Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs, backer of guaranteed income, loses re-election bid

Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs, backer of guaranteed income, loses re-election bid

Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs addresses the Sacramento Press Club on July 10, 2018. Tubbs conceded Tuesday that he had lost his bid for re-election. Stockton Mayor Michael Tubbs, who rose to prominence as a champion of a guaranteed income , has lost his bid for re-election.

The 30-year-old Democrat conceded Tuesday to Republican Kevin Lincoln, the executive pastor at a local church, becoming the fourth-straight single-term mayor of the San Joaquin Valley city of 310,000. Tubbs trailed 56% to 44%, a gap that had grown steadily since election night.

“Growing up in Stockton, my friends and I always believed that to […]

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