Portland Mayor Splits With Political Consultant

Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler and his political consultant Jake Weigler have parted ways.

The split is the latest development to raise questions about the mayor's prospects for re-election.

"They simply had different visions," says mayoral spokeswoman Eileen Park in a statement. "It was a mutual decision."

Weigler, who works for the firm Hilltop Public Solutions, ran Wheeler's 2016 mayoral campaign, a landslide victory. "We appreciated the opportunity to work with the mayor," he says.

Wheeler has said he'll consult his family before deciding later this year whether to mount a re-election bid.