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. “I am incredibly proud to be before you today ...

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.