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Field set for Vacaville District 2 special council election Joe Desmarais, Curtis Hunt and Gregory Ritchie qualified for the May 4 special election ballot. Each viewed the city’s and district’s top priorities a little differently. “The biggest issues I see facing Vacaville are opening up our small businesses and schools as soon as possible to help us protect our kids’ futures and to jumpstart our local economy,” Desmarais said in an email response to a Daily Republic question. Hunt, i...

Last week for Vacaville District 2 candidates to file The special election is scheduled May 4. There has been no new interest shown for the post since the initial five candidates took out papers during the first week the filing period opened. Curtis Hunt, a former Vacaville councilman, filed his papers and has qualified for the ballot, according to the Solano County Registrar of Voters. Two others, Gregory Ritchie II and Joe Desmarais, had filed their papers, but it was determined by the Electi...