The Richmond, California 2014 city election decided the mayor, three council members, and one measure submitted to the voters of

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on November 4, 2014. The election attracted national attention due to the amount of money spent by

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both for and against various candidates.Rachel Maddow Show
retrieved October 15, 2014$3 million in Chevron’s Moving Forward war chest
retrieved October 15, 2014 Chevron created two political action committees (both named Moving Forward) and contributed $2,933,363.90 to them amounting to a total of about $30 per city resident. The only other source of money for them was $5000 each from the Richmond Police Officers Association and the local Firefighter's union. As of October 10, they spent $1.4 Million supporting

Nat Bates Nathaniel Bates is a former mayor and eight-term city councilman of Richmond, California in addition to being a former professional baseball player in the Canadian League in his earlier years. History He arrived in Richmond in 1942 by train f ...

for mayor and Donna Powers, Charles Ramsey and Al Martinez for the city council. They spent a further $500,000 on negative campaigning against council candidates

Gayle McLaughlin Gayle McLaughlin (born 1952) is an American politician from Richmond, California. She was first elected to the Richmond City Council in 2004 when she was a member of the Green Party of California. She won two consecutive four-year terms as the ...

, Jovanka Beckles and Eduardo Martinez. The other major candidate for mayor,

Tom Butt Thomas King Butt is an American politician and architect serving as the sixth mayor of Richmond, California. He was vice-mayor in 2002 and 2012 and a member of the Richmond City Council for over 20 years before being elected mayor. He is the long ...

, had a campaign budget of just over $22,000. In the general election, all of the candidates Chevron supported were defeated.San Francisco Chronicle - Chevron’s $3 million backfires in Richmond election
retrieved November 29, 2014

Mayoral race

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External links

2014 Election Information
at the Richmond website {{California elections Elections 2014 Richmond, California 2014

Richmond, California