Paramedic Charles Dickson Retakes the Lead in Seven-Way Race for Governor

LOS SANTOS: Seven candidates are running for governor of San Andreas, and the lead has changed hands again. Charles Dickson, the paramedic who lost the Sandy Shores mayor's race in July, now tops the SA Wire polling average with 25.4 percent. John Politician is second at 20.4, Jock Cranley has fallen to third at 17.6, and Dax Corvin, the founder of Corvex Space Technologies, is fourth at 14.8.

Dickson leads all five statewide polls in the average. A San News poll taken after its report on Cranley's betting has Dickson at 25, Politician at 24 and Cranley at 13. Corvin has not led a statewide poll since October.

Election day has not been set.

The candidates

Dax Corvin, a Democrat, is running on tunnels to take traffic off the freeways and Starveil internet in every home. His ads say "San Andreas is ready for liftoff." His campaign has also paid for two attack ads against Jock Cranley.

Jock Cranley, a Republican, is a former Hollywood stunt performer who represents Vinewood and Rockford Hills in the State Assembly. Corvin's ads say he missed 31 votes on freeway repairs while filming a reality show. He is third in the average at 17.6 percent, after San News reported that he bet $350,000 against Terry Potts. His campaign has released its own poll showing him in first place, without saying how the poll was carried out.

Charles Dickson, a Republican, is campaigning on "Proven Leader, Safe Communities, Lower Taxes." Some of his ads are from an earlier campaign for county supervisor. He leads the average at 25.4.

Terry Potts is running as an independent. He wants the Jingoism Act suspended in San Andreas and public oversight of the Los Santos County Port Authority, where private equity holds about 72 percent. "The government belongs to the people," his announcement says. "Its authority is entrusted, not inherited." He polls at 13.6 percent statewide and leads a Daily Assumption reader poll with 34 percent. The reader poll is not scientific.

Ben Dover, a Republican, is focused on wildfire prevention, grants for volunteer fire departments and protecting public lands. In a message to the other campaigns, he said the election "shouldn't be a competition over who has the best slogan." His slogan is "Service before politics." He is at 2.6 percent, last of the seven.

Phil McCracken, a Republican, joined the race this week. He is at 4.6 percent, ahead of Dover.

John Politician, a Republican, is running on shorter radio traffic, less yapping and more operations. One of his ads asks, "Tired of Terry Potts hogging the radio?" Another says, "I don't like J. Hamby. Isn't that enough reason to vote for me?" According to the fine print, he does not own a radio. He is at 20.4 percent, up from 2.5 last week, and now second.

Seven propositions

The propositions may matter more to drivers than the governor's race does.

• Proposition 1 would stop state and local agencies from helping enforce the federal Jingoism Act without a state warrant.
• Proposition 2 would bring C.O.C.K. Safety license plate cameras from Blaine County into Los Santos, at major intersections, freeway on-ramps, the port and the airport.
• Proposition 3 would let driverless taxis such as Laymo's carry passengers on every state road.
• Proposition 4 would cap every private car, truck and motorcycle at 80 mph.
• Proposition 5 would cut off any transmission on state public safety radio after 30 seconds.
• Proposition 6 would ban nitrous, underglow lighting, dark window tint and aftermarket exhausts on public roads, with a 30-day impound for offenders.
• Proposition 7 would add $1 a gallon to the state gas tax to pay for freeway tunnels.

More propositions may be added before election day.

The legislature

Four seats in the State Legislature are also on the ballot. In Vinewood's open Assembly seat, civil rights attorney Sue Everyone faces studio executive Cash Grabowski and restaurant owner Patty Melt. In Blaine County, Senator Chuck Wagon is defending his seat against schoolteacher Rita Book. Lumber mill owner Tim Burr and harbor commissioner Anita Yacht are running on the North Coast, and in South Los Santos, Senator Seymour Taxes faces community organizer Ivana Change.

Candidate profiles, campaign statements, every poll and the full text of each proposition are on SA Wire's election page.

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