Government / Politics

Candidates and Measures for June 2018 Primary Election

With the nomination deadline closed here are the candidates for the 2018 primary election. ​It should be noted that this is not a complete and final list.
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With the nomination deadline for the 2018 June Primary election closed here are the qualified candidates for each contest: 

​This is not a complete and final list (see sbcvote updated today).  The list of local candidates will be posted no later than March 16, after the candidate's qualifications have been verified.

 State  (Top 2 move on to November General Election) 

  • State Treasurer
    • No candidates on record at this time – nomination extended until March 14
  • State Board of Equalization, 2nd District
    • No candidates on record at this time – nomination extended until March 14
  • U.S. Representative 20th District 
    • Jimmy Panetta
  • State Senator / District 12 – 4 years (incumbent Anthony Cannella)
    • Rob Poythress
    • Johhny Martin Tacherra
    • Anna Caballero 
  • Member of Assembly / District 30 – 2 years
    • Robert Rivas
    • Trina Coffman-Gomez
    • Peter Leroe-Munoz
    • Bill Lipe

Judicial (6 years) 

  • Superior Court Judge No. 1
    • Incumbent Steven R. Sanders
  • Superior Court Judge No. 2
    • Gregory Michael LaForge 
    • Frances Henderson 
    • Jose "Omar" Rodriguez
    •   Robert Michael Foley

Schools (4 years) 

  • County Superintendent of Schools
    • Incumbent Krystal Lomanto 

County  

  • County Supervisor  
    • District 3  – 4 years-  Nomination period has been extended to March 14 
      • Patricia Loe
      • Peter D. Hernandez, Jr.
    • District 4 – 4 years
      • incumbent Jerry Muenzer
      • Jim Gillio
      • Elia Salinas
      • Sandy P. Swint
      • Rob Bernosky
  • Assessor – 4 years
    • incumbent Tom Slavich  
  • Clerk/Auditor/Recorder – 4 years
    • incumbent Joe Paul Gonzalez 
  • District Attorney – 4 years
    • incumbent Candice Hooper Mancino
  • Sheriff/Coroner – 4 years 
    • incumbent Darren Thompson
    • Bill Hutchison
  • Treasurer/Tax Collector/Public Administrator – 4 years-  Nomination period has been extended to March 14 
    • Melinda L. Casillas
    • Jaime De La Cruz

For updates visit: http://sbcvote.us/registrar-of-voters/candidates-june-2018-statewide-dir…

Note: The following information about incumbents has been corrected.

Incumbents who failed to file by the March 9th deadline are not eligible to file during the extension period.  Only Candidates who are not incumbents are able to withdraw papers and file for the extended offices only.  The deadline for the extended offices is March 14th at 5:00 pm. 

  • Local Ballot Measures – Three Measures will be on the June 5, 2018 ballot.  Two are countywide and one is for all except the cities of Hollister and San Juan Bautista.

 

The San Benito County Elections website has been updated.  Additional information is available at:  http://sbcvote.us/registrar-of-voters/elections-information/

 

 

 

BenitoLink Staff