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Local ballot
for June takes shape
Local ballot for June takes shape Judges, Dodd unopposed; South County
deadline today
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
By KEVIN COURTNEY
Register Staff Writer
Except for Supervisorial District 5, Napa County
races are set for the June 3 primary election.
Supervisor Bill Dodd will run uncontested for his third term representing
District 4. The deadline for candidates to file papers declaring
their intent to run was Friday. In District
2, incumbent Supervisor Mark Luce will be up against Mike Rodrigues,
a leader of the Napa Valley Land Stewards Alliance, and Harry Martin,
publisher of the Napa Sentinel and a former member of Napa City Council.
Candidates in District 5, which covers south Napa and American Canyon, have
until 5 p.m. today to file candidacy paperwork. The deadline was extended
five days because the incumbent, Harold Moskowite, is not running. Five candidates
have announced their interest in the race for the district that includes
American Canyon, Coombsville and part of Napa.
As of Tuesday afternoon, Rich Jager, a businessman and member of the Napa
County Planning Commission, and Gary Simpson, retired Napa County sheriff,
had completed all forms. American Canyon Councilwoman Cindy Coffey and former
fire chief Keith Caldwell still needed to submit final paperwork, the elections
office reported.
The fifth potential District 5 candidate, Pastor Morris Curry Jr., had yet
to return any of the necessary paperwork, officials said.
Five Napa County Superior Court judges will be on the ballot without opposition.
Running unopposed for re-election are: Ray Guadagni, Diane Price, Rodney
Stone, Francisca Tisher and Stephen Kroyer.
In the 1st Congressional District, Rep. Mike Thompson of St. Helena will
face Mitch Clogg of Mendocino in the Democratic Party primary.
Running for Congress in the Republican primary is criminal defense attorney
and former gang prosecutor for the Napa County District Attorney's office
Doug Pharr of Napa, and Zane Starkewolf of Napa. The Green Party primary
will be contested by Carol Wolman and Pam Elizondo.
In the 7th Assembly District, Democratic incumbent Noreen Evans of Santa
Rosa is running for re-election. On the Republican side, Doris Gentry of
Napa has filed for the Republican nomination.
Napa County voters will decide the fate of the Responsible Growth Initiative.
Slated as Measure N, the initiative would firmly set a 1 percent annual residential
growth rate and establish a 35-foot height limit for buildings in the unincorporated
areas of the county.
Backers submitted the measure as a way to stop a developer's plans for a
major housing development at the former Napa Pipe site in south Napa. |
