Mayor-elect Wilson has said he will not hand out tents and tarps to homeless residents, but will open new shelters to give them a warm dry place to sleep. Tents and debris alongside I-205 in Southeast Portland are seen here from the air on Mar. 22, 2023. Dave Killen / The Oregonian

Voters in Portland, Oregon, have elected political outsider Keith Wilson as their next mayor. Wilson, a Portland native and CEO of a trucking company, ran on an ambitious pledge to end unsheltered homelessness within a year of taking office.

Keith Wilson formally accepted the position as Portland mayor-elect in a speech early Thursday afternoon, becoming the first Portland mayoral candidate elected by ranked-choice voting.

The next mayor of Portland, Keith Wilson, spoke to a crowd of press and onlookers at the Charles Jordan Community Center in North Portland on Thursday afternoon after results showed voters chose him by a landslide.

Portland Mayor-elect Keith Wilson delivered an upbeat and gracious acceptance speech Thursday in the gymnasium at the Charles Jordan Community Center in North Portland, not far from where he grew up.

Portland voters have elected a new mayor, and it's someone new to local politics. Trucking company CEO Keith Wilson held his first event as mayor-elect at a place in North Portland that is close to his heart.