On July 2, California Governor Jerry Brown set election dates for two more special elections. One will be for the State Senate, 26th district, in Los Angeles; the other will be for the Assembly, 45th district, also in Los Angeles. Both elections will be on September 17. Petitions are due July 26.
Both special elections are needed because the office-holders resigned to take seats on the Los Angeles city council.
Already scheduled, and coming up later this month, are a run-off in the State Senate, 16th district in the San Joaquin Valley; and the initial election in the Assembly, 52nd district, in San Bernardino County. That election has seven Democrats, one Republican, and one independent candidate. Those two elections are set for July 23.
There may be a fifth special election even later, because the frontrunner in the State Senate 26th district election is a member of the Assembly. If she wins, her seat in the Assembly will be vacant.
Wow lots of special elections in Cali – who’s the independent candidate?
Paul Leon, Mayor of Ontario, California. He ran in another election recently while he was a registered Republican. Since then he changed his registration to be an independent.