Mayor of Portland, Oregon | |
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since January 1, 2017 | |
Style | Mayor |
Term length | Four years |
Inaugural holder | Hugh O'Bryant |
Formation | 1851 |
Salary | $143,666[1] |
Website | Office of the Mayor |
The mayor of Portland, Oregon is the official head of the city of Portland, Oregon, United States. The officeholder is elected for a four-year term and has no term limits. By law, all elections in Portland are nonpartisan.[2] The current mayor is Ted Wheeler, who has served since 2017, and was first elected in the 2016 election.
The current term for mayor of Portland is four years, having been increased from two years in 1913.[3] Mayoral elections were previously held in May of US presidential election years (years divisible by four), during the Oregon primary election, with a runoff between the top two vote-getters held in November of the same year should no candidate garner a majority vote in the May election, however a new system taking effect in 2024[4] holds a single general election in November of Presidential election years using the Instant Runoff ranked choice voting method. The mayor-elect takes office the following January.