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Richmond mayoral candidates spar over approach to public safety
Richmond mayoral candidates Ahmad Anderson and Claudia Jiménez offered competing approaches to public safety at a forum Thursday night, with Anderson emphasizing police staffing and Jiménez calling for broader investment in community services. A couple hundred people attended the forum at Richmond Memorial Auditorium, and a few hundred more watched the livestream on YouTube. It…
Read MoreLivestream of Richmond mayoral forum Thursday night
Tune in here at 6:30 p.m. Thursday for a voter forum featuring the two candidates for Richmond mayor: Ahmad Anderson and Claudia Jiménez. Reporters and residents will have a chance to ask the candidates questions at Richmond Memorial Auditorium. The event will be livestreamed on Richmond Confidential’s YouTube channel. Richmond Confidential is co-hosting the event…
Read MoreElection Results: shakeup in Richmond’s first primary as incumbent Mayor Martinez’s chances fade, with Jiménez taking a strong lead
Update: The results below were confirmed after vote tabulations were certified on June 25. Richmond City Councilmember Claudia Jiménez held a comfortable lead in the Richmond mayoral primary election with all precincts reporting early Wednesday morning. Ahmad Anderson was in second place, as votes continued to be tabulated. Voters used the primary to send a…
Read MoreCandidates backed by the Richmond Progressive Alliance sweep City Council elections
Richmond Progressive Alliance backed candidates sweep city council races.
Read MoreVinay Pimple appointed to fill vacant seat on Richmond City Council
In what many are calling a surprise move, the Richmond City Council voted Tuesday night to appoint Vinay Pimple, a blind attorney and volunteer tutor, to fill the vacant seat on the council that was created last month by former Councilman Tom Butt’s ascension to the mayor’s seat.
Read MoreRichmond City Council fails to fill vacant seat for a second week
Following motions to appoint Sheryl E. Lane and Vinay Pimple, neither of which passed, Mayor Tom Butt postponed the decision to next week.
Read MoreRichmond City Council adjourns without filling vacant seat
Richmond’s City Council failed to appoint a new member to the Council’s vacant seat Tuesday night, deciding after a series of deadlocked nominations to instead to move the decision to next week’s council meeting.
Read MoreEmpty city council seat has 18 contenders
Before the Tuesday night deadline, 18 candidates from diverse backgrounds filed applications to fill the empty seat. The council majority will only choose one of them.
Read MoreCommunity organizations look back at elections and forward to future campaigns
With billboards from the Nov. 6 election still standing around the city and councilmembers-elect yet to begin their newest terms, community organizers and elected officials met Thursday night at the Richmond Progressive Alliance to start planning for campaigns in 2014 and beyond.
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