VIDEO: Watch 4 city council candidate forums. Fresno Bee endorsements coming next week
Dear Fresno Bee reader,
The Fresno Bee Editorial Board has a long tradition of endorsing candidates, so we can share our thoughts about the merits of campaigns as they navigate big issues.
That tradition remains, but we’re changing it a bit for this June 2 primary, which might not yield many clear winners in most local Fresno races.
What’s different this year? We’re in the process of forming a full-time community editorial board with savvy volunteers helping us make recommendations on elections and issues. So far, the board is serving in an advisory capacity for this primary as we formulate Bee endorsements in select races.
Be on the lookout next week for those endorsements. We’ll also publish our voter guide filled with information about who’s running at the local, state and federal levels and how to navigate the voting process. Mail-in ballots should start arriving to your mailbox next week.
To gather important information, we conducted four Fresno Bee election forums, where we pressed candidates on various topics important to voters, such as the city’s anti-camping ordinance, downtown development investment and SEDA, the proposed mega-development favored by Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer and others.
Check out full forum videos and our election coverage at Fresnobee.com
- VIDEO: Your guide to the Fresno City Council District 1 primary election race
- VIDEO: Your guide to the Fresno City Council District 3 primary election race
- VIDEO: Your guide to the Fresno City Council District 5 primary election race
- VIDEO: Your guide to the Fresno City Council District 7 primary election race
After the primary, we’ll expand the community editorial board so we can offer endorsements in more races in the November general election and offer recommendations on important non-electoral issues.
With crowded fields in wide-open Fresno city council and county supervisor races, there’ll likely be several runoffs in the general election. If a candidate wins at least 50 percent plus one vote in the primary, they win the seat. In a runoff scenario, the top two vote-getters in the primary advance to the November contest.
As always, thank you for reading,
Christopher Kirkpatrick
Senior Editor, The Fresno Bee
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