4 council seats in San Bernardino are up for election in March 2020. Here’s who is running

Four incumbents on the San Bernardino City Council will face challengers in the March 3 election, the second consolidated primary election in the city since voters overhauled the charter three years ago.

In all, 15 residents are running for office.

Next year, voters in the Third, Fifth, Sixth and Seventh wards will elect a candidate to represent them on the seven-member body for the next four years.

Juan Figueroa, Henry Nickel, Bessine Richard and Jim Mulvihill presently hold those respective seats and have qualified for the 2020 ballot, according to the City Clerk’s Office.

In the Third Ward, Figueroa, the most junior member of the council, is to face Luis Ojeda.

In the Fifth, Nickel has challengers in Michael Avellaneda, Marlo Brooks, Brian Davison, Ben Reynoso and Peter Torres.

Richard is up against Kimberly Calvin for the Sixth Ward seat.

And lastly, Mulvihill, John Abad, Damon Alexander, Dave Mlynarski and Esmerelda Negrete will vie to represent the Seventh.

Candidates had to receive 20 qualified signatures of registered voters within their respective wards to garner a spot on the ballot.

Should a council hopeful receive 50% of the total number of votes cast, plus one vote, he or she wins the seat outright. Otherwise, the top two vote-getters will square off in November’s general election.

In 2018, the mayor’s race and those for the First, Second and Fourth wards were decided in the general election.

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