Profile
Tom Potter
Mayor + Commissioner + Captain
Male
Born
Sep 12, 1940
Age
72
Hometown
Bend, Oregon
Tom Potter is the former Mayor of the city of Portland, Oregon in the United States. He was elected in 2004, and left office in January 2009. He was succeeded by City Commissioner Sam Adams. Prior to Potter's service as mayor, he was Portland's police… Read More
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News + Updates
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When You Gotta GoThe Portland Mercury - Jul 12, 2012
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Hall MonitorThe Portland Mercury - May 31, 2012
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Spin The Ballot!The Portland Mercury - May 03, 2012
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Boy, 5, Kidnapped From HospitalKHQ Q6 - Apr 25, 2012
Timeline
Learn about the memorable moments in the evolution of Tom Potter.
CHILDHOOD
1940
Birth
Born on September 12, 1940.
TWENTIES
1967
26 Years Old
Potter began as a police officer in 1967 as a beat officer in southeast Portland in the Brooklyn and Sellwood neighborhoods.
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FORTIES
1990
49 Years Old
He was appointed police chief in 1990 by Mayor Bud Clark, heading up the 1,300 officers in the city's largest bureau.
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LATE ADULTHOOD
In 2003, he decided to run for mayor of Portland, based partly on a desire to help reform the Portland police department.
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2004
63 Years Old
Nevertheless, he won the primary in 2004, having raised only $65,000 in campaign funds, versus other candidates who raised hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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He served as Mayorof Portland from 2005 to 2009, and previously was the chief of the Portland Police Bureau.
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He also supported of Sten's Voter-Owned Elections initiative, which funneled city money to candidates for city offices in the 2006 Primary elections and was staunchly opposed by the Portland Business Alliance.
Potter advocated for a change to that system, advocating for a "strong mayor" initiative in the May 2007 election. The measure was defeated by a 3-1 margin. In January 2005, Potter caused a controversy by taking part in the monthly Critical Mass ride, an act that participants consider a celebration of cycling in which bicyclists take over the streets to demonstrate alternatives to the use of the automobile in urban areas.
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