The PEOPLE of Richmond, CA defeated Chevron last night!!
RICHMOND -- In a race that received national attention thanks to big money from Chevron, a slate of candidates on shoestring budgets swept their oil titan-backed opponents on Tuesday night in a resounding political defeat for the company and its campaign tactics.
Longtime local politician Tom Butt defeated his City Council colleague Nat Bates, garnering 51 percent of the vote to Bates' 35 percent.
In the race for three full-term City Council seats, outgoing Mayor Gayle McLaughlin (16.9 percent of the vote), incumbent Jovanka Beckles (16.2 percent) and challenger Eduardo Martinez (14.6) -- the "Team Richmond" slate backed by the Richmond Progressive Alliance -- swept despite a flurry of negative advertising against them. Incumbent Jael Myrick trounced Corky Boozé for a two-year seat.
Incumbent Jim Rogers was knocked out of his seat, finishing fourth by fewer than 300 votes with all precincts reporting.
Chevron spent big to elect Bates mayor and defeat the "Team Richmond" candidates who are hostile to the oil giant's mammoth refinery here, but voters rejected Chevron's efforts.
http://www.mercurynews.com/my-town/ci_26866567/butt-rogers-lead-early-numbers-richmond-mayor-council
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If they would stop letting that refinery blow up. 
fuck chevron and its lackeys! i posted this in the CA group earlier today 
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10408281
Richmond progressives were tenacious in their campaign to defeat the Chevron funded candidates 
Buh-bye Nate Bates!!
