Dan Ryan is a candidate for City Council in District 2 (North/Northeast Portland).
Ryan currently serves as a Portland City Commissioner, overseeing the Office of Community and Civic Life, the Office of Equity and Human Rights, the Bureau of Portland Parks & Recreation, and the Portland Children’s Levy.
Elected to his position in a 2020 special election, Ryan filled the vacancy left by the late City Commissioner Nick Fish. Previously, he served on the Portland School Board from 2005 to 2008.
Formerly the CEO of All Hands Raised, a nonprofit focused on education equity, Ryan serves on the boards of Trillium Family Services and the University of Oregon Alumni Association.
His priorities include addressing homelessness and housing, public safety, streamlining the permitting process, improving downtown and neighborhood main streets, investing in parks, and supporting children, education, arts, music, sports, and entertainment.
For more information about Dan Ryan’s platform and a full list of endorsements, please visit his campaign website.
Media links:
- Portland Is Possible: Know Your Candidate
- KATU: Know Your Candidates
- The Oregonian Endorsement
- League of Women Voters Candidate Interview: Dan Ryan
- KATU: District 2 Candidate Forum
- Willamette Week: Firefighters Union Makes Endorsements in City Council Election
- Willamette Week: Northwest Oregon Labor Council Endorses City Council Candidates
- KGW Straight Talk: Dan Ryan announces bid for Portland City Council
- The Oregonian: Portland Commissioner Dan Ryan to run for newly created City Council seat
- Portland Mercury: Portland City Council Candidates: District 2
- The Oregonian: Portland Commissioners Rene Gonzalez, Dan Ryan float potential changes to city government overhaul
- KGW Straight Talk: Commissioner Dan Ryan responds after protesters vandalize his home: ‘We need common sense to take over and take our city back’
- Willamette Week: He Survived a Plague. Now He’s Running for Office During Another.