Watch: Candidates forum 2020 – California Senate District 5

Welcome to today’s political forum featuring the California Senate District 5 candidates vying for the seat vacated by Sen. Cathleen Galgiani, who is terming out.

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Here for today’s forum are:

— Mani Grewal, a Modesto City Council member

— Susan Talamantes Eggman, a State Assembly member

— Jesus Andrade, a member of the Stockton City Council

— Kathy Garcia of the Stockton Unified School District

A fifth candidate, former Modesto Mayor Jim Ridenour, had declined our invitation to attend.

Each candidate will have a minute for an opening statement and a minute for the closing statement. In between, they will be asked questions of The Modesto Bee’s Editorial Board, led by Opinions Editor Garth Stapley.

This will be the first of The Bee’s seven candidate forums and/or debates over the next few weeks. The Primary is March 3. Mail-in ballots go out in early February.

This story was originally published January 14, 2020 at 1:58 PM.

Brian Clark

The Modesto Bee

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Editor Brian Clark has worked at The Modesto Bee since 1990. He’s worked in various departments, including sports, news and on the digital side for a decade before being promoted to editor in 2018. He’s a native of Berkeley and a graduate of San Diego State University. Prior to The Bee, Brian worked at the Turlock Journal and Las Vegas Review-Journal.