Elections

The General Election will be held on November 5, 2024. Terms of office for Councilor Daren Dufloth  (Position #2), Councilor Ashely Wheeler (Position #4), and Councilor Roak TenEyck (Position #6) expire on December 31, 2024. Council Positions for Position #2, Position #4, and Position #6 will be on the November 5, 2024, General Elections ballot. The respective position winners of the election will serve a 4-year term that commences in January 2025 and will expire in December 2028. City Council positions are non-paid, voluntary positions.

Persons interested in running for office must file an application and pay a $10 fee or collect 25 signatures of qualified, legal voters of the City of Umatilla. Candidates must be registered voters in the State of Oregon and have lived in the City of Umatilla one year immediately before the election or appointment to office. 

There will be a forum to answer any questions for anyone intending to file for a position (time and location will be determined as the deadline approaches). 

The first day to file is June 5, 2024, and the last day to file for Council positions with the City Recorder is August 23, 2024, by 5:00 p.m. The last day to file with the County is August 27, 2024.  

QUALIFICATIONS TO RUN FOR OFFICE:

• The mayor and each councilor must be qualified electors under state law and reside within the city for at least one year immediately before election or appointment to office.
• No person may be a candidate for more than one city office in a single election.
• Neither the mayor nor a councilor may be employed by the city.
• The council is the final judge of the election and qualifications of its members.