Election Journal

March 14, 2008

Secretary of State Debra Bowen announced the results of a random alphabet drawing for candidate order in the June 3 statewide primary election. For San Mateo County, the candidates will be listed in the following order: 12th District Congressional race — Jackie Speier, Robert Barrows for the Democratic nomination; Mike Moloney, Greg Conlon for Republicans; Kevin Demsey Peterson for the Libertarian Party. 19th District state Assembly race — Richard Holober, Jerry Hill, Gina Papan for the Democratic nomination; Elsie Hernandez-Gufler, Catherine Brinkman for Republicans; Brian Perry for the Libertarian Party. Board of Supervisors, District 1 — Demitrios Nikas, Mark Church; Board of Supervisors, District 4 — John Bostic, Rose Jacobs Gibson. Superior Court Judge, Office #7 — Don Franchi, Jerry Nastari. ***

The San Mateo County Elections Office randomly drew Scrabble letters from a hat to assign letters to local measures. The results are Measure N: Pacifica School District Parcel Tax; Measure O: County of San Mateo Sales Tax (known as Measure A during its last unsuccessful attempt); Measure P: Millbrae Elementary School District Parcel Tax; Measure Q: City of Half Moon Bay Special Tax. ***

Democratic state assembly candidate Rich Holober asked the Secretary of State Friday, March 7 to look into San Mateo County’s ban on his inclusion of endorsements — such as U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer — in his ballot statements. Before the state could answer, the county Election’s Office reviewed election law and agreed with the Holober campaign, said Elections Manager David Tom.

Election law prohibits mentioning one’s opponents in ballot statements but not the use of endorsements. In fact, Holober spokesman Dominic Chan said, Holober used endorsements in 1997 when he ran for the Community College District without a word of opposition.

According to Tom, Holober can expect the same this time around.

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