In Friday's Press Democrat, Angela Hart reported on the race for supervisor in the fifth district of Sonoma County. The incumbent supervisor, Efren Carrillo, decided not to seek reelection after the night he was arrested in his underpants, scratching at the screened window of a frightened young woman. Carrillo was tried and acquitted, on the grounds that he was drunk at the time.
Nominally a Democrat, Carrillo represented the swanky class in a county that seldom elects Republicans. Republicans backed him with big money. Yesterday Carrillo announced his support for the swanky-class's new choice, Lynda Hopkins. Hopkins is also backed by "the same business, real estate and farming groups that previously backed Carrillo." To that list add the Chamber of Commerce. I mention this so Republicans will know which candidate is their man.
Noreen Evans, a former state senator who called on Carrillo to resign, is the other front runner. Carrillo has attacked her vigorously, this time with his pants on. Evans has been endorsed by the Democratic Party and environmental groups.
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