CLOVIS, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 Clovis Mayor Pro Tem Diane Pearce has launched a bid for Fresno County supervisor in District 5, setting her sights on a 2027 special election and the full term in 2028.<\/p>\n
Pearce announced her candidacy on Thursday for the 5th District seat, currently held by Supervisor Nathan Magsig.<\/p>\n
She says she expects the seat to be vacated after Magsig wins his run for state Senate.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis upcoming vacancy on the Board of Supervisors comes at a critical time for the future of this district and the entire County. We cannot allow our beautiful Fresno County to go the way of San Francisco or Los Angeles,\u201d Pearce said. \u201cThis seat needs a proven fighter, someone that has demonstrated over and over they can be counted on to stand up, speak out boldly, and fight for our future.\u201d<\/p>\n
With her announcement, Pearce said she will not seek re-election to the Clovis City Council\u2019s District 4 seat in November.<\/p>\n
During her tenure as a member of the Clovis City Council, Pearce has delivered key victories for the community, including:<\/p>\n
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\u201cI am proud of what I have accomplished and am grateful for the support I have gotten from the people of Clovis and throughout the County,\u201d Pearce said. \u201cI look forward to earning that continued support and I can assure you that no one will out work me, out walk me, or out debate me. The stakes are too high and I want our communities to remain safe and vibrant.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CLOVIS, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 Clovis Mayor Pro Tem Diane Pearce has launched a bid for Fresno County supervisor…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":282444,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":{"0":"post-282443","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fresno","8":"tag-fresno","9":"tag-fresno-headlines","10":"tag-fresno-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=282443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282443\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/282444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=282443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=282443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}