The 67th Assembly District covers a significant chunk of western Riverside County, including Murrieta, Menifee, Wildomar, Canyon Lake and part of Hemet. It’s currently represented by Melissa Melendez, a Republican and former Lake Elsinore city councilmember, but Melendez is not running for reelection – she is instead running to fill the 28th Senate District that was vacated by Jeff Stone when he left to take a position in the U.S. Department of Labor. That decision leaves the 67th Assembly District wide-open for fresh faces. Valley News sent questions to each candidate in the district. Steve Manos, Nick Pardue and Jeremy Smith – all Republicans – returned responses, while Republican Kelly Seyarto and Democrat Jerry Carlos did not. Hear what the candidates had to say about their pla