With the June 3 primary just 10 days away, the following is a list of endorsements reported by candidates running for contested seats on the Santa Barbara and south San Luis Obispo county boards of supervisors and Santa Barbara County Superior Court.

For a more complete list of endorsements, see the candidates' Web sites.

Candidates are listed below, grouped alphabetically by the position they're seeking.

Santa Barbara County 4th

District supervisor

Joni Gray: Home Builders Association of the Central Coast, Rep. Elton Gallegly, Sen. Abel Maldonado, Assemblyman Sam Blakeslee, 5th District Supervisor Joe Centeno, 3rd District Supervisor Brooks Firestone, Guadalupe Mayor Lupe Alvarez, Lompoc Mayor Dick DeWees, Buellton Mayor Russ Hicks, Santa Maria Mayor Larry Lavagnino, Solvang Mayor Linda Jackson, Goleta Mayor Jean Blois, County Auditor Controller Bob Geis, District Attorney Christie Stanley, County Planning Commissioners Dan Blough and Joe Valencia, Lompoc Council members DeWayne Holmdahl and Mike Siminski and Anne Ruhge and Wil Schuyler, Santa Maria Council members Alice Patino and Leo Trujillo, Guadalupe Councilman John Sabedra.

John Sterling: North Santa Barbara County Women's Political Committee, Service Employees International Union Local 620 and Local 721, National Latino Peace Officers Association Santa Barbara County Chapter, Santa Maria Police Officers Association, Santa Barbara Airport Peace Officers Association, International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 381, Tri-County labor Council.

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Santa Barbara County 3rd

District supervisor

David Bearman: Former 1st District Supervisor Frank Frost, former Goleta Water Board Director Ed Maschke, former Lompoc Council member Jan Keller, former Isla Vista Recreation and Parks District Director Carmen Lodise, former Isla Vista Recreation and Parks District General Manager Roger Lagerquist, former Santa Barbara City Council member Gerry DeWitt, Isla Vista Recreation and Parks District Director Ken Warfield, Isla Vista Recreation and Parks District Director Kelly Pritchard, Executive Director Zona Seca Frank Banales.

Doreen Farr: Santa Barbara County IAFF Local 2046, Sierra Club's Los Padres Chapter, Rep. Lois Capps, 2nd District Supervisor Janet Wolf, 1st District Supervisor Salud Carbajal, former 3rd District Supervisor Gail Marshall, former 3rd District Supervisor Bill Wallace, former 2nd District Supervisor Susan Rose, former 1st District Supervisor Naomi Schwartz, Santa Barbara Mayor Marty Blum, Santa Barbara Council members Iya Falcone and Grant House and Helene Schneider and Das Williams and Roger Horton, former Lompoc Mayor Joyce Howerton, former Goleta Council members Margaret Connell and Cynthia Brock and Jack Hawxhurst and Jonny Wallis, Santa Barbara School Board members Nancy Harter and Annette Cordero and Laura Malakoff, Santa Maria Council member Hilda Zacarias, Goleta Mayor Pro Tem Roger Aceves, Goleta School Board member Susan Epstein, Vandenberg Village Community Services District Chris Brooks, Santa Ynez Valley High School Board member Joe Dugan.

Steven Pappas: Retired superintendent Goleta Union School District Richard Shelton, Santa Ynez Rancher Nancy Crawford-Hall, Alamo Pintado Equestrian Clinic founder Doug Herthel, environmental attorney

Cynthia Koehler, Jon Bowen, POLO Board member Kathy Cleary.

