Updated: October 25

Under Portland's revised city charter, the mayor will serve in a largely administrative role, overseeing day-to-day operations alongside a city administrator. The mayor will be voted on by all city voters, while the council will be elected by district.

The charter change is a shift from Portland's longstanding form of government, which saw the mayor and four commissioners acting in legislative and administrative roles, overseeing the city's bureaus while also enacting policy.

In preparation for the government transition, the city has hired six deputy city administrators and an assistant city administrator to oversee the city's bureaus and daily operations, a role previously held by elected city commissioners. Come January 2025, the mayor won't vote with the City Council, unless needed to break a tie. Portland's new mayor may still propose legislation for the Council to vote on and will be instrumental in bringing forward annual budgets for approval.

Saadiq Ali

Saadiq Ali isn't running a traditional campaign. The candidate doesn't have a campaign website, but has a sizable following on Instagram.

This is Saadiq Ali's first time running for office. The mayoral candidate declined to list any current or former occupation on campaign filing forms, but looks to become a real estate broker.

"I recently obtained my real estate license, but I also declined six job offers to focus on running for Mayor," Saadiq Ali told the Mercury. "This decision was driven by my desire to address the crises in our city.

Prior to exploring the real estate world, Saadiq Ali says he worked in software support, and then worked as a social media manager, leading a team of nine people.

"I have substantial leadership experience and am prepared to lead Portland in the right direction," he says.

Saadiq Ali cites "homelessness and violence" as the primary motivation for running.

"I have personally experienced the impact of gun violence, having lost friends to it in 2019. Witnessing their families' suffering has deeply motivated me to seek meaningful change. My goal is to bring lasting peace and improvements to Portland," the candidate said via email.

Asked about the decision to run for mayor, Saadiq Ali says, "I knew if I wanted to make the difference, I had to step up and do it myself."

Note: This candidate will appear on the ballot with a first and middle name rather than first and last name, and is referred to herein the same way.

Shei'Meka (BeUtee) As-Salaam

Shei'Meka (BeUtee) As-Salaam is a longtime educator in the private school and home school sector. A self-described "homeschooling 'single' mother" who previously volunteered with Portland's King Elementary School PTA, As-Salaam says her specialty lies in "education, cultivation and innovation" as she embarks on a journey of health, healing and wholeness.

As-Salaam has no prior government experience, and little is known about her policy priorities or vision of leadership for the city. She instead focuses on her background in education, including launching a private schooling center during the height of the Covid school closures.

James Atkinson IV

Like most other candidates in the mayor's race, Atkinson doesn't have prior political experience. Atkinson says he's the inventor of a micro flotation device meant to be embedded in swimwear to prevent drownings.

Atkinson, 39, has moved frequently over the past few years, but currently lives in Downtown Portland.

He says the four biggest issues Portland faces are homelessness, drug use, housing, and crime. Atkinson says he has a three-step plan for tackling these issues.

In short, Atkinson wants to:

1. "Turn a few of the empty downtown buildings into 24/7 homeless shelters and change their code from business to residential, which only takes as little as 60 days."

2. "Increase the amount of water fountains in heavily populated unhoused areas, with an attainable map, and a way for them to fill up water bottles for portable travel." This needs to be accompanied by vouchers for transportation, food, clothing, shelter and employment, Atkinson says.

3: "Provide a job homeless network that works in conjunction with different nonprofits and small businesses, such as the existing ones that are in the city, for them to obtain full-time employment."

He also says the city needs to re-think its current ordinance regulating public camping.

"In my opinion the ordinance is punishing those with potential jail time for trying to survive in inclement weather, whether it's summer or winter," Atkinson says. "If we really think about what we're saying, we're saying if you work a shift from 5 to 10 pm, which is the type of hour shifts a lot of homeless people are able to get, if any, they then have to go to their place they call home, miss the shelter deadline, and hope they don't succumb to extreme weather because they're not allowed to put up any type of structure around them. The ordinance is leading us towards that future."

Atkinson expects the next mayor to utilize legislative powers frequently by introducing policy proposals, but says the mayor should also be in constant communication with the City Council.

It was recently reported that Atkinson was arrested for robbery and two other counts of criminal trespass. Court records show each charge was either dismissed or never formally filed.

One incident stemmed from a bubble tea shop downtown that accused Atkinson of stealing an item. Atkinson denies the theft, and says the arrest process was deeply flawed. Records show he was court-ordered to stay away from the shop and its owner.

