Barbara Jane Halliday (born 1949) is the mayor of

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, elected to the office by a plurality in the June 3, 2014 California primary election. Halliday was a city council member for 10 years prior to her election as mayor. She follows Michael Sweeney, who declined to seek the office in 2014. Halliday has a B.A. in

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, then associated with the

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. She pursued graduate work in journalism and urban studies at the

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, and for a California insurance company, retiring from that position in 2008 after 29 years. Her term began in July 2014. In November 2018, Halliday was re-elected to second term as Mayor, defeating Council member and college instructor Mark Salinas. Halliday received 56% of the vote compared with Councilman Mark Salinas, who had 42% of the vote. This was the second time Halliday and Salinas competed for the Mayor's office. In 2014, Halliday was elected Mayor with 39% of the vote, compared to 32% for Salinas, 22% for Council member Francisco Zermeño and 7% for Rakesh Kumar Christian.

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Halliday at Smartvoter.orgMayoral candidates' discussion, 2014, including Halliday, at Youtube
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