Republican U.S. Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer scored a major victory in 2022 when she snatched the newly redrawn 5th Congressional District southeast of Portland from the hands of Democrats, who had controlled the seat for more than 25 years. She bested Democrat Jamie McLeod-Skinner that year by a slim 2 percentage points.

I’m regularly asked two questions, almost daily, since I started a year ago,” said Portland Police Chief Bob Day at a press conference on November 1. “What’s gonna happen on election day? What’s gonna happen during the week of the elections?

Courtesy Date of Birth / Dec. 5, 1972 Residence / Portland, Ore. Occupation / Physician and former state representative

Gary Hollands, who is seeking reelection to the Portland Public Schools Board, owes more than $47,000 in back taxes and penalties for nonpayment, WW has learned. Multnomah County records show that the Oregon Department of Revenue sent Hollands a legal notice in June,

About 55% of District 1 voters returned Portland ballots and voted in at least one race, compared to at least 73% of voters in other districts.

In state after state, voters rejected proposals to fix two of the most hated problems in politics. This was supposed to be the year that political reform took off. A nearly $100 million campaign gave voters in seven states the opportunity to scrap party primaries,

A month after Portland's first ranked choice election, polling shows the new form of voting was mostly a success, with a few caveats. Why it matters: November's election was the first test of ranked choice voting in Portland as voters made crucial decisions on who would take power under the city's new form of government.

Organizers want president-elect Trump to support efforts to have counties in eastern Oregon join Idaho – a region they say is more in tune with them politically, economically, and culturally.