Former Calaveras County Supervisor Russ Thomas will seek to regain a board seat in the 2012 election for District 4, he said Friday. The primary election is June 5 and candidates could begin taking out campaign papers as of today.
Thomas was a first-term supervisor who lost his re-election bid in November 2010 in what was then District 5, a west county district that sprawled from Rancho Cala-veras to Copperopolis.
Redistricting has since divided the district, creating a new District 5 that includes Rancho Calaveras, Jenny Lind, Wallace and Burson, and a new District 4 that includes Copperopolis, Angels Camp and Vallecito.
The man who beat Thomas last November, Darren Spell-man, survived a recall attempt in November and has three years left in his term in the new District 5. His opponents failed to gather enough signatures to put the recall on the ballot.
The new District 4 is represented by longtime Supervisor Tom Tryon of Angels Camp, who said Friday he has not decided whether to seek re-election, but will do so before the next board meeting, Jan. 10. If Tryon, first elected in 1984, decides not to run, there likely will be a field of candidates vying for the seat.
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