Candidate filing deadline extended through Wednesday in 53 races

March 12, 2012 12:27 PM PT

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The candidate filing period has been extended until the close of business Wednesday in 53 congressional and legislative offices, the California secretary of state’s office said.

Filing closed for most June 5 contests on Friday but was extended in races for which no eligible incumbent was seeking reelection. Statewide, there are 35 such Assembly races and nine each for state Senate and U.S. Congress seats.

Locally, the filing period was extended in several contests expected to be hotly contested, including congressional races in the Long Beach area, Ventura County and Riverside County.

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Jean Merl

Jean Merl, a hopeless news junkie, covered regional politics for the Los Angeles Times until 2015. She was raised in southern Ohio but moved with her family to Los Angeles at a tender age, which practically makes her a California native. She holds a master’s degree from UCLA and remembers when Otis Chandler was publisher of The Times and Tom Bradley was mayor of L.A.