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Instructions · What links here · 2024 California City mayoral election (talk: + · bio) · (log) · Copyvios report · reFill · Citation Bot · (Search: Google, Wikipedia) · Submitted 27 days ago by PIotist (talk: D · +) · Last edited 27 days ago by DannyS712 bot

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Declined by Grahaml35 27 days ago. Last edited by DannyS712 bot 27 days ago. Reviewer: Inform author.

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Comment: Needs more sources other than one primary source to elections results. Grahaml35 (talk) 13:36, 14 April 2025 (UTC)

2024 California City mayoral election

The 2024 California City mayoral election was held on November 5, 2024, to elect the Mayor of California City, California. It saw the election of Marq Hawkins, who unseated incumbent mayor Kelly Kulikoff.^[2]

Candidates

Kelly Kulikoff, incumbent mayor
Duane Vasquez, community leader^[3]
Marq Hawkins, educator and composer^[4]

Results

Results^[1]^[5]
Candidate	Votes	%
Marq Hawkins	1,637	43.4
Duane Vasquez	1,357	36.0
Kelly Kulikoff (incumbent)	777	20.6
Total votes	3,771	100.0

References

^ ^a ^b "Official Final Results". Kern County Elections Division. 5 December 2024. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
^ "Calif. City Mayor-Elect Marq Hawkins issues Statement on Win". Mojave Desert News. 13 November 2024. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
^ "Vasquez takes on new role in race for Cal City mayor". 23ABC News Bakersfield. 5 September 2024. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
^ "Straight Outta Cal City: Compton native to run for mayor". 23ABC News Bakersfield. 9 August 2024. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
^ "2024 Kern County, CA General". Decision Desk HQ. 14 April 2025. Retrieved 14 April 2025.

[results-1] "Official Final Results". Kern County Elections Division. 5 December 2024. Retrieved 13 April 2025.

[2] "Calif. City Mayor-Elect Marq Hawkins issues Statement on Win". Mojave Desert News. 13 November 2024. Retrieved 14 April 2025.

[3] "Vasquez takes on new role in race for Cal City mayor". 23ABC News Bakersfield. 5 September 2024. Retrieved 14 April 2025.

[4] "Straight Outta Cal City: Compton native to run for mayor". 23ABC News Bakersfield. 9 August 2024. Retrieved 14 April 2025.

[results2-5] "2024 Kern County, CA General". Decision Desk HQ. 14 April 2025. Retrieved 14 April 2025.

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