More than 44,000 Hillsboro voters cast ballots and made their voices heard in the 2024 General Election.

The election decided Hillsboro's Mayor and 3 City Councilor seats.

A New Mayor

Hillsboro City Councilor Beach Pace will become Hillsboro’s 51^st Mayor when she is sworn into office for a four-year term in January 2025.

According to Washington County Elections unofficial results, as of November 18, 2024, Mayor-elect Pace received 27,573 votes (72%) in the 2024 General Election.

“I am filled with immense gratitude and a profound sense of responsibility,” Pace told a crowd on Election Night. “I have just been elected as only the second woman and first LGBTQIA+ person to serve as mayor in Hillsboro’s 148-year history.”

Mayor-elect Pace, who was first elected to the City Council in 2018 with 67% of the vote. She will succeed outgoing Mayor Steve Callaway, who was limited by City charter to two terms in office following his elections in 2016 and 2020.

The mayoral transition and swearing in of the new City Council will take place on Tuesday, January 7, 2025.

Mayor-elect Pace’s new role will leave a City Council vacancy to fill representing Ward 1, Position A.

3 New City Councilors

Ward 1, Position B

Saba Anvery ran unopposed and will join the Council on January 7, 2025.

Councilor-elect Anvery will fill the position being vacated by Councilor Rick Van Beveren who was ineligible to run again due to term limits. Van Beveren has served on the Council for more than 9 years after being appointed to the Ward 1, Position B seat in 2015, then winning election in 2016 and 2020.

Ward 2, Position B

Elizabeth Case received 17,898 votes in a 3-person race to represent Ward 2 on the City Council.

Councilor-elect Case will replace former Council President Anthony Martin, who also was limited by term limits after eight years on the City Council.

Ward 3, Position B

Rob Harris received 22,268 votes in a 2-person race to represent Ward 3 on the Council.

Councilor-elect Harris will fill the seat being vacated by Councilor Gina Sanchez-Roletto, who opted not to run for re-election after four years of service on the Council.

Returning Councilors

The newly elected leaders will join Councilors Olivia Alcaire and Kipperlyn Sinclair on the Council.

Councilor Alcaire was appointed to the Ward 3, Position A seat on the City Council in 2017, then elected in 2018 and 2022.

Councilor Sinclair was elected to the Ward 2, Position A seat in 2022.

Both Councilor Alcaire and Councilor Sinclair have two years left on their current term on the City Council.

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