Ballot Box in front of Pasadena City Hall (File Photo – ColoradoBlvd.net)
As we near the March 5 primary the glossy mailers crowding our mailboxes are growing contentious in their messages, and the candidates’ newsletters are hurling accusations at one another.
By News Desk
In the Supervisors race Assemblyman Chris Holden is terming out. He has set his sights on District 5 of Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors as a place to continue his political career. The incumbent in that race, Kathryn Barger, is running for her third and final term. The latest mailer war in that race is filled with accusations: Holden accusing Barger of benefitting from Trump voters, Barger holding firm as the only person in the race endorsed by Planned Parenthood.
The most explosive paper-based salvos in the local campaign wars are for State Senate 25 and District 2 of Pasadena City Council.
Alhambra Vice Mayor Sasha Perez boldly accused Yvonne Yiu of being a Republican and (even worse) literally absent on abortion rights. Yiu fought back with images of Perez in a garbage can.
District 2 of Pasadena City Council is the site of a 1:1 wrestling match with incumbent City Council member Felicia Williams and challenger Rick Cole in a mailer brawl that has tickled the fancy of local politicos.
Here are the rest of the races in our area
US Senate:
Democrat
- ADAM B. SCHIFF United States Representative
- DOUGLAS H. PIERCE Missing Persons’ Investigator
- CHRISTINA PASCUCCI TV Broadcaster
- SEPI GILANI Physician/Surgeon/Professor
- PERRY POUND Small Business Owner
- HARMESH KUMAR Psychologist/Social Entrepreneur
- BARBARA LEE Congresswoman/Mother
- DAVID PETERSON Small Business Owner
- KATIE PORTER U.S. Representative
- JOHN ROSE Office Manager
Republican
- STEFAN SIMCHOWITZ Art Dealer
- ERIC EARLY Business Owner/Attorney
- JAMES BRADLEY Chief Executive Officer
- SHARLETA BASSETT Businesswoman/Mother/Farmer
- STEVE GARVEY Professional Baseball Representative
- DENICE GARY-PANDOL Retired Security Analyst
- SARAH SUN LIEW Pastor/Nonprofit CEO
- JAMES “JIM” MACAULEY Sales Associate
- JONATHAN REISS Media Company Owner
- MARTIN VEPRAUSKAS Retired Operations Manager
US Congress 28th district
Democrat
- JUDY CHU United States Representative
Republican
- APRIL A. VERLATO Mayor/Business Owner
US Congress 30th district
Democrat
- COURTNEY SIMONE NAJERA Independent Thinker
- G “MAEBE” PUDLO Silver Lake Neighborhood Councilwoman
- FRANCESCO ARREAGA Legislative Advisor
- SAL GENOVESE Community Services Director
- JIRAIR RATEVOSIAN Public Health Advocate
- LAURA FRIEDMAN California State Assemblymember
- BEN SAVAGE Actor/Producer/Businessman
- ANTHONY PORTANTINO State Senator
- NICK MELVOIN Educator/Attorney
- MIKE FEUER University Educator/Attorney
- STEVE ANDRAÉ DUNWOODY Veteran/Educator/Environmental champion
- SEPI SHYNE Councilwoman/Small Businesswoman
Republican
- ALEX BALEKIAN Intensive Care Physician
- EMILIO MARTINEZ Producer/Writer/Comedian
Assembly 41st District
Democrat
- PHLUNTÉ RIDDLE Public Safety Commissioner
- JED LEANO Small Businessman/Councilmember
- JOHN HARABEDIAN California State Boardmember
Republican
- MICHELLE DEL ROSARIO MARTINEZ Community Volunteer
State Senate 25th District
Democrat
- SASHA RENÉE PÉREZ Alhambra Vice Mayor
- TEDDY CHOI Professor/Insurance Agent
- YVONNE YIU Councilmember/Small Businesswoman
- SANDRA ARMENTA Rosemead Councilmember/Teacher
Republican
- ELIZABETH WONG AHLERS Crescenta Valley
Pasadena Mayor
- VICTOR M. GORDO Mayor of Pasadena
- ALLEN SHAY Business Owner/Realtor
Pasadena City Council
District 1
- TYRON HAMPTON Pasadena City Councilmember
District 2
- RICK COLE Chief Deputy Controller
- FELICIA WILLIAMS Councilmember/Finance Consultant
District 3
- BRANDON D. LAMAR Non-Profit Director
- JUSTIN JONES Appointed Councilmember/Engineer
District 4
- JOHN DOYLE Renewable Energy Developer
- JONATHAN HORTON Pasadena City Commissioner
- GENE MASUDA Pasadena City Councilmember
District 6
- STEVE MADISON Pasadena City Councilmember
Pasadena City College
Trustee Area 2
- KEVIN D. STROTZ Community Volunteer
- AMES ARAGON College Professor
Trustee Area 4
- TAMMY SILVER Pasadena City College Trustee
Trustee Area 6
- RYAN LIU Education Advocate/ Attorney
- JOHN QUINTANILLA Governing Board Member, Rosemead School District
LA County Supervisor
5th District
- KONSTANTINE ANTHONY Burbank Councilmember/Actor
- CHRIS HOLDEN Assemblymember
- KATHRYN BARGER 5th District County Supervisor
- PERRY GOLDBERG Non-Profit Leader/Entrepreneur
- MARLON MARROQUIN Trafficking Survivor/Neurodiverse Thinker/Straight Shooter
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