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The Republican Party hasdominated the Third DistrictC a l i f o r n i aAssembly andFourth Districtstate Senateseats for manyyears — buttwo Democratshope to chal-lenge that holdin November.

Assemblyman Dan Logue,R-Linda, is campaigning for re-election in the June 8 primary, andhe faces no opposition for theRepublican Party nomination.

Logue won the area

Assembly seat in 2008 afterdefeating then-Nevada CountyDistrict 2 Supervisor Sue Hornein the Republican primary, thenhandily defeating Democraticcandidate and retired Chicounion representative Mickey

Dems challengeLogue in Assembly

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Office Candidacy requirements Duties Term Salary

Assessor Registered county voter at the time nomination papers are filed. Must hold a valid appraiser’s certificatewith the state Board of Equalization or get one within 30 days of election.

Assesses the value of property so taxes can be deter-mined.

Four years $123,000,plus benefits

Superintendentof Schools

Registered voter when nomination papers are issued. Valid school administrative credential. Financial oversight of the county’s school districts. InNevada County, the office also supervises special studentservices and audiovisual curriculum materials, and providesconsulting and coordinating services for districts.


Nevada CityCouncil

Registered county voter at the time nomination papers are issued, and live within city limits. Must meet at least once a month to conduct city busi-ness pursuant to budgets, policies and ordinances. Awinning candidate could become mayor by election ofthe council.

Four years Unpaid

DistrictAttorney

Registered and qualified voter in the county at the time nomination papers are issued. Admitted to practicelaw in California and before the state Supreme Court.

Drawing indictments and being the public prosecutor incriminal cases; defend the people in civil cases; advisethe county civil grand jury.


Treasurer-TaxCollector

Registered county voter at the time nomination papers are issued and one of the following:• Not less than three years of service in a senior financial management position in a city, county or public agency ina treasurer, tax collector, auditor-controller’s office, or a chief deputy or assistant in those offices.• A bachelor’s, master’s or doctoral degree in business administration, public administration, economics, finance,accounting or related field, with a minimum of 16 semester units in accounting, auditing or finance.• A California certified public accountant certificate.• A chartered financial analyst with a minimum of 16 college units in accounting, auditing or finance.• A valid certificate as a certified cash manager from the Treasury Management Association of California, with a mini-mum of 16 college units in finance, auditing or accounting.• Twenty-four hours of continuing education in government finance, accounting or administration every two years.

Bill and collect taxes, keep the county’s money safeand pay its debts; invest county funds, if the Boardof Supervisors allows, subject to yearly approval.


CountySupervisor

Registered voter in the supervisorial district for 30 days before filing for office. Make and enforce county rules, laws and regulations torun the government’s official business and preserveorder; administer oaths.

Four years $39,000, plusbenefits;$41,000, plusbenefits aschairman.

Sheriff Registered to vote in the county at the time nomination papers are issued, and one of the following:• Advanced certificate from the Commission of Peace Officer Standards and Training.• One year as a full-time and salaried law enforcement officer within five years of filing for office and a master’s degree.• Two years with the same qualifications and a bachelor’s degree.• Three years with the same qualifications and an associate’s degree.• Four years with the same qualifications and a high school diploma or GED.

Preserve the county’s peace and arrest those who commitcrimes; run the jail; run the Coroner’s Office, which looks intoall public deaths that are unexplained at the time of passing;execute the orders of the county health officer to stop thespread of contagious disease; serve legal papers on resi-dents; keep peace in courtrooms and move prisonersbetween courts and other facilities around the state.The sher-iff’s office can also authorize a search and rescue team.


U.S.Representative

Registered with the party whose nomination is sought for at least three months before declaring; not havebeen a member of another political party in the 12 months before declaring; at least 25 years old, a U.S.citizen for seven years and a resident of the state represented (though needn’t live in the district).

Originate revenue-raising bills; impeachment; with Senate,broad responsibility for laws and regulation, defense andinternal management such as finance, commerce, com-munication and foreign relations.

Two years $174,000,plus benefits

CaliforniaSenator

Registered and qualified voter in the state prior to filing nomination papers; may not have been a state sen-ator for more than two terms of four years each.

Represents the district by voting on proposed bills. Four years,limited to two terms

$95,000, plusbenefits

CaliforniaAssembly

Registered voter in the state before filing nomination papers; may not have been a state Assembly memberfor more than three terms.

Represents the district voting on proposed bills. Two years,limited tothree terms

$95,000, plusbenefits

AttorneyGeneral

Registered and qualified voter in the state at the time nomination papers are issued; registered with thepolitical party whose nomination they are seeking at least three months before declaring candidacy; cannothave been in another political party 12 months before declaring; an attorney who has been admitted topractice before the state Supreme Court for five years.

