Six candidates.
Three debates.
Your questions.
Three seats on the Chico City Council are on the ballot this November. Before you vote, we're putting each pair of candidates in a room for a full hour, hosted by Hayley Watts of Action News Now and Mike Wolcott of the Chico Enterprise-Record. All three air Sunday evenings on Action News Now, starting September 20.
One debate per race
Districts 2, 4 and 6 are on the ballot. Each pair gets their own full hour, so you can hear the two people competing for your seat answer the same questions back to back.
Chico writes the questions
Submit what you want asked and upvote what your neighbors suggested. We'll work with the hosts to pick the questions Chico most wants answered.
Watch it on Action News Now
Action News Now broadcasts each debate in full on a Sunday evening. Every one of them lands here afterward too: free, no login, watch whenever you want.
Council decides the things you actually notice — roads, rents, parks, the police budget, what happens downtown. Three of the seven seats making those calls are on this ballot. Most of us will vote on them knowing almost nothing about the people in them.
An hour each, on the record. That's what these are for.
When they air
- Debate 1Sunday, September 20District 2 — Shelby Hebert & Kasey Reynolds
- Debate 2Sunday, October 4District 4 — Tracy Vincent & Addison Winslow
- Debate 3Sunday, October 11District 6 — Megan Thomas Petty & Tom van Overbeek
All three air on Action News Now. Full video lands here afterward. Not sure which district you're in? Look it up.
Hosted by
Hayley studied journalism at Chico State and has covered the North State for Action News Now for years, anchoring the evening newscast and leading the newsroom.
Mike edits the Chico Enterprise-Record and the Oroville Mercury-Register, and has spent his career reporting on and editing news across Butte County.
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