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James Bernard Lee
James Bernard Lee was a 2016 nonpartisan candidate for Position 4 of the Portland City Commission in Oregon. The primary election took place on May 17, 2016.
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.[1]
| Portland City Council Position No. 4, General Election, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Chloe Eudaly |
54.33% | 138,347 |
| Steve Novick Incumbent | 44.70% | 113,834 |
| Write-in votes | 0.97% | 2,464 |
| Total Votes | 254,645 | |
| Source: Oregon Secretary of State, "Unofficial election results," accessed November 14, 2016 | ||
| Portland City Council Position No. 4, Primary Election, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
| Steve Novick Incumbent |
42.78% | 71,503 |
| Chloe Eudaly |
14.98% | 25,044 |
| Stuart Emmons | 14.07% | 23,514 |
| Fred Stewart | 8.20% | 13,714 |
| Suzanne Stahl | 6.63% | 11,080 |
| Michael Durrow | 5.02% | 8,394 |
| James Bernard Lee | 2.48% | 4,149 |
| Leah Dumas | 2.38% | 3,974 |
| Shannon Estabrook | 1.47% | 2,459 |
| Joseph Puckett | 1.21% | 2,020 |
| Write-in votes | 0.78% | 1,299 |
| Total Votes (85.6% counted) | 167,150 | |
| 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
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