Atkinson, who claims he's currently engaged to a prominent Hollywood actress, says running for mayor has given him a bit more media exposure than he anticipated.

He doesn't have a campaign website, but maintains an Instagram page. The page includes posts regarding "the illuminati spreading fentanyl on everything in the city" and other claims about an incident where Donald Trump and Elon Musk joined forces to bomb Portland, killing 30 people.

Atkinson said he sustained injuries from what he calls "fentanyl bombing," that left him hospitalized.

Durrell Kinsey Bey

Durrell Kinsey Bey, 29, lives in Portland's Centennial Neighborhood with his wife and children. Kinsey Bey works with the David Douglas School District as a youth essentials coordinator for REAP- a multicultural youth leadership and development program.

He says he became interested in a political run in 2015, when he discovered the American Descendants of Slavery (ADOS) Advocacy Foundation and started watching YouTube videos and learning about the importance of politics.

Kinsey Bey has no prior political experience. He briefly considered a campaign for a Congressional seat in Washington against incumbent Congressman Dan Newhouse, but says he ended his campaign before he filed for election, when he met his future wife in Portland. Since moving to the Rose City, Kinsey Bey said he's learned about the "good, bad and indifferent waves of its history." He said Portland's moral compass has been lost and insists radical change is needed to "take back the dignity of this city!"

"It isn't about the seat itself, it is about what can be done within the seat," Kinsey Bey said of his decision to run for mayor, rather than a city commissioner seat. The candidate emphasized the power of the mayor, but under Portland's new form of government, the mayor will only vote on City Council decisions when needed to break a tie. Instead, the next mayor's role will largely be administrative, working in tandem with a new city manager. 

Nancy Congdon- Congdon withdrew from the race.

Nancy Congon is a certified public accountant (CPA) and a certified financial planner (CFP). She has since withdrawn from the race, stating her campaign was "no longer viable."

Rene Gonzalez

Rene Gonzalez, who was elected to council in 2022, announced his bid for mayor in early December 2023.

Gonzalez is a business attorney and an ardent supporter of youth soccer.

Since taking office, he's won over a swath of conservative voters with a hard-line stance on homelessness and drug use, while alienating progressives who claim his policies have harmed vulnerable Portlanders.

Prior to Portland hiring administrators to oversee city service areas in the lead-up to the city's government transition, Gonzalez oversaw the city’s 911 system and Portland Fire & Rescue, which houses the Portland Street Response program.

Shortly after taking office, Gonzalez announced he would ban Portland Street Response workers from distributing tarps or tents to unhoused people, amid a historic winter freeze. The directive was disavowed by a majority of the program's employees. He’s also held back resources for the program, enacting a hiring freeze and failing to expand the program to 24-hour service, as promised.

During his tenure on council, he led the charge to ban public drug use, after the mayor backed off previous efforts to do so.

Gonzalez led the council in voting to amend city code, pending a change in state law that would allow the city to criminalize the use of drugs in public. 

Gonzalez has also been adamant about the need to reduce resources and “enablement” of those living on Portland’s streets with drug addiction. 

In his campaign announcement, Gonzalez touted the need to “stabilize the city,” “restore the city’s image,” and address the humanitarian crisis on Portland’s streets.

“I am running for Mayor to ensure the work we have begun on crime, homelessness, the drug crisis, and economic revitalization continue stronger than ever,” Gonzalez said.

The city commissioner claimed Portland is “experiencing loss of population and small business in ways that were unthinkable only a short time ago."

The latest population data from Portland State University indicates the city experienced a temporary, but notable dip in population between 2021 and 2022, but both Multnomah County and the city of Portland have gained residents since last year. Preliminary population estimates for 2023 show the city’s population increased by .34 percent, while the county saw a .56 percent increase over last year.

Michael Hayes

Hayes is currently retired after serving as a director for the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) multi-family program center serving the Pacific Northwest. Prior to that, he worked for HUD in San Francisco, according to campaign paperwork. Hayes did not respond to questions from the Mercury but his campaign filing shows he studied environmental design and urban studies in college.

Yao Jun He

Yao Jun He recently filed to run for mayor. He, an East Portland resident, lists no current or prior occupation on candidate filing forms, no campaign website, and no intent to spend $750 or more on campaigning.

