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With election season comes campaign ads. The candidate has about 30 seconds to show how wonderful he or she is.
Kicking off the fare for local candidates is the ad for Assemblywoman Nicole Parra, recently selected by Sacramento insiders as the person they would most want to drink with. In her ad she looks clean and sharp in a pressed shirt and efficient bobbed haircut.
The ad showcases how concerned Parra is for the poor and elderly. It highlights how she arranged for one elderly...
Following this posting are separate postings regarding candidates in key
local November election races. The postings contain biographical information
and response's to The Californian's candidate questionnaire. Post your
comments and questions for candidates under the candidate's posting.
They will be asked to respond in the newspaper's Opinion section.
Incumbent Kern County Sheriff Mack Wimbish is seeking his second four-year term. He is being challenged by retired Sheriff’s Cmdr. Donny Youngblood. Wimbish was elected sheriff/coroner/public administrator in 2002, replacing retiring Sheriff Carl Sparks. Prior to his election, he served for 34 years as a traffic officer with the California Highway Patrol. He was well-known in Bakersfield for his televised traffic reports. He graduated from Arvin High School.
Following is...
Retired Sheriff’s Cmdr. Donny Youngblood is challenging incumbent Sheriff Mack Wimbish. Youngblood is currently vice president of public affairs for Sonitrol Security. He retired in 2002 from the Kern County Sheriff's Department. He has lived in Kern County for 54 years. He holds an associate of arts degree from Bakersfield College and bachelor of arts degree from Golden Gate University. He graduated from the FBI Academy and the POST Command College. He served in the U.S. Army, with a...
Sheryl Mitchell is seeking a seat on the Bakersfield City Council to represent Ward 7. She is challenging incumbent Councilman Zack Scrivner. A Bakersfield native, Mitchell is the manager of loan adjustments for the Kern Schools Federal Credit Union. She has a long history in local banking, having worked for Bank of America, California Republic Bank and First Interstate Bank. She has lived in Ward 7 for 19 years.
Following is Mitchell’s response to The Californian’s...
Zack Scrivner is asking Ward 7 voters to give him a full, four-year term on the Bakersfield City Council. Scrivner was elected in 2004 to fill a two-year vacancy created by the retirement and resignation of long-term Councillman Mark Salvaggio. Scrivner moved into Ward 7 to run for the office. Scrivner is the district representative for Assemblyman Kevin McCarthy. Prior to joining McCarthy’s staff in 2002, he was an intern with Republic political consultant Mark Abernathy’s...
Chad Louie is seeking a seat on the Bakersfield City Council to represent Ward 3. The seat is open as a result of Councilman Mike Maggard’s election in June to the Kern County Board of Supervisors. A Bakersfield native, Louie is a deputy Kern County district attorney. Before joining the district attorney’s staff, he was associated with the Bakersfield law firm of Borton, Petrini and Conron. He also is a mechanical engineer and worked for Rockwell Collins. He is a graduate of...
David Tapia is seeking a seat on the Bakersfield City Council to represent Ward 3. The seat is open as a result of Councilman Mike Maggard’s election in June to the Kern County Board of Supervisors. A Bakersfield native, Tapia is a teacher with the Bakersfield City School District. He is a graduate of Arvin High School and Cal State Bakersfield.
Following is Tapia’s response to The Californian’s candidate questionnaire.
Name: David Tapia
Other name(s) used:...
Ken Weir is seeking a seat on the Bakersfield City Council to represent Ward 3. The seat is open as a result of Councilman Mike Maggard’s election in June to the Kern County Board of Supervisors. A native of Sioux City, Iowa, Weir is a certified public accountant. He is president and chief executive officer of Weir & Associates. Since 1993, he has served as an elected trustee on the Bakersfield City School District Board.
Following is Weir’s response to The...
