Eugene Weekly: Drafting a Campaign

Kaarin Knudson has never actually held elected political office since graduating from college. But that doesn’t mean she lacks ideas about how to run City Hall, should Eugene ever again have such a building. And politically experienced or not, she just might be Eugene’s next mayor.

The 47-year-old Eugene architect and University of Oregon architecture instructor filed Tuesday, Oct. 17, to run for mayor in the May 2024 primary election. So far, she’s the only candidate who’s taken out papers for the race, and she has drawn wide support from local progressives, including endorsements from current Mayor Lucy Vinis, who plans to step down when her current term ends in 2025, and from popular former Mayor Kitty Piercy. See more here…