Bombshell: Labor Commissioner Race Pushed to November

Bruce Starr

State Sen. Bruce Starr (R-Hillsboro) received what he calls "stunning" news late Friday. Starr is challenging incumbent Labor Commissioner Brad Avakian in a nonpartisan, statewide contest that both men expected to appear on the May 15 primary ballot.

But when a Starr aide called the state Elections Division late Friday to confirm receipt of Starr's check and  statement for the Voters' Pamphlet, that aide received a shock.

ballot does not have my name on it
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race for labor commissioner will not be on the May ballot,
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