No runoff -- Adams is city's next mayor (Portland, OR elects gay man) [View All]

Source: The Oregonian

Sam Adams, a child of poverty, an openly gay man and a self-professed policy wonk, will be Portland's next mayor.

The city commissioner soundly defeated 12 other candidates Tuesday to assume the top office in the city and one of the tallest bully pulpits in the Pacific Northwest. He captured 58 percent of the vote to avoid a November runoff against travel agency owner Sho Dozono.


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It is common in Oregon and Washington for municipal elections to be non-partisan. If a single candidate wins a majority of the vote in the primary, that person is declared the automatic winner and no general election is held for that race. With 58% of the vote -- and out of a field of 13 candidates -- Adams is now the mayor-elect of Portland.