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.
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.
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.
+ Primary debate Date Host Moderator Link Nonpartisan Nonpartisan NonpartisanKey: Participant Absent Not invited Invited Withdrawn Candace Avalos Timothy DuBois Carmen Rubio1 Apr. 28, 2020 City Club of Portland Colin Jones YouTube
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. + Special election primary debates Date Host Moderator Link Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Nonpartisan NonpartisanKey: Participant Absent Not invited Invited Withdrawn Margot Black Cynthia Castro Ronault Catalani Sam Chase Julia DeGraw Tera Hurst Dan Ryan Loretta Smith1 Apr. 17, 2020 City Club of Portland Jesse Beason YouTube 2 Apr. 24, 2020 City Club of Portland Jesse Beason YouTube
+ Special election run-off debate Date Host Moderator Link Nonpartisan NonpartisanKey: Participant Absent Not invited Invited Withdrawn Loretta Smith Dan Ryan1 Jul. 31, 2020 City Club of Portland Jeff Mapes YouTube
Position 4 Incumbent Chloe Eudaly won the primary election but lost in the run-off to Mingus Mapps.
+ Primary election debate Date Host Moderator Link Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Nonpartisan NonpartisanKey: Participant Absent Not invited Invited Withdrawn Sam Adams Chloe Eudaly Mingus Mapps Seth Woolley1 Apr. 8, 2020 City Club of Portland Serilda Summers-McGee YouTube
+ General election debate Date Host Moderator Link Nonpartisan NonpartisanKey: Participant Absent Not invited Invited Withdrawn Chloe Eudaly Mingus Mapps1 Oct. 9, 2020 City Club of Portland Dana Haynes YouTube
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