New Intrigue Emerges: Will Sue Greenwald Run For Supervisor?
While the Davis political world waits on the final decision for Councilmember Lamar Heystek as to whether he will change his mind and run for re-election, a new intrigue has potentially emerged in the Supervisor’s race.
Up until now, Davis Mayor Pro Tem Don Saylor was running unopposed for the seat that Helen Thomson is leaving in her decision to retire from public office and therefore not seek reelection. However, now a potential opponent has emerge, or shall we say re-emerged.
In one of the least kept secrets locally, soon-to-be Mayor Don Saylor has announced his candidacy for Yolo County Supervisor last night at Central Park. He will be running in District 2, where current Supervisor Helen Thomson will be stepping down after two terms following her exit from Sacramento as a three-term Assemblymember.
It was a decision that was not automatic for First Term County Supervisor Matt Rexroad. In fact, there was a point where it seemed a good possibility that he would not run for re-election. He had told me that he could always run for Supervisor but his kids wouldn’t always be young. As he wrote in his blog on Saturday:
On Friday, it was announced that Jim Provenza had won the 4th Supervisorial district race outright garnering 54 votes over the needed 50 percent in order to avoid a November runoff election. Mr. Provenza received 4,065 votes or 50.7 percent, easily outdistancing John Ferrera’s 2,739. Cathy Kennedy finished third with 15.2% or 1,217 votes. He will replace the likely Assemblywoman from this district, Mariko Yamada who won the Democratic Nomination on Tuesday in a district that is heavily Democratic.