Congratulations to our endorsed candidates, Mayor-elect Steve Young and Councilmember-elect Terry Scott! Here are links to an important KQED report by Ted Goldberg, and other Benicia election details and analysis by Roger Straw on the Benicia Independent: KQED: Candidate Targeted by Valero Wins Benicia Mayoral Race November 5, 2020 Significant Read more…
Club vote was highly competitive – no candidate achieved 51% for endorsement Senator Elizabeth Warren was the top vote-getter in a recent poll of Democratic presidential candidates taken by the Progressive Democrats of Benicia (PDB), a local political club. Warren received 36.8% of the votes cast, with Sen. Bernie Sanders Read more…
By Roger Straw in The Benicia Herald and on The Benicia Independent, January 5, 2020 First, please note that I have not been a Bernie Sanders activist or supporter. I am among the huge number of Democrats who have taken the Indivisible Pledge: to support the eventual Democratic nominee in order Read more…