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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - In the contention for Fresno City Council District 6, U.S. Marine Corps Reservist Nick Richardson defeated section lawyer Roger Bonakdar 16,575 votes to 15,585 votes.
For the archetypal clip pursuing his win, Richardson sat down with YourCentralValley.com.
"I'm honored to beryllium capable to enactment for District 6, to enactment for Fresno. And I person 79,000 bosses. And I'm truly looking guardant to moving for each and each 1 of them," helium said with a smile.
Richardson, a Republican, grew up successful Northeast Fresno and was a first-time governmental campaigner successful the November General Election.
He worked arsenic a aviator successful the U.S. Marine Corps for astir a decennary earlier going into the reserves.
Richardson credits the triumph to his enactment strategy and explains helium is acceptable to get things done for the community.
"As soon arsenic inauguration hits connected January 7th, we tin deed the crushed running," helium said. "Not having the precocious paid consultants, not having a large unit oregon a governmental instrumentality down us, truly a grassroots effort enactment connected by the radical who I emotion and spot the astir successful this world, it truly speaks to what household and friends tin execute erstwhile we enactment together."
The results of the predetermination were officially certified connected Dec. 3.
Bonakdar issued a statement after his defeat:
I privation to explicit my sincere acknowledgment for welcoming maine into your homes to speech astir the issues facing our neighborhoods successful Northeast Fresno and our metropolis arsenic a whole. While the results of this predetermination aren't what we hoped for, I americium grateful for each elector who took clip retired of their time to invited me, speech astir issues, and the aboriginal of our community. I'm besides profoundly grateful to the galore assemblage leaders, section organizations, and brave men and women of instrumentality enforcement who supported my candidacy. I besides privation Councilman-elect, Nick Richardson, bully luck successful this endeavor. Thank you!
Roger BonakdarRichardson said his apical priorities for the territory are the aforesaid topics helium focused connected during his campaign.
He plans to travel up with originative solutions to get radical disconnected the streets, processing much affordable homes, and repairing infrastructure.
"You spell to antithetic parts of the territory and you're going to spot folks who are acrophobic astir whether it's the acquisition of caller homes, they’re disquieted astir the infrastructure failing, they’re disquieted astir velocity successful residential areas. Those problems haven’t changed for them and truthful there’s nary crushed that they should alteration for me," helium explained.
For now, Richardson is near with a consciousness of gratitude and excitement for the future.
"I'm honored to beryllium capable to enactment for District 6, to enactment for Fresno. And I person 79,000 bosses. And I'm truly looking guardant to moving for each and each 1 of them," helium said.
Richardson and his squad volition beryllium celebrating the changing of the defender with a locomotion astir the district.
"It's going to commencement connected Inauguration Day, January 7th, " helium explained. "I person passim this run spoken astir wanting to instrumentality each azygous dependable from District 6 to metropolis hall. And successful bid to manifest that, alternatively of conscionable talking the talk, really walking the walk, I'm putting each 79,000 names of each the residents of District 6 successful my military-issued rucksack. We're walking them up present from Northeast Fresno each the mode down to metropolis hall. If anybody would similar to articulation us, we'd emotion to person them."
The locomotion volition commencement successful the Woodward Park country astatine astir 7 a.m. and volition marque respective halt earlier its last destination— Fresno City Hall.
