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Mike Maggard
5,310 votes
 72.0%
- Party: Republican
 - Occupation: CPA/Businessman
 - President, Bakersfield City School District Board of Trustees
 - Greater Bakersfield Chamber of Commerce-Executive Board Member
 - Kern County Board of Trade -- Council on Competitiveness
 - Bakersfield Homeless Shelter, Past President, Treasurer
 - Emergency Medical Care Advisory Board, Urban Consumer Representative
 - Mike and wife Mary, sons Jacob and Andrew, born and raised in Bakersfield
  
Priorities:
- Safe Neighborhoods.    We must take our streets back from the influence of gangs and violence
 - Strong Economy:           We must expand our local economy and create more jobs
 - Leadership:                    We must provide for well-planned growth
  
S. Roy Bustamante
1,234 votes
 16.7%
- Occupation: Warehouse Foreman
  
Percy A. Robinson
482 votes
 6.5%
- Occupation: Businessman
 - 2501 Gill Ave. Home and fax 872-9559
 - e-mail parae@lightspeed.net
 - United States Marine Corps Retired
 - Member of the School Site Council  at Nichols Elementary School
 - Bakersfield City School District   Community Recognition Award
  
Priorities:
- Lowering city taxes
 - Increasing public safety
 - Continuing care of our senior citizens
  
Gene Clark Shearer
269 votes
 3.6%
- Occupation: Reclaim Operator
  
  
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News and Analysis 
 
- Candidates trade barbs at forum October 17, 1998
 - Candidate Forum
  - Election coffers a mismatch October 8, 1998
 - Campaign Contributions to September 30
  - City Council candidates share views October 24, 1998
 - Statements Regarding Significant Issues
  - In own wards, candidates up to task October 24, 1998
 - Overview of City Council Races
  
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