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Redmond’s mayoral race included three candidates in 2024, with current Mayor Ed Fitch, sitting City Councilor Cat Zwicker and “depopulationist” Charles Baer vying for the seat.

Incumbent Ed Fitch beat out Charles Baer and Redmond City Councilor Cat Zwicker in early results of the Redmond Mayoral race, with nearly 58% percent of the votes as of 10pm.

Fitch has lived in Redmond for 40 years and previously worked as City Attorney for the City of Redmond. Councilor Zwicker is a small business owner, community volunteer and a Redmond resident of over 24 years. Baer is a libertarian and self-described depopulationist, one of his main running points.

This article appears in Source Weekly October 31, 2024.

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Incumbent Ed Fitch Leads in Redmond Mayor Race

by Julianna LaFollette, The Source - Bend, Oregon
November 5, 2024

<h1>Incumbent Ed Fitch Leads in Redmond Mayor Race</h1> <p class="byline">by Julianna LaFollette, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />November 5, 2024</p> <p><span class="fdnDropCap">R</span>edmond's mayoral race included three candidates in 2024, with current Mayor Ed Fitch, sitting City Councilor Cat Zwicker and "depopulationist" Charles Baer vying for the seat.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full aligncenter aligncenter"><a href="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/ed-state-of-the-city-scaled-1.webp"><img src="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/ed-state-of-the-city-scaled-1.webp" alt="" class="wp-image-2065" /></a></figure> <p> Incumbent Ed Fitch beat out Charles Baer and Redmond City Councilor Cat Zwicker in early results of the Redmond Mayoral race, with nearly 58% percent of the votes as of 10pm.</p> <p>Fitch has lived in Redmond for 40 years and previously worked as City Attorney for the City of Redmond. Councilor Zwicker is a small business owner, community volunteer and a Redmond resident of over 24 years. Baer is a libertarian and self-described depopulationist, one of his main running points. </p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/incumbent-ed-fitch-leads-in-redmond-mayor-race-22139143/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=2064&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/incumbent-ed-fitch-leads-in-redmond-mayor-race-22139143/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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