<div>Six candidates filed by Friday afternoon to run to replace Zack Scrivner on the Kern County Board of Supervisors.Scrivner resigned effective Aug. 2, just a week before the last day to add names to the ballot in time for the November general election.The candidates running for the vacant Second District seat include at least two include at least two people who ran againstScrivner in the past.The Kern County Auditor-Controller-County Clerk’s Office released this official list of candidates and the occupations they submitted: watch commander federal, Pete Graff; small business owner Kelly Lee Carden, Jr.; businessman/farmer, Dale Cisneros; board director/scientist, Ben Dewell; and retired labor representative Bernita Jenkins; and retired law enforcement Chris Parlier.They are competing to complete the last two years of Scrivner’s four-year term which expires in 2026.Carden ran against Scrivner in the 2022 election but lost.Scrivner vacated the seat more than three months after the last meeting he attended. Scrivner is still under investigation by the California Attorney General for allegations of sexual assault of a minor.Scrivner was stabbed, allegedly by one of his own children on April 23 at his Tehachapi home. That teen was acting on the belief that the former supervisor had assaulted one of his siblings.Scrivner has been on medical leave since early May.</div>

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Six candidates running for vacant 2nd District supervisor seat

Six candidates filed by Friday afternoon to run to replace Zack Scrivner on the Kern County Board of Supervisors. Scrivner resigned effective Aug. 2, just a week before the last day to add names to the ballot in time for the November general election. The candidates running for the vacant...