{"id":123088,"date":"2024-11-07T12:43:09","date_gmt":"2024-11-07T05:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=123088"},"modified":"2024-11-07T12:43:09","modified_gmt":"2024-11-07T05:43:09","slug":"keith-wilson-will-be-portlands-next-mayor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=123088","title":{"rendered":"Keith Wilson will be Portland\u2019s next mayor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\"><i>Editor\u2019s note: For Election 2024, OPB has been diligently following local races, providing comprehensive coverage of campaigns and measures. Check results on the presidential race, key congressional battles and other outcomes at <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opb.org\/election-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>OPB\u2019s elections page<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article-body__image article-body__media f_primary color_black color_black article-body__image--full\"><picture><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/opb-opb-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com\/resizer\/v2\/TIAIA7T7ZBAEZGT3FO3SY2AJF4.jpg?auth=aa750424481b11e03fb31fcfb55227c30fb946dddb11a03795f00e7732047083&amp;width=150\" alt=\"Supporters listen to Keith Wilson as he addresses the crowd at an election night party Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, at Old Town Brewing.\" class=\"width_full\" style=\"aspect-ratio:7952 \/ 5304;width:100%\"\/><\/picture><figcaption class=\"background_lgray\">\n<p>Supporters listen to Keith Wilson as he addresses the crowd at an election night party Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, at Old Town Brewing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__image-by color_dgray f_s_xxs m-none\"><em>Brandon Swanson \/ OPB<\/em><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">Keith Wilson has maintained a significant lead in the Portland mayor\u2019s race, enough for the Oregonian\/OregonLive.com to declare him the winner.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">Wilson, the 61-year-old CEO of Portland trucking company Titan Freight, crossed the threshold of ballots needed to remain in the lead under the city\u2019s new ranked-choice voting system at the <a href=\"https:\/\/rcvresults.multco.us\/Reports\/8ae97233-9022-48ba-9ff1-07cc5fb12141-City_of_Portland_Mayor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">5:10 p.m. update <\/a>on Wednesday. His top opponents in the race, Portland City Commissioners Carmen Rubio and Rene Gonzalez, have both called Wilson to concede the race.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">In this new system, voters rank candidates by preference. Candidates with the fewest votes are eliminated after each round, and their votes are redistributed to voters\u2019 next choices. Candidates must earn at least 50%, plus one of the votes counted to win \u2014 which is also called the ballot threshold. After Wednesday\u2019s ballot count, Wilson was the first to pass that threshold. Wilson was also in the lead <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opb.org\/article\/2024\/11\/05\/leading-early-results-portland-mayor-race-election\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">in the initial ballot release<\/a> at 8 p.m. Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">\u201cI\u2019m so humbled,\u201d Wilson told OPB after the Oregonian called his race Wednesday evening. \u201cI\u2019m incredibly happy that we have this opportunity to really bring a different vision to Portland.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">On Wednesday night, Portland City Commissioner Carmen Rubio was closest behind Wilson\u2019s lead. Yet she called Wilson to concede shortly after the results dropped.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">\u201cIn terms of our next mayor, I\u2019m glad that we have someone who clearly believes in Portland,\u201d Rubio said in an emailed statement. \u201cMy hope for [Wilson] is that he enters city hall with a desire to listen and learn from those who have been working hard to get Portland back on its feet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">City Commissioner Rene Gonzalez was trailing Rubio in the evening\u2019s preliminary results. Per the results, Wilson pulled in 19,000 votes from people who ranked Gonzalez first to ultimately solidify his lead.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">\u201cI have just called to congratulate our next mayor, Keith Wilson, on a race well run,\u201d said Gonzalez in a statement shared with OPB Wednesday evening. \u201cIt is time for all Portlanders to rally behind him as we work to make Portland all that we want it to be and a city we can once again be proud of.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">Multnomah County, which oversees city elections, anticipates counting at least 115,000 more ballots this election cycle. It appears that won\u2019t be enough to skew the outcome of this race.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">Wilson was the top political outsider in the 19-person mayoral race, competing against three current city commissioners. That became a key talking point: \u201cElecting one of our failed city leaders into the Mayor\u2019s office will double down on the dysfunction of the status quo,\u201d Wilson wrote in a candidate questionnaire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opb.org\/article\/2024\/09\/30\/meet-keith-wilson-candidate-for-portland-mayor\/\">submitted to OPB\/The Oregonian.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">Wilson\u2019s campaign centered on an ambitious plan to end unsheltered homelessness by 2026 solely by expanding the city\u2019s shelter capacity and strengthening the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.opb.org\/article\/2024\/11\/06\/portland-joint-office-homeless-services-city-council-housing-homelessness\/\"> city\u2019s beleaguered partnership<\/a> with Multnomah County to oversee homeless service programs. He also pledged to crack down on carbon emissions, in part by converting all city vehicles to run on electricity (which Wilson did to all Titan trucks in 2023).<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">Wilson said he has a plan to transfer ownership of Titan before the new year, as elected leaders in Portland cannot hold second jobs. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">Wilson will be the first mayor in Portland\u2019s new form of government. Under this voter-approved change, the mayor will no longer sit on City Council and will instead focus on running city departments alongside a new city administrator. The plan also expands the size of City Council to 12 members. Those councilors will also be decided in this week\u2019s election. Several candidates in those races<a href=\"https:\/\/www.opb.org\/article\/2024\/11\/06\/updated-ballot-counts-portland-city-council-candidates\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/www.opb.org\/article\/2024\/11\/06\/updated-ballot-counts-portland-city-council-candidates\/\" rel=\"noopener\"> are leading in early returns,<\/a> but results remain preliminary.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">Wilson said he is eager to get to know his new colleagues in City Hall. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article-body__text article-body--padding color_dgray m-none\">\u201cI look forward in the coming weeks having real intentional conversations with each new councilor to see what vision of Portland they have,\u201d Wilson said. \u201cThe message from voters is clear. They want change in how we\u2019re caring for Portland. So we\u2019re going to listen.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.opb.org\/article\/2024\/11\/06\/portland-mayor-keith-wilson-ranked-choice-voting-politics-carmen-rubio-rene-gonzalez\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Editor\u2019s note: For Election 2024, OPB has been diligently following local races, providing comprehensive coverage of campaigns and measures. 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