MIDDLETOWN – One of the first potential candidates in the south county race to succeed Supervisor Ed Robey has decided she isn't going to run for office.

Voris Brumfield released a statement Monday saying that she will not seek Robey's District 1 supervisorial seat.

"After much thought and soul searching, I have decided not to file for the June 3 primary,” Brumfield said in her Monday statement.

“There are a number of reasons, all of which relate to my current service to the people of Middletown and Lake County. In the coming weeks you will hear more of my future activities,” she said.

Currently, Brumfield is manager of the county's Code Enforcement Division. She previously served as District 1 Supervisor from 1984 through 1992.

Last August, Robey – now in the last year of his third term on the Board of Supervisors – told Lake County News that he was not seeking reelection.

Brumfield confirmed over the summer that she planned to run for the District 1 seat, which put her among an early group of hopefuls for the job.

“The effective representation of District 1 will be a challenge and I appreciate the candidates and their desire to serve,” she said Monday.

Brumfield had already taken out a “declaration of intentions” Form 501 to begin soliciting funds for the campaign, as Lake County News reported in December.

Other candidates who so far have taken out those forms are Jim Comstock, Scott Fergusson, Susanne La Faver and Bobby MacIntyre.

Because of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, Lake County News could not contact county officials Monday to inquire of any additions to that field thus far.

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