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With the presidential primary over, Alameda County voters will now have to turn their attention to several hotly contested local legislative races in the June 3 first-round voting, as well as a rare, contested Superior Court judge seat. 

Below are the results of first-week candidate filings with the Alameda County Registrar of Voters:  

Alameda County Board of Supervisors District Four (East Oakland, Oakland Hills, Castro Valley, Ashland, Cherryland, Fairview and Dublin): 

Incumbent: Nate Miley. No challenger has taken out preliminary papers. 

Alameda County Board of Supervisors District Five (Oakland north of 35th Avenue, Piedmont, Emeryville, Berkeley, Albany): 

Incumbent: Keith Carson. No challenger has taken out preliminary papers. 

Alameda County Board of Education Area Two (Alameda and portions of Oakland that include West Oakland, East Oakland, Elmhurst, and Millsmont south to Shefield Village): 

Incumbent: Gay Plair Cobb. No challenger has taken out preliminary papers. 

Alameda County Board of Education Area Three (Oakland hills from Claremont south to Redwood Road in the northeast, to portions of Chinatown Central, San Antonio, Fruitvale and East Oakland in the south): 

Incumbent Dennis Chaconas. No challenger has taken out preliminary papers. 

Alameda County Superior Court Judge 

With no incumbent listed for seat nine, 16 separate candidates have filed declarations of intention to run. The remaining 20 judgeships all have incumbent judges who have filed declarations, with no challengers yet taking out preliminary papers. 

California State Senate District 9 (Alameda, Berkeley, Dublin, Emeryville, Livermore, Oakland, Piedmont, Richmond, San Pablo): 

Incumbent: Don Perata (termed out). Wilma Chan (Democrat) and Marsha Feinland (Peace and Freedom) have taken out preliminary papers. 

California State Assembly District 14 (Albany, Berkeley, Canyon, El Cerrito, El Sobrante, Emeryville, Kensington, Lafayette, Moraga, Orinda, Pleasant Hill, Richmond, San Pablo and parts of Martinez, Oakland and Walnut Creek): 

Incumbent: Loni Hancock (termed out). Tony Thurmond, Nancy Skinner, and Kriss Worthington have all taken out preliminary papers. 

California State Assembly District 16 (Oakland, Alameda, Piedmont): 

Incumbent: Sandré Swanson has taken out preliminary papers. No challenger has taken out preliminary papers.