In 2022, Portland residents voted to drastically change their form of government, this includes using ranked-choice voting and a 12-person city council. With the change in government, the mayor no longer has a vote within city council unless it is to break a tie and will work closely with the new city administrator to oversee the everyday functions of the city and help craft the budget. There are 19 people running to be the city's new mayor.
OPB's "Think Out Loud" invited the 4 candidates with the largest number of individual donations and funds raised. Rene Gonzalez, Mingus Mapps and Carmen Rubio are current city council commissioners who are running for mayor. Keith Wilson is the president and CEO of TITAN Freight Systems and is also running. They all join us for a debate.