The ballot for the June 7 primary has been set as races in Southwest Riverside County begin to heat up.In one of the more hotly contested races, Sheriff Chad Bianco is facing off against Lake Elsinore’s former chief of police, Michael Lujan. Some say Bianco’s 2014 membership with the far-right Oath Keepers organization, his resistance to enforcing mask mandates within Riverside County and the increase in concealed carry weapon permits issued since he took office.Lujan, who was promoted to captain in 2019 by Bianco and assigned to the Lake Elsinore Station, was placed on administrative leave before his retirement “after allegations surfaced that a DUI traffic accident involving one of his subordinates at the Lake Elsinore Sheriff’s Station was covered up,” the Desert S
