June Election Candidate Filing for Judges Now Through February 5

Camisa Composti

10 years ago

Candidates for Santa Cruz County Superior Court Judge are required to file a Declaration of Intention with the County Clerk by 5 p.m., Wednesday, February 5, 2014.

Incumbent judges and challengers must pay the entire filing fee of $1,813 at the time of filing their Declaration of Intention represented by money, signatures or any prorated combination of money and signatures. The filing fee is non-refundable.

There are seven Superior Court Judges up for election in June:

Ariadne Symons
Denine Guy
Paul Marigonda
Heather Morse
Paul Burdick
John Salazar
Stephen Siegel

Only incumbents and challengers to the Office of Superior Court Judge must file a Declaration of Intention by 5 p.m., Wednesday, February 5. Candidates for all other offices are required to file Nomination Documents and Declarations of Candidacy during the filing period from February 10 to March 7.

Other Offices on the June 2014 ballot include:

· State Offices: Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, State Controller, Secretary of State, State Treasurer, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Insurance Commissioner, State Board of Equalization District 2;

· 18^th and 20^th Congressional Districts;

· 29^th and 30^th Assembly Districts;

· County Offices: Assessor-Recorder, Auditor-Controller-Treasurer-Tax Collector, County Clerk, District Attorney-Public Administrator, Superintendent of Schools, Sheriff-Coroner;

· County Supervisors for the 3^rd and 4^th districts; and

Soquel Union Elementary School District governing board member.

A “Candidate’s Handbook” detailing filing fees, candidate qualifications, deadlines, candidate’s statements of qualifications, and other important candidate information for the June 3, 2014Primary Election is available from the Santa Cruz County Clerk/Elections Department at 701 Ocean St., Room 210, Santa Cruz or online at www.votescount.com The office is open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, 831-454-2060.