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Race for San Mateo County assessor, chief elections officer heats up as tensions flare

THE HEAD-TO-HEAD RACE for San Mateo County’s next chief elections officer and assessor-county clerk-recorder is heating up with both candidates trying to take aim at one another as Election Day nears. District 5 Supervisor David Canepa is challenging Jim Irizarry, the current assistant chief elections officer and assessor-county clerk-recorder. The current office holder, Mark Church, […] The post Race for San Mateo County assessor, chief elections officer heats up as tensions flare appeared first on Local News Matters .

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According to Local News Matters’s source item, Race for San Mateo County assessor, chief elections officer heats up as tensions flare, THE HEAD-TO-HEAD RACE for San Mateo County’s next chief elections officer and assessor-county clerk-recorder is heating up with both candidates trying to take aim at one another as Election Day nears. District 5 Supervisor David Canepa is challenging Jim Irizarry, the current assistant chief elections officer and assessor-county clerk-recorder. The current office holder, Mark Church, […] The post Race for San Mateo County assessor, chief elections officer heats up as tensions flare appeared first on Local News Matters .

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