About 150 people came to hear candidates speak at the Election Forum Oct. 11 at San Benito High School Auditorium.
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BenitoLink, San Benito County Farm Bureau and Youth Alliance hosted a nonpartisan general election forum Oct. 11 and will host another forum Thursday, Oct. 18. The free forums are held at San Benito High School Auditorium at 6:30 p.m. 

About 150 people attended the Oct. 11 event and 98 surveys were turned in to BenitoLink staff. The following results come from this informal survey. Please note that this is a very small sampling taken on-site and turned in at the election forum.

Survey Results from Oct. 11 Election Forum:

Question:  Which candidate impressed you the most?

Hollister Mayor

Ignacio Velasquez: 48 percent

Gordon Machado: 45 percent

Keith Snow: 7 percent

 

City Council District 2

Mickie Solorio Luna:  51 percent  

Rolan Resendiz: 49 percent  

 

City Council District 3

Elia Salinas: 43 percent 

Raul Escareno:  36 percent 

Honor Spencer: 21 percent

 

City Council District 4

Marty Richman: 73 percent

Salvador Mora:  27 percent

 

Hollister School District

Carla Torres-De Luna: 40 percent

Roxanne Stephens: 24 percent

Stephan Kain: 15 percent

Jan Grist: 11 percent

Brande Barrett: 6 percent

Pat Moore: 3 percent

 

Gavilan College Trustee District 5

Richard Perez: 60 percent

Jeanie Wallace: 40 percent

 

Gavilan College Trustee District 7

Michael Alcorn: 31 percent

Irma Gonzalez: 69 percent

 

North County Joint School District

Eduardo Navarro: 65 percent

Ted Zanella:  26 percent

Cindy King: 9 percent

 

Oct. 18 Election Forum Schedule

BenitoLink, San Benito County Farm Bureau and Youth Alliance will host another election forum Thursday, Oct.18 at 6:30 p.m. The free forum will be held once again at the San Benito High School Auditorium. Youth Alliance has arranged for free English to Spanish translation via headphones and a “Kid Zone” for local parent attending the event. The forums will also be recorded on video by media partner CMAP and will be published on BenitoLink and CMAP-TV. Forum hosts appreciate sponsors: Community Foundation for San Benito County, SBC Eyecare and Benito Valley Farms for supporting free, nonpartisan election forums and helping with the cost of the CMAP video production for the community’s benefit.  Thanks also go out to San Benito High School for the opportunity to use its auditorium.

Oct.18 Forum Schedule

Measures: G, H, X

Superior Court Judge No 2

Senate District 12

Assembly District 30

Congress District 20

Supervisor Dist 3

Supervisor Dist 4

San Benito County Water District

Healthcare Board Zone 2

Healthcare Board Zone 4

 

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