The lone Eugene City Council race to require a November run-off features a councilor who is often the voice of dissent going against a political newcomer.
Ward 5 incumbent Mike Clark has long portrayed himself as an opposition voice on a council that he said most in his area do not approve of.
“I have long prided myself on being a fiercely independent voice for north Eugene, and have, for a long time, been the outsider and have stood against what I thought were bad decisions at council, and have done so sometimes even when I’ve had to stand alone,” he said at a September forum held by the City Club of Eugene…