Keizer Mayor Cathy Clark spent Election Day chasing a seventh term against challenger Amy Ryan Courser.
The outlet said its election coverage would keep updating as results dropped overnight and into the following days, a reflection of how incomplete the picture remained hours after polls closed. Earlier in the day, ballot returns were still coming in.
Clark Seeks Record Term as Courser Challenges on Public Safety
In Keizer, the mayoral race carried extra weight given how long Clark has held the office. She is running for a seventh term against Courser. Clark told the paper her priorities for another term include infrastructure maintenance, economic development, housing production, managing infill growth and keeping city services cost-effective.
Clark’s long tenure followed years of involvement in local government: she joined Keizer’s Budget Committee in 2002, won a City Council seat in 2006 and was elected mayor in 2015. Her municipal work has also included regional transportation planning, including chairing the Salem-Keizer Area Transportation Study. The city’s biographical profile of Clark traces her path from community volunteer to mayor and lists her current regional committee roles…