Editing Heather Fargo (section)

=== 2008 mayoral campaign ===
{{see also|2008 Sacramento mayoral election}}
The primary election for mayor took place on June 3, 2008. Fargo received 39% of the vote, while former [[NBA]] star and Sacramento native [[Kevin Johnson (basketball)|Kevin Johnson]] received 46% of the vote.<ref>{{cite news |author = Mary Lynne Vellinga |title = Johnson leads mayor's race |work = [[Sacramento Bee]] |date= 2008-06-04 |url = http://www.sacbee.com/734/story/987573.html |access-date = 2008-06-04 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080607021617/http://www.sacbee.com/734/story/987573.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 2008-06-07}}</ref> Since neither received a majority of the votes, a run off election was scheduled for November 2008, where she was defeated by a margin of 58% to 42%.

During the primary election campaign, Fargo initially claimed that she had the support of all the city councilmembers. Yet, Councilman Robbie Waters, Steve Cohn, and Sandra Sheedy all ended up endorsing Johnson during the primary.<ref>{{cite web |title=Additional Endorsements for Kevin Johnson |url=http://www.smartvoter.org/2008/11/04/ca/sac/vote/johnson_k/endorse.html |website=www.smartvoter.org |access-date=20 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The hunger - Bites - Opinions - October 16, 2008 |url=https://www.newsreview.com/sacramento/hunger/content?oid=870903 |website=Sacramento News & Review |date = 14 October 2008|access-date=20 April 2020}}</ref> On September 4, 2008, only Councilman Kevin McCarty endorsed Heather Fargo.<ref>[http://www.sacbee.com/101/story/1210240.html SacBee - McCarty endorsing Fargo for Sacramento mayor] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080908034816/http://www.sacbee.com/101/story/1210240.html |date=2008-09-08 }}</ref>