Candidates finalized for Legislature’s special elections
The fields of candidates have been set to replace two Southern California men who recently left the Legislature.
Three Democrats and one Republican will be on the April 13 special election ballot to replace Democrat Paul Krekorian in the 43rd Assembly District, which includes Burbank, most of Glendale and part of Los Angeles. Krekorian previously won election to the Los Angeles City Council.
Democrats hoping to succeed him in the Assembly are educator/attorney Mike Gatto, small-business owner Chahe Keuroghelian and Glendale school board member Nayiri Nahabedian. The Republican candidate is small-business owner Sunder Ramani.
In another special election for the same date, seven candidates have filed to fill the 37th state Senate District seat vacated by Republican John Benoit, who was appointed to the Riverside County Board of Supervisors.
Republican candidates to succeed Benoit are Assemblyman Bill Emmerson of Hemet; businessman Russ Bogh, a former assemblyman, of Beaumont; and David W. Peters of Hemet, who did not provide a designation to elections officials. Democrats are school board member Justin Blake of Rancho Mirage; educator/businessman Arthur Bravo Guerrero; and registered nurse/author Anna Nevenic. School board member Matt Monica of Palm Desert of the American Independent Party is also running.
In each election, all the candidates will appear on the same ballot, regardless of party affiliation. If no single candidate wins a majority on April 13, the top vote-getter in each party will advance to a runoff on June 8, the same day as the state’s gubernatorial primary.
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