POLITICAL UPDATE Elections Are Back! A Look at the June Races GREG BROCKBANK Note: The views expressed in this article are opinions of the author and are not intended to reflect those of MCBA nor is this column an endorsement of any candidate.
And you thought politics—as in elections— had gone away. Well, they did, last year, anyway (if you don’t count the gubernatorial recall election, which I don’t, since nothing changed); there are no more regularlyscheduled local elections in odd-numbered years. I even “retired” at the end of 2020 from my “job” as a “political commentator,” having written articles like these for quite a number of years. But it’s now 2022, and I heard there were a couple elections coming up. MARIN’S LOCAL ELECTIONS In the consolidation of elections into evennumbered years, most moved to November for the higher turnout. But June still has a few: two supervisorial races, both of which will be for vacant seats; two city council races; the county’s (now) four department
heads, up every four years; and six judges’ seats, for six-years terms, usually uncontested.
for another term this year if not for the unexpected announcement of Marc Levine last fall. Levine is forgoing his chance for a (likely) final term in the State Assembly to run for State Insurance Commissioner. He’ll be challenging a Democratic incumbent, Ricardo Lara, running for his second term. Levine’s
move caused Connolly to accelerate his plan to run for his Assembly seat and I discuss those races a bit more below. Meanwhile, as for Connolly’s supervisor seat, current candidates include Mary Sackett, one of Connolly’s aides (and MCBA board member, as Damon was before her), and Gina Daley, a new San Rafael School Board member. Filing will have closed the day before publication of this article but as I write, it’s still possible other candidates will toss their hats into the ring.
County Supervisor – District 1
County Supervisor – District 5
Damon Connolly has occupied this seat for
Judy Arnold is retiring at the end of this year after four terms, and three candidates thus
seven years since he beat then-incumbent Susan Adams, and would probably have run
far are running to succeed her: Eric Lucan, now in his third term on the Novato City
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