Miles, Guiney, Ramsey, and Walsh Lead Lake Oswego Council Ballot
Early returns from Tuesday night show four candidates ahead for four open seats in the city's election.
By Lauren Bello ·
Suzanne Miles, Bryan Guiney, Heather Ramsey, and Patrick Walsh hold the top four positions in the Lake Oswego City Council race as of 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 3. The Oregon Secretary of State’s Office released initial data showing these candidates leading for four open seats on the council.
Miles currently has 22.57% of the votes counted. Guiney trails with 18.24%, followed by Ramsey at 17.26% and Walsh at 15.65%. Peren Tiemann and Neil Tunmore occupy the next two spots with 14.07% and 11.85% respectively. A total of 49,542 votes had been tallied at the time of the report. The results are not final.
Three of the open seats carry four-year terms starting Jan. 1, 2027, and ending Dec. 31, 2030. The fourth seat, currently occupied by Jackie Edmund Manz following Aaron Rapf’s departure, will be awarded to the candidate with the fourth-highest vote total. That term runs from Jan. 1, 2027, through Dec. 31, 2028.
The candidates bring varied professional backgrounds to the race. Miles served as an assistant U.S. attorney for Oregon and California and worked as a regulatory specialist for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. She also served in the Forest Hills Elementary School Parent Teacher Organization.
Guiney is a Lake Oswego planning commissioner and the Oregon field director for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. He has 21 years of service in the U.S. Marine Corps. Ramsey is a business coach and executive who led the successful Lake Oswego School District capital bond campaign in 2025.
Walsh chairs the Lake Oswego Library Advisory Board, a role he has held for two of his four years on the board. He also works as a nonprofit executive and theater director. Tiemann is a law student at Lewis & Clark College who has lived in the city since age 13. They founded the first Oregon chapter of Students Demand Action, a group focused on gun violence prevention.
Tunmore is a former director of corporate services at Intel and has resided in Lake Oswego for 26 years. The Oregon Secretary of State’s Office will update the totals as more ballots are processed.
