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2018 Portland elections

Election dates
Filing deadline: March 6, 2018
Primary election: May 15, 2018
General election: November 6, 2018
Election stats
Offices up: Auditor, City commission
Total seats up: 3

Election type: Nonpartisan
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The city of Portland, Oregon, held general elections for auditor and city commission on November 6, 2018. The primary was on May 15, 2018. The deadline for candidates to file to run in this election was March 6, 2018. [1]

## Contents

* 1 Elections
* 2 Auditor
* 2.1 Primary election
* 3 Commission
* 3.1 Position 2
* 3.1.1 Primary election
* 3.2 Position 3
* 3.2.1 General election
* 3.2.2 Primary election
* 4 Ballot measures
* 5 Additional elections on the ballot
* 5.1 Municipal partisanship
* 5.2 About the city
* 5.2.1 City government
* 5.2.2 Demographics
* 5.3 Pivot Counties
* 5.3.1 Presidential results by legislative district
* 5.4 Recent news
* 5.5 See also
* 5.6 External links
* 5.7 Footnotes

## Elections[edit]

# Auditor[edit]

#### Primary election[edit]

Primary candidates

* Mary Hull Caballero (Incumbent) (Nonpartisan) ✔

# Commission[edit]

### Position 2[edit]

#### Primary election[edit]

Primary candidates

* Nick Fish (Incumbent) (Nonpartisan) ✔
* Julia DeGraw (Nonpartisan)
* Nicholas Sutton (Nonpartisan)
* Philip Wolfe (Nonpartisan)

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### Position 3[edit]

#### General election[edit]

General election candidates

* Jo Ann Hardesty (Nonpartisan) ✔
* Loretta Smith (Nonpartisan)

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#### Primary election[edit]

Primary candidates

* Stuart Emmons (Nonpartisan)
* Jo Ann Hardesty (Nonpartisan) ✔
* Lew Humble (Nonpartisan)
* Loretta Smith (Nonpartisan) ✔
* Andrea Valderrama (Nonpartisan)
* Felicia Williams (Nonpartisan)

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# Ballot measures[edit]

See also: November 6, 2018 ballot measures in Oregon

• Measure 26-200: Portland Campaign Finance Limits Charter Amendment a
• Measure 26-199: Metro Affordable Housing Bonds a
• Measure 26-201: Portland Clean Energy Initiative a

# Additional elections on the ballot[edit]

See also: Oregon elections, 2018

## Municipal partisanship[edit]

Once mayors elected in 2018 assumed office, Democrats held mayorships in 61 of the 100 largest cities in the country. Out of the twenty-five mayoral elections that were held in 2018 in the 100 largest cities, two party changes occurred. In the election in Lexington, Kentucky, Republican Linda Gorton won the seat, replacing former Democratic Mayor Jim Gray. In Virginia Beach, Virginia, Republican Bob Dyer won the seat, replacing former independent Mayor Louis Jones. Click here to learn more.

## About the city[edit]

See also: Portland, Oregon

Portland is a city in Oregon, located in  Multnomah County. As of 2010, its population was 583,776.

### City government[edit]

Since 1913, the city of Portland has utilized a commission system. In this form of municipal government, a city council—composed of an elected mayor and a board of elected commissioners—serves as the city's primary legislative and administrative body.[2] In Portland, the council also possesses quasi-judicial powers.[3]

The city commission system is one of the oldest forms of municipal government in the United States. Portland is the only city out of America's largest 100 that still uses it.[3][4]

### Demographics[edit]

The following table displays demographic data provided by the United States Census Bureau.

Demographic Data for Portland, Oregon

| Portland | Oregon
Population | 583,776 | 3,831,074
Land area (sq mi) | 133 | 95,995
Race and ethnicity**
White | 77.4% | 84.3%
Black/African American | 5.8% | 1.9%
Asian | 8.2% | 4.4%
Native American | 0.8% | 1.2%
Pacific Islander | 0.6% | 0.4%
Other (single race) | 1.9% | 3.1%
Multiple | 5.3% | 4.8%
Hispanic/Latino | 9.7% | 13%
Education
High school graduation rate | 92.4% | 90.7%
College graduation rate | 50.4% | 33.7%
Income
Median household income | $71,005 | $62,818
Persons below poverty level | 13.7% | 13.2%
Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2010). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2014-2019).
**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

## Pivot Counties[edit]

See also: Pivot Counties by state

Two of 36 Oregon counties—5.6 percent—are Pivot Counties. Pivot Counties are counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and for Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states.

