The midterm primary has come and gone, and even though every registered voter in the state received a mail-in ballot, only some 15 percent had voted ahead of the June 7 election day. That’s worse than in 2018, according to the LA Times. Yet preliminary results show that local voters who did cast their ballots voted for change in two county supervisors races. This week, our staff writers delve into the election excitement—Assistant Editor Peter Johnson brings you stories from the supervisors and the clerk-recorder races, and Staff Writer Bulbul Rajagopal and Sun Staff Writer Taylor O’Connor write about how the state Assembly and U.S. Congress races are shaping up for November. Also this week, read about Sheriff Ian Parkinson and District Attorney Dan Dow, who both ran for reelection unopposed.
This article appears in Jun 9-16, 2022.
Less than a 50% turnout so far. Very sad, but early returns suggest that the new Supervisor districts have backfired on their creators and enablers on the Board. At least one of them is now gone. If I’m Debbie Arnold, I’d be worried about 2024 when more voters will go to the polls.