Joshua Leake

A Portland-based mortgage broker, Joshua Leake grew up in the Rose City. Leake currently works as a mortgage loan officer, but his past endeavors include co-founding the Portland Film Festival. Leake says he's also a filmmaker, and is currently adapting Chuck Palahniuk's "Lullaby" into a film.

Leake says his 20 years of experience as a mortgage broker gives him unique insight into the financial components and challenges of many housing projects.

Leake cites public safety, along with economic revitalization and growth as core policy priorities, but is light on specifics about how to achieve those things.

"My vision for Portland is rooted in three core principles: public safety, community revitalization, and economic growth," Leake's campaign site states. "I am committed to transforming Portland into a city that not only meets the needs of its people but also anticipates and embraces the challenges of the future."

The candidate says he's got a track record of prioritizing equity and inclusion in his work, and says those would be key areas of focus for him when helping to shape or implement public policy, if elected.

Leake tells the Mercury he brings a "fresh perspective on addressing homelessness and poverty."

"I spent a year documenting our city's homeless in an uplifting film about the challenges of living off the streets."

James Macdonald

Macdonald doesn't have a specific policy platform, but says he thinks Portland deserves better than the government leadership it currently has.

He lists a background in sales management.

Macdonald says the current City Council put harmful policies in place and uses "absurd" solutions to the homeless crisis.

"I personally go on [our] streets regularly talking with the homeless," Macdonald told the Mercury. "My vision is STREETS TO PROSPERITY. Using our police force to handle homeless conditions is absurd as our leaders already cut forces to where departments can't function with any stability."

Macdonald also sees room to diversify business and recreation downtown.

"For a city to be successful its downtown needs people on the streets every day enjoying all aspects of life everywhere," he says. "Great stores for pedestrians to shop at, clothing stores...variety stores, movie theaters, comedy clubs, all different types of restaurants, health stores, night clubs with dancing and music every kind of business you can think of should be in our downtown."

The mayoral candidate says improving quality of life for Portlanders starts with improved government.

"For any city to thrive it has to have a governing body in place that is oriented towards making our city Safe, Inviting, and have a feeling [sic] of Home. A city that is able to take care of business while making an effort to show humanity and compassion," he says. "For our city to become more livable, more vibrant, more prosperous, cleaner, and more committed to each other, the first thing any city needs is a well run government that does not over tax its citizens."

Mingus Mapps

Mingus Mapps is a current city commissioner whose most notable bureau assignments included Portland's Bureau of Transportation (PBOT), the Portland Water Bureau and the Bureau of Environmental Services. Mapps studied political science at Reed College, and has a Ph.D. from Cornell University.

In an interview with the Mercury, Mapps underscored the need to shore up funding for PBOT and demand more accountability and transparency from Multnomah County—which the city partners with on the Joint Office of Homeless Services.

He's maintained a largely centrist platform, noting the need to provide shelter to every unhoused Portlander, while also voting to support the city's prohibition on homeless tents and sleeping bags in public spaces during daytime hours. 

Sharon Nasset

Nasset was a latecomer to the mayor's race, but says she sees key narratives missing from the candidate platforms and political conversations about what Portland's problems are and how to fix them.

Nasset, who bills herself as a service worker with a real estate background who's also been a special events manager, lives in North Portland.

She stresses the need to reduce Portlanders' tax burden and says the construction of multi-family dwelling units and apartment complexes have ruined the city's character.

"The enormous housing problems we have are [due] to bad city polices made during Mayor Katz' leadership," Nasset says. "As a Realtor I testified that decisions being made changing the real estate market with urban renewal, tax abatement...would drive prices up and it did."

While most candidates running for city office acknowledges housing studies that show housing supply must go up to reduce housing costs and help prevent homelessness, Nasset sees it differently.

"The city continued with constructing new apartments, the most expensive to house people...with tax incentives going to out of state investors driving up our taxes," Nasset says, suggesting the city has been too quick to increase density and change zoning rules. She instead wants to see the city utilize existing housing stock and bring back boarding houses and communal living spaces for low-income residents. If elected, she says the city would create a register of everyone living unsheltered, as well as those who can't afford their housing.

Nasset says residential housing without parking "causes congestion and damages to local businesses" and says the removal of single-family residential zoning "treats our lovely homes and neighborhoods like 'bulldozer bait.'"

