June election full of choices for Tahoe voters
By Kathryn Reed
Voters will have a slew of decisions to make in June during the primary election.
The deadline to file for office for El Dorado County was March 7 at 5pm. That was the same for Placer County. However, for Placer the date is extended to March 12 if an incumbent has not filed. March 14 is the deadline to file for Douglas County races.
The following people are running for El Dorado County offices:
• Superior Court Office 1
Vicki Ashworth, David Combellack, Joe Weinberger
• Superior Court Office 3
Suzanne Kingsbury
• Superior Court Office 4
Steven Bailey
• Superior Court Office 5
Joseph Hoffman, Dylan Sullivan
• Superior Court Office 6
James Wagoner
• County superintendent of schools
Jeremy Meyers
• County supervisor District 4
Scott McNeil, Tim Palmer, Lori Parlin, Howard Penn, Michael Jon Pettibone, Winston Pingrey, Michael Ranalli, Dave Souza
• County supervisor District 5
Kevin Brown, Kenny Curtzwiler, Gerri Grego, Sue Novasel, Teresa Piper, Angela Swanson
• Assessor
Karl Weiland
• Auditor-controller
Joe Harn, Michael Owen
• District attorney
Judson Henry, Vern Pierson
• Recorder-clerk
Chris Amaral, Bill Schultz
• Sheriff
John D’Agostini
• Surveyor
Rich Briner
• Treasurer
Ron Briggs, C.L. Raffety.
Here are the candidates in Placer County:
• Superior Court Office 1
Charles Wachob
• Superior Court Office 2
Michael Jones
• County Superintendent of Schools
Gayle Garbolino-Mojica
• County supervisor District 1
Jack Duran
• County supervisor District 2
Regy Bronner, Robert Weygandt
• Assessor
Kristen Spears
• Controller
Andrew Sisk
• Clerk-recorder
Jim McCauley
• District attorney
R. Scott Owens
• Sheriff
Edward Neil Bonner
• Treasurer
Jenine Windeshausen.
California statewide offices on the June ballot include:
• Governor
• Lieutenant governor
• Secretary of state
• Controller
• Treasurer
• Attorney general
• Insurance commissioner.
In order to win the contest outright on June 3 a person must receive 50 percent plus one vote. If no one reaches that amount, then the top two vote getters will square off in November.
In addition to the individual races, there are a number of local and statewide initiatives that will be before voters in June and November. Plus, El Dorado and Placer residents will be asked to vote on a congressional race and Assembly.
On the November ballot will be South Lake Tahoe City Council candidates. The seats occupied by Angela Swanson, Brooke Laine and Tom Davis will be up.
November will be the first time Lake Tahoe Unified and Lake Tahoe Community College candidates are elected by district. This means people will vote for only one person.
South Tahoe PUD seats will also be up.
The filing for November opens in mid-July.