A special election to replace Luis Chavez in the soon-vacant Fresno City Council District 5 seat will be held March 18, 2025. (GV Wire Composite/Paul Marshall)
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With the councilmember for southeast Fresno leaving to join the county Board of Supervisors, a March date has been set for voters to pick a new representative.
The Fresno City Council selected March 18, 2025, for the special election to fill Luis Chavez’s District 5 seat.
Chavez has held that seat since 2017. He won the November election for Supervisor District 3 against incumbent Sal Quintero, who was once his boss and a longtime political ally.
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District 5 stretches from First Avenue to west of Temperance Avenue and from Belmont Avenue to North Avenue. The city will pay the county for the costs of the election, according to the resolution passed by the council on Thursday.
One Official Candidate Thus Far
Fresno Unified Trustee Elizabeth Jonasson Rosas — who is married to Chavez — announced earlier this month she would run for the council seat. She is endorsed by councilmembers Annalisa Perea, Tyler Maxwell, Nelson Esparza, and Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer.
Sanger Unified Trustee Brandon Vang also told GV Wire that he’s interested in running for the council seat.
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