Editing Multnomah County, Oregon (section)

==Law and government==
[[File:Lobby of new Multnomah County Central Courthouse from 2nd floor Oct 2020.jpg|thumb|right|Lobby of the new [[Multnomah County Central Courthouse]], which opened in 2020]]
Multnomah County was a strongly Republican county for much of the first half of the 20th century. Since 1964, it has been the strongest Democratic bastion in Oregon, even in the Republican landslides of [[1972 United States presidential election|1972]] and [[1984 United States presidential election|1984]].

As Multnomah County is by far the most populous county in Oregon, Democratic majorities in the county are often enough to swing the results in statewide elections. In 2008, Democratic challenger [[Jeff Merkley]] unseated incumbent two-term Senator [[Gordon H. Smith|Gordon Smith]], though Smith carried 28 of Oregon's 36 counties. Merkley carried Multnomah County by over 142,000 votes, however, enough to allow him to defeat Smith by 59,100 votes.

The county courthouse is located in [[downtown Portland]]. The [[Multnomah County Central Courthouse]] opened in 2020, replacing a [[Multnomah County Courthouse|century-old building]] nearby that was in need of [[seismic retrofit]]ting.<ref name="oreg-2020oct4">{{Cite news |last=Green |first=Aimee |date=October 4, 2020 |title=After decades of trying, Multnomah County opens a $324 million new, spacious, seismically safer courthouse |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2020/10/after-decades-of-trying-multnomah-county-opens-a-324-million-new-spacious-seismically-safer-courthouse.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201010051925/https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2020/10/after-decades-of-trying-multnomah-county-opens-a-324-million-new-spacious-seismically-safer-courthouse.html |archive-date=October 10, 2020 |access-date=October 10, 2020 |work=[[The Oregonian]]}}</ref>

===Elected officials===
====County Commission====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="2" |District
!Name
!Notes
|-
| style="background:blue;"|
|Chair
|[[Jessica Vega Pederson]]
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hayden |first=Nicole |date=November 10, 2022 |title=Jessica Vega Pederson wins race for Multnomah County chair |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2022/11/jessica-vega-pederson-wins-race-for-multnomah-county-chair.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221213023155/https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2022/11/jessica-vega-pederson-wins-race-for-multnomah-county-chair.html |archive-date=December 13, 2022 |access-date=January 1, 2023 |work=[[The Oregonian/OregonLive]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=December 14, 2022 |title=Jessica Vega Pederson |url=https://www.multco.us/chair-vega-pederson |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230628164605/https://www.multco.us/chair-vega-pederson |archive-date=June 28, 2023 |access-date=August 6, 2023 |publisher=Multnomah County}}</ref>
|-
| style="background:blue;"|
|Commissioner, District 1
|Meghan Moyer
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Meghan Moyer <nowiki>|</nowiki> Multnomah County |url=https://multco.us/elected/meghan-moyer |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250105211230/https://multco.us/elected/meghan-moyer |archive-date=January 5, 2025 |access-date=January 5, 2025 |publisher=Multnomah County}}</ref><ref name="2025-swearing-in">{{cite web |date=January 8, 2025 |title=Swearing in of three County Commissioners draws ‘most significant gathering of regional firepower’ |url=https://multco.us/news/swearing-three-county-commissioners-draws-most-significant-gathering-regional-firepower |website=Multnomah County |publisher=Multnomah County |access-date=January 12, 2025 }}</ref>
|-
| style="background:blue;"|
|Commissioner, District 2
|Shannon Singleton
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Shannon Singleton <nowiki>|</nowiki> Multnomah County |url=https://multco.us/elected/shannon-singleton |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250105211406/https://multco.us/elected/shannon-singleton |archive-date=January 5, 2025 |access-date=January 5, 2025 |website=Multnomah County}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=December 3, 2024 |title=NEWS RELEASE: Shannon Singleton sworn in as Multnomah County Commissioner for District 2 |url=https://multco.us/news/news-release-shannon-singleton-sworn-multnomah-county-commissioner-district-2 |website=Multnomah County |publisher=Multnomah County |access-date=January 5, 2025}}</ref>
|-
| style="background:blue;"|
|Commissioner, District 3
|[[Julia Brim-Edwards]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 14, 2023 |title=Julia Brim-Edwards sworn in as District 3 Commissioner |url=https://www.multco.us/multnomah-county/news/julia-brim-edwards-sworn-district-3-commissioner |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230614215131/https://www.multco.us/multnomah-county/news/julia-brim-edwards-sworn-district-3-commissioner |archive-date=June 14, 2023 |access-date=August 7, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=June 8, 2023 |title=Julia Brim-Edwards |url=https://www.multco.us/commissioner-brim-edwards |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230702040315/https://www.multco.us/commissioner-brim-edwards |archive-date=July 2, 2023 |access-date=August 7, 2023}}</ref>
|-
| style="background:blue;"|
|Commissioner, District 4
|Vince Jones-Dixon
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vince Jones-Dixon <nowiki>|</nowiki> Multnomah County |url=https://multco.us/profile/vince-jones-dixon |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250105213332/https://multco.us/profile/vince-jones-dixon |archive-date=January 5, 2025 |access-date=January 5, 2025 |publisher=Multnomah County}}</ref><ref name="2025-swearing-in" />
|}

