> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.mendolocal.news/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Voter Guide — Fort Bragg City Council 2026 - URL: https://www.mendolocal.news/voter-guide-fort-bragg-city-council-2026/ - Published: 2026-10-08T20:19:59.000Z - Updated: 2026-10-09T17:07:00.000Z - Description: Eight candidates are on the Nov. 3, 2026 ballot. Review their positions on top issues. Please note we are unable to support browsers in dark mode. - Author: Elise Cox - Tags: #large-feature, Elections MendoLocal.News · Voter Guide # Fort Bragg City Council 2026 View the score card and tap to dive deeper into a particular candidate's position. Listen to the candidate address the biggest issues and follow links to view entire forums. Eight candidates, three seats. · Compiled by Elise Cox, MendoLocal.News **Sources.** This guide compares the candidates across three candidate forums: the **Alliance for a Better Fort Bragg** forum (Sept. 22, at the Company Store); the **League of Women Voters forum** (Oct. 2); and the Grassroots Institute's **“Meet the Candidates”** interview series (Sept. 3–29). **Watch the full forums:** the Grassroots interviews at [grassroots-institute.org/meet-the-candidates](https://www.grassroots-institute.org/meet-the-candidates?ref=mendolocal.news), and the League of Women Voters forum (via Mendocino Coast Media) at [fb.watch/v/5i6TOte6v](https://fb.watch/v/5i6TOte6v/?ref=mendolocal.news). A full public recording of the Alliance forum is not available. **Disclosure.** MendoLocal's Elise Cox hosted two of the Grassroots Institute's “Meet the Candidates” interviews and asked a question as an audience member in a third; those interviews were conducted remotely. She attended the Alliance for a Better Fort Bragg forum in person. **Why live statements only.** This guide draws only on what each candidate said themselves — live at a forum or in their own interview. We left out statements read aloud by a stand-in for an absent candidate at the Sept. 22 forum. The reason is simple: a position you hear in a candidate's own voice is one they have adopted and will answer for, whatever help they had drafting it — not words a ghostwriter or an AI chatbot could put in their mouth. Where an incumbent addressed an issue only through a stand-in, the guide says “No live statement” rather than quote it. Who's running ## The Candidates Photos, background, and a quick read on each candidate's priorities. Tap a recording link to listen to that candidate at a forum. At a glance ## Where They Stand — Scorecard The seven issues that recurred across the forums. Positions are shown in short-hand. Tap the box to view a candidate's position in more detail and to listen to a recording. Colors refer to stance, whether a candidate supports, opposes or has a more nuanced view. Slide or swipe left or right to move between issues. Supports / yes / leans toward Opposes / no / leans against Mixed / conditional / undecided No clear position on record In their own words ## Where They Stand, Issue by Issue Each candidate's position on the issue, with a link into the recording at the moment they answered. Quotes are from the computer-generated transcript and are approximate. ### How we made this guide Levi W. Cooke did not appear at the two in-person forums; his positions come from his Grassroots interview. Marcia Rafanan did not do a Grassroots interview (she provided a written statement to the Alliance for a Better Fort Bragg instead); her positions here come from the League of Women Voters forum, where she took part live. **Recordings:** the audio is hosted on MendoLocal.News; each “listen” link opens the recording at the moment the candidate answered. Corrections: [editor@mendolocal.news](mailto:editor@mendolocal.news).