DAVIS, Calif. – A state assemblywoman from Davis said Thursday she will seek reelection next year, and will run for the newly drawn Assembly district that will represent Lake County beginning in 2013.
“The Citizens Redistricting Commission concluded its work on Aug. 15 after months of spirited public participation,” Assemblymember Mariko Yamada (D-Davis) said in a written statement.
“With the new maps now in place, I am announcing today that I will seek reelection in the new California Assembly District Four, which includes all or part of six counties – Colusa, Lake, Napa, Solano, Sonoma and Yolo, where I have lived for the past 16 years,” Yamada said.
Yamada, who was in Lakeport last weekend for an annual event for the local Democratic Party, said she is in her second term in the Assembly.
She said she will continue to “vigorously” serve the Eighth Assembly District, which includes parts of Solano and Yolo counties, until the end of the 2012 legislative session, when the new district lines go into effect.
“I now look forward to the honor of running to serve the residents of the newly-drawn Fourth District, by meeting, listening to and engaging with its residents and continuing my focus on agriculture, water, education, health care, public safety, veterans, and the critical issues of jobs, aging and long-term care,” she said.
Assemblyman Wes Chesbro, who currently represents Lake County in the Legislature, has indicated he will seek reelection to his third and last term next year, but as Chesbro is from Humboldt County, he will run for the new Second Assembly District.
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