THC Science

The 2004 Portland City Commission elections were held on May 18, 2004, and November 2, 2004, to elect two positions on the Portland, Oregon City Council.^[1]

Vera Katz's Chief of Staff Sam Adams won a runoff election for position 1 and Randy Leonard won re-election in a runoff for position 4.^[2]^[3]

Position 1[edit]

Position 1 primary election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Nick Fish	56,244	47.72%
	Nonpartisan	Sam Adams	43,745	37.11%
	Nonpartisan	Jason Newell	10,699	9.08%
	Nonpartisan	Brian H. Smith	1,789	1.52%
	Nonpartisan	Woodrow "Woody" Broadnax	1,672	1.41%
	Nonpartisan	Aquiles U. Montas	1,543	1.31%
	Nonpartisan	Jerry Watson	1,539	1.31%
	Write-in		639	0.54%
Total votes			118,193	100

Position 1 runoff election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Sam Adams	126,277	51.40%
	Nonpartisan	Nick Fish	117,333	47.76%
	Write-in		2,054	0.84%
Total votes			245,664	100

Position 4 primary election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Randy Leonard	61,201	52.67%
	Nonpartisan	Mark Lloyd Lakeman	9,743	8.38%
	Nonpartisan	Frank Dixon	9,100	7.83%
	Nonpartisan	Mary Ann Schwab	7,199	6.20%
	Nonpartisan	Paul Leistner	6,792	5.85%
	Nonpartisan	Leonard Gard	4,753	4.09%
	Nonpartisan	Aaron F. Hall	4,525	3.89%
	Nonpartisan	Bonny McKnight	4,325	3.72%
	Nonpartisan	Alicia Salaz	2,763	2.38%
	Nonpartisan	Scott Stephens	2,315	1.99%
	Nonpartisan	Jim Whittenburg	1,515	1.30%
	Write-in		1,969	1.69%
Total votes			116,200	100.00%

Position 4 runoff election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Randy Leonard	167,418	94.46%
	Write-in		9,813	5.54%
Total votes			177,231	100

^ "Results and History - Multnomah County Elections". Multnomah County. February 28, 2011. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
^ "May 18, 2004 - Election Results". Multnomah County. July 24, 2011. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
^ "November 2, 2004 - Election Results". Multnomah County. July 24, 2011. Retrieved August 28, 2023.