Special elections loom for California Senate
A day after terming out of the Assembly, Compton Democrat Isadore Hall returned to Sacramento on Monday, sitting in the back of the Senate chambers and then hitting the town to mix it up with past colleagues and interest group representatives.
Hall, his staff clarified, was merely a civilian: “Citizen Hall,” they called him. But that title is unlikely to last more than a few days.
On Tuesday, he is the heavy favorite to succeed former Sen. Rod Wright to represent Los Angeles’ 35th Senate District. The special election that features two other Democrats and a Republican is the first of at least four planned for the coming months. Other openings will occur when Sens. Mark DeSaulnier, D-Concord, Steve Knight, R-Palmdale, and Mimi Walters, R-Laguna Niguel, take their seats in Congress in early January.
Below is a look at the 35th district race, as well as the candidates, or those said to be considering runs for the other seats:
35th Senate District (Los Angeles) |
Democrat Louis L. Dominguez, retired teacher |
Democrat Isadore Hall, III, former asemblyman |
Democrat Hector Serrano, harbor planning commissioner |
Republican James Spencer, businessman |
7th Senate District (East Bay Area) |
Democrat Susan Bonilla, assemblywoman |
Democrat Joan Buchanan, former assemblywoman |
Democrat Steve Glazer, Orinda councilman and adviser to Gov. Jerry Brown |
Republican Mark Meuser, civil litigation attorney |
21st Senate District (Northern Los Angeles County-High Desert) |
Republican Dante Acosta, Santa Clarita councilman |
Republican Sal Chavez, businessman |
Republican Marvin Crist, Lancaster vice mayor |
Republican Tim Donnelly, former assemblyman/businessman |
Democrat Johnathon Ervin, senior engineer |
Republican Sandra Johnson, Lancaster councilwoman |
Republican John Kunak, former Castaic Area Town councilman |
Republican Jim Ledford, Palmdale mayor |
Democrat Star Moffatt, legal office manager |
Republican R. Rex Parris, Lancaster mayor |
Republican Sharon Runner, former assemblywoman and senator |
Republican Eric Schmidt, Hesperia mayor pro tem |
Republican Scott Wilk, assemblyman |
37th Senate District (Orange County) |
Republican John Moorlach, Orange County supervisor |
Republican Don Wagner, assemblyman |
Call Christopher Cadelago, Bee Capitol Bureau, (916) 326-5538. Follow him on Twitter @ccadelago.