As an L.A. County relative "newbie," I'm a bit flummoxed by the sight of the Nonpartisan Offices in the just-released Official Sample Ballot for the June 3rd Statewide Direct Primary Election. Any of you "old hands" want to render opinions on these contested (& uncontested) races? Seems like we should all know who's progressive and who's not. Thanks in advance!!
JUDICIAL (Judge of the Superior Court):
No. 22
Amy Carter
Pamala F. Matsumoto
No. 48
Charles M. Calderon
Carol Rose
No. 54
Debra L. Losnick
Shannon L. Knight
No. 61
Dayan Mathai
B. Otis Felder
Jacqueline H. Lewis
No. 72
Chris J. Frisco
No. 76
Alison Matsumoto Estrada
Helen Kim
No. 82
Ann H. Park
No. 87
Tom Griego
Steven P. Schreiner
Andrew M. Stein
No. 90
Serena R. Murillo
No. 97
Songhai "Sunny" Armstead
Teresa P. Magno
No. 107
Emma Castro
Joan M. Chrostek
No. 113
Steven Klaif
Stacy Wiese
No. 117
Carol Najera
James B. Pierce
No. 138
Marc A. Gibbons
Donna Hollingsworth Armstrong
No. 157
Andrew Cooper
Arnold William Mednick
SCHOOL (supt. of Public Instruction)
Marshall Tuck
Lydia A. Gutiérrez
Tom Torlakson
COUNTY (Assessor)
Brilliant Edward Manyere
Krish Kumar
Nestor "Rick" Valencia
Jeffrey Prang
Omar Haroon
Frank Diaz, Jr.
Yvonne Austin
Sandy Sun
John "Lower Taxes" Loew [I kid you not!]
Tracy Okida
John Y. Wong
John Morris
COUNTY (Sheriff)
Lou Vince
Paul Tanaka
James Hellmold
Patrick L. Gomez
Todd S. Rogers
Bob Olmsted
Jim McDonnell
End of Nonpartisan Offices….