Portland, Maine Portland is the largest city in the U.S. state of Maine and the seat of Cumberland County. Portland's population was 68,408 in April 2020. The Greater Portland metropolitan area is home to over half a million people, the 104th-largest metropo ...

, held an election for

mayor In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilities of a mayor as well ...

on November 5, 2019. It was the third election to be held since Portland voters approved a citywide referendum changing the city charter to recreate an elected

position in 2010.

Kate Snyder Katherine Merchant Snyder (born 1970) is an American politician serving as Mayor of Portland, Maine since 2019. Prior to her election as mayor, she served as executive director of the Portland Education Foundation, a non-profit which raised funds ...

, the newly citizen-elected mayor, won a four-year term in the full-time position, and will exercise the powers and duties enumerated in Article II Section 5 of the Portland City Charter.Portland City Charter
SEE: Article II Section 5. Mayor’s powers and duties. She was elected using ranked choice voting. With rest of the elected municipal government in Portland, the post is officially non- partisan. Incumbent Mayor

Ethan Strimling Ethan King Strimling (born October 19, 1967) is an American non-profit executive and politician from Maine. Strimling was elected Mayor of Portland, Maine in 2015. Strimling previously served as a Democratic state senator from 2003 to 2009. Afte ...

running for re-election, was challenged by

city councilor A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area. Depending on the location and classification of the municipality it may be known as a city council, town council, town board, community council, rural council ...

Spencer Thibodeau, former Portland School Board Chair

and East End resident Travis Curran. Every candidate running for Mayor in the heavily Democratic city was a registered member of the

Maine Democratic Party The Maine Democratic Party is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the U.S. state of Maine. After the Civil War, Democrats were a minor player in a political scene dominated by the Republican Party. However, during the 1950s, Edmund Muskie ...

Candidates

Declared

*Travis Curran, waiter, East End resident *

, nonprofit executive, former Chair of the Portland School Board, Oakdale resident *

, incumbent mayor, West End resident *Spencer Thibodeau, real estate lawyer, City Councilor for District 2, Parkside resident

Failed to qualify for ballot

*Mark Hodgdon, Libbytown resident *Ronald E. Gordius III, West Bayside resident *Thaddeus St. John, businessman, Munjoy Hill resident

Withdrawn

*Justin Costa, City Councilor for District 4 and East Deering resident *Belinda Ray, City Councilor for District 1 and East Bayside resident *Joseph Bernatche, Riverton resident, Army veteran

Campaign

Endorsements

Polling

Results

The official election results were:

Notes

References

External links

;Official campaign websites
Kate Snyder for Mayor

Ethan Strimling for Mayor

Spencer Thibodeau for Mayor
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