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=== 2000 mayoral campaign ===
{{see also|2004 Sacramento mayoral election}}

Upon the sudden death in November 1999 of Mayor [[Joe Serna, Jr.]], Land Park City Councilman Jimmie Yee became the acting mayor. Several candidates announced their intentions to run. Other than Fargo, three other council members were also seeking the mayorship. North Sacramento City Councilman Rob Kerth who represented an area immediately adjacent to Fargo's also decided to run. In addition, [[Sacramento City Council#Steve Cohn|Steve Cohn]], the city councilman for [[East Sacramento, Sacramento, California|East Sacramento]] ran along with [[Sacramento City Council#Robbie Waters|Robbie Waters]] who represents the Pocket and Greenhaven areas decided to run along with several lesser known candidates that included businessman and attorney Joe Genshlea and community activist Julie Padilla. Fargo, who won 22% of the vote in the primary and Kerth who won 20% of the vote made it into the November runoff, where Fargo was elected with just 53% of the vote. In winning, Fargo became the second elected mayor of Sacramento, and the first mayor from north of the American River
.<ref>David Goldfield, ''Encyclopedia of American Cities'', v.1. Thousand Oaks: Sage, 2007, p. 881. 9780761928843</ref>