Elana Pirtle-Guiney

Elana Pirtle-Guiney
Pirtle-Guiney in 2025
President of the Portland City Council
In office
January 2, 2025 – January 14, 2026
Vice PresidentTiffany Koyama Lane
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byJamie Dunphy
Member of the Portland City Council from District 2
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 1, 2025
Serving with Sameer Kanal and Dan Ryan
Preceded byoffice established
Personal details
PartyDemocratic
EducationLewis & Clark College (BA)
WebsiteOfficial website

Elana Pirtle-Guiney is an American politician and labor organizer who is currently serving as a member of the Portland City Council. She represents District 2 on the City Council, along with Sameer Kanal and Dan Ryan, and was first elected in 2024. Pirtle-Guiney previously served as the inaugural president of the City Council from 2025 to 2026.

Pirtle-Guiney is one of the twelve inaugural members of Portland's new expanded city council, following Portland's switch from a city commission government to a mayor–council government.

Early life and education

Pirtle-Guiney grew up in California. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in international affairs from Lewis & Clark College.[1]

Career

Pirtle-Guiney was the legislative and communications director for the Oregon AFL-CIO for nine years. Following this, she served as a policy advisor and later legislative director for Governor Kate Brown from 2015 to 2021.[2][3] She served as a special advisor to the Oregon Commissioner of Labor from November 2021 to June 2022.

Portland City Council

Campaign sign for Pirtle-Guiney's 2024 city council campaign

On June 20, 2024, Pirtle-Guiney announced her run for city council in the newly formed district 2.[4] She was one of over 100 candidates in the 2024 election for the new city council, which was switching from a city commission form of government to a mayor–council form of government.[5]

Pirtle-Guiney won the election along with Sameer Kanal and Dan Ryan. She was second place to Ryan in the first count, with 7,833 votes. In the final round, her, Ryan, and Kanal shared 19,200 votes.[6]

On January 2, 2025, after 10 rounds of voting, Pirtle-Guiney was selected in a 7-5 vote of the Portland City Council to become the first person ever to serve as Council President since the 1800s, with Tiffany Koyama Lane selected to serve as council Vice President.[7] Pirtle-Guiney ran for president again in 2026 but was unable to secure a majority in 13 rounds of closely divided voting.[8]

Personal life

Pirtle-Guiney is openly queer.[9] She lives in the Vernon neighborhood in Northeast Portland.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Meet Elana Pirtle-Guiney, candidate for Portland City Council District 2". Oregon Public Broadcasting. Retrieved November 6, 2024.
  2. ^ "Some LGBTQ+ Candidates for City Council Bristle at Basic Rights Oregon's Endorsements". Willamette Week. September 25, 2024. Retrieved November 10, 2024.
  3. ^ "Elana Pirtle-Guiney Elected as Portland City Council President at New Body's First Meeting". Willamette Week. January 2, 2025. Retrieved January 14, 2025.
  4. ^ "Register of City Candidates | City of Portland 2024 November General Election | Portland.gov". www.portland.gov. Retrieved January 14, 2025.
  5. ^ "A look at every candidate running for Portland City Council in 2024". KOIN.com. October 10, 2024. Retrieved January 14, 2025.
  6. ^ "City of Portland Councilor District 2 Final Results". rcvresults.multco.us. Retrieved January 14, 2025.
  7. ^ "Elana Pirtle-Guiney Elected as Portland City Council President at New Body's First Meeting". Willamette Week. January 2, 2025. Retrieved January 5, 2025.
  8. ^ Kavanaugh, Shane Dixon (January 14, 2026). "Fractious Portland City Council finally breaks impasse, elects 'reluctant hero' as new president". The Oregonian. Retrieved January 14, 2026.
  9. ^ Davis, Andrew (September 27, 2024). "NATIONAL Trans inmate, Joe Biden, MHB, Fla. sex ed, NLGJA". Windy City Times. Archived from the original on November 10, 2024. Retrieved November 10, 2024.
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