Local Elections

By MIKE BIDDISON Merced County Supervisor Lee Lor is confident she’ll be reelected to the Board of Supervisors in the coming November election. If she should lose, however, it would not only mean giving up that one position — the District 2 Supervisor would also lose seats on more than a dozen other county boards, committees, and…

By MIKE BIDDISON Josh Pedrozo is a married father of two children, a high school history teacher, and a former Merced City Council member who served nine…

During a recent Times interview, a local political candidate reflected: “I keep hearing people say Merced is a city on the rise, but once we get there, once it…

Allen Brooks, the president of the local chapter of the NAACP, has announced his intent to run for the District 3 seat on the Merced City Council in the November election. The seat that notably covers a large swath of downtown Merced and the Main Street core is currently held by Jill McLeod who was first elected to the position in…

The November election will be the biggest of its kind in the history of Merced County. More local residents are registered to vote than ever before — just…

As of the Merced County Times press time this week, there were provisional and conditional voter registration ballots still remaining to be counted, according…

At first glance, a local voter might see Rodrigo Espinoza as the only Latino or Hispanic leader currently serving on the Merced County Board of Supervisors. That’s true, but Espinoza also stands out as the one member with the most experience as an elected leader in local government. Espinoza was first elected to the Livingston City…

Government could and should move faster, quicker and more efficiently, according to Merced County Supervisor Lloyd Pareira. That said, Pareira is both…

When Congressman Jim Costa attended the State of the Union Address this week in Washington, he invited Enid Picart — a first generation college student who…

Merced City Councilman Matthew Serratto told the Times this week he plans to run for mayor and has taken the first steps to launch a citywide campaign for the top post. Residents will cast votes for new city leaders in the Presidential General Election set for Nov.  3. Though there’s several months to go before City Council elections heat…