Mark H. Armstrong
Candidate for Mayor, San Ramon · Mayor/Retired Colonel
Mark Armstrong is a California and San Francisco Bay Area native and a 20-plus-year resident of San Ramon, having settled there with his wife Brenda in 2004 after raising four children across the U.S. and overseas; all four graduated from California High School. He graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1981 with a degree in civil engineering and retired from the United States Army after a 30-year career as an active-duty Infantry officer. He was appointed to the San Ramon City Council in January 2021, elected to a full term in 2022, and elected Mayor in 2024.
Positions in brief
Armstrong's priorities as Mayor are public safety, protecting neighborhoods and open space, fiscal responsibility, and quality of life, and he frames his campaign as continuing the city's current direction.
He says he is proud of the city's progress and believes the best is still ahead for San Ramon, framing his campaign around continuity of his existing priorities as mayor.
On the issues
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