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Amanda Fritz
Amanda Fritz was a member of the Portland City Commission in Oregon, representing District 1. Fritz assumed office in 2009. Fritz left office on January 1, 2021.
Fritz ran for re-election to the Portland City Commission to represent District 1 in Oregon. Fritz won in the general election on May 17, 2016.
As a commissioner, Fritz oversaw the Bureau of Parks and Recreation and the Bureau of Development Services.[1]
Although elections in Portland are officially nonpartisan, Fritz is known to be a member of the Democratic Party.[2]
Biography
Fritz earned her M.S. in biological sciences from Cambridge University. Her professional experience includes working as an inpatient psychiatrist for 22 years. She immigrated to the United States in 1979. Fritz and her husband, Steve, have three children.[1]
Elections
2016
The city of Portland, Oregon, held elections for mayor and two of its four city commission seats on May 17, 2016. Despite a large number of candidates in all three races, the mayoral and City Commission Position No. 1 races were both determined in the primary with Oregon Treasurer Ted Wheeler (D) and incumbent Commissioner Amanda Fritz winning more than half the votes in their respective races.
The City Commission Position No. 4 race, however, required a runoff election on November 8, 2016. Incumbent Steve Novick was the top vote recipient in the primary, but did not secure a majority of the votes cast. He was defeated by Chloe Eudaly in the general election.
The May election was called a primary, but it was functionally a general election. A runoff election—called in this case a general election—was only held on November 8, 2016, for races where no single candidate received a majority (50 percent plus one) of the votes cast on the May ballot.[3]
| Portland City Council Position No. 1, Primary Election, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Amanda Fritz Incumbent |
69.41% | 119,056 |
| Ann Sanderson | 10.49% | 17,996 |
| Lanita Duke | 9.32% | 15,987 |
| David Morrison | 4.12% | 7,059 |
| Tabitha Ivan | 3.34% | 5,722 |
| Sara Long | 2.52% | 4,318 |
| Write-in votes | 0.81% | 1,382 |
| Total Votes (88.0% counted) | 171,520 | |
| Source: The Oregonian, "2016 Primary Election: Oregon results," accessed May 20, 2016 | ||
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See also
- Portland, Oregon
- Municipal elections in Portland, Oregon (2016)
- United States municipal elections, 2016
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 City of Portland, "Fritz," accessed December 17, 2014
- ↑ Democratic Party of Oregon, "Amanda Fritz," accessed September 20, 2016
- ↑ City of Portland Auditor, "Time Schedule for 2016 Municipal Elections," accessed August 13, 2015
- ↑ Portland Auditor's Office, "Registry of Candidates - May 17, 2016 Primary Election," accessed March 9, 2016
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