Municipal elections in San Bernardino, California (2015)

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The four seats up for election on the San Bernardino City Council in California in 2015 displayed a range of competitiveness. While Ward 3 incumbent John Valdivia was re-elected without opposition, two of the seats—Wards 6 and 7—required runoff elections to determine their ultimate winners. Ultimately, the two incumbents who sought re-election kept their seats while the two open seats were filled by newcomers.

To win the primary election on November 3, 2015, candidates had to win a majority of votes cast in their race. No candidate earned 50 percent plus one of the votes cast in the Ward 6 or 7 races, so the top two vote recipients in each race advanced to the general election (functionally a runoff election) on February 2, 2016.

## Contents

* 1 Elections
* 2 General election
* 3 Campaign finance
* 3.1 About the city
* 3.1.1 City government
* 3.1.2 Demographics
* 3.2 Recent news
* 3.3 See also
* 3.4 External links
* 3.5 Footnotes

## Elections[edit]

# General election[edit]

Ward 3

* John Valdivia (i)

Ward 5

* Brian Davison
* Henry Gomez Nickel (i)

Ward 6

* Bessine Littlefield Richard
* Roxanne Williams

Defeated in primary

* Anthony Jones
* Rafael Rawls

Ward 7

* James L. Mulvihill (i)
* Scott Beard

Defeated in primary

* Damon Alexander
* Leticia Garcia
* Kim Robel

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# Campaign finance[edit]

Campaign finance information will be available here once it is published.

## About the city[edit]

See also: San Bernardino, California

San Bernardino is a city located in San Bernardino County, California. As of 2013, its population was 213,708.[1]

### City government[edit]

See also: Mayor-council government and Council-manager government

The city of San Bernardino utilizes a council-manager system. In this form of municipal government, an elected city council—which includes the mayor and serves as the city's primary legislative body—appoints a chief executive called a city manager to oversee day-to-day municipal operations and implement the council's policy and legislative initiatives.[2][3]

### Demographics[edit]

The following table displays demographic data provided by the United States Census Bureau.

Demographic data for San Bernardino, California (2015)

| San Bernardino| California
Total population:| 214,112| 38,993,940
Land area (square miles):| 59| 155,779
Race and ethnicity[4]
White:| 55.4%| 61.8%
Black/African American:| 14.4%| 5.9%
Asian:| 4.6%| 13.7%
Native American:| 0.9%| 0.7%
Pacific Islander:| 0.2%| 0.4%
Two or more:| 4.7%| 4.5%
Hispanic/Latino:| 61.9%| 38.4%
Education
High school graduation rate:| 68.2%| 81.8%
College graduation rate:| 11.5%| 31.4%
Income
Median household income:| $37,047| $61,818
Persons below poverty level:| 33.4%| 18.2%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2010-2015)

## Recent news[edit]

The link below is to the most recent stories in a Google news search for the terms San Bernardino California election. These results are automatically generated from Google. Ballotpedia does not curate or endorse these articles.

Municipal elections in San Bernardino, California (2015) - Google News

## See also[edit]

San Bernardino, California | California | Municipal government | Other local coverage

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## External links[edit]

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* City of San Bernardino

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ U.S. Census, "State and County Quick Facts," accessed September 8, 2014
2. ↑ City of San Bernardino, "City Hall," accessed September 3, 2021
3. ↑ City of San Bernardino, "About the City," accessed September 3, 2021
4. ↑ Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

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