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Richard_Pepitone · February 26

Date: February 25th, 2025 | Topic: Elections | Tags: Dallas Calhoun, Hosea Halliday, Jessica Guzman ALL EYES ON CITY HALL
MAYORAL ELECTION KICKS OFF

By: Michael Watts

After weeks of campaign rallies, debates, promises made, and an endless stream of advertisements, early voting for the Mayoral election has finally begun. Three candidates, Dallas Calhoun, Hosea Halliday, and Jessica Guzman, all have their eyes set on City Hall. This is just the second election since the reinstatement of the Los Santos City Government in 2024. In 2017, Lt. Governor Larry Rauner issued an executive order dissolving the municipality of Los Santos, centralizing all powers vested in the city under the umbrella of the state government. In 2024, the city government was reinstated; however, with nearly de facto oversight from the state government. The three candidates running for Mayor aim to follow up one-term Mayor Alexander Blair, whose administration struggled to revive the city's government. Each candidate's background is vastly different from one another; however, many of their policies and claims are the same. Such as the fact that both Dallas Calhoun and Hosea Halliday cite changing workplace laws to further protect workers as one of their campaign agenda items. Halliday and Jessica Guzman have also both proclaimed themselves, at separate times, to be the candidate who is most devoted to fighting crime.

In January, Dallas Calhoun's name was one that didn't ring out outside of non-profit and political circles in Idlewood and East Los Santos. However, in just a few weeks, he has propelled himself from a little-known figure into potentially Los Santos's next Mayor, winning endorsements from the Laborers Union and, surprisingly, several Republicans such as Gladys Arrington and Jep Appelo. Calhoun has championed himself as someone who speaks for those in some of Los Santos's lowest-income areas, such as Idlewood and East Los Santos. His campaign has pushed low-income housing for these neighborhoods as one of its top priorities. Born in South Central, LS, and backed by Jep Appelo, if you squint closely, Calhoun strikes some resemblance to former Mayor Frank Vaughn. However, he lacks the experience and credentials that Vaughn had during his first campaign. He also lacks Vaughn's connections to the ports; his campaign took a hit when the Longshoreman's union came out in support of Hosea Halliday despite the fact that Calhoun has campaigned on revitalizing the port of Los Santos. Many of his critics, including those from Hosea Halliday and Jessica Guzman's respective camps, have stated that Calhoun's policies are not tough enough on crime.

Hosea Halliday has been the clear favorite to win the election since it began, with some proclaiming it his race to lose. Halliday has, for several months, been the City Manager of Los Santos, inheriting what could only be described as a Los Santos city government in disarray. Despite this, Halliday has worked to resuscitate several departments within the city's government. Now he is aiming to ascend to the city's highest elected position. Wearing his now-famous cowboy hat, donning a GOP pin, and taking on Donald Trump's infamous slogan of "Make America Great Again," in many ways, Halliday has inherited Frank Underhill's title as Los Santos's quintessential Republican. He has rallied a base of fervent conservatives around the city while also being able to reach out to more moderate elements. Halliday has garnered an impressive list of endorsements and supporters, most notably earning the endorsement of the Longshoreman's union. His agenda calls for economic reform and labor reform, along with fighting both crime and corruption. As the favorite to win the election, his campaign has been the center of attacks from both Guzman and Calhoun, but most notably from Calhoun, whose supporters ran a string of advertisements claiming that under Halliday as City Manager, the city has only deteriorated.

If you take one look at Jessica Guzman's campaign, along with listening to her rhetoric for just a few minutes, you would take away one big thing: she proclaims herself to be an outsider to Los Santos politics. Guzman sees career politicians as a problem and feels an outsider like herself is needed to run the city. She is backed by no political party and, as far as the Hall is aware, her campaign is completely self-funded. Guzman's campaign has lacked the publicity of Halliday and Calhoun, both of which have held rallies around the city. However, she has likely poured more money into advertising than the other candidates, running a stream of ads that play back-to-back most days. Other than being an outsider, Guzman has championed the cause of fighting corruption within the government. In a debate moment that caught the ears of many around Los Santos, Guzman went after the Los Santos Police Department, stating that her arrest last year was evidence of the department's corruption. However, she also has called for "law and order" in some of the city's most crime-infested areas. Guzman lacks the endorsements of her two opponents; however, many report that through her work with major companies in the city, she has quiet supporters which, if they showed up to the polls, could give her a chance to win the election. Outside of the debate, she has largely avoided the back and forth that has gone on between the other candidates.

Whoever wins, they will be faced with an uphill battle to achieve their policies, with the state government still breathing down the neck of the city. In many ways, the Mayor is merely a figurehead. Achieving their goals will require a level of political maneuvering that few recent politicians in the city's history have been able to achieve, threading the needle to work with both the state government and navigate Los Santos's complicated city structure. The elections will run until February 27th, and the Hall will be here to update on all election-related news.

Jep_Appelo · March 1

Richard_Pepitone · March 1

Date: February 28th, 2025 | Topic: Elections | Tags: Dallas Calhoun, Hosea Halliday, Jessica Guzman CALHOUN STUNS, WINS ELECTION
DALLAS CALHOUN TO BECOME THE 27TH MAYOR OF LOS SANTOS

By: Michael Watts

n January, if you asked anyone outside of South Central who Dallas Calhoun was, they likely couldn't tell you. The 42-year-old was an almost completely unknown figure in Los Santos politics outside of his local community and internal Democratic Party politics. Yet today, it was announced he will be the city's 27th Mayor.

Calhoun's campaign mobilized sections of voters who do not typically vote in large numbers. Low-income Black and Latino individuals from El Corona, Idlewood, Ganton, and Jefferson all voted for Calhoun in large numbers. Numerous voters reported that Calhoun's debate performance against Hosea Halliday and Jessica Guzman was a watershed moment in the campaign. Many resonated with his message calling for an end to government waste, affordable housing, strengthened unions, and increased public-private partnerships.

Calhoun's victory in this week's election also marks the end of an eight-year period where the once dominant Democratic Party sat largely sidelined by the insurgent Republicans in Los Santos politics.

This was the result that many did not expect. Coming into the election, pollsters and political forecasters were predicting City Manager Hosea Halliday to win in a landslide. Wednesday night, that seemed to be the case as he was winning by a commanding 24 votes. However, Calhoun surged on the final day of the election, gaining a stunning 59 votes, propelling him to victory.

Following his victory, Calhoun stated: "When this campaign started, we had nothing; my team and I were working out of the dining room table in my kitchen. We had a mountain to climb ahead if we wanted to win, but we had faith that our message would resonate with the people of this city. We rallied together the voices of those whom this city often does not hear from. From every corner of Los Santos, we spoke with folks who wanted the same basic things: a place to call their own, basic protections at work, opportunity, and a government that serves them. Today is a victory for everyone in this great city."

Now Calhoun will have to do the hard task of fulfilling the lofty promises he put forward in his agenda, something nearly every mayor in Los Santos has fallen far flat of. He will enter into a complicated situation, following a failing Alexander Blair administration where many aspects of the government are currently moribund. Calhoun will also have to deal with his former opponent Hosea Halliday, who still holds the city manager's seat in the city government. Will Calhoun be able to achieve his administration's goals, or will he fall prey to sectarian politics and the traps of previous mayors? Only time will tell; for now, the only thing the citizens of Los Santos can do is watch and hope for the best.