This year, the most competitive race on the Clovis City Council is in District 5. Three candidates, including incumbent Drew Bessinger, businessperson and Measure Y oversight committee co-chair Des Haus, and small business owner and paraprofessional Sarah Almond, are vying for the seat to represent their neighborhood on the council.

As we inch closer to Election Day, many Fresno County educators’ eyes are on the Superintendent of Schools race, as it involves two well-known education figures vying to oversee more than 30 districts across the county.

The only Fresno County supervisor district on the ballot for November is for the District 1 seat that covers parts of the city of Fresno and a swath of the west side of the county.

The race to succeed Fresno Councilmember Annalisa Perea for the seat that represents parts of Tower District and areas west of Highway 99 has been one of the city’s most turbulent.