The Daily-journal's recommendations on the June 7 ballot

There will be an election on June 7 in which local voters will pick winners among four local races where incumbents are being challenged.

Today we endorse the incumbents in all of them.

Sheriff Matt Kendall, Superintendent of County Superintendent Michelle Hutchins, 3rd District Supervisor John Haschak and 5th District Supervisor Ted Williams are all worthy of keeping their jobs.

County government is a complex and challenging system of programs and requirements. These past couple of years of COVID19 made it especially difficult to keep the public safe while also moving forward with programs important to people.

The impact of COVID19 was also felt in the county's schools where we believe Ms. Hutchins did a good job of coordinating important efforts to keep the pandemic from devastating local school communities and students. She has also created an office where teamwork and dedication are blooming.

Mr. Haschak has been a transparent and involved member of his 3rd District community, sending out a regular information letter and keeping active in cannabis and other agricultural arenas while making economic development a priority and recognizing that our drought conditions need to be addressed not only for farmers but for the sake of all areas of our economic future.

Mr. Williams has also been a transparent supervisor, constantly providing lots of useful information to county residents and working hard on such issues as improving fire services, keeping mental health programs on track and expanding broadband services for our rural county.

Sheriff Kendall has one of the most complex jobs in the county. As a lifelong local and long time member of the Sheriff's department he has brought his experience and dedication to the job of helping keep our county a safe place to live. He was appointed to his job when former Sheriff Tom Allman retired. This rural county is one of the most difficult for law enforcement to cover given its expanse and the difficulty in hiring deputies. We think Sheriff Kendall has had a good beginning in his job and we think he deserves to be elected to a full term.

Editor's note: There are more candidates in this election for county positions but they are uncontested.