[fieldmarshaldj]

I’d heard of Ivancie but didn’t know much about him. Apparently the last Republican Mayor was the interim Mayor Connie McCready when the creep/pervert Neil Goldschmidt became Carter’s Transportation Secretary in 1979. 1952 was the last time a Republican won a full 4-year term (Fred Peterson). I wasn’t aware O’Scannlain had run for Mayor, I only knew him for his losing 1974 run for the suburban 1st district U.S. House seat (which had, until that point, gone 96 years without electing a Dem). We’ve never won it back.

[crazyhorse691]

I didn't mean to imply that O”Scanlon actually ran for mayor...it was one of the options he was looking at. The thinking then was that he would have a high visibility office from which to run for governor then the senate. Water under the bridge...now Portland is looking at electing a gay bully as mayor.
And Carter removing Goldschmidt from Portland was one of the only two good choices Carter ever made(the other being his concession speech).