A late Friday filing by Steve Duncan to run for a City Council seat means there will be a B'game council election this Fall after all. I speculated on whether anyone would pick up the gauntlet against three incumbents here. Mr. Duncan has decided to do it and will face a tough challenge. He last ran in 2013 and finished seventh in a nine person race. As you see here, he spent $718 on his campaign to garner 392 votes.
Back in 2013, it was Keighran, Brownrigg and Ortiz– in that order. Given what I would call a fairly easy election, it will be interesting to watch how much effort and money the incumbents expend. On the upside, we will have the usual debate(s), newspaper interviews and endorsements and at least some discussion of hot button issues in town. One the downside, we will start seeing campaign signs right after Labor Day and be stuck with them until November 7.
Per the Secretary of State, on the 82nd day before an election, the Secretary of State conducts a randomized drawing of letters of the alphabet pursuant to California Elections Code section 13112. The resulting order of letters constitutes the "randomized alphabet" to be used for determining the order of candidates' names on the ballot. Therefore we will know the order on Thursday.
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