1 Challenger, 2 Incumbents Vie for 2 Council Seats

A field of three candidates will vie for two seats on the Diamond Bar city council this November.

One challenger and the two incumbents will be kicking off campaigns after the candidate filing period closed Friday, Aug. 12.

The challenger — a Dr. Shawn "S" Dhand — will make his second run for a city council seat against four-term councilwoman Carol Herrera and two-term councilman Jack Tanaka.

Herrera currently has the longest tenure on the council in the city's history and will look to a fifth term in this race.

Two other challengers pulled papers to run this November but did not file by the deadline date.

According to a San Gabriel Valley Tribune blog from 2009, the candidate's full name is Shawn Dhand, a West Covina-based physician.

According to county records, Dhand was in the running in 2009 for one of three council seats and came in with the smallest share of the vote, with seven percent in his favor. There was a total of seven candidates in that year's race.

See below for the complete field and results from the 2007 and 2009 Diamond Bar City Council races (from lavote.net):