BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — There’s a crowded debate stage, a reflection of the packed candidate field, in the race to replace former Supervisor Zack Scrivner in Kern County’s 2nd District.

Any list of the great composers for the American musical theater would have to include Jerome Kern, along with George Gershwin, Richard Rodgers, Cole Porter and Irving Berlin. And such a list, if it ...