It's not surprising that Nasset isn't a fan of swapping single houses for apartments—a move that creates less single-family housing stock that residential Realtors rely on to make a living.

Other policy priorities for Nasset include food security, increasing Portland Police Bureau staffing and recruitment from within city limits, and increasing access to youth programs and after-school activities.

She says Portland and Portlanders "need and deserve new leadership with vision, knowledge, passion, and compassion."

Michael Necula

Necula works in the service industry as a server and bartender. Campaign paperwork indicates Necula studied communication studies and history, earning a bachelor's degree at Chapman University.

Alexander Landry Neely

Alexander Landry Neely is a self-employed winemaker. Despite having no prior political background or government experience, Neely has an astute grasp on Portland's government and current issues. He's also given careful thought to how the government transition will impact the role of mayor, and how the next mayor can be most effective in that role.

"My role will be the architect of the budget, a gentle guide to City Council, ambassador to Multnomah County, head of public safety, and emissary to the rest of the country and the world at large," Neely says.

He says setting Portland on a path toward economic success will require the city to shore up its tax revenue streams and reassess tax brackets, particularly for large, out-of-state businesses.

"Our revenue comes from two main sources: our people and corporations. I will make sure that under no circumstances will a Portland resident or Oregon-based business pay more in taxes than a huge out of state business," Neely says. "If they want to play, they will have to pay."

He's a proponent of adequately funding Portland Street Response and expanding the program to 24-hour service, particularly as a means of lightening the load for police.

"We spend an unfathomable amount of our budget on public safety and it is wildly inefficient," Neely asserts. "PPB regularly and repeatedly states that they have too much on their plate. We should listen to them and lessen their burden. I will fully fund Portland Street Response for citywide 24/7 service. This will save millions of dollars and better address our current public safety needs."

He also sees room for more checks and balances on the Portland Clean Energy Fund (PCEF).

"[PCEF] has quickly become an instrumental element of our budget. This voter approved measure gave us a nice boost but could have been allocated more efficiently and in its true spirit," Neely says. The success of this initiative demonstrates that we need more tax increases on large out-of-state businesses that operate in our fine city."

Neely isn't a fan of the city's public camping ordinance, which almost exclusively impacts Portland's unhoused population, and he recognizes the need to repair the city's relationship with Multnomah County to tackle homelessness and other regional issues.

Despite spelling out several areas for improvement, Neely says he's still a champion of Portland, and he's constantly defending the city "to people who know nothing other than what they hear from the national media or loudmouth politicians" when traveling for business.

"I have lived here my entire adult life. I attended college here, raised a wonderful daughter here, married my incredible wife here, and started a business here. I have invested and given my life over to Portland," Neely says. "We can scare people with words like 'serious' and 'problems' but we just have a few wrinkles we need to iron out. Where do we start? With the people who need the most help. I will not rest until everyone in this city has a place to sleep and food on their plate three times a day."

Michael O'Callaghan

Michael O'Callaghan is an unhoused Portlander who's lived in a small wooden structure near the Ross Island Bridge for the last decade, a campaign aid tells the Mercury.

O'Callaghan describes himself as a "self-taught" attorney. Last year, he battled the county in court to have his name recorded as the owner of the tiny parcel of private land on Grand Avenue, where he's lived in a makeshift structure for years. The case was later dismissed.

On his campaign website and in email correspondence, O'Callaghan leans more on his life experience than his qualifications for mayor. He tells of his venture back to Oregon, where he married a woman after a stint living in Alaska.

"We had four children, bought a home, and, using no power tools, built a log cabin in the wilds," O'Callaghan writes. "We found perfectly good food in grocery store dumpsters, retrieved it, and with a bike and a trailer, started a free food program in our backyard."

O'Callaghan started a free bike checkout program in Anchorage, Alaska distributing what he estimates was about 100 bikes.

Note: A previous version of this story incorrectly identified the program as a bike giveaway.

In a 2020 profile piece, the Anchorage Daily News described him as "one of Anchorage’s most colorful activists and political gadflies." He's spent the better part of the last 40 years finding ways to help those in poverty. Among his Portland successes: helping establish Right 2 Dream, a self-managed plot of small pods for the city's unhoused residents that was among the first independent village-style makeshift housing communities in Portland.

O'Callaghan isn't just an off-beat activist, he offers unconventional, but plausible ideas for getting Portland's unsheltered population into temporary shelter.

