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Long Beach Vote 2016

Leadership Long Beach Presents Citywide Candidates’ Forum

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All 19 candidates vying for election in the April 12 Long Beach Primary attended a March 2 Citywide Candidates’ Forum at the Long Beach Main Public Library Auditorium.

The Citywide Candidates’ Forum  was organized by Leadership Long Beach (LLB) in partnership with the Long Beach Public Library, Long Beach Community Action Partnership (LBCAP), Public Access Digital Network (PADNET) and PalacioMagazine.com.

Attending the Citywide Candidates’ forum were:

Long Beach City College Trustees District 2: Irma Archuleta (incumbent) and Vivian Williams Malauulu District 4: Doug Otto (incumbent) and Davina M. Keiser

Long Beach Unified School District 2: Felton C. Williams (incumbent) and Jessica Vargas-Alvarez District 4: Jon Meyer (incumbent) and Rosi A. Pedersen

Long Beach City Council District 2: Joen Garnica, Eric Gray and Jeannine Pearce

District 4: Daryl Supernaw, incumbent who is unopposed but who is invited to make a statement.

District 6: Dee Andrews (incumbent who is running as a write-in candidate), Robert Harmon, Erik Miller, Josephine A. Villasenor

District 8: Al Austin II (incumbent), Laurie C. Angel, and Wesley Turnbow

Citywide Candidates' Forum

Also in attendance were representatives from the Office of the City Clerk with voter registration and voting information. City Clerk Maria de la Luz Garcia took the opportunity of the forum to update the audience on voter registration, vote by mail and voting dates. Mail-in balloting for the primary election begins March 14 with the Primary on April 12. The LBUSD and LBCC races are winner take all contests. The City Council race are subject to runoffs if no one gets 50% of the vote. Then, the top two finishers face off on a general election on June 7th.

In addition to participating in the Citywide Candidates’ forum, the candidates  recorded a 2-minute statements with PADNET. The interviews and the Citywide Candidates’ Forum  are available for viewing on PADNET’s cable and FIOS channels and website, padnet.tv. Here’s the remaining PADNET viewing schedule:

Saturday 3/26/16 5:35 PM
Additional broadcasts will be scheduled until 4/12. You can view the updated playback schedule here: http://padnet.tv/article/schedule

 

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