====County officials====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="2"  style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"|Office
!  style="text-align:center; vertical-align:bottom;"|Name
!Notes
|-
| style="background:gray;"|
|[[District attorney|District Attorney]]
|[[Nathan Vasquez (lawyer)|Nathan Vasquez]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Multnomah County’s new top prosecutor will push for more jail beds to curb substance use, calls out public defenders |url=https://www.opb.org/article/2025/01/06/multnomah-county-da-vasquez-interview/ |access-date=2025-01-21 |website=opb |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| style="background:gray;"|
|[[Multnomah County Sheriff's Office|Sheriff]]
|[[Nicole Morrisey O’Donnell]]
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gaitán |first=Catalina |date=May 17, 2022 |title=Nicole Morrisey O'Donnell wins historic Multnomah County sheriff's race |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2022/05/nicole-morrisey-odonnell-wins-historic-multnomah-county-sheriffs-race.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102015440/https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2022/05/nicole-morrisey-odonnell-wins-historic-multnomah-county-sheriffs-race.html |archive-date=January 2, 2023 |access-date=January 1, 2023 |work=[[The Oregonian]]/OregonLive}}</ref>
|-
| style="background:gray;"|
|[[Tax collector|Auditor]]
|Jennifer McGuirk
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 25, 2010 |title=Jennifer McGuirk |url=https://www.multco.us/auditor-mcguirk |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230806222700/https://www.multco.us/auditor-mcguirk |archive-date=August 6, 2023 |access-date=May 30, 2021 |publisher=Multnomah County |language=en}}</ref>
|}

===Appointed officials===
* Elections: Tim Scott
* Finance: Mark Campbell
* Surveyor: James Clayton

===State legislators===
Map of Multnomah County [https://sos.oregon.gov/blue-book/Pages/state/legislative/district-maps.aspx Senate-Representative District Maps]

=== Joint Office of Homeless Services ===
The '''Joint Office of Homeless Services''' is an agency run by [[Multnomah County]] to provide services and care to those experiencing homelessness. The City of Portland contributes 9 percent of its budget.<ref name=reverse>{{Cite web|title=Portland city commissioners reverse plan to pull out of Joint Office of Homeless Services|url=https://www.opb.org/article/2024/11/06/portland-joint-office-homeless-services-city-council-housing-homelessness/ |access-date=2025-03-03|website=opb.org|language=en|archive-date=2025-03-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250303180148/https://www.opb.org/article/2024/11/06/portland-joint-office-homeless-services-city-council-housing-homelessness/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2024, city councilors considered withdrawing from this partnership, but left it in place after the election of mayor [[Keith Wilson (mayor)|Keith Wilson]] who ran on a platform of ending unshelterd homelessness.<ref name="reverse" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Dan Ryan says Portland Mayor-elect Keith Wilson told them to drop plan to end partnership with Multnomah County |url=https://www.kgw.com/article/entertainment/television/programs/straight-talk/dan-ryan-portland-mayor-elect-keith-wilson-multnomah-county-joint-office/283-6470d829-97d6-423c-9507-ad0faa6ad681 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250303181110/https://www.kgw.com/article/entertainment/television/programs/straight-talk/dan-ryan-portland-mayor-elect-keith-wilson-multnomah-county-joint-office/283-6470d829-97d6-423c-9507-ad0faa6ad681 |archive-date=2025-03-03 |access-date=2025-03-03 |website=kgw.com |language=en}}</ref>