Irma Carson of Bakersfield is asking voters to retain her as Ward 1 representative on the Bakersfield City Council. She has served on the City Council since 1994. From 1979 to 1994, she was an elected trustee on the Bakersfield City School District Board. She is retired from the Bakersfield Police Department and the Ebony Counseling Center.
Following is Carson's response to The Californian’s candidate questionnaire.
Name: IRMA CARSON
Other name(s) used: IRMADINE CARSON...
Ernest V. Morse of Bakersfield is seeking a seat on the City Council to
represent Ward 1. He is challenging incumbent Councilwoman Irma Carson.
Morse is a security guard with Securitas of Bakersfield. Born in Cheyeene,
Wyo., he has lived in Ward 1 for eight years.
Following is Morse's response to The Californian’s candidate questionnaire.
Name: Ernest V. Morse
Other name(s) used: n/a
Office sought: City Council Ward 1
Present home address: 22 Candy Street,...
Bryan Batey of Bakersfield is seeking a seat on the Kern High School
District Board. Batey is a businessman and homebuilder. He is president of
Rosedale Builders Inc. and Richland Homes Inc. He served in the Kern High
School District Board from 1994 to 2004. He is asking voters to return him
to the board. He is a graduate of West High School, Sacramento State
University and holds a masters from the University of Southern California.
Following is Batey's response to The...
Michael Daillak of Bakersfield is seeking a seat on the Kern High School District Board. Daillak is a certified public accountant and president of M.J. Daillak Accountants Inc. in Bakersfield. He is a graduate of Bakersfield High School, Bakersfield College and the University of California, Berkeley.
Following is Daillak’s response to The Californian’s candidate questionnaire.
Name: Michael J. Daillak
Office sought: Kern High School District Trustee
Present home...
Joel Heinrichs of Bakersfield is seeking a seat on the Kern High School District Board. Heinrichs is the chief executive officer of Lightspeed Systems in Bakersfield. Before joining Lightspeed, he served at Kern County’s administrative officer and as the head of a variety of county government departments. He served in the 1980s as then Supervisor Pauline Larwood’s assistant.
Following is Heinrich’s response to The Californian’s candidate questionnaire.
Name:...
Mark Hutson of Bakersfield is seeking a seat on the Kern High School District Board. Hutson is a math teacher and basketball coach in the Taft Union High School District. Before joining the Taft district, he taught in the Bakersfield City School District and the Kern High School District. He is a graduate of East Bakersfield High School, Bakersfield College, Cal State Bakersfield and LaVerne University.
Following is Hutson’s response to The Californian’s candidate...
Ken Mettler of Bakersfield is seeking a seat on the Kern High School District Board. Mettler is in real estate sales and development. He has held various positions with local and regional firms. He is now president of KLM Homes Inc. in Bakersfield. He is a trustee on the Rosedale Union School District Board.
Following is Mettler’s response to The Californian’s candidate questionnaire.
Name: Ken Mettler
Office sought: Kern High School District Trustee
Present home...
Jim Parks of Bakersfield is seeking a seat on the Kern High School District Board. Parks is a retired high school counselor and math and science teacher. He is a former head basketball coach at Cal State Bakersfield.
Following is Parks’ response to The Californian’s candidate questionnaire.
Name: Jim Parks
Other name(s) used: James R. Parks
Office sought: Kern High School District Trustee
Present home address: Bakersfield
E-mail address: parks8809@sbcglobal.net...
Paul Press of Bakersfield is seeking a seat on the Kern High School District Board. Press listed his occupations as being a teacher in the Bakersfield City School District and vice president of the Bakersfield Blitz. He also taught at schools in Frazier Park, Delano, Oildale, Dinuba and Edison.
Following is Press’ response to The Californian’s candidate questionnaire.
Name: Paul Press
Office sought: Kern High District Trustee...
Aaron Steenbergen of Bakersfield is seeking a seat on the Kern High School District Board. Steenbergen retired after a career that included being a consultant and instructor for the Kern High School District Adult School, a social studies teacher at Bakersfield High and a lecturer in the Department of Teacher Education at Cal State Bakersfield.