See that state laws are uniformly and adequatelyenforced; represent people of the state in civil andcriminal matters in state and federal courts; providelegal advice to state agencies; assist district attor-neys and local law enforcement agencies.

Four years,limited totwo terms

$151,000,plus benefits

U.S. Senator Registered with the party whose nomination is sought for at least three months before declaring candidacy;cannot have been a member of another political party in the 12 months before declaring candidacy; atleast 30 years old, a U.S. citizen for nine years and a resident of the state represented.

Write and approve national laws; advise and con-sent to president’s government appointments; ratifyall treaties with foreign governments; try allimpeachments; elect the vice president in the eventno person gets a majority of electoral votes.

Six years $174,000,plus benefits

Governor Registered voter at the time of declaration of candidacy; registered in the political party whose nominationhe or she is seeking at least three months before declaring candidacy; cannot be a member of anotherpolitical party within 12 months of declaring candidacy.

Execute the laws of California; commander in chief of statemilitia; supervise conduct of all other executive and ministe-rial officers; submit budget to Legislature; sign bills into law.

Four years,limited totwo terms


LieutenantGovernor

Registered and qualified voter at time of declaration of candidacy; registered in the political party whosenomination is sought at least three months before declaring candidacy; cannot have been a member ofanother political party within 12 months of declaring.

Assumes governor’s office when governor is absentfrom the state or unable to perform duties.

Four years,limited to two terms


Superior CourtJudge

Registered county voter at the time nomination papers are issued. Be an attorney in California able toargue before the state Supreme Court, or be judge over a court of record in California for at least 10 yearspreceding election or appointment.

Preside over county criminal and civil hearings,motions and trials.

Six years $179,000,plus benefits

Clerk-Recorder Registered county voter at the time nomination papers are issued. Record legal documents for births, deaths and marriages;record documents involving business openings, real estateand the sales thereof; in Nevada County, register voters andcandidates, and put on elections.


Auditor-Controller

Qualified county voter at the time nomination papers are issued.The auditor-controller must have one of the following when elected or appointed:• A certified public accountant certificate.• A bachelor’s degree with a major in accounting, having worked within the previous five years as a senior fiscalmanager in the private or public sector.• A certificate from the Institute of Internal Auditors with a minimum of 16 college units in auditing, finance oraccounting.• Service as a county auditor or chief assistant county auditor for not less than three continuous years.• Forty hours of continuing education every two years, with at least 20 hours in government accounting, auditing orrelated subjects.

Chief accounting officer of the county, responsible forbudget control, payroll and figuring property tax bills.;supervise the accounting practices of the treasurer-taxcollector’s office and special districts; audit his or herown office and small county offices, and contracts forindependent audits.


THE ELECTIVE OFFICES

This year, two ofNevada County’s hottestelectoral races are all aboutthe money.

Two jobs that normal-ly don’t get much attentionare the county assessor andtreasurer-tax collector. But

amid a recession that hascaused tax revenue toplummet and budgets to be

axed, andwith bothpositionsleft openby earlyr e t i r e -m e n t slast year,the posts

have drawn a flurry of can-didates.

The offices of clerk-recorder and countysuperintendent of schoolsalso usually fly under thepolitical radar; but they,too, have attracted candi-dates set to challenge

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More election news inside■ Rep. Tom McClintock launch-es bid for second term . . . . . A7

■ State Sen. Sam Aanestad haslofty aspirations. . . . . . . . . . A10

■ In Nevada City, two councilseats are up for grabs . . . . . . A7

Advice C5Classifieds D1Comics C4Lottery A6Obituaries A6Opinion A4, A5Police Blotter A6

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Special Report written bySenior Staff Writer Dave Moller

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McClintock has early oppositionin bid for re-election to Congress

Rep. Tom McClintock, R-Elk Grove, enters into hissecond race for the FourthDistrict U.S. Representative thisyear with a run for the GOPnomination in the June 8 pri-mary.

His earliest oppositionappears to be from fellowRepublican Michael Babich, ofAuburn, according to his web-site. He is the vice-president of amedical firm.

Democratic hopefuls havenot surfaced yet, according toseveral sources aligned with theparty at the state and nationallevel.

However, the sourcesexpected a Democrat to file dur-ing the official candidacydeclaration period, from Feb. 16to March 12.

The Fourth District spotwas dominated for nine termsby Republican John Doolittle.

Doolittle beat political newcom-er Charlie Brown by a mere9,000 votes in a close 2006 racethat proved his seat was vulner-able.

The narrow victory cameon the heels of news Doolittlewas being investigated foralleged influence-peddling withnow-imprisoned lobbyist JackAbramoff. Although no chargeswere ever filed, Doolittle decid-ed to not run for a tenth termwhen Brown challenged him a

second time and it became clearhis seat was vulnerable in theonce iron-clad GOP district.

