Heading into the general election, City Council candidates are looking at voter numbers in Wards 1, 2 and 4 this year.
The two races are for the Second Ward seat and the First & Fourth Ward at-large seat. In the Second Ward, the Board of Elections recorded a total of 6,484 registered voters as of September 1. The First Ward had 5,132 and the Fourth Ward had 4,111, for a total of 9,243.. Voters may still register to vote in the general election up until Tuesday, Oct. 13, so the numbers may change somewhat. The Board of Elections will publish the final numbers after Oct. 13.
In 2011, Vera Greaves won the June primary and was unopposed in November. She won with 1,235 out of a possible 8,840 votes. In the Second Ward, Cory Storch won over Republican William Michelson with 1,053 votes out of a possible 6,095. Michelson received 271 votes. The winners' four-year terms began on Jan. 1, 2012.
This year, the candidates for the First & Fourth Ward at-large seat are Democrat Barry Goode and Independent Norman E. Ortega, who formerly ran for the school board. The Second Ward candidates are Storch on the Democratic line and Independent John Campbell, who formerly ran for a state Assembly seat.
Regardless of affiliation, voters in the general election can choose among the candidates as they wish. Whether one is a Democrat, Republican, Green, Libertarian, unaffiliated or whatever, a voter on November 3 can split votes any which way, though for council races the voter must live in the relevant ward.
Third Ward voters will get to vote for a City Council representative in 2016 and any registered voter can vote in 2016 for the Citywide at-large representative.
--Bernice
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Working Families, which some websites say is a minor political party, is in the City now backing the sick leave prdinance. Only time will tell when they will try to run candidates.
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