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Covers:  Health, Law Enforcement, Housing, Transportation, Policy
investigative reporter @fresnoland // proud community college grad // once led @eccunion, muckraked at @cpmustangnews

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Omar Rashad is the government accountability reporter at Fresnoland, where he is focused on covering homelessness, policing, health and more. His work is built around using data to simplify complicated policies and explore systems for their impacts on people's lives. He has completed past reporting stints at The Seattle Times, San Francisco Chronicle and CalMatters. Omar is a proud alumnus of California's community college and Cal State systems.

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Former Fresno sheriff poised to win supervisors race outright; other races remain too close to call

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By Omar Rashad , Rob Parsons , Pablo Orihuela
| Fresnoland
Former Sheriff Margaret Mims appeared poised to win election to the Fresno County Board of Supervisors, carrying almost 65% of the vote and likely avoiding a runoff in the fall. In the race for the District 4 seat, Mims held an enormous lead over her second-place challenger, Alma Beltran, who was carrying about just above 12% of the vote so far. The former sheriff could not immediately be reached for comment late Tuesday.
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Fresno County live election results, June 2026 primary

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By Omar Rashad 
| Fresnoland
What's at stake: With at least seven local races and only two incumbents in the mix, this election year will prove consequential to the makeup of Fresno's city and county governments. Fresno has a lot on the line this week. With at least seven local races, it’s one of the busier election years for the greater Fresno region — certainly more crowded than in 2024.
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Did Fresno leaders deliver on a promise to reform the city’s transparency? They’re almost there

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By Omar Rashad 
| Fresnoland
What's at stake: Four months after Fresno city leaders unanimously approved reforms following a two-part Fresnoland investigation, a new public transparency portal appears to be close to the finish line. Back in January, on the heels of a two-part Fresnoland investigation that exposed gaps in the City of Fresno’s contracting laws and its transparency with the public, city electeds promised change.
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