Riverside, California municipal elections, 2015

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The city of Riverside, California, held elections for city council on June 2, 2015. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was March 6, 2015. Four of the seven city council seats were up for election: Wards 1, 3, 5 and 7. Three incumbents ran for re-election. Two of them ran unopposed, while Ward 1 incumbent Mike Gardner faced a single opponent. Ward 7 incumbent Steve Adams did not run for re-election.

City council

Candidate list

Ward 1

June 2 General election candidates:

• Thomas A. Podgorski
• Mike Gardner - Incumbent Gardner was elected in 2007.

Ward 3

June 2 General election candidates:

• Mike Soubirous - Incumbent Soubirous was elected in 2013.

Ward 5

June 2 General election candidates:

• Chris Mac Arthur - Incumbent Mac Arthur was elected in 2007.

Ward 7

Note: Incumbent Steve Adams did not run for re-election.
June 2 General election candidates:

• John Burnard
• Alysia Webb

Election results

Riverside City Council, Ward 1, 2015
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Mike Gardner Incumbent	70.2%	2,490
Thomas A. Podgorski	29.8%	1,058
Total Votes		3,548
Source: Riverside County, "Official election results," accessed June 11, 2015

Riverside City Council, Ward 7, 2015
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
John Burnard	81.4%	2,100
Alysia Webb	18.6%	479
Total Votes		2,579
Source: Riverside County, "Official election results," accessed June 11, 2015

Marijuana dispensary question

See also: City of Riverside Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Initiative, Measure A (June 2015)

An initiative to allow and regulate medical marijuana dispensaries in the city was on the ballot for Riverside voters in Riverside County, California, on June 2, 2015. It was defeated.

This initiative, named Measure A on the ballot, would have lifted the city's ban on medical marijuana dispensaries, allowing one facility per 30,000 residents to open in commercial and industrial zones of the city. Based on the city's 2015 population, this would have amounted to as many as 10 dispensaries. Measure A was also designed to establish rules to regulate the activity of these dispensaries.

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See also

• United States municipal elections, 2015
• Riverside, California
• City of Riverside Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Initiative, Measure A (June 2015)

External links

Suggest a link

• Riverside County Registrar of Voters - 2015 Annual calendar
• City of Riverside - 2015 Candidate list
• Riverside County - Official election results