Letter: Politics in State Senate race hits an all time low

Many people in our State Senate district have received a mailer that encourages Republicans to vote for Brian Dahle and for Democrats to vote for Steve Baird.

This is a misrepresentation of the Democratic candidates. The Democratic candidate that has been endorsed by the California Democratic Party and the El Dorado County Democratic Central Committee is Silke Pflueger. Steve Baird only registered as a Democrat after he had lost to Ted Gaines as a Republican in the last election. He waited until the last minute to file to run as a Democrat and immediately reported to news media that he had withdrawn from the race.

Unfortunately, it was too late for his name to be removed from the ballot. Steve Baird and Brian Dahle need to be held accountable for their misrepresentation of the facts. Politics in State Senate District 1 have reached an all-time low.

Susan Chandler, South Lake Tahoe Democratic Club

Editors Note: California Senate District 1 spans California’s northeastern corner from the Oregon border to Lake Tahoe, including some of the Sacramento area’s eastern suburbs. The seat was vacated by Sen. Ted Gaines when he won a seat on the state Board of Equalization in November. The election is on Tuesday, March 26. Besides the three mentioned above, the other candidates are Theodore Dziuba, Rex Hime and Assemblyman Kevin Kiley of Rocklin.