Healy to explore supervisor run

<p>Petaluma City Councilmember Mike Healy said Tuesday he is considering a run for county supervisor next year.</p><!-- Nothing to do. The paragraph has already been output --><p>Healy, in his third term on the council, said he has put together a committee of 11 citizens from Petaluma, Penngrove, Rohnert Park and Cotati to help him decide whether to seek the second district seat on the Board of Supervisors.</p><p>Mike Kerns announced earlier this year he would not seek re-election in 2010 after serving 12 years as the south county’s supervisor.</p><p>If Healy decides to run, he would be the third candidate in the race. Former councilman Mike O’Brien and Penngrove rancher John King have announced they are running for the seat.</p><p>“These certainly are challenging times for local government,” Healy said in a statement Tuesday. “I feel I have the experience to hit the ground running and be an effective representative for the second district.”</p><p>Healy said he will spend the month of October talking with residents of the district before deciding whether to run.</p><p>The primary election is in June of next year. If no candidate receives more than 50 percent of the vote, the top two vote-getters will advance to a runoff election in Nov. 2010.</p><p>— Argus-Courier</p>