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Candidates
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Marshall Chip "Chip" Holloway
 
2686 votes
17.76%
- Occupation: Business Owner/Realtor
 - Former Owner  Wienerschnitzel/Tastee Freez
 - Former Board President Desert Valleys FCU
 - Board Member  Ridgecrest  Reg. Hospital
 - Board Member Cerro Coso College Found.
 - Executive Board League of  Cal Cities , Serving on Revenue, Taxation and Employee Relations Committee's
 - Board Member  RACVB
  
Priorities:
- Protecting the Gains In B.R.A.C. pursuing new partnerships through China Lake Technologies
 - Leveraging RDA Bond funds with priority placed on street  repairs and much needed upgradess in P & Rec
 - Creating a Utility District and bringing a Trash to Energy Plant to R/C
  
 
Jason Patin
 
2099 votes
13.88%
- Occupation: Planning Commissioner
 - Business Owner
 - Economic Development Committee
 - Quality of Life Committee
 - Board Member IWV Youth Baseball
 - IWV Water District Interagency
 - Youth Advisory Committee
  
Priorities:
- Maintain and Protect citizens with strong police and fire departments
 - Improving the city infrastructure; including roads and existing park areas
 - Find effective ways to generate revenue by bringing in new industry and business to our city
  
Thomas R. Wiknich
1912 votes
12.65%
- Occupation: Businessman/Entrepreneur
  
Walter Maurer
 
1845 votes
12.20%
- Occupation: Engineer
 - Ridgecrest resident & China Lake R&D engineer since 1986
 - B.S. and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, North Dakota State Univ., 1983 & 1986
 - Music Minor (Piano), North Dakota State Univ., 1983
 - Christian & happily married father of three children
 - Pro-life and political activist
  
Priorities:
- Ensure that City government focuses primarily upon protecting its citizens, punishing evildoers, and upholding everyone's Constitutional rights.
 - Promote unfettered exercise of free-market principles which will encourage economic growth and prosperity without the City's help or hindrance.
 - Effectively represent Ridgecrest citizens who prefer more Constitutionally-minded use of their tax dollars.
  
Christina "Chris"  Witt
 
1579 votes
10.44%
- Occupation: Community Volunteer
 - Kiwanis Secretary
 - K-Kids Advisor
 - BS In Business Information Systems
 - Phi Theta Kappa Scholarship Officer
 - IWV Native Youth Council Co-Advisor
  
Priorities:
- Resolving current trash issue so it is fair for all while meeting California mandates
 - Finding funds to improve the aging and fragile sewer system now before it  becomes a problem later
 - We really need a department store!
  
Randy Jenkins
1028 votes
6.80%
Larry L. Lewis
947 votes
6.26%
- Occupation: Retail Store Manager
  
Herman E. Foster, Sr.
854 votes
5.65%
Robert "Bob"  Anderson
 
831 votes
5.50%
- Occupation: Former Business Owner/Retired
 - AA in Business
 - 1 Year of Law Courses
 - Play Trumpet with Big Band Xpress
 - Been in Ridgecrest over 20 years
  
Priorities:
- Settling trash issue needs to be done to the satisfaction of the people of Ridgecrest
 - New business innovation for the City of Ridgecrest/tourism to bring in revenue
 - Make Ridgecrest more appealing for incoming businesses and new residents
  
Warren Campbell
636 votes
4.21%
- Occupation: Reverend/Handyman
  
Jack B. Noyer
608 votes
4.02%
  
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