McClintock ran in 2008,

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Coffman, Harris seatson City Council up forvote in Nevada City

Two seats are up for grabsfor City Council in Nevada City— the county seat of fewer than3,000 that recently has struggledwith a budget deficit and con-troversy over medical marijuanadispensaries.

Terms expire at the end ofthe year for incumbents BarbaraCoffman and Sally Harris.

Coffman, a lawyer, has saidshe will not run again, preferringto be a one-term councilwoman.

Harris said she willannounce her intentions foroffice closer to the Feb. 16 dead-line for candidates to declare.

Candidates must file for theleadership roles at City Hall,instead of at the Nevada CountyElections office. No papers willbe accepted until Feb. 16,Deputy City Clerk CoreyShaver said.

Whoever is elected will joina five-member panel facingchallenging times.

The city has cut spending,laid off or furloughed employeesand closed City Hall one dayeach month to close a $200,000shortfall.

Yet the city, where crimemost frequently consists ofdrunk-in-public arrests on theweekends and loitering com-plaints, also recently received a$500,000 federal stimulus grantto hire two police officers and apolice department clerk.

Largely dependent ontourism for sales tax income,Nevada City has been hurt bythe recession.

Leaders were elated by thedecision of Amgen Tour ofCalifornia organizers to starttheir bicycle race in the GoldRush town.

Another looming unknownis the fate of Grass ValleyGroup, another revenue main-stay that manufactures

high-definition video switchingequipment for the televisionindustry.

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One controversy, however,appears settled: Council mem-bers split to reject an ordinanceallowing and regulating medicalmarijuana dispensaries afterheated discussions across severalmonths last year.

No candidates have comeforward saying they would runfor council — a volunteer postthat receives no pay — althoughspeculation about possible can-didacies abound.

Harris was elected in 2004,served through 2008 and didnot run for re-election in the2008 primary for personal rea-sons.

Later that year,Councilwoman Sheila Steinresigned. Harris was appointed,then elected, to fulfill Stein’sterm.City Editor Trina Kleist contributed to thisreport.

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Harrington in the general elec-tion.

This time around, Loguewill most likely face one of twoDemocrats in November, eitherHarrington, who is runningagain, or Marysville Vice MayorChristina Billeci.

Billeci recently retired asthe Yuba County PublicGuardian and worked for YubaCounty for 31 years.

Harrington used to workfor Pacific Gas and Electric Co.He also lost an Assembly seatrace to Republican Rick Keenein 2006.

Both Billeci andHarrington know the districthas been Republican for years,but hope to attract the growingnumber of independent anddecline-to-state voters in thedistrict.

State Senate race

Sam Aanestad, R-GrassValley, has been the area’s statesenator for eight years and muststep down at the beginning ofnext year because of term limits.

Aanestad, originally an oralsurgeon, is running for theRepublican nomination for lieu-tenant governor.

Standing up so far toreplace him are two Republicancandidates from Butte Countywho have been Assembly mem-bers but termed out after three,two-year terms.

Both profess to be conser-vatives — like Aanestad — andsaid in a recent Nevada Countyforum that the GOP needs newleadership.

Former Chico mayor and

assemblyman Rick Keene hasthe endorsement of Aanestad,Logue and other heavy hitters inthe party. He is a businessmanand lawyer.

Doug LaMalfa is a ricefarmer from Richvale whohelped found the CaliforniaRice Commission and served onthe Utilities and CommerceCommittee when in theAssembly.

The candidates have takenout preliminary papers to run.

For the Democrats, LatheGill of Del Norte County andPaul Singh of Sutter Countyhave been mentioned as possiblecandidates by state partysources. Gill is a civil rightslawyer and a labor organizer.Singh is an organic farmer andbusinessman who lost toAanestad in the 2006 Senateelection and was beaten by JimNielsen for the 2nd DistrictAssembly seat in 2008.

STATE:Continued from A1

incumbents who had beenappointed to the posts.

The assessor and treasurer-tax collector races unexpectedlyopened up to voters whenAssessor Dale Flippin andTreasurer-Tax Collector E.Christina Dabis stepped downat the end of 2009, with bothleaving one year in their four-year terms.

The assessor’s race attractedpreliminary attention from for-mer District 2 supervisor SueHorne of southern NevadaCounty, who had gone to workfor Republican District 2Assemblyman Jim Nielsen. Ashort time later, sitting District5 Supervisor Ted Owens ofTruckee said he also would runfor the office.

