Incumbent ousted in Jackson Republican chair race

Mark Letson, the incumbent Jackson County Commission Chair who was the only commissioner to vote against leaving the Fontana Regional Library system, will not be returning to that role come November. Taxes were also an issue, but his library vote likely cost him as well. 

Almond secures Dem chair nomination in Jackson County

Marcia Almond, former mayor of the tiny village of Forest Hills, is about to take on a big challenge — flipping the county commission chair from red to blue. 

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