LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – The seats for three supervisorial districts will be on the ballot next year, and the fields of candidates are now being finalized.

Cathy Saderlund, Lake County’s auditor-controller/county clerk who is temporarily acting as interim registrar of voters, reported on local candidates who have filed to run for districts 1, 4 and 5 on the Board of Supervisors in 2020.

Saderlund emphasized that the list of candidates she released to Lake County News on Friday – the last day of the filing period for declarations of candidacy, nomination papers and candidates’ statements – remains unofficial.

“Candidate paperwork was being received up until 5 p.m. today and review and verification will continue,” she said on Friday evening.

Submitting paperwork to run in District 1 are Julia Mary Bono, a businesswoman, minister and scientist, and first-term incumbent Jose “Moke” Simon III, both of Middletown.

In District 4, Chris Almind, a water/operating engineer, has entered the race and will challenge first-term incumbent Tina Scott. Both are from Lakeport

For District 5, candidates are Kevin Ahajanian of Cobb; retired pharmacist Bill Kearney of Kelseyville; Jessica Pyska, an educator from Cobb; and Lily Woll, an English as a second language and Spanish teacher, from Kelseyville.

Longtime District 5 Supervisor Rob Brown has not filed to run for reelection. Brown has said repeatedly in recent years he didn’t intend to seek another term.

Because Brown hasn’t filed nomination papers, the elections calendar includes a five-day nomination extension period during which any qualified person other than the incumbent may file. That period ends on Dec 11.

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