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Portland City Council · General election · November 3, 2026

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Every candidate on your ballot, from City Council to governor, one page per race: what they propose, how they would deliver it, how sitting councilors voted, and the sources behind all of it. No endorsements, no scores.

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Races
48
Candidates
153
Seats
58
Ballots mail
Oct 14
Due
Nov 3, 8 p.m.

Registration deadline October 13. Check your registration

Every candidate, standing on the district they want to represent.

Working research edition48 races · 153 candidatesreviewed September 18, 2026AI-assisted, human review not yet complete Coverage and gaps

Every race we cover, closest to home first

48 races. Start with yours.

Each body’s bar is its adopted budget on a log scale, with its source, so you can see how much money the seat controls. Colors mark levels of government, never sides.

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The Portland ballot

City of Portland

3 races · 34 candidates

Budget
$8.6 billion adopted, FY 2025–26
People
640,000 residents
Who decides
12 councilors (3 per district) and a mayor

Decides Police and fire, streets and transit lanes, water and sewer rates, permits and zoning, parks, and the city's own homelessness spending.

District 1 · coming laterDistrict 2 · coming later

Boundaries: City of Portland, fetched

Which Council district am I in?

Tap your part of the map. Districts 1 and 2 don’t elect councilors until 2028.

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Multnomah County

4 races · 12 candidates

Budget
$4.0 billion adopted, FY 2025–26
People
810,000 residents
Who decides
1 chair and 4 commissioners

Decides Homeless services and shelters, public health and behavioral health, the jail and sheriff, elections, libraries, the Willamette bridges, and county roads.

State of Oregon

1 race · 3 candidates

Budget
$69 billion a year: $140 billion adopted for the 2025–27 biennium, $39 billion of it General Fund and Lottery
People
4.3 million residents
Who decides
1 governor

Decides Signs or vetoes every state law, proposes the budget, runs the state agencies for housing, health, corrections and transportation, and appoints agency heads and judges.

U.S. Congress · the seats on Portland ballots

4 races · 11 candidates

Budget
$7.0 trillion in outlays, FY 2025 (final Treasury statement)
People
340 million residents
Who decides
435 representatives and 100 senators

Decides Federal taxes, Social Security and Medicare, defense, immigration law, and the federal money that flows to Oregon housing, transit and health care.

Oregon Legislature · the Senate districts inside Portland

3 races · 5 candidates

Budget
$69 billion a year: $140 billion adopted for the 2025–27 biennium, $39 billion of it General Fund and Lottery
People
4.3 million residents
Who decides
30 senators and 60 representatives

Decides Writes state law and the state budget, sets state taxes, and decides what counties and cities must do.

East Multnomah County

Gresham

City of Gresham

4 races · 10 candidates

Budget
$900 million adopted, FY 2025–26
People
120,000 residents
Who decides
6 councilors and a mayor

Decides Police, its own fire department, streets, water and sewer, parks, and permits and zoning; the library is Multnomah County's.

West of Portland

Washington County

Washington County

2 races · 4 candidates

Budget
$2.1 billion adopted, FY 2025–26
People
620,000 residents
Who decides
1 chair and 4 commissioners

Decides The sheriff and jail, public health and homeless services, elections, county roads and land use outside city limits, and the cooperative library system.

City of Beaverton

1 race · 2 candidates

Budget
$450 million adopted, FY 2025–26 (city funds, without the urban renewal agency)
People
100,000 residents
Who decides
6 councilors and a mayor

Decides Police, streets, water, local sewer and storm lines, permits and zoning, and the library; fire is Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue's and parks are the Tualatin Hills park district's.

City of Hillsboro

3 races · 9 candidates

Budget
$970 million a year: $1.9 billion adopted for the 2025–27 biennium
People
110,000 residents
Who decides
6 councilors (2 per ward) and a mayor

Decides Police, its own fire department, streets, water, sewer and storm lines, parks, the library, and permits and zoning.

City of Tigard

2 races · 10 candidates

Budget
$450 million adopted, FY 2025–26
People
57,000 residents
Who decides
6 councilors and a mayor

Decides Police, streets, water, sewer and storm lines, parks, the library, and permits and zoning; fire is Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue's.

South and east of Portland

Clackamas County

Clackamas County

5 races · 9 candidates

Budget
$1.5 billion adopted, FY 2025–26
People
430,000 residents
Who decides
1 chair and 4 commissioners

Decides The sheriff and jail, public health and behavioral health, housing and homeless services, elections, juvenile services, county roads and land use outside city limits.

City of Lake Oswego

1 race · 6 candidates

Budget
$230 million a year: $460 million adopted for the 2025–27 biennium
People
41,000 residents
Who decides
6 councilors and a mayor

Decides Police, its own fire department, streets, water, sewer and storm lines, parks, the library, and permits and zoning.

City of Oregon City

2 races · 7 candidates

Budget
$160 million a year: $320 million adopted for the 2025–27 biennium
People
38,000 residents
Who decides
4 commissioners and a mayor

Decides Police, streets, water, sewer and storm lines, parks, the library, and permits and zoning; fire is Clackamas Fire District 1's.

Beyond the city

The rest of the Legislature and the delegation

Oregon Legislature · districts outside Portland

10 races · 24 candidates

U.S. Congress · districts outside Portland

3 races · 7 candidates

Before you vote

Your address determines your ballot.

This guide helps you explore. Only your county elections office can confirm your district and produce your official ballot.

Find your voter information
  1. October 13Registration deadline
  2. October 14Ballot mailing begins
  3. November 3 · 8 p.m.Official drop-box deadline

Dates: Oregon Secretary of State. For mail returns, follow the election office’s postmark and receipt requirements. Portland and Multnomah County contests use ranked choice; other contests may use different instructions. Read the official ranked-choice guide.