Of the five city council seats up for term this year, only one will actually come down to a vote in November. However, voters will have an opportunity to remedy the “election loophole” through Measures K & L. A competitive race between two Latino Democrats is featured in the District 9 city council race, but the City Attorney’s race is the only citywide race on the ballot this year.
The candidate has already filed to reimburse the campaign and has put an end to the home office arrangement.
In Fremont, the Bay Area’s fourth largest city, seven candidates will be running for two seats on the City Council in the November election. In addition, Bill Harrison will seek re-election to the Mayor’s office against Lily Mei, who hopes to become the city’s first female mayor and the first of Chinese descent.
California’s November ballot is a crowded one, no doubt about it. With 17 initiatives proposed to the people, there are a lot of issues for voters to sort through.
Controversial Stockton Mayor Anthony Silva, who has ridden the city’s emergence from bankruptcy, faces an unlikely challenge in 26 year-old Michael Tubbs.
When it comes to marijuana, California’s pot legalization measure naturally commands most of the attention. But Proposition 64 isn’t the only cannabis measure on voter ballots.
Coming this November: a mayoral election to see who replaces four-term Mayor Tom Bates that involves a liberal pragmatist facing off against a tag team of ardent progressives. But there’s more! Berkeley City Council Districts two, three, five, and six are all up for grabs.
This year, for the first time, Garden Grove will implement district-based elections in order to comply with the California Voter Rights Act.
Sixteen candidates will be vying for Irvine mayor and two open City Council seats in the November election.
Four of Santa Ana’s seven council seats, including the mayor’s seat, are up for grabs in November. And seven candidates are vying for the open Ward 3 race including former state assemblyman Jose Solorio, who the OC Weekly called “the Mexican version of Ned Flanders.”