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Councilmember Mark Hughes will not seek re-election

August 13, 2018 by Nick Sestanovich 4 Comments

    After 13 years on the Benicia City Council, Mark Hughes announced Friday that he would not seek re-election in November.    In an email sent out Friday, the councilmember said he had given a lot of thought to the decision but ultimately decided to focus on his family.    “Spending more time with […]

Filed Under: Election 2018, Features, Front Page, News Tagged With: Benicia, Benicia City Council, election 2018, Mark Hughes

Photo: (Bocce) ball’s in your court

May 23, 2017 by Editor 1 Comment

Filed Under: Features, Front Page, News, Photo, Sports Tagged With: Benicia, bocce ball, Civic Center Park, Elizabeth Patterson, Mark Hughes, ribbon cutting

Mark Hughes: Reflections from a grateful candidate

November 15, 2016 by Editor 1 Comment

By Mark Hughes Special to the Herald It now appears that most of the votes have been counted for the Benicia mayoral election, and unfortunately for me, the results were not what I had hoped. Losing such a close election stings a bit, but I am so proud of the campaign that I ran. I […]

Filed Under: Election 2016, Features, Opinion Tagged With: Benicia, forum, Mark Hughes, mayoral race, opinion

BREAKING: Elizabeth Patterson narrowly elected to third term as mayor of Benicia

November 9, 2016 by Nick Sestanovich 8 Comments

Steve Young elected to council; Tom Campbell to serve fourth term; Christina Strawbridge defeated for re-election After what turned out to be a very tight race, mayoral candidate Mark Hughes conceded the election Wednesday to Mayor Elizabeth Patterson, who will serve her third term through 2020. Patterson said the call was very gracious, and “he […]

Filed Under: All Topics, Election 2016, Features, Front Page, News Tagged With: 2016 election, Benicia, Christina Strawbridge, City Council, Elizabeth Patterson, George Oakes, Lionel Largaespada, Mark Hughes, mayoral race, Steve Young, tom campbell

With all precincts reporting, Elizabeth Patterson maintains slight lead in mayoral race

November 9, 2016 by Nick Sestanovich 1 Comment

Steve Young and Tom Campbell leading in city council race As of Wednesday morning with all precincts reporting, Mayor Elizabeth Patterson has a slight lead over her opponent Mark Hughes. Patterson currently possesses 50.37 percent of the vote to Hughes’ 49.33 percent. The Solano County Registrar of Voters has identified one overvote and 528 undervotes. […]

Filed Under: Election 2016, Features, Front Page, News Tagged With: Benicia, Christina Strawbridge, City Council, Election, Elizabeth Patterson, George Oakes, Lionel Largaespada, Mark Hughes, mayoral race, Steve Young, tom campbell

Mark Hughes: A candidate’s reflections

November 1, 2016 by Mark Hughes Leave a Comment

  With the Nov. 8 election nearly upon us, I’d like to pause and reflect on this campaign and what it has meant to me. First and foremost, I want to express my sincere gratitude to the citizens of Benicia for the privilege of serving you on the City Council these past 11 years, and […]

Filed Under: Features, Opinion Tagged With: 2016 election, forum, Mark Hughes, mayoral race, opinion

Will Gregory: Candidates in their own words

October 25, 2016 by Will Gregory 18 Comments

This is in regards to what was reported in the Sept. 15 Herald article “Office seekers/holders discuss goals, crude by rail at Candidate’s Night.” The Benicia Police Officers Association selected slate of candidates in their own words—-with my replies (as a concerned citizen-voter in an election campaign) following –marked with +++ Christina Strawbridge: “’I don’t think […]

Filed Under: All Topics, Opinion Tagged With: Benicia, Christina Strawbridge, City Council, forum, Lionel Largaespada, Mark Hughes, mayoral, opinion, Will Gregory

Candidate Spotlight: Mark Hughes eyes mayoral seat

October 25, 2016 by Nick Sestanovich Leave a Comment

  It was 11 years ago when Mark Hughes— a Pacific Gas & Electric executive and member of Benicia’s Parks, Recreation and Cemetery Commission— was elected to the City Council. He was re-elected in 2009 and 2014, the latter year in which he received enough votes to become the city’s vice mayor. Now he is […]

Filed Under: Election 2016, Features, Front Page, News Tagged With: 2016 election, Benicia, Benicia City Council, Mark Hughes, mayor

John McGuire: Attacks on Mark Hughes are without merit

October 23, 2016 by Editor 1 Comment

By John McGuire Special to the Herald We are being asked in this election to vote for one of two people running for mayor of the City of Benicia. While I had thought that our community of Benicia was free of the negative campaigning that seems to occur far too often on the federal and […]

Filed Under: All Topics, Election 2016, Features, Opinion Tagged With: 2016 election, Benicia, John McGuire, Mark Hughes, mayoral race

Candidates address, mingle with residents at LWV meet and greet

October 2, 2016 by Nick Sestanovich 23 Comments

Thursday evening was a night for Benicia residents to talk to their mayoral and City Council candidates as people, not as politicians, and also get them to answer their burning questions. Benicia’s League of Women Voters hosted a candidate meet and greet in the Dona Benicia Room of the Benicia Public Library, where citizens could […]

Filed Under: All Topics, Election 2016, Features, Front Page, News Tagged With: Benicia, Christina Strawbridge, City Council, Elizabeth Patterson, George Oakes, League of Women Voters, Lionel Largaespada, Mark Hughes, mayor, meet and greet, Steve Young, tom campbell

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