Counties won by Trump in 2016 and Obama in 2012 and 2008

County  | Trump margin of victory in 2016  | Obama margin of victory in 2012  | Obama margin of victory in 2008
Columbia County, Oregon | 11.46% | 5.16% | 12.02%
Tillamook County, Oregon | 5.58% | 4.86% | 9.89%

In the 2016 presidential election, Hillary Clinton (D) won Oregon with 50.1 percent of the vote. Donald Trump (R) received 39.1 percent. In presidential elections between 1900 and 2016, Oregon cast votes for the winning presidential candidate 73.3 percent of the time. In that same time frame, Oregon supported Republican candidates for president more often than Democratic candidates, 56.7 to 43.3 percent. The state, however, favored Democrats in every election between between 2000 and 2016.

#### Presidential results by legislative district[edit]

The following table details results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections by state House districts in Oregon. Click [show] to expand the table. The "Obama," "Romney," "Clinton," and "Trump" columns describe the percent of the vote each presidential candidate received in the district. The "2012 Margin" and "2016 Margin" columns describe the margin of victory between the two presidential candidates in those years. The "Party Control" column notes which party held that seat heading into the 2018 general election. Data on the results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections broken down by state legislative districts was compiled by Daily Kos.[5][6]

In 2012, Barack Obama (D) won 39 out of 60 state House districts in Oregon with an average margin of victory of 26.9 points. In 2016, Hillary Clinton (D) won 36 out of 60 state House districts in Oregon with an average margin of victory of 31.6 points. Clinton won four districts controlled by Republicans heading into the 2018 elections.

In 2012, Mitt Romney (R) won 21 out of 60 state House districts in Oregon with an average margin of victory of 20.3 points. In 2016, Donald Trump (R) won 24 out of 60 state House districts in Oregon with an average margin of victory of 24 points. Trump won three districts controlled by Democrats heading into the 2018 elections.

