Candidates
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Alan Autry
22951 votes
28.75%
- Occupation: Business Owner/Actor
- Skywatch
- 10-20-Life
- Red Ribbon Week Activities
- Three Strikes
- Boy Scouts
Priorities:
- Education
- Jobs/Revitalization
- Crime
Daniel K. Whitehurst
22177 votes
27.78%
- Occupation: Businessman
- 1977-1985 Mayor of Fresno
- 1975-1977 Fresno City Council
- 1985 Resident Fellow, Harvard University
- 1997-99 Chairman, Great Valley Center
- 1973 M.A., Urban Studies Occidental College
- 1985-87 President Fresno EDC
Priorities:
- Economy - More Jobs, Better Jobs
- Downtown - Housing, Neighborhoods, Raising Property Values
- Land Use - Managing Growth, Agricultural Preservation, General Plan
Chris P. Mathys
10503 votes
13.16%
- Occupation: Business Owner/Councilman
- Fresno City Councilman and Business Owner/Oro Financial 11 years
- 1996-present Fresno City Councilman
- 1985 US Army, Defense Information School
- 1979 Degree in Business Administration, Bern Switzerland
- 1975 Sanger High School Graduate
Priorities:
- Control growth, stop urban sprawl and protect farmland
- Repair Fresno's older neighborhoods
- Expand Fresno's Senior Center and establish vocational afterschool programs
Garry Bredefeld
10029 votes
12.56%
- Occupation: Councilmember/Clinical Psychologist
- Doctorate in Clinical Psychology
- Served as Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy
- Rutgers University Graduate
- Masters Degree at Yeshiva University
Priorities:
- Improving our quality of life by continuing efforts to revitalize neighborhoods and controling urban sprawl with smart growth and planning.
- I will will work to bring new quality jobs to Fresno by attracting new businesses and expanding the existing business within our city.
- We have worked hard at making our streets safer. We must continue efforts to improve public safety in our city's police and fire departments.
Daniel Ronquillo
7929 votes
9.93%
- Occupation: Councilmember/Peace Officer
Salvador Quintero
5046 votes
6.32%
- Occupation: Full Time Coucilmember
- First President of the Fresno City Council
- Board of Directors Transportation Authority
- Director Fresno/Madera Area Agency on Aging
- First Honorary Chair Veterans Stand Down
- First un-opposed candidate to run for reelecion
Priorities:
- Expanding Senior Services
- Creating good paying jobs by helping local business grow
- Increasing job training
Benjerman Junior Raya
214 votes
0.27%
- Occupation: Smog Shop Manager
Michael "Mike" Eagles
203 votes
0.25%
- Occupation: President of American Banking
Priorities:
- More jobs in Fresno
- More police/security in the area
- More firefighters in the area
Russell A. Sutton
71177 votes
Basic candidate data supplied by the County elections official.
Order of candidates is random and changes daily.
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Events
- Candidate Forum taped at MediaOne on Feb. 1st reshown on Channel 14:
Feb 7-5:30PM, Feb 17-5:30PM, Feb 22-6:30PM, Feb 24-5:00PM, Feb 28-5:00PM, March 6-5:00PM, March 6-8:30PM
- Candidate Forum on Channel 30, Sunday March 5th, 5:00PM
News and Analysis
- The Fresno Bee
- Eight Men in for the Long Run
- Runoff looks likely
- Bredefeld presents plan to improve Fresno Unified
- 2/24/00 - Voters seek straight answers to city concerns
- 2/26/00 - City races uncorking spending
- 2/26/00 - Whitehurst tells Bee of tie to big developer
- 3/4/00 - Candidates reveal education platforms
- 3/5/00 - Mayoral candidates fire salvos in debate
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