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Nancy Melendez
Nancy Melendez ran in a special election to the Western Municipal Water District to represent Division 1 in California. Melendez lost in the special general election on November 3, 2020.
Melendez was a candidate for the nonpartisan Mayor of Riverside in California. She was defeated in the general election on June 7, 2016.
Biography
Melendez retired as the assistant director of the Riverside Community College District Foundation.[1]
Elections
2020
See also: Municipal elections in Riverside County, California (2020)
General election
Special general election for Western Municipal Water District Division 1
Mike Gardner defeated Teresa Rosales, Nancy Melendez, and Elio Palacios Jr. in the special general election for Western Municipal Water District Division 1 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Mike Gardner (Nonpartisan) | 47.6 | 28,359 |
| Teresa Rosales (Nonpartisan) | 25.0 | 14,854 | ||
 | Nancy Melendez (Nonpartisan) | 18.1 | 10,772 | |
| Elio Palacios Jr. (Nonpartisan) | 9.3 | 5,544 | ||
| Total votes: 59,529 | |||
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2016
The following candidates ran in the general election for Mayor of Riverside.
| Mayor of Riverside, General Election, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Rusty Bailey Incumbent |
65.51% | 14,091 |
| Paul Davis | 17.46% | 3,756 |
| Nancy Melendez | 8.27% | 1,780 |
| Vivian Moreno | 4.19% | 901 |
| Patrick Small | 3.55% | 763 |
| Sally Martinez | 1.02% | 220 |
| Total Votes | 21,511 | |
| Source: Riverside, California, "City Clerk: June 7, 2016 - Election Results," accessed June 8, 2016 | ||
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Nancy Melendez did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
2016
Melendez told The Press Enterprise that she considered former Riverside Mayor Ron Loveridge a "mentor" and that the city had "gotten away from his legacy of community building and consensus building."[1]
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
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