About 140 community members attended BenitoLink's general election candidate forum. Photo by Leslie David.
About 140 community members attended BenitoLink's general election candidate forum. Photo by Leslie David.

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BenitoLink hosted an election forum on Sept.17 at the Granada Theater in Hollister. About 150 people were in attendance. Thanks to our sponsors, BenitoLink was able to record and edit the event and now offers short videos on each race.

The videos have been uploaded to the BenitoLink Video YouTube channel. Please click each race to view the video of your choice. The candidates in attendance were as follows:

At our forums and town halls, BenitoLink asks all attendees to fill out an anonymous survey. Guests drop off these impromptu exit surveys at the end of the event. BenitoLink tallies the results and shares them with the public. The surveys are informal and only take into account the candidates in attendance. There were about 150 audience members and 58 surveys were collected. 

Tallies for candidates who attended the forum.

Please note the numbers don’t tally because several attendees did note vote in all categories and some crossed out entire categories.  

US Representative 18th District:

Shane Lewis – 19

Zoe Lofgren – 25

State Assembly 29th District: (This race was not recorded. Candidates did not attend.)

Robert Rivas – 28

Dennis Sanchez – 6

San Benito County Board of Supervisors:

Rodney Todd Bianchi – 30

Ignacio Velazquez – 12

John Williams – 13

Hollister Mayor:

Tim Burns – 35

Tina Garza – 11

Scott McPhail – 5

Hollister City Council 2nd District:

Frida Benjamin – 6

Brian Chavez – 29

Hollister City Council 3rd District:

William Avera – 16

Dolores Morales – 25

San Juan Bautista City Council:

Elise Brentall – 20

Eduardo Guaracha – 3

Leslie Jordan – 25

Jackie Morris-Lopez – 2

San Benito Health District Zone 2:

Devon Pack – 32

Dr. Nazhat Parveen Sharma – 14

San Benito Health District Zone 4:

Paul Breen – 7

Dr. Marni Friedman – 20

Dr. Michael McGinnis – 8

Gregory Swett – 6

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