Municipal elections in Irvine, California (2014)
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The city of Irvine, California, held nonpartisan elections for mayor and city council on November 4, 2014. The filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was August 8, 2014.[1] Two city council seats were up for election.
Three incumbents ran for re-election. These included Mayor Steven S. Choi and council members Larry Agran and Jeffrey Lalloway. All city council members are elected at-large.
The construction of the Great Park and campaign ethics were some of the key issues that shaped Irvine's 2014 election cycle.
Mayor
Candidate list
November 4 General election candidates:
- Steven S. Choi
- Incumbent Choi was first elected in 2012.
- Katherine Daigle
- Mary Ann Gaido
Election results
| Mayor of Irvine, 2014 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
 Steven S. Choi Incumbent |
45.4% | 18,333 | |
| Mary Ann Gaido | 43% | 17,380 | |
| Katherine Daigle | 11.6% | 4,698 | |
| Total Votes | 40,411 | ||
| Source: Orange County Elections - 2014 General Election Results | |||
City council
Candidate list
November 4 General election candidates:
- Evan Chemers
- Larry Agran - Incumbent Agran's fourth tenure in office began in 2004.
- Melissa Fox
- Lynn Schott
- Jeffrey Lalloway
Election results
| Irvine City Council, 2014 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Jeffrey Lalloway Incumbent |
22.8% | 16,749 | |
| Lynn Schott |
22.9% | 16,814 | |
| Larry Agran Incumbent | 19.6% | 14,403 | |
| Evan Chemers | 12.2% | 8,966 | |
| Melissa Fox | 22.5% | 16,539 | |
| Total Votes | 73,471 | ||
| Source: Orange County Elections - 2014 General Election Results | |||
Issues
The Great Park
The Great Park is a 1,300 acre metropolitan park in Irvine that sits on top of the former Marine Corps Air Station El Toro. The military base was decommissioned in 1999, and while the property was originally zoned for use as an international airport, in 2004, Orange County voters supported a plan to rezone the property for a park.[2] A variety of different obstacles and high costs, however, slowed construction, causing the park to become a major political issue in Irvine.[3][4] Council candidate Evan Chemers, for example, noted, "Past City Councils have spent more than $20 million per year for a dozen years, more than $250 million to study, revise, publicize and promote the notion of The Great Park. And what do we have to show for this colossal waste of taxpayer dollars. Very, very little, indeed. Think of what just 10% of that $250 million could have bought in soccer fields, dog runs, tennis and basketball courts, baseball fields, youth recreation facilities, public pools and well tended hiking, biking and horse trails?"[5] Larry Agran, however, remarked on the park's progress in July 2014, saying, "Bottom line: We made tremendous progress on the Great Park with an award-winning master design and projects completed on time."[4]
Campaign ethics
Another issue in Irvine's 2014 municipal elections was campaign ethics. In September, a campaign mailer was sent out to Irvine voters with a heading that read, "Irvine Community News and Views." Though the mailer was described as having the appearance of a newspaper, it openly supported a number of Irvine's 2014 municipal candidates, including Mary Ann Gaido, Larry Agran and Melissa Fox. At a city council meeting on September 25, some council members raised concerns over the ethics of the mailer, arguing that it was deceptive. Mayor Steven S. Choi, for example, stated, "making deceptive comments, frankly, cheats the public. Some innocent people will be trapped and deceived. I think that is the purpose of this kind of slanderous and false information in this fake newspaper." Council member Beth Krom characterized the comments of Choi and others as "the pot calling the kettle black kind of conversation," inferring that critics of the mailer had utilized similar campaign tactics and strategies in the past.[6]
Recent news
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See also
External links
- United States Conference of Mayors - Elections in 2014
- City of Irvine - Official Candidate List
- Orange County Elections - 2014 General Election Results
Footnotes
- ↑ City of Irvine, "General Municipal Election Information," accessed June 17, 2014
- ↑ Orange County Great Park, "History of the Land," accessed October 9, 2014
- ↑ Orange County Register, "Irvine Great Park plan gets planners' OK," July 17, 2014
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 LA Times, "Irvine councilman disputes waste of Great Park funds under his watch," July 28, 2014
- ↑ Evan for Irvine, "Issues," accessed October 2, 2014
- ↑ Daily Pilot, "Irvine council gets a civics lesson," September 25, 2014
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