Santa Ana is facing a possible three-way race for mayor in November, has wide-open contests for three of its City Council seats, and the largest fundraising to date has been by the city’s police union, according to the latest campaign reports.
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Correa Will Not Run for Santa Ana Mayor
The termed-out state senator had pulled papers to challenge longtime incumbent Miguel Pulido.
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Pulido Easily Wins His 10th Term
The incumbent Santa Ana mayor bests Councilman David Benevides, one of the council faction calling itself the “Santa Ana Spring.”
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Pulido Maintains Slight Fundraising Edge in Mayoral Race
The wide fundraising advantage that Mayor Miguel Pulido has come to expect has shrunk considerably this year as Councilman David Benavides has attracted support from unions and developers.
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Statewide Politicos Back Candidates for Santa Ana Mayor
Pulido receives U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s endorsement. Benavides gets one from Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsome.
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OC Democrats Endorse Benavides for Santa Ana Mayor
Monday’s vote marks the first time in recent memory that a challenger to longtime Mayor Miguel Pulido has received the party’s endorsement.
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Pulido Cruises to Ninth Term as Santa Ana Mayor
Mayor Miguel Pulido garnered 51.9 percent of the vote, while
challenger Alfredo Amezcua finished with 25.2 percent.
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The Bell Strategy
Since first being elected nearly two decades ago, Mayor Miguel
Pulido has put together a well-oiled political operation in Santa
Ana. But in the year of the Bell scandal, his latest challenger is
banking on the public taking a more skeptical view of the Pulido
machine.
