Most contests for the dozen seats on Portland’s expanded City Council remained too uncertain to call Tuesday night after officials released partial returns for the city’s first election using multi-winner ranked-choice voting.

Portland voters were asked to select three new City Council candidates after incumbents chose not to seek a second term. And only one of the three school board seats on the ballot had multiple candidates.

Early election results are out for Portland’s city council race. Three winners will be declared in each district of Portland’s four districts. As of 8 p.m. Tuesday, the following candidates are leading their respective districts: District 1 District 2 District 3 District 4 After years of planning and preparing for the