ALT CANDI CDEBACA’S STATEMENT ON RUNOFF ELECTION RESULTS While the results in my race are not what I hoped for, the goal in this election was to bring more progressive candidates to the table. And this has already happened, with Sarah Parady’s at-large win in April and hopefully with Shontel Lewis’s District 8 win. This was never about “Candi”—this was about building power for community, to shift the way that our city moves. More people are paying attention and getting involved across districts, and those are wins we can build on. I see our work in this election cycle as VERY consequential. We had a net gain in our two progressive votes on council, we defeated a disastrous proposal to develop our last tract of open space in already extremely gentrifying and green space–deprived communities, AND we brought a community candidate within less than 2 percentage points of being in a mayoral runoff. I’m so grateful for our community, for everyone who poured their hearts and souls into this movem