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Up for election this year are the seats for Supervisorial Districts 1, 4 and 5, currently held by Jim Comstock, Anthony Farrington and Rob Brown, respectively.
Also on the ballot are the seats for the four Lake County Superior Court judges, according to the Lake County Registrar of Voters.
At this time community members can take out a candidate intention statement, or Form 501, required by the Fair Political Practices Commission. The form must be filed with the Registrar of Voters Office before candidates solicit or receive contributions, and before they make candidacy-related expenditures.
They also can file petitions to submit signatures in lieu of filing fees.
For judicial candidates, the in-lieu petitions can be filed through Feb. 8, with the judicial period for filing declaration of intention paperwork running from Jan. 30 through Feb. 8.
Candidates for the other county elected offices have until Feb. 23 to submit in-lieu petitions, with the time frame for declaration of candidacy and nomination papers taking place from Feb. 13 through March 9, according to a Registrar of Voters elections calendar.
In District 1 – which covers a portion of southern Lake County, including Middletown, Hidden Valley Lake and Lower Lake, as well as a portion of Cobb – Comstock has taken out a Form 501 and the in-lieu petition, the Elections Office reported.
Challenging Comstock, who is nearing the completion of his first term, is Lower Lake resident and environmental advocate Victoria Brandon, who has pulled the same paperwork, according to election records.
For District 4, which covers the Lakeport area, Farrington has taken out a Form 501 but not an in-lieu petition, records show.
Taking out the necessary paperwork to run against him is Lakeport resident Fred Langston, owner of Lake County Martial Arts.
In District 5, which predominantly covers Kelseyville and a portion of Cobb, Rob Brown also is seeking reelection and has taken out the Form 501 and in-lieu petition. Election records show he’ll be challenged by Joan Moss of Cobb.
For the judicial seats, so far only one – that of Judge David Herrick in Lake County Superior Court Department 1 – is contested. Herrick told Lake County News earlier this month that he was not intending to seek reelection this year.
Beginning the process to run for Herrick’s seat are attorneys Michael Friel of Kelseyville and Michael Lunas of Lakeport, and Deputy District Attorney Susan Krones of Lakeport, the Elections Office reported.
For the judicial seats in Lake County Superior Court Departments 2, 3 and 4 – held by Richard Martin, Andrew Blum and Stephen Hedstrom, respectively – so far only the incumbents have taken out the Form 501 and the in-lieu petitions, elections records showed.
Regarding state races, Assemblymember Mariko Yamada (D-Davis) said she will seek office for the newly drawn Assembly District Four, which will represent all or part of Lake, Colusa, Napa, Solano, Sonoma and Yolo counties.
Assemblyman Wes Chesbro, who currently represents Lake County in the Legislature, will run for the new Second Assembly District.
In the new Third Congressional District, which represents the upper two-thirds of Lake County, a six-member field has formed. It includes Tony Carlos, Timothy Core, John Garamendi, Charlie Schaupp, Rick Tubbs and Kim Dolbow Vann, as Lake County News has reported.
Congressman Mike Thompson – who has represented all of Lake County for many years in the House of Representatives – will run for reelection in the new Fifth Congressional District, which covers the lower third of Lake County.
So far no opponents have filed to run against him, according to the Federal Election Commission.
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