Posted on 11/10/2020 2:45:51 PM PST by Libloather
PORTLAND, Ore. - The mayor of Portland, Oregon, declared victory Wednesday after a bruising campaign that sandwiched him between a tough challenger to his political left and anger from moderate voters and business owners frustrated with five months of near-nightly protests that made the city a frequent lightning rod for President Donald Trump.
Mayor Ted Wheeler said he had a clear mandate with more than 90% of the vote counted and was energized by his win. If his lead holds, Wheeler would become the first mayor to win a second term in the notoriously hard-to-govern city in 20 years. The Associated Press has not yet declared a winner.
Challenger Sarah Iannarone, who has never held an elected office, said late Tuesday that she was going to bed and urged her supporters to wait until every vote had been counted. She said Wednesday she would make a statement on social media later in the day, but offered few details.
Write-in candidates won a whopping 13% of the vote. Supporters of Black Lives Matter activist Teressa Raiford, who didn’t make it past the primary, ran an unauthorized write-in campaign that helped account for the high number.
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Hope they burn his house down.
Sort of a Trotsky v Stalin choice.
Like feral rats chewing each other up over the last morsel of food scraps.
SSDD.
Same ****, different Dem.
Me too!
I think Batista said that about Castro too.
Exactly. The worst mayor in the USA was the better choice than the “I am Antifa” woman who wanted to replace him.
That city is a disaster!
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Exactly. The worst mayor in the USA was the better choice than the “I am Antifa” woman who wanted to replace him.
That city is a disaster!
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