Vale mayor Tom Vialpando announced last week he will seek to unseat current Malheur County Judge Dan Joyce in the May 2022 election. (The Enterprise/PAT CALDWELL).
VALE – Vale Mayor Tom Vialpando has filed to run against incumbent Malheur County Judge Dan Joyce in the May 2022 election.
Vialpando filed to run for the full-time paid position last week. The county judge presides over the Malheur County Court, which is the county’s three-person governing commission, and is elected for a six-year term.
“I think I have the ability to pull many people in from other areas, such as other cities in Malheur County, and I think we can be a little more unified,” said Vialpando.
Vialpando moved to Vale in 2018 and was elected mayor in November 2020.
Joyce has served . . .
