LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – The man who has served Lake County for more than a decade as assessor-recorder said he will not run for reelection.
“After considerable thought I have decided I will not seek another term as Lake County assessor-recorder,” Doug Wacker said in a statement released to Lake County News.
“However, I plan to finish my term, which ends December 2014,” Wacker added.
Wacker, 60, said it's been his honor to serve the people of Lake County as assessor-recorder these past 13 years, and he's appreciated the support of his staff, other county departments and the Board of Supervisors.
The Board of Supervisors appointed Wacker assessor-recorder in April 2001, succeeding Dan Irwin.
After defeating then-Assistant Assessor-Recorder Michael Wochna in the March 2002 primary election, Wacker went on to run unopposed in 2006 and 2010.
The Lake County Registrar of Voters Office told Lake County News that Wacker had until March 7 to decide if he would seek reelection.
By the end of his term, Wacker said he will have reached 37 years in the property assessment field.
With Wacker's seat now open, a field is forming to succeed him.
Richard Ford, the county's assistant auditor-controller, and Lakeport businessman Logan Weiper, were the initial candidates in the assessor-recorder race, as Lake County News has reported.
Now, Ford and Weiper have been joined by a third candidate, Sorhna Li Jordan, according to the Registrar of Voters Office.
Jordan, of Hidden Valley Lake, holds a juris doctorate from the University of San Francisco and has served on the Lake County Grand Jury.
Last year, Jordan applied to the county to fill the remaining term of Treasurer-Tax Collector Sandra Shaul.
The Board of Supervisors later in 2013 would appoint Deputy Treasurer-Tax Collector Barbara Ringen to the treasurer-tax collector job. Ringen will run in her first election this year.
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