Earlier in 2024 it was reported that the JOHS increased people it was able to put into housing by 28 percent compared to 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Joint Office of Homeless Services sees 28% increase of homeless placed in housing |url=https://www.portlandtribune.com/news/joint-office-of-homeless-services-sees-28-increase-of-homeless-placed-in-housing/article_c90ec22e-609f-11ef-a2f3-9f61fd68fa04.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250303181455/https://www.portlandtribune.com/news/joint-office-of-homeless-services-sees-28-increase-of-homeless-placed-in-housing/article_c90ec22e-609f-11ef-a2f3-9f61fd68fa04.html |archive-date=2025-03-03 |access-date=2025-03-03 |website=portlandtribune.com |language=en}}</ref>

In February 2025, the JOHS reported a budget gap of $104 million, saying it would not be able to meet its commitments this year.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Joint Office of Homeless Services Warns of Upcoming Budget Shortfall of $104 Million |url=https://www.wweek.com/news/county/2025/02/21/joint-office-reports-upcoming-budget-shortfall-of-104-million/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250303182134/https://www.wweek.com/news/county/2025/02/21/joint-office-reports-upcoming-budget-shortfall-of-104-million/ |archive-date=2025-03-03 |access-date=2025-03-03 |website=wweek.com |language=en}}</ref>{{PresHead|place=Multnomah County, Oregon|whig=no|source1=<ref>{{Cite web |last=Leip |first=David |title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections |url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180323225526/https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/ |archive-date=March 23, 2018 |access-date=April 11, 2018 |website=uselectionatlas.org}}</ref>|source2=<ref>The leading "other" candidate, [[Progressive Party (United States, 1912)|Progressive]] [[Theodore Roosevelt]], received 12,523 votes, while Socialist [[Eugene V. Debs|Eugene Debs]] received 3,578 votes, [[Prohibition Party|Prohibition]] candidate [[Eugene W. Chafin|Eugene Chafin]] received 761 votes.</ref>}}
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{{PresRow|2024|Democratic|70,759|325,927|17,564|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|2020|Democratic|82,995|367,249|13,415|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|2016|Democratic|67,954|292,561|38,588|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|2012|Democratic|75,302|274,887|14,533|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|2008|Democratic|75,171|279,696|9,843|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|2004|Democratic|98,439|259,585|4,670|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|2000|Democratic|83,677|188,441|24,567|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|71,094|159,878|38,989|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|72,326|165,081|60,884|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1988|Democratic|95,561|161,361|4,921|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1984|Democratic|119,932|144,179|1,428|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1980|Democratic|101,606|120,487|36,875|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|112,400|129,060|11,699|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1972|Democratic|118,219|125,470|9,269|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1968|Democratic|106,831|124,651|12,036|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|81,683|161,040|1,016|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|127,271|124,273|338|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|129,658|115,896|0|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|132,602|107,118|1,339|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|86,519|93,703|8,806|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|78,279|105,516|2,423|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|73,612|97,595|1,106|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|41,405|106,561|4,353|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|47,201|78,898|6,644|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|75,731|45,177|1,951|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|48,866|21,733|27,165|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|44,806|27,607|4,761|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1916|Republican|41,458|35,755|3,022|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|9,212|13,894|16,862|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|17,819|9,850|2,118|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|13,692|2,324|2,518|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1900|Republican|9,948|4,436|814|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1896|Republican|11,824|6,453|334|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1892|Republican|8,041|2,040|6,572|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1888|Republican|6,250|3,996|201|Oregon}}
{{PresRow|1884|Republican|5,058|3,880|95|Oregon}}
{{PresFoot|1880|Republican|3,211|2,720|0|Oregon}}