Portland City Council (Maine)

This was in alignment with national trends in metropolitan governments, and also partially motivated by the influence of the Maine Ku Klux Klan, which resented what was perceived as the growing power of ethnic and religious minorities.

In 2022, voters approved a proposal to switch elections for City Council to Proportional Ranked Choice Voting.

[5] A native of Brunswick, Pelletier is a racial equity and economic development coordinator at the Greater Portland Council of Governments.

[8] Anna Bullett is the director of health and nutrition programs at The Opportunity Alliance, which works with low-income people in Cumberland County.

[9][10] Kathryn "Kate" Sykes is the former co-chair of the Maine branch of the Democratic Socialists of America, and remains a member of the organization.

A native of Ghana, ( First Ghanaian to be elected into any public office in the US ) Ali immigrated to the United States in 2000, and has lived in Portland since 2002.

Elected to the council in 2020, April Fournier is Diné and a native of New Mexico who previously worked for Unum.

She is the National Program Director of Advance Native Political Leadership,[12] and is the first Indigenous person elected to the Portland City Council.

[10] Roberto Rodríguez is a native of Puerto Rico who previously served on the City's Board of Public Education and owns a garden supply company.