burkett", student^[4][14]
• Eric Alexander Calhoun, home care worker^[4][15]
• Philip "Sean" Davis, author, professor, and firefighter^[16][17]
• Bim Ditson, small business owner, community organizer, drummer^[18][19]
• Steven Entwisle, kayaktivist^[8][9][17]
• Deborah Harris, business employment specialist^[20][21]
• Lewis E. "Lew" Humble, retired mechanic^{[8][9][22][23]}
• Sarah Iannarone, restaurateur^[24]
• Trevor Manning, equity intern^[8][9][25]
• David Schor, attorney^[9][26]
• Jessie Sponberg, community activist^[27][28]
• Ted Wheeler, state treasurer of Oregon^{[8][29][30][31]}

Declined to run

• Marissa Madrigal, Multnomah County commissioner^[32][33][34]
• Jennifer Williamson, state representative^[34][35]

Withdrawn

The deadline for withdrawing from the race was March 11, 2016.^[36] Incumbent mayor Charlie Hales was widely seen as the frontrunner in the election, announcing his bid for re-election in March 2015.^[37][38] In an unexpected move in October 2015, however, Hales announced he would drop his re-election bid and focus on running the city during his final year in office.^{[3][39][40][41]}

• Charlie Hales, Mayor of Portland

Polling

Forum

Results