Current Council • Mayor:
Mark Dion elected in the
2023 election (since 2023) • District 1: Sarah Michniewicz (since 2025) • District 2: Wesley Pelletier (since 2025) • District 3: Regina Phillips (since 2022) • District 4: Anna Bullett (since 2023) • District 5: Kate Sykes (since 2023) • At-Large: Pious Ali, (since 2016) • At-Large: April Fournier (since 2020) • At-Large: Benjamin Grant (since 2025)
Mayor: Mark Dion Mark Dion is an American politician, law enforcement officer, and lawyer. A former detective in the Portland Police Department, he was the elected sheriff of
Cumberland County and served from 1998–2010. He served in the
Maine House of Representatives from 2010–2016. While in the legislature, Dion advocated for marijuana legalization. Dion ran for Governor of Maine in
2018, placing fifth in the Democratic Party primary. In 2020, he was elected to the Portland City Council from the fifth district with 39% of the vote in a four-way race. In 2023, he announced that he would
run for mayor later that year, and was elected over District 4 councilor Andrew Zarro, at-large councilor Pious Ali, and three other candidates.
District 1: Sarah Michniewicz Sarah Michniewicz is a small business owner and community activist. She was first elected in 2024.
District 2: Wesley Pelletier Wesley Pelletier is a native of
Topsham, and a community organizer. He is a member of the Maine branch of the
Democratic Socialists of America. He was elected to his first term in 2024.
District 4: Anna Bullett Anna Bullett is the director of health and nutrition programs at The Opportunity Alliance, which works with low-income people in Cumberland County. A native of
Auburn, she was elected to her first term in 2023.
District 5: Kate Sykes 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. She was a candidate for this seat in 2020, finishing as runner up to future Mayor Mark Dion. She was elected to the council in 2023 by a 57–43 margin. and is the first Indigenous person elected to the Portland City Council. First elected in 2020, she was re-elected in 2023.
At-Large: Benjamin Grant Benjamin Grant is a former chairman of the
Maine Democratic Party and was previously a member of the Portland School Board. He was elected to his first term in 2024. == See also ==