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 new mayor, following a campaign in which he capitalized on years of growing frustration over homeless encampments, open drug use and quality of life concerns to outperform three City Council members — including one ensnared in a driving record scandal — who had also sought to lead the city.