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David Ackerman (Oregon)
David "the Ack" Ackerman was a 2016 nonpartisan candidate for mayor of Portland, Oregon. The primary election took place on May 17, 2016. Ackerman ran unsuccessfully for mayor in 2012.
Biography
Ackerman is a dishwasher and band photographer. According to his personal website, he was born in Portland and was "the first in his Yankton Sioux family to be born off the reservation." He also described himself, saying, "The Ack enjoys comic book collecting, cat wrangling, and occasionally running for mayor of Portland."[1][2]
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]
| Mayor of Portland, Primary Election, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Ted Wheeler |
54.93% | 104,731 |
| Jules Kopel Bailey | 16.43% | 31,323 |
| Sarah Iannarone | 11.76% | 22,417 |
| Bruce Broussard | 3.88% | 7,399 |
| Sean Davis | 2.69% | 5,122 |
| David Schor | 2.61% | 4,981 |
| Jessie Sponberg | 1.65% | 3,146 |
| Bim Ditson | 1.27% | 2,414 |
| Patty Burkett | 1.21% | 2,310 |
| David Ackerman | 1.16% | 2,207 |
| Deborah Harris | 0.85% | 1,617 |
| Lew Humble | 0.39% | 741 |
| Trevor Manning | 0.25% | 478 |
| Steven Entwisle Sr. | 0.21% | 396 |
| Eric Calhoun | 0.18% | 345 |
| Write-in votes | 0.55% | 1,044 |
| Total Votes (>95.0% counted) | 190,671 | |
| 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
- ↑ The Ack Vault, "About the Ack," accessed February 9, 2016
- ↑ KGW.com, "Guide: Candidates running for Portland mayor," February 1, 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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