As election day nears, supervisor hopefuls push to stand out amid a crowded field and political turmoil

In the final stretch before polls close in the District 1 county supervisor special election on Tuesday, candidates have focused their efforts on the not-so-simple act of getting residents to vote.

They’re going door-to-door in neighborhoods across the South Bay, firing off phone calls and hosting walks with supporters throughout the district’s communities.

That’s on top of the dozens of different mailers that have been sent to voters and the millions of dollars that have been spent since the race began in late January.

Candidates and community advocates hope it’s enough to mobilize voters to participate in the region’s first local election since last November’s presidential contest, and since Donald Trump’s return to the presidency.

“It is, at least in South Bay, their first chance to express their thoughts on the current political climate,” said Mason Herron, a political consultant who has been tracking the race’s voter turnout and campaign spending.

Seven candidates are running for the seat vacated early this year by Nora Vargas, who announced in December that she would not serve the second term to which she’d just been elected.



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