Multnomah County Voter Turnout Tops 62% in Midterm

Election Update: Early Results Show No Changes on Portland City Council, But a Curveball in Multnomah County Chair’s Race

Incumbent candidates showed strength in major races in Oregon’s midterm elections Tuesday. At the state level, Governor Tina Kotek declared victory over her opponent, Republican Christine Drazan, despite fears of a conservative shakeup in the governor’s office.  Preliminary results in Tuesday’s local elections show Portland city councilors are also poised to keep their seats.  A […]

Multnomah County voter turnout tops 62% in midterm

Multnomah County election officials project turnout to reach 70% as workers process remaining ballots and implement ranked choice voting.

Singleton leads Brim-Edwards in key Multnomah County race

The vote could take several hours to complete as the ranked-choice tally takes place.

Shannon Singleton takes early lead for Multnomah County chair; 2 frontrunners emerge in commissioner contest

Multnomah County commissioner Shannon Singleton opened with a large lead over fellow commissioner Julia Brim-Edwards in preliminary results in the race for Multnomah County chair.

Shannon Singleton is leading Multnomah County Chair’s race in early returns

Early returns show Multnomah County Commissioner Shannon Singleton leading the race for county chair over fellow Commissioner Julia Brim-Edwards and former commissioner Sharon Meieran. Before joining the county board in 2024, Singleton led the homeless service nonprofit JOIN, advised former Gov. Kate Brown on housing policy and briefly oversaw the county’s homeless services department. As commissioner, she represents District 2, an area which in…