Victoria Pointer: None reported

Dave Smyser: Home Builders Association of the Central Coast, Assemblyman Sam Blakeslee, 3rd District Supervisor Brooks Firestone, 4th District Supervisor Joni Gray, 5th District Supervisor Joe Centeno, Guadalupe Mayor Lupe Alvarez, Lompoc Mayor Dick DeWees, Buellton Mayor Russ Hicks, Solvang Mayor Linda Jackson, Santa Maria Mayor Larry Lavagnino, Santa Maria Council members Leo Trujillo and Alice Patino and Bob Orach, Goleta Council members Jean Blois and Eric Onnen, Santa Barbara County Planning Commissioners Dan Blough and Joe Valencia, Santa Barbara Airport Commissioner William Gilbert, former 3rd District Supervisor Willy Chamberlin, former Santa Maria Mayor Don Lahr, former Santa Maria Council member Marty Mariscal, former Goleta Water District Trustee Carey Rogers, Grower-Shipper Vegetable Association of Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Counties.

Santa Barbara County Superior Court judge

Jed Beebe: North Santa Barbara County Women's Political Committee, Judges Rodney Melville, Timothy Staffel, James Rigali, James Iwasko, Thomas Anderle, James Brown, Thomas Adams, Denise deBellefeuille, Assistant Presiding Judge Arthur Garcia, Presiding Judge William McLafferty, retired Judges James Jennings, Richard St. John, Rick Brown and Royce Lewellen.

John MacKinnon: Santa Barbara Police Officers Association, District Attorney Christie Stanley, Santa Barbara County Deputy Sheriff's Association, Santa Maria Police Officers Association, Guadalupe Police Officers Association, Latino Peace Officers Association, Santa Maria Firefighters Local 2020, Lompoc Firefighter Association, Judges Rogelio Flores and W. Kent Hamlin and Deborah Talmage, Santa Maria Police Chief Danny Macagni, Santa Maria Police Commanders Craig Ritz and Kendall Greene.

Kevin Ready: 1st District Supervisor Salud Carbajal, 3rd District Supervisor Brooks Firestone, 5th District Supervisor Joe Centeno, former 1st District Supervisor Naomi Schwartz, Carpinteria Mayor Michael Ledbetter, Santa Barbara Mayor Marty Blum, Solvang Mayor Linda Jackson, Buellton Mayor Russ Hicks, Santa Barbara Mayor Pro Tem Grant House, Solvang Mayor Pro Tem Ed Skytt, Goleta Council member Jonny Wallis, Carpinteria Council member Al Clark, Santa Barbara City Council members Das Williams and Iya Falcone and Helene Schneider and Roger Horton.

San Luis Obispo County 3rd District supervisor

Adam Hill: San Luis Obispo City Firefighters Local 3523, San Luis Obispo County Deputy Sheriffs' Association, California Faculty Association, Empower Cal Poly, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell, former San Luis Obispo County 3rd District Supervisor Peg Pinard, former San Luis Obispo County 3rd District Supervisor Kurt Kupper, former San Luis Obispo County 2nd District Supervisor Shirley Bianchi, Grover Beach mayor John Shoals, Grover Beach Council members Bill Nicolls and Steve Leiberman and Karen Bright, San Luis Obispo Council members Andrew Carter and Allen Settle and Christine Mulholland, Rep. Lois Capps.

Jerry Lenthall: Home Builders Association of the Central Coast, United Domestic Workers Union, San Luis Obispo County Cal Fire, Grower-Shipper Vegetable Association of Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Counties, Republican Party of San Luis Obispo County, Lincoln Club of San Luis Obispo County, San Luis Obispo Builder Exchange, Rep. Kevin McCarthy, San Luis Obispo County 4th District Supervisor Katcho Achadjian, President of California State Association of Counties Richard Gordon, San Luis Obispo County District Attorney Gerry Shea, San Luis Obispo County Tax Assessor Tom Bordonaro, San Luis Obispo Mayor Dave Romero, San Luis Obispo Council member Paul Brown, Grover Beach Council member Chuck Ashton.

Political endorsements will be published periodically through the election season. E-mail information about campaign events or endorsements to MaliaSpencer, mspencer@santamariatimes.com, fax it to 928-5657, or mail it to Political Calendar, Santa Maria Times, P.O. Box 400, Santa Maria, 93456.

May 25, 2008