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Heather Fargo
49,836 votes
59.8%
- Occupation: Mayor
- Bachelor of Science Degree in Environmental Planning and Management from the University of California Davis, 1975
- First elected to the Sacramento City Council in 1989 representing District One. She was re-elected to the Council in 1994 and 1998
- Prior to becoming Mayor full-time, she was employed as a manager of the California State Parks Volunteer Program.
Priorities:
- Leadership with the Mayors of the ten largest cities in California protecting City money and policies protecting cities from state impacts
- Continue fiscal responsibility and delivery of a balanced City budget, on time.
- Continued progress in downtown revitalization and investment in older neighborhood commercial corridors
Ross W. Relles, Jr.
17,437 votes
20.9%
- Occupation: Independent Busines Person
Priorities:
- A Sacramento where Public Safety is more important than putting up another office building.
- A Sacramento where health care is available and affordable.
- A Sacramento where the streets flow smoothly and logically.
Mark R. Soble
9,617 votes
11.5%
- Occupation: Deputy Attorney General
- Bachelor of Arts degree in economics with departmental honors, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, June 1985
- Juris Doctor degree from the University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, May 1988
- Senior enforcement attorney, State of California Fair Political Practices Commission, 1990 to 2001
- Deputy Attorney General, State of California Attorney General's Office, 2001 to present
- Successfully settled or prosecuted over forty campaign contribution money laundering cases resulting in the imposition of monetary fines
- Over fourteen years of experience as a government attorney fighting political corruption and corporate fraud
Priorities:
- Opposes public financing for a $540 million downtown sports arena and opposes tax increases to build a $790 million light rail on Truxel Rd in Natomas
- Instead, in these tough economic times, Mark's top priority will be to retain and recruit the best police and firefighters for our city.
- Mark will accept only half of the mayor's designated salary, and once elected, Mark will not accept any more campaign contributions for 4 full years.
J. Leonard Padilla
6,484 votes
7.8%
- Occupation: President/Chairman of the Board - Lorenzo Patino Law School
- Juris Doctor Degree, Lincoln Law School
- Founding President, Mexican Patriotic Committee of Sacramento
- USAF 1957-1963
- Founding Committee for the Sacramento Mexican Chamber of Commerce
- World Famous Bounty Hunter 1975 to present
Priorities:
- Keeping our City's Schools a top priority
- Developing a forward moving economic base for Sacramento in order to make our city self sufficient.
- Level bidding arena for projects contracted within the city, eliminating special interest group preferences.
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City of Sacramento Municipal Election 2004
- General Information
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News and Analysis
The Sacramento Bee
- Relles mailer targets Fargo
- Saturday, February 28, 2004
- To thine own self, be generous
- Saturday, February 28, 2004
- Fargo's fund transfer criticized
- February 27, 2004
- Mayoral foes battle over ads
- Tuesday, February 24, 2004
- Fargo's $195,000 campaign fund tops 3 rivals' total
- Saturday, February 21, 2004
- Rudin calls for Relles flier probe
- Saturday, February 14, 2004
- Relles violated city campaign code
- Thursday, February 12, 2004
- Central city key in mayor's race
- Monday, February 9, 2004
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