He wants to see the city allow homeowners to rent out their garages, and says the city should convert empty office spaces into temporary housing.

Other ideas he floats on his campaign site: cut down on traffic by requiring odd and even days for vehicle use, and an "unoccupied housing" fee, with $100 fines per bedroom, on all residential dwellings that stay empty for three months or more (unclear whether these would hold up to legal challenges).

"I’ve traveled to Hawaii, the lower 48, Mexico, Thailand, Ireland, Belgium, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Finland, England, over 36 countries in all, always looking for ideas and examples to better my community back home," O'Callaghan says. "During this time, I accomplished some major things, like starting the food program, distributing 2.5 million pounds of salmon, including 120,000 pounds shipped to Portland. We helped stop Beetle kill tree clear-cutting, stopped the addition of poison gas additives, and much more."

Liv Østhus

Liv Østhus might be the biggest outlier so far in the Portland mayor’s race. She filed election paperwork in late February. By late June, she amassed more than $19,500 in campaign donations.

Østhus, 49, lives in the Mount Tabor neighborhood with her 8-year-old daughter. 

She’s the only candidate to prioritize artists and the arts in the conversation about revitalizing downtown. 

Østhus is a bartender, writer, and dancer who performs under the name Viva Las Vegas. She’s worked downtown for more than 25 years.

“I am an artist. A writer, musician, stripper,” Østhus tells the Mercury. “I'm a single parent. I'm a preacher's daughter, steeped in social justice and community building from the womb on.”

Back in the ‘90s, Østhus recalls teaming up with a group of sex worker activists who fought a measure that “seriously imperiled sex workers' safety.”

“We won. I learned in that room how important it is for leaders to accord basic respect to citizens; for the most part, the council was dismissive of us and our efforts. It was gross,” she recalls. “Still, we won.”

Portland’s service industry and cultural attractions play a key role in the city’s character, but rarely do candidates from those sectors emerge in local politics. Østhus says the city needs to focus more on its creatives.

“I'm tired of seeing my artist friends and peers get pushed out of Portland,” Østhus says. “I'm aghast that this city doesn't put more value on arts and its artists. I believe art and artists can revive downtown, and I want to be sure that message is heard loud and clear throughout the city.”

This marks Østhus’s first run for office. 

She says she’s not a politician, and never will be, but contends “the city needs other voices and other leaders.” 

“I am adept at shining a light in darkness,” she says. “My hope for Portland is that we can have a mayor who listens, connects, and inspires. Who reflects the best parts of our city, and projects that to the world.”

Carmen Rubio

Carmen Rubio currently serves on Portland City Council, after winning election in 2020. As Portland undergoes its government overhaul, Rubio is transitioning leadership of the city's housing bureau, development services, planning, and Prosper Portland, the city’s economic development agency.

In a campaign announcement, Rubio said Portland deserves a mayor “who will take us into our future without drama.”

“I made my decision with the full recognition of where we are as a city,” Rubio stated. “And we need a mayor who will take responsibility for the way forward. One with a track record of building bridges, focusing our city’s energy into a force for change, and getting results. Portlanders deserve a mayor who will take us into our future without drama – just hard, collaborative work, especially on community safety, homelessness and housing. That’s how I’ve led as a Commissioner, and how I will do so as Portland’s next mayor. This is our opportunity to do so much more.”

Since taking office in 2021, Rubio has championed climate policy and reformed the city’s housing and permitting processes to encourage more affordable housing production.

But shortly after being assigned to oversee the city’s Bureau of Development Services, she disappointed climate activists after not yanking permits for Zenith Energy. Zenith transports crude oil by pipeline, and most visibly, by rail throughout Portland. Rubio cited the city’s previous policy to halt expansion of fossil fuel infrastructure. 

Rubio’s most prominent work on the climate front rests in her oversight of the Portland Clean Energy Fund, which has raked in more money over the past year than city leaders initially planned for, or knew what to do with. Now, the fund is focused on planting more trees across the city, reducing carbon emissions, particularly from transportation, and helping spur energy efficiency projects.

Like just about everyone running for office in Portland this year, Rubio cites homelessness and housing among the city’s most pressing issues. Last summer, the commissioner was the lone “no” vote on a council decision to pass time, place, and manner restrictions on homeless camping, effectively banning unhoused residents from resting in public during daytime hours. At the time, Rubio said she opposed policy that penalized homelessness while the city lacked enough shelter beds.

