Tenessa Audette
Candidate for City Council (At-Large), Redding
Tenessa Audette is a California native and mother of three. Her professional background includes work as a political consultant, a certified national-party campaign manager, and a state senate district representative. She teaches a course on faith and government at Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry. She has served on the Redding City Council since being elected in November 2022, including a term as Mayor from December 2023 to December 2024.
Positions in brief
Audette's re-election messaging emphasizes fiscal responsibility, public safety, and responsive local government, built around a theme of 'courage to lead, commitment to serve.'
Audette's campaign site frames her candidacy around delivering results rather than just promising to fight for constituents, and around protecting constitutional rights. Local reporting on her campaign launch says she highlighted her record of service and asked residents to help her continue work on fiscal responsibility, public safety, and responsive local government. Her campaign site does not detail specific positions on infrastructure, housing, or other city policy areas.
On the issues
- Taxes & Cost of Living
Emphasizes fiscal responsibility and says she pushed back on a proposed sales tax increase and a 20% utility rate hike after commissioning an independent budget review.
“I believe Redding needs experienced leadership committed to fiscal responsibility and honest government.”
Source → - Housing & Homelessness
Helped establish a homelessness navigation and day resource center in partnership with the Good News Rescue Mission, which she calls the achievement of her term she is most proud of.
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