LAKEPORT, Calif. – All of the filing periods for the local elected offices on the June 5 primary have now closed and the fields are set.
The filing periods for district attorney, District 2 supervisor and District 3 supervisor races closed at 5 p.m. Wednesday.
Those three races in the June 5 primary had their filing periods extended due to no incumbents filing for reelection, according to Lake County Registrar of Voters Diane Fridley.
As of the Wednesday evening deadline, the only major change in the makeup of the fields since last week was that Clearlake City Councilwoman Joyce Overton had completed the process to become a candidate for District 2 supervisor, Fridley said.
Overton joins Clearlake Mayor Bruno Sabatier, her colleague on the council, in the race to succeed Supervisor Jeff Smith.
In the District 3 supervisorial race, the two candidates are EJ Crandell and Denise Loustalot, Fridley said. Supervisor Jim Steele is not seeking reelection.
Fridley said the district attorney’s race still has two candidates, attorney Steven Brown and Senior Deputy District Attorney Susan Krones.
District Attorney Don Anderson is not seeking reelection to his current office, and instead has joined Deputy County Counsel Shanda Harry and attorney Andre Ross in the race for Lake County Superior Court judge, to succeed Judge Stephen Hedstrom, who is not running for another term. That race, which follows different deadlines than the county offices, was closed as of Friday evening.
Several other county races closed on Friday and the following incumbents are running unopposed: Assessor-Recorder Richard Ford, County Clerk-Auditor Cathy Saderlund, Sheriff-Coroner Brian Martin and Treasurer-Tax Collector Barbara Ringen.
The race for Lake County superintendent of schools will see incumbent Brock Falkenberg challenged by retired Upper Lake Unified School District Superintendent Patrick Iaccino.
Lake County Superior Court Judge Andrew Blum and Judge Michael Lunas are both running unopposed. Judicial race procedure provides that, because they are not being challenged, their names will not appear on the primary ballot and they will be considered reelected in November, Fridley said.
Fridley said two measures will appear on the June 5 ballot.
They are Measure G, the county of Lake’s proposed 1.5-percent general sales tax estimated to raise $4.5 million per year for 10 years for fire recovery and other budgetary needs, and Measure F, an annual tax of $50 per lot proposed within the Butler-Keys Community Services District in Clearlake Oaks for a period of four years to fund street maintenance.
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Election 2018: Filing period for last races closes, Overton joins Sabatier in District 2 supervisor race
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