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The 2022 Long Beach mayoral election was held on June 7, 2022. Because no candidate reached 50% of the vote, there was a runoff election on November 8, 2022. Although incumbent Mayor Robert Garcia was eligible to run for a third term, [ 1 ] he opted to run for the U.S. House instead (and won that seat).
Rex Richardson (born August 18, 1983) is an American politician who has served as the mayor of Long Beach, California since 2022. A member of the Democratic Party, Richardson previously served as a member of the Long Beach City Council, representing the 9th District from 2014 until 2022.
He is the second person of color to be mayor of Long Beach, after Republican Eunice Sato, a Japanese American who served from 1980 to 1982. A former member of the Long Beach City Council, he was vice mayor from 2012 to 2014. Garcia was elected to the United States House of Representatives in the 2022 midterm elections.
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The title of mayor was officially created in 1908, following the completion of the new city charter. Until 1988, the mayor was indirectly elected by the city council from amongst themselves. The first mayor to be directly elected was Ernie Kell in 1988. [2]
The Mayor is the chief legislative officer of the City and has the power to veto actions of the City Council, presides at meetings of the City Council, and has no vote, but may participate fully in the deliberations and proceedings of the City Council. [1] Long Beach City Council elections are held with the Primary Election in June for the ...
2018 Long Beach, California, mayoral election; 2022 Long Beach, California, mayoral election This page was last edited on 2 January 2022, at 19:42 (UTC). Text is ...
Outgoing mayor, council members in the small Horry County community disbanded its election commission Friday as results of its Nov. 7 mayoral race remain contested. Atlantic Beach leaders remove ...