City Hall reporter Scott Smith reported today that Councilwoman Kathy Miller is exploring a run for the District 2 seat on the San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors. Former council members do often run for the board. The seat is currently held by Supervisor Larry Ruhstaller, himself a former City Council member, elected in 1996 [...]
Tracy Planning Commissioner Rhodesia Ransom posted a message to her Facebook followers, thanking supporters in her run for the District 5 seat on the San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors. Tracy City Councilman Bob Elliott is all but assured the seat in the latest vote count. Ransom’s post reads, in part: As the election nears [...]
University of the Pacific professor Keith Smith posits on his blog that Ricky Gill had too much of a focus on San Joaquin County and its voters in his campaign to unseat Democratic incumbent Jerry McNerney. He notes that about 70 percent McNerney’s margin of victory came from Contra Costa County, where about 30 percent [...]
Here’s a snap provided by Bob Elliott’s campaign. Showing the addendum Elliott was adding to campaign signs today.
When the paper went to bed last night, there was still some question about whether enough votes had been counted to declare a clear winner in the Ninth Congressional District contest between Rep. Jerry McNerney, D-Stockton, and Lodi Republican Ricky Gill. Earlier this morning, the Gill campaign sent out a concession statement. In it, Gill [...]
It’ll be all over but the counting in three hours, when the polls close in San Joaquin County. And 8 p.m. is also when the live chat begins on recordnet.com. You can while away the time while waiting for results by posting comments and reading what others are saying about the elections. Here’s the link [...]
All four letters to the editor in The Record today are from readers weighing in on the race between Bob Elliott and Rhodesia Ransom for the open seat to represent San Joaquin County District 5. Here’s a link to the letters page. A couple letters refer to and Oct. 15 letter to the editor, which [...]
Supervisor Leroy Ornellas has opposed Measure D since the rest of the Board of Supervisors voted to put it on the ballot. He reiterated his opposition in a recent post on his Facebook page. He takes aim at the pro-Measure D argument that lauds the benefits of experience in a complicated job. He writes: “Now [...]
Tom Benigno was one of three people running for the District 5 seat on the Board of Supervisors in the primary. He got nearly 21 percent of the votes cast. He died last week from complications from cancer. Here’s a link to a story in today’s paper.
The campaign in favor of Measure D, which would extend term limits for positions on the Board of Supervisors and the county Board of Education has a new ad on the airways. It has already begun running on cable, according to the Central Valley PAC. It stresses the lifetime ban the measure sets on terms [...]
