Hear the candidates: Ceres Mayor contenders Durossette, Lopez debate the issues
The two candidates running for the mayor of Ceres, Bret Durossette and Javier Lopez, squared off in a debate on Tuesday.
The two, vying to replace the outgoing Chris Vierra, discussed such topics as the Ceres City Council performance, whether the city should contract with the Modesto Fire Department and the shooting death of a teenage boy at the hands of a Ceres Police Officer.
The debate was the fourth conducted by The Bee’s Editorial Board in a continuing series that will last throughout the month of September ahead of the Nov. 3 general election.
Ballots will go out the first week of October.
Here’s a list of the debates, along with links to previous Zoom debates:
Monday, Aug. 31 – Stanislaus County supervisor, District 1: Buck Condit and Bill Zoslocki
Tuesday, Sept. 1 –Senate District 5: Susan Talamantes Eggman (D) and Jim Ridenour (R)
Thursday, Sept. 3 – Stanislaus County supervisor, District 5: Channce Condit and Tom Hallinan
Sept. 8 – Ceres mayor: Brett Durossette and Javier Lopez
Sept. 9 – Modesto City Council, District 1: Rosa Escutia-Braaton, Jennifer Hidalgo and Amin Vohra.
Sept. 10 – Modesto City Council, District 3: Jim Applegate, Janice Keating and Chris Ricci.
Sept. 15 – Modesto Irrigation District, Division 1: Larry Byrd* and Suzy Powell-Roos.
Sept. 16 – Modesto City Council, District 6: Jessica Gonzalez, Kelsten Obert, Hunter Sauls and David Wright.
Sept. 23 – Modesto mayor: Kristi Ah You, Ted Brandvold*, Rick Countryman, Naramsen Goriel, Doug Ridenour, Erin Sommer Tenorio and Sue Zwahlen.
Sept. 24 – Turlock City Council: Gil Esquer*, Rebecka Monez and Ruben Wegner for District 2, and Pam Franco and Robert Puffer for District 4.
Sept. 30 – Patterson mayor: Dennis McCord, David Keller and Mark Miles.
Also on Sept. 30 we will post a video with Democratic U.S. Rep. Josh Harder of the 10th Congressional District in similar interview format but without challenger Republican Ted Howze, who declined to participate.
This story was originally published September 8, 2020 at 7:24 PM.
