cardiovascular disease intersected with a community of African Americans and Latinx Americans living in poverty. 2004 through 2005 In the 2004 election Gayle McLaughlin won the race for a city council seat in Richmond while Andrés Soto lost his bid for city council and Leonard McNeil won his campaign for San Pablo mayor, all running as part of the Richmond Progressive Alliance. In 2005 the RPA supported transfer of the former Zeneca site at Campus Bay to the California Department of Toxic Substances Control. 2006 through 2007 In 2006 Gayle McLaughlin won the election for mayor as a Green Party member versus incumbent Democrat Irma Anderson by 189 votes out around 12,000 cast. Jim Jenkins lost his bid for the Richmond city council. 2008 through 2009 Measure T, a ballot measure submitted to the voters that substantially increased business license fees for large corporations like Chevron Corporation owner of the Chevron Richmond Refinery passed. Jovanka Beckles ran for city council of Richmond and lost while Jeff Ritterman won his city council bid. Another ballot measure, Measure U, in favor of casinos, like the one proposed for the former Point Molate Naval Fuel Depot, was successfully defeated at the ballot box. 2010 through 2011 In 2010, the RPA negotiated with Chevron to contribute millions of dollars for the city to reinvest in itself instead of facing Measure T which would have forced a change in the utility tax which would have made them potentially contribute more. In this same year Gayle McLaughlin won re-election as Richmond mayor. Jovanka Beckles in her second bid for Richmond city council won while Eduardo Martinez lost his second attempt at a spot on the Richmond city council. 2012 through 2013 In the 2012 election, Langlois lost a run for city council, as did Eduardo Martinez on his third bid. In that same election, Measure N, a tax on sugary drinks written by RPA member Dr. Jeff Ritterman, was resoundingly rejected by voters amid $2.4 million in campaign spending by Community Coalition Against Beverage Taxes, a campaign expenditure group funded by the American Beverage Association, to defeat it. 2014 through 2015 In 2014, RPA member Mike Parker ran for Richmond mayor but withdrew from the race in August. Parker endorsed fellow candidate and city councilmember Tom Butt so as not to splinter the progressive and moderate-progressive vote in the election. Seen as a "David versus Goliath"