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Stockton, California municipal elections, 2014
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The city of Stockton, California, held nonpartisan elections for city council on November 4, 2014. A primary election took place on June 3, 2014.[1]
Three of Stockton's seven council seats were up for election. Incumbents ran for re-election in Districts 1 and 5. District 3, however, was an open seat.
While issues such as crime and economic development played a role in Stockton's 2014 election cycle, bankruptcy proved to be a defining issue in the city's 2014 municipal elections.
City council
Candidate list
District 1
- June 3 Primary election candidates:
- Elbert Holman, Jr.
- Incumbent Holman was first appointed to the council in 2009. - A.S. "Rick" Grewal
District 3
Note: Incumbent Paul Canepa did not run for re-election.
- June 3 Primary election candidates:
November 4 General election candidates:
District 5
- June 3 Primary election candidates:
- Dyane Burgos Medina
- Incumbent Medina was first appointed to the council in 2013. - Christina Fugazi
- Mark Stebbins
November 4 General election candidates:
Election results
General
| Stockton City Council District 3 General Election, 2014 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Susan Lofthus |
64.8% | 23,783 | |
| Gene Acevedo | 35.2% | 12,919 | |
| Total Votes | 36,702 | ||
| Source: San Joaquin County Registrar of Voters - Official General Election Results | |||
| Stockton City Council District 5 General Election, 2014 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Christina Fugazi |
54.2% | 20,159 | |
| Dyane Burgos Medina Incumbent | 45.8% | 17,066 | |
| Total Votes | 37,225 | ||
| Source: San Joaquin County Registrar of Voters - Official General Election Results | |||
Primary
| Stockton City Council District 1 Primary Election, 2014 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Elbert Holman, Jr. Incumbent |
57.3% | 3,159 | |
| A.S. "Rick" Grewal | 42.3% | 2,329 | |
| Write-in Votes | 0.4% | 22 | |
| Total Votes | 5,510 | ||
| Source: San Joaquin County Registrar of Voters - Official primary election results | |||
| Stockton City Council District 3 Primary Election, 2014 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Susan Lofthus |
56.9% | 3,301 | |
| Gene Acevedo |
27.2% | 1,574 | |
| Motecuzoma Sanchez | 15.5% | 901 | |
| Write-in Votes | 0.4% | 21 | |
| Total Votes | 5,797 | ||
| Source: San Joaquin County Registrar of Voters - Official primary election results | |||
| Stockton City Council District 5 Primary Election, 2014 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Dyane Burgos Medina Incumbent |
42.1% | 1,262 | |
| Christina Fugazi |
35.8% | 1,075 | |
| Mark Stebbins | 21.7% | 652 | |
| Write-in Votes | 0.3% | 10 | |
| Total Votes | 2,999 | ||
| Source: San Joaquin County Registrar of Voters - Official primary election results | |||
Issues
Bankruptcy
Stockton filed for bankruptcy in 2011. The city's exit plan was still moving through the courts only days before the November 4 elections.[2] The issue was a frequent topic of discussion in candidate forums and debates.[3]
As November approached, the issue of bankruptcy in Stockton became more pressing due to an early October ruling by a federal judge in California on how pensions configure into municipal exit plans in bankruptcy cases. One of Stockton's major creditors, Franklin Templeton Investments, argued for a reduction in the amount that the city owed its pension obligations. The reduction could, it was argued, create more revenue from which Franklin Templeton could collect on the $36 million that the city owed the company. Stockton's exit plan proposed repaying Franklin Templeton only one percent of the amount owed. It did not propose a reduction in city-funded pension obligations. Lawyers for the California Public Employees' Retirement System argued that any adjustments to Stockton's pension obligations were illegal. On October 1, however, a federal judge - the same judge presiding over Stockton's bankruptcy proceedings - ruled that a city could, in fact, legally reduce pensions in the event of municipal bankruptcy. The ruling paved the way for the possibility that a pension reduction could become part of Stockton's exit plan, pending how the judge rules in late October.[4] Nonetheless, on October 30, the courts approved Stockton's exit plan in its original form, thus leaving the city's pension obligations untouched.[5]
Recent news
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See also
External links
- United States Conference of Mayors - Elections in 2014
- San Joaquin County Registrar of Voters - Official candidate list
- San Joaquin County Registrar of Voters - Official primary election results
- San Joaquin County Registrar of Voters - Official general election results
Footnotes
- ↑ City of Stockton, "Elections," accessed March 10, 2014
- ↑ USA Today, "Judge OKs bankruptcy for Stockton, Calif.," April 1, 2013
- ↑ Record Net, "Bankruptcy topic of choice at City Council candidates forum," September 26, 2014
- ↑ Governing, "Stockton Bankruptcy Judge Rules against Pensions," October 2, 2014
- ↑ Wall Street Journal, "Judge Approves California City’s Bankruptcy-Exit Plan," October 30, 2014
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