ALARCON LIKELY TO SEE CHALLENGE IN COUNCIL RACE.Byline: RICK ORLOV Staff Writer Assemblyman as·sem·bly·man n. A man who is a member of a legislative assembly. assemblyman Noun pl -men a member of a legislative assembly Noun 1. Richard Alarcon will face a crowded, if not well-known, group of challengers as he seeks to return to the City Council seat he left in 1995 for the state Senate. As of Thursday afternoon, Alarcon was the only candidate to have qualified for the March 6 election to fill out the two years left in the term of Alex Padilla Alex Padilla is a politician in California. He was elected as the State Senator for the 20th District of California in November 2006 and was inaugurated in early December. In order to enter the Senate he had to resign as Councilman for the 7th District on the Los Angeles City , who was elected to Alarcon's seat in the state Senate. But four others had submitted their petitions and will know in the coming week if they have qualified for the uphill campaign against Alarcon, who has the advantage of a long political career in the area and the ability to raise substantial cash. Alarcon's bid for a return to City Hall was made easier when two potentially strong opponents, former Assemblywoman as·sem·bly·wom·an n. A woman who is a member of a legislative assembly. Noun 1. assemblywoman - a woman assemblyman representative - a person who represents others Cindy Montanez and Padilla's chief deputy Felipe Fuentes Felipe Fuentes is a Democratic politician from the San Fernando Valley in the U.S. state of California. He won election to the California State Assembly for the 39th district on a May 15 special election. He slightly exceeded the 50%+1 margin needed to avoid a runoff. , withdrew their candidacies. Businesswoman Monica Rodriguez of Sylmar has assembled strong local support and is hoping to pick up more from Montanez and Fuentes supporters disaffected dis·af·fect·ed adj. Resentful and rebellious, especially against authority. dis  af·fect by Alarcon's decision to seek the council
seat after having just been elected to the Assembly in November.
Others who filed papers Thursday include Oscar Mendoza, activist Margie Carranza of Sylmar and Hal Alvord of Panorama City. Each candidate was required to submit petitions signed by 500 registered voters to qualify for the ballot. If a candidate gets more than 50 percent of the votes, he or she will be declared the winner. If not, the top two candidates will have a May 15 runoff Runoff The procedure of printing the end-of-day prices for every stock on an exchange onto ticker tape. Notes: If the "tape is late" then it can take a long time to print off all the closing prices. . rick.orlov(at)dailynews.com (213) 978-0390 |
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