Portland’s City Council races are still being tallied, but preliminary results have held firm since Tuesday night. by Taylor Griggs Multnomah County has released its second round of preliminary results for the Portland mayor and City Council races, adding roughly 47,000 more citywide votes to the election night count. The results are essentially the same as Tuesday’s report, with all leading candidates maintaining their standing from the county’s election night tally.  Still, the county hasn’t counted all the ballots it’s received—and more ballots are still in the mail—so it’s possible that a larger shift could occur in city races. According to a Multnomah County press release, the county’s Elections Division received a single-day-record number of ballots on Election Day, with voters submitting 132,436 ballots on Tuesday alone. The county has received a total of about 420,000 ballots so far, and is projecting overall turnout will reach 75 percent once it receives all ballots.  Mayor’s race Right now, Keith Wilson is sitting at a comfortable lead in the mayoral race, having received about 62 percent of the vote after Wednesday’s final round of elimination in the ranked choice voting (RCV) tally. He maintained a roughly 24 percent lead over Carmen Rubio, who is currently coming in second place in the mayor’s race. According to voting data, Wilson nabbed the number one spot on 35 percent of ballots counted so far. Rubio and Rene Gonzelez were ranked number one by 21 and 19 percent of voters, respectively.  The latest results were enough for the Oregonian to call the mayor’s race for Wilson, writing there is “no plausible path for Rubio to overcome [Wilson’s] dominating lead.”  Following the county releasing its second round of preliminary results, Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler congratulated Wilson on social media, calling him the city’s “mayor-elect.”  “Portland’s future is bright and I am committed to supporting you as you transition into your role leading this incredible organization,” Wheeler wrote. “Can’t wait to roll up our sleeves together with the newly elected city council.” District 1 District 1’s leading candidates are Candace Avalos, Loretta Smith, and Jamie Dunphy. District 1, which includes all of East Portland, has historically seen lower voter turnout than the city at large. So far, about 29,100 votes have been counted in District 1—substantially lower than the number of votes tallied in other districts, despite roughly equal population.  District 2 In District 2, which includes North and most of Northeast Portland, about 53,700 votes have been counted so far. The leading candidates in this district are current Portland Commissioner Dan Ryan, Elana Pirtle-Guiney, and Sameer Kanal. If their positions hold, Ryan will be the only person currently on Portland City Council to have a spot in City Hall come 2025, despite three of his colleagues running for mayor.  District 3 Leading District 3—where the county has tallied about 60,200 votes so far—are former Portland Commissioner Steve Novick, Tiffany Koyama Lane, and Angelita Morillo. Novick’s spot on the future City Council is all but certain, considering he reached the 25 percent threshold on the first round of RCV eliminations. Koyama Lane and Morillo also appear to solidly positioned to represent the district that encompasses most of Southeast Portland west of Interstate 205. The candidate currently coming in fourth place, Kezia Wanner, only nabbed 13 percent of the total vote by the last round of eliminations.  District 4 Olivia Clark, Mitch Green, and Eric Zimmerman are ahead in District 4, which includes Portland’s entire west side, including downtown, plus neighborhoods in inner Southeast Portland including Sellwood. About 56,600 votes have been counted in District 4 so far. Like Novick, Clark secured more than 25 percent of the vote in the first RCV round, all but securing a Council seat.  The next RCV results are expected by 6 pm Thursday. By then, about 80 percent of the vote should be counted, spelling out an even more certain picture of what the future City Council will look like.  Multnomah County Board of Commissioners Meanwhile, Meghan Moyer and Shannon Singleton have won their seats in the races for seats on the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners. In District 1, Moyer beat her opponent Vadim Mozyrsky, by nearly 20 points. Singleton has been elected to a spot in the county’s District 2, beating former Portland Mayor Sam Adams by more than 10 percent.