Since then, Owens haspulled out of the race, and he isbacking Placer CountyAssessor’s Office appraiser JimBlashford, who stepped in.Blashford had applied for theinterim position to fill Flippin’spost last year, but former MarinCounty Assessor Jim Dal Bongot the job — in part because hesaid he had no intention to runin June.

Blashford had originallysaid he would not run if notappointed, but changed hismind after Owens left the race.

Late this week, they werejoined by Nevada City realestate broker and investmentconsultant Rolf Kleinhans.Kleinhans is also chief financialofficer for the Nevada CountyAssociation of Realtors.

Treasurer-tax collector

The treasurer-tax collector’srace was initially skewed whencounty officials realized, afterDabis’ resignation, they couldpossibly save money by combin-ing the position with that of theauditor-controller, held byMarcia Salter.

Supervisors did not blend

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the positions as county CEORick Haffey had recommended,but did appoint Salter to replaceDabis for the rest of this year.

Dabis had been groomingTina Vernon, an analyst inHaffey’s office, to replace her,and Vernon has taken out pre-liminary papers to run.

Former Bank of Americaheadquarters vice-presidentDarlene Woo also has taken outinitial papers for the office.

North San Juan business-man and county governmentcritic Bill Steele has said he willfile in February.

Clerk-recorder

Appointed incumbentGregory Diaz will campaignagainst challenger Barry Pruett.

Diaz worked in the SanFrancisco clerk’s office and ranelections there for years. Pruett

is a lawyer; his wife, Kim Pruett,ran the county RepublicanParty’s campaign for presidentialcandidate John McCain in 2008and later became a field repre-sentative for local Republicancongressman Tom McClintock.

The election will end a longstory that began in 2006. At thattime, Diaz ran but lost in a closerace to incumbent Clerk-Recorder Kathleen Smith, whowas under fire for mistakes inthe election process.

On April 9, 2007, Smithtold the Board of Supervisorsshe would resign at the end ofJune 2007, citing personal rea-sons with no elaboration. Twodays later,The Union discoveredSmith also had been moonlight-ing for almost one month as thecity clerk of Rio Vista in theSacramento Valley — withoutthe supervisors’ knowledge.

DarleneWoo

Sue Horne

Gregory Diaz

Jim Blashford

Barry Pruett

Tina Vernon Eric HoefflerRolfKleinhans

Keith Royal

The supervisors eventuallyvacated her office, and Diaz wasappointed her successor. Smithherself had been appointed in2004 after Lorraine Jewett-Burdick resigned in the middleof her term.Superintendent of schools

Holly Hermansen is anappointed incumbent who tookover for former superintendentTerry McAteer after he resignedin May 2007. Hermansen saidfocusing on school finances dur-ing the current economy is hertop priority.

Eric Hoefler has thrown hishat in the ring for the post.Hoefler is a teacher at LindhurstHigh School in Yuba County.

The candidate said schoolsare top-heavy with administra-tion, and he wants to see fundstrickle back down to the class-room. Schools are facing drasticbudget cuts amid California’sfiscal crisis.

Unopposed county candidates

As of 5 p.m. Friday, theseare the county office holderswho have refiled preliminarypapers for re-election at the June8 primary:

• Superior Court Judge,Candace Heidelberger.

• Supervisor, 4th DistrictHank Weston, 3rd District JohnSpencer.

• Auditor-Controller, MarciaSalter.

• Sheriff, incumbent KeithRoyal.

To contact Senior Staff Writer DaveMoller, e-mail [email protected] orcall 477-4237.

CandaceHeidelberger

ChristinaBilleci

MickeyHarrington

Rick Keene Doug LaMalfa

Aanestad has big hillto climb in Lt. Guv bid

State Senator SamAanestad (R-Grass Valley) hasreached the end of his term lim-its but has decided tokeep his Californiapolitical life going witha run for Lt. Governor.

Although the postis mostly ceremonial, itis also seen as a politicalspringboard for otherstate and federal electedoffices.

Southern CalifornianRepublic Senator AbelMaldonado was appointed byGov. Arnold Schwarzenegger tofill the post last year after Lt.Gov. John Garamendi steppeddown to run for Congress.

Maldonado has not beenconfirmed by the legislature, buthe will automatically take theLt. Governor’s position Feb. 22if there is no vote.

Should Garamendi choseto run for the GOP nominationfor the job on June 8, he might

be in a fight from with-in his own party forbreaking ranks duringthe recent state budgetvotes.

Other news reportsindicate Aanestad couldalso be up againstAssemblyman GeorgePlescia (D-San Diego)

in the primary.No candidacies for the

office will become official untilthe Feb. 16 to March 12 decla-ration period.

On the Democratic side,various news reports have men-tioned Los Angeles CityCouncilwoman Janice Hahnand Southern California StateSenators Alan Lowenthal andDean Florez as candidates.

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