2016 presidential results by state House district

District | Obama | Romney | 2012 Margin | Clinton | Trump | 2016 Margin | Party Control
1 | 37.15% | 59.91% | R+22.8 | 30.45% | 63.42% | R+33 | R
2 | 35.86% | 61.05% | R+25.2 | 27.65% | 65.58% | R+37.9 | R
3 | 38.59% | 58.64% | R+20.1 | 32.16% | 60.97% | R+28.8 | R
4 | 34.06% | 63.51% | R+29.4 | 27.52% | 66.33% | R+38.8 | R
5 | 60.76% | 35.69% | D+25.1 | 58.86% | 33.66% | D+25.2 | D
6 | 43.64% | 53.69% | R+10 | 40.10% | 52.36% | R+12.3 | R
7 | 40.94% | 55.86% | R+14.9 | 32.79% | 59.77% | R+27 | R
8 | 68.36% | 28.03% | D+40.3 | 65.84% | 26.50% | D+39.3 | D
9 | 49.44% | 47.54% | D+1.9 | 40.23% | 52.56% | R+12.3 | D
10 | 55.67% | 41.16% | D+14.5 | 47.25% | 45.02% | D+2.2 | D
11 | 55.39% | 41.57% | D+13.8 | 50.86% | 41.87% | D+9 | D
12 | 56.62% | 40.21% | D+16.4 | 49.34% | 41.70% | D+7.6 | D
13 | 63.69% | 32.89% | D+30.8 | 62.35% | 29.39% | D+33 | D
14 | 57.20% | 40.05% | D+17.1 | 51.09% | 40.77% | D+10.3 | D
15 | 44.80% | 52.00% | R+7.2 | 39.46% | 51.33% | R+11.9 | R
16 | 68.67% | 27.22% | D+41.4 | 69.48% | 20.98% | D+48.5 | D
17 | 36.23% | 60.65% | R+24.4 | 27.71% | 64.47% | R+36.8 | R
18 | 38.39% | 59.05% | R+20.7 | 33.45% | 58.97% | R+25.5 | R
19 | 44.87% | 52.96% | R+8.1 | 42.46% | 50.19% | R+7.7 | R
20 | 50.99% | 46.50% | D+4.5 | 49.71% | 42.02% | D+7.7 | D
21 | 57.81% | 39.39% | D+18.4 | 53.19% | 38.56% | D+14.6 | D
22 | 54.27% | 42.99% | D+11.3 | 52.07% | 40.38% | D+11.7 | D
23 | 43.15% | 54.01% | R+10.9 | 36.74% | 55.52% | R+18.8 | R
24 | 47.77% | 49.67% | R+1.9 | 44.83% | 46.73% | R+1.9 | R
25 | 43.43% | 54.28% | R+10.8 | 40.87% | 50.61% | R+9.7 | R
26 | 49.24% | 48.65% | D+0.6 | 51.80% | 40.43% | D+11.4 | R
27 | 62.96% | 34.72% | D+28.2 | 66.84% | 25.48% | D+41.4 | D
28 | 59.90% | 37.33% | D+22.6 | 59.87% | 31.58% | D+28.3 | D
29 | 54.53% | 42.09% | D+12.4 | 52.00% | 38.65% | D+13.4 | D
30 | 56.91% | 40.02% | D+16.9 | 57.59% | 33.00% | D+24.6 | D
31 | 52.12% | 44.60% | D+7.5 | 44.06% | 47.64% | R+3.6 | D
32 | 52.75% | 44.09% | D+8.7 | 45.64% | 46.09% | R+0.5 | D
33 | 65.90% | 31.83% | D+34.1 | 72.64% | 20.98% | D+51.7 | D
34 | 63.85% | 33.25% | D+30.6 | 67.22% | 24.53% | D+42.7 | D
35 | 60.70% | 36.93% | D+23.8 | 63.83% | 28.39% | D+35.4 | D
36 | 79.34% | 17.38% | D+62 | 82.77% | 11.05% | D+71.7 | D
37 | 52.79% | 45.42% | D+7.4 | 57.22% | 35.31% | D+21.9 | R
38 | 65.77% | 32.10% | D+33.7 | 71.88% | 22.01% | D+49.9 | D
39 | 42.78% | 55.07% | R+12.3 | 38.83% | 54.39% | R+15.6 | R
40 | 53.15% | 44.33% | D+8.8 | 49.14% | 42.74% | D+6.4 | D
41 | 70.80% | 26.25% | D+44.5 | 70.28% | 22.34% | D+47.9 | D
42 | 87.06% | 7.84% | D+79.2 | 87.10% | 6.08% | D+81 | D
43 | 89.37% | 6.92% | D+82.5 | 89.00% | 5.40% | D+83.6 | D
44 | 82.65% | 13.55% | D+69.1 | 81.66% | 11.41% | D+70.2 | D
45 | 79.69% | 17.31% | D+62.4 | 80.42% | 13.55% | D+66.9 | D
46 | 79.45% | 16.72% | D+62.7 | 80.06% | 13.10% | D+67 | D
47 | 66.01% | 31.23% | D+34.8 | 63.57% | 29.15% | D+34.4 | D
48 | 61.00% | 36.01% | D+25 | 59.27% | 32.83% | D+26.4 | D
49 | 57.08% | 40.26% | D+16.8 | 51.57% | 40.49% | D+11.1 | D
50 | 54.82% | 42.75% | D+12.1 | 51.27% | 41.12% | D+10.2 | D
51 | 53.04% | 44.74% | D+8.3 | 50.91% | 41.90% | D+9 | D
52 | 51.53% | 45.97% | D+5.6 | 46.57% | 45.78% | D+0.8 | R
53 | 40.98% | 56.77% | R+15.8 | 39.36% | 53.26% | R+13.9 | R
54 | 54.38% | 42.95% | D+11.4 | 55.64% | 35.94% | D+19.7 | R
55 | 32.25% | 65.13% | R+32.9 | 24.43% | 69.92% | R+45.5 | R
56 | 28.24% | 69.10% | R+40.9 | 23.76% | 69.30% | R+45.5 | R
57 | 32.89% | 64.08% | R+31.2 | 27.24% | 65.33% | R+38.1 | R
58 | 33.98% | 63.22% | R+29.2 | 27.37% | 65.78% | R+38.4 | R
59 | 42.10% | 55.62% | R+13.5 | 36.82% | 56.07% | R+19.3 | R
60 | 26.45% | 70.57% | R+44.1 | 20.38% | 73.39% | R+53 | R
Total | 54.64% | 42.46% | D+12.2 | 51.96% | 40.57% | D+11.4 | \-
Source: Daily Kos

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## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ The City of Portland, "Registry of Candidates - May 15, 2018 Primary Election," accessed March 12, 2018
2. ↑ City of Portland, "Elected Officials," accessed September 2, 2014
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 City of Portland, "City Government Structure," accessed December 19, 2014
4. ↑ National League of Cities, "Forms of Municipal Government," accessed September 2, 2014
5. ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' statewide election results by congressional and legislative districts," July 9, 2013
6. ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2016 presidential results for congressional and legislative districts," February 6, 2017

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