Judging by their latest representative — a family physician with no prior history in government — voters of the 35th Assembly District seem to be comfortable with candidates who lack a conventional background in politics.
Whether that will hold true in the June 2 primary election remains to be seen as voters consider three contenders, one a nurse whose political experience comes from her union activity, one a former sheriff’s deputy serving as McFarland’s mayor and the other a 12-year Bakersfield city councilman.
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