Valley Edition on Politics: John Ellis on Political Hopefuls

KVPR | By Joe Moore

Published September 22, 2015 at 12:00 PM PDT

It's a little over one year from election day and that means potential candidates for offices from city council to Congress are sizing up their opponents, donors and political prospects. Which Democrats will seek to challenge Republican Congressman David Valadao? Will Henry Perea leave the Fresno County Board of Supervisors to run for mayor against H. Spees and Lee Brand? And what about Henry T. Perea's campaign warchest? John Ellis of the Fresno Bee joined us on Valley Edition to talk politics as the 2016 election season begins to heat up.

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Government & Politics politics David Valadao Henry R Perea John Ellis Connie Perez Daniel Parra Fresno Mayor 2016

Joe Moore

Joe Moore is the President and General Manager of KVPR / Valley Public Radio. He has led the station through major programming changes, the launch of KVPR Classical and the COVID-19 pandemic. Under his leadership the station was named California Non-Profit of the Year by Senator Melissa Hurtado (2019), and won a National Edward R. Murrow Award for investigative reporting (2022).

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