Following is Steembergen’s response to The Californian’s candidate questionnaire.
Name: Aaron L. Steenbergen.
Office...
Sam Thomas of Bakersfield is seeking a seat on the Kern High School District Board. Thomas is an educator and ordained minister. He is vice president of operations at Summit Bible College in Bakersfield. He is pastor of Solid Rock Baptist Church in Bakersfield. He now serves on the Kern High School District Board and is seeking reelection.
Following is Thomas’ response to The Californian’s candidate questionnaire.
Name: Dr. Sam Thomas Sr.
Office sought: Kern High...
Danny Gilmore of Hanford is the Republican nominee in the 30th Assembly District race. A retired California Highway Patrol officer, Gilmore served in several CHP management positions. He ended his career as assistant chief, assigned to the Fresno headquarters.
Gilmore beat Wesley Crawford of Bakersfield in the June primary for the Republican nomination. He now faces incumbent Democrat Assemblywoman Nicole Parra of Hanford in the November general election. Parra had no primary opposition....
Nicole Parra of Hanford is the Democrat nominee in the 30th Assembly District race. A native of Bakersfield, Parra is the incumbent assemblywoman representing a district that includes portions of Kern County and Bakersfield.
She was elected to her first two-year Assembly term in 2002 and reelected in 2004. Because of term limits, she is seeking her third and final Assembly term. Before being elected to the Assembly, she worked as district director for Rep. Cal Dooley. She holds a bachelor...
Kevin McCarthy of Bakersfield is the Republican nominee in the 22nd Congressional District. McCarthy currently represents the 32nd Assembly District in the state Legislature.
Before being elected to the Assembly, McCarthy served on the Kern Community College District Board of Trustees. He also worked on the staff of Bakersfield Congressman Bill Thomas. He seeks to replace Thomas in Congress. Thomas announced in March that he was retiring.
Following is McCarthy’s response to The...
Sharon Beery of Arroyo Grande is the Democrat nominee in the 22nd Congressional District. She was a teacher for 22 years with the Montebello Unified School District. She holds a life teaching credential. She was elected to the San Luis Obispo County Democratic Central Committee in 2005. She holds a bachelor of arts degree from Cal State Los Angeles and a master’s degree in philosophy from Cal State Long Beach.
Following is Beery’s responses to The Californian’s candidate...
Jean Fuller of Bakersfield defeated two other candidates to win the Republican nomination in the 32th Assembly District race.
Fuller took a leave of absense from her job as the superintendent of the Bakersfield City School District to run for the Assembly in the June primary election. She served as the BCSD superintendent from 1999 to this summer, when she resigned to run in the November election. She was named BCSD superintendent after overseeing the Keppel Union School District in...
Democrat Maribel Vega will face Republican Jean Fuller in the November
runoff election. Vega, 22, was unopposed in the June primary election for
the Democrat nomination.
Vega is a Bakersfield College student. She has not responded to numerous
calls from The Californian for information about her background and
qualifications. The Californian has repeatedly called the only telephone
number it has for this candidate. Short of staking out the home address the
newspaper obtained, this...
Republican incumbent Roy Ashburn of Bakersfield is completing his first four-year term in the state Senate representing the 18th District, which includes Kern County. He is seeking a second term. Because of term limits, it will be his last in the Senate. Before being elected to the Senate, Ashburn served in the Assembly, representing the 32nd District. He was a Kern County supervisor, representing District 1, before being elected to the Assembly. The following are Ashburn’s responses to...
Fred Davis, who lives in in Tulare County, is a 75-year-old retired probation officer and social worker. He said he knows his chances aren't good as a Democrat in the
heavily Republican district, but he plans to talk about issues and not spend
a lot of money campaigning.
He has never held elected office, but previously ran for Congress two years
ago against Republican Devin Nunes. He said his main focus is universal
health care for Californians.
Following is Davis' response to The...
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