Olivia Clark is a retired policy director who was elected to Portland City Council from District 4 in 2024, along with Mitch Green and Eric Zimmerman.
[5] Clark was a legislative director for Governor John Kitzhaber and has worked for TriMet.
[6] Clark ran for Portland City Council in the newly formed District 4.
She was the only candidate in any district to pass the 25% threshold for election in the first round of voting.
[7] On January 2, 2025, Clark ran for president of the new City Council, but upon failing to win a majority of votes, she withdrew her candidacy, throwing her support behind eventual winner Elana Pirtle-Guiney, who was nominated after a deadlocked vote as a compromise candidate.