Lake County needs a champion in Sacramento, someone who will be a relevant voice for our unique and urgent problems.

In the Fourth State Assembly District race Cecilia Aguiar-Curry stands out as the candidate who can best represent Lake County.

There’s something compelling about someone who works as hard as Cecilia has. From laboring in the fields as a child, to running a farm and small business, to city hall – where she served as planning commissioner and council member – to her current position as mayor, Cecilia stands out as a hard worker who governs for results. Her track record is the proof.

From my first encounter with Cecelia at a Northshore meet and greet I was struck with her no-nonsense approach to problem solving and her track record of results.

What Cecelia has done for the Winters community is notable, including bringing in a multimillion dollar training facility and jobs, senior housing, computers to the classroom, high speed Internet to rural areas and more.

She was also instrumental in persuading the nation's president to make a historic designation important to our region and was featured for her role at the dedication of the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument.

This close to the June 7 primary election, there’s little time to investigate the backgrounds of the three candidates running for the State Assembly.

One quick way is to reference editorials. I found two. One, written by the editorial board of the Sacramento Bee (www.sacbee.com , 4/24/16), refers to Cecilia as being well grounded in the district with a track record of no-drama consensus.

This editorial also states that the winning candidate must be “versatile, as familiar with Lake County poverty as with the housing crunch around UC Davis.”

To this point, Cecelia’s been to Lake County many times since declaring her candidacy. She’s been on local radio, at events and at meet and greets, taking the time to understand our issues. She shares our rural values and lifestyles and is primed to help us solve our problems as she has so capably done for the Winters community.

I found another informative editorial in the Winters Express (www.wintersexpress.com , 5/12/16). It is written from the perspective of a longtime journalist and editor who knows Cecilia and the other candidates well.

She likens the Assembly campaign to the Kentucky Derby, characterizing the three candidates in terms of bloodline, longevity and speed. You’ll have to read the editorial for yourself to fully appreciate the analogy.

Suffice it to say, Cecelia is characterized as the speed horse and declared the winner “by a nose.” I agree.

Olga Martin Steele lives in Clearlake Oaks, Calif.