In a campaign fundraising email, Rubio touted her ability to unite Portlanders to get policy passed, “especially when our communities are hurting.”

“As a City Commissioner, I’ve seen up close where bureaucracy holds us back from addressing the housing shortage, fighting the climate crisis, and setting the stage to revitalize downtown,” Rubio said in a campaign message and fundraising appeal. “I’ve brought people together and made decisive decisions to get us moving toward solutions.”

Rubio is one of four current city commissioners who's pushed back on a quick timeline for implementing charter reform measures. Last year, she voted with Commissioners Dan Ryan, Rene Gonzalez and Mingus Mapps to stall plans for transitioning oversight of city bureaus away from elected commissioners. The charter transition plan calls for hiring professional city administrators to start managing city operations, with elected council members acting in a purely legislative function. 

Marshall Runkel- withdrew

Marshall Runkel, who served as former City Commissioner Chloe Eudaly's chief of staff, has pulled out of the race. He is now endorsing Carmen Rubio.

Martin Ward

Martin Ward filed to join the mayor's race in August. Ward, 33, is currently unemployed, but lists a bachelor's degree in political science from Portland State University. He lives with his parents in the Laurelhurst neighborhood.

"The main skills I have are law writing," Ward tells the Mercury. "I’ve been researching for 13 years, so I have many laws put together. I am not currently employed, I am mainly a house bum mooching off my parents. I work on political campaigns off and on, and I’m trying to finish my masters."

Ward lays out several ideas for economic reform at the city level. He'd cut about $1 billion from the city's already reduced budget, starting with the city's new charter, which he says "wastes a lot of money and has no benefits."

Another money saver? Get rid of city government altogether.

"I have one vision to eliminate all cities in the county and just have a single county wide government," Ward says. "This would increase efficiency and decrease needed budget/taxes per capita due to the principles of scale economies and the elimination of duplicate positions and transfer of paperwork etc."

Ward's policy ideas also stretch to national issues, including outlawing abortion, and include blatantly homophobic suggestions, such as a tax on same-sex marriage.

"This will mainly affect women as they will have to learn self control and responsibility, but will indirectly affect men who will have to build new habits and expectations as women begin to have higher standards," Ward states on his campaign site.

Keith Wilson

Keith Wilson is among the field of candidates not currently on Portland City Council who is vying to be the next mayor. 

Wilson, 60, says he grew up in Portland and now finds the city “unrecognizable.”

“I have seen my high school classmates and neighbors living on the streets,” Wilson tells the Mercury. “This must stop. I am motivated  to solve Portland’s problems because I deeply love our community.”

Wilson says his priority, if elected, will be ending unsheltered homelessness within his first year in office. The current mayor also aimed to end unsheltered homelessness, unsuccessfully. 

The mayoral candidate lives in Portland’s Alameda neighborhood with his wife and two children. After graduating Roosevelt High School, he studied business at Oregon State University, then earned a masters degree in business administration from the University of Portland, with an emphasis in transportation and technology.

He now runs a trucking company- Titan Freight Systems, which he says was able to “eliminate 94 percent of fossil fuels” in its Oregon operations, while adopting a fleet of electric trucks and modernizing in other ways to become an-award winning company recognized for its innovation.

“My skill set is in operations, process, and systems improvement,” Wilson says.

Aside from being a CEO, Wilson founded the nonprofit Shelter Portland and says he was the architect of the Multnomah County Homeless Court program. Currently, he serves on the board of Word is Bond, a nonprofit geared toward empowering young Black men. Wilson also serves on Oregon State University Business School’s Dean’s Council of Excellence Advisory Committee. 

Wilson previously ran for Portland City Council in 2020.

He’s now running again to lead the city under a brand new form of government that will see the next mayor in a largely administrative role.

“Portland’s new system of government requires more than just a career politician,” Wilson says. “The new city  government structure requires an innovative and experienced leader who is equipped with the  leadership and management skills to tackle Portland’s biggest challenges and deliver the quality service  that all Portland residents deserve.”

Dustin Witherspoon

Dustin Witherspoon is a maintenance supervisor with a background in construction, heating, venting, and air conditioning (HVAC) and "charm and wit."

Witherspoon lists no campaign website, but notes his most appealing quality is having "zero elective experience."