OC Political

The Fullerton recall elections will be on the same day as the June 5 Primary.  Fullerton voters will decide whether or not to recall Republican City Councilmen Don Bankhead, Dick Jones, and Pat McKinley.  I blogged about the recall here last week.

Here’s an update on the Fullerton Council candidates (thus far) in the recall replacement elections…

• Richard Albarran: Registered as No Party Preference (Decline-to-State in the pre-Prop 14 parlance), Albarran pulled papers for all three seats.
• Rick Alvarez: A Republican Fullerton Transportation & Circulation Commissioner, Alvarez pulled papers for all three seats.
• Douglas Chaffee: A Democrat and former Fullerton Planning Commissioner, Chaffee pulled papers for all three seats.  He ran for the City Council in 2010.
• David De Leon: A Republican, De Leon pulled papers for all three seats.
• Glenn Georgieff: A Democrat and former Fullerton Library Trustee, Georgieff filed papers for Jones’s seat.
• Matthew Hakim: A Democrat, Hakim pulled papers for Jones’s seat.
• Travis Kiger: A Republican Fullerton Planning Commissioner and blogger at Friends for Fullerton’s Future, Kiger pulled papers for Jones’s seat.
• Barry Levinson: A Republican Fullerton Parks & Recreation Commissioner, Levinson pulled papers for all three seats.  He ran for the City Council in 2010.
• Jane Rands: The Chair of the Fullerton Bicycle Users Subcommittee and Treasurer of the Green Party of Orange County, Rands has filed papers for Bankhead’s seat.  She ran for the State Assembly in 2010.
• Roberta Reid: A student registered as No Party Preference, Reid has filed for Jones’s seat.
• Matthew Rowe: Registered as No Party Preference, Rowe has pulled papers for all thre seats.
• Greg Sebourn: The Chair of the Fullerton Citizen’s Infrastructure Review Commission and Assemblyman Chris Norby’s Alternate on the Republican Central Committee, Sebourn pulled papers for all three seats.  He ran for the City Council in 2010.
• Paula Williams: A Democrat, Williams pulled papers for Bankhead’s seat.

In a nutshell, here’s what it looks like…

9 possible candidates for Bankhead’s seat:

• Richard Albarran (NPP)
• Rick Alvarez (R)
• Douglas Chaffee (D)
• David De Leon (R)
• Barry Levinson (R)
• Jane Rands (G)
• Matthew Rowe (NPP)
• Greg Sebourn (R)
• Paula Williams (D)

11 possible candidates for Jones’s seat:

• Richard Albarran (NPP)
• Rick Alvarez (R)
• Douglas Chaffee (D)
• David De Leon (R)
• Glenn Georgieff (D)
• Matthew Hakim (D)
• Travis Kiger (R)
• Barry Levinson (R)
• Roberta Reid (NPP)
• Matthew Rowe (NPP)
• Greg Sebourn (R)

7 possible candidates for McKinley’s seat:

• Richard Albarran (NPP)
• Rick Alvarez (R)
• Douglas Chaffee (D)
• David De Leon (R)
• Barry Levinson (R)
• Matthew Rowe (NPP)
• Greg Sebourn (R)

Candidate filing for the Fullerton Recall ends on March 9, the same deadline as most other offices on the June Primary ballot.

(As you might note, I’ve played it straight, reporting just the facts on this post, rather than doing any analysis.  In the interest of full disclosure, I should note my day job is working in the Fullerton office of Assemblyman Chris Norby, who served on the Fullerton City Council from 1984-2002.  One of my co-workers in the office is Fullerton City Councilman Bruce Whitaker, who was elected in 2010 and is not a target of the recall.)