Politics & Government

Meet The Livermore Mayor & City Council Candidates

Learn about the backgrounds and ideas of the candidates running for mayor, District 3, and District 4.

From upper left: Steven Dunbar, David Farley, Jeff Kaskey, John Marchand, Thomas Soules, Kristie Wang
From upper left: Steven Dunbar, David Farley, Jeff Kaskey, John Marchand, Thomas Soules, Kristie Wang (Photos courtesy of candidates)

LIVERMORE, CA —Elections are less than a month away, and Livermore has a total of five candidates running for three seats. Mayor John Marchand is running unopposed for re-election , three candidates are running for the City Council District 3 seat, and two are running for the District 4 seat (see here for a map.)

To help voters get to know them better, Patch reached out to each candidate with nine identical questions.

Below are their answers. Candidates are ordered by political office, alphabetically.

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