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November 5, 2024, General Election, Campaign Guide: List of Offices Up for Election

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Introduction

This page is meant to provide a summary of basic information for individuals interested in running for office in the November 5, 2024, General Election. Note that none of the offices listed below have filing fees, petitions in lieu, or nomination signatures. To find out more about a particular office, please refer to corresponding “Office Requirements and Qualifications” section later in this Guide.

The last column shows the maximum cost of filing a Statement of Qualifications for that office to be published in the County Voter Information Guide. For much more details about candidate statements, please see the “Statements of Qualifications” section later in this Guide.

Offices for Which Deadline to File Has Passed

In order to appear on the ballot for the November 5, 2024, General Election, candidates for federal and state offices had to be one of the top two vote getters in the March 5th, 2024, Presidential Primary Election. It is therefore no longer possible to run for the following offices:

  • U.S. Senator (Partial / Unexpired Term)
  • U.S. Senator (Full Term)
  • U.S. Representative, 2nd District
  • U.S. Representative, 4th District
  • State Senator, 3rd District
  • Member of the State Assembly, 2nd District
  • Member of the State Assembly, 4th District
  • Member of the State Assembly, 12th District
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School Offices

County Boards of Education

Office/District/Area

Term Length

Term Dates

# of Seats

Incumbent
Officeholder(s)

Marin County Board of Education,
Trustee Area #7

4 yrs

12/13/24 - 12/8/28

1

Clairette Wilson

Napa County Board of Education,
Trustee Area #7

4 yrs

12/13/24 - 12/8/28

1

Jennifer Kresge

Sonoma County Board of Education,
Trustee Area #1 (Southeast County)

4 yrs

12/13/24 - 12/8/28

1

Gina Cuclis

Sonoma County Board of Education,
Trustee Area #3 (Central County)

4 yrs

12/13/24 - 12/8/28

1

Andrew Leonard

Sonoma County Board of Education,
Trustee Area #5 (Northwest County)

4 yrs

12/13/24 - 12/8/28

1

Herman G. Hernandez
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Community College Governing Boards

Office/District/Area

Term Length

Term Dates

# of Seats

Incumbent
Officeholder(s)

Napa Valley Community College District,
Trustee Area #7

4 yrs

12/13/24 - 12/8/28

1

Rafael Rios

Sonoma County Junior College District,
Trustee Area #3 (Rohnert Park Area)

4 yrs

12/13/24 - 12/8/28

1

Vacant†

Sonoma County Junior College District,
Trustee Area #4 (West Santa Rosa Area)

4 yrs

12/13/24 - 12/8/28

1

Vacant†

Sonoma County Junior College District,
Trustee Area #6 (Cloverdale/Geyserville/Healdsburg Area)

4 yrs

12/13/24 - 12/8/28

1

Vacant†

†The Sonoma County Junior College District shifted from having five areas (with one area being represented by three trustees and each of the other four areas being represented by one trustee) to having seven areas (with each area being represented by one trustee). Due to these changes, there are technically no incumbents for Trustee Area #s 3, 4, and 6 (hence why they are listed as vacant), which means the nomination period cannot go into extension.

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Unified School District Governing Boards

Office/District/Area

Term Length

Term Dates

# of Seats

Incumbent
Officeholder(s)

Calistoga Joint Unified School District

4 yrs

12/13/24 - 12/8/28

3

Stephanie Rothberg-Allan,
Rudy Gonzalez,
Matthew Reid

Cloverdale Unified School District

4 yrs

12/13/24 - 12/8/28

3

Gabriela Mendoza-Torres,
Ashley White,
Preston Addison

Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified School District,
Trustee Area #2, SHORT TERM

2 yrs

12/13/24 - 12/11/26

1

Shirley Johnson

Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified School District,
Trustee Area #3

4 yrs

12/13/24 - 12/8/28

1

Mark Nelson

Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified School District,
Trustee Area #4, SHORT TERM

2 yrs

12/13/24 - 12/11/26

1

Eric Martin

Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified School District,
Trustee Area #5

4 yrs

12/13/24 - 12/8/28

1

Michelle Wing

Geyserville Unified School District, FULL TERM

4 yrs

12/13/24 - 12/8/28

3

Sara Lopez,
Anna Bernier,
Laura Equitz

Geyserville Unified School District, SHORT TERM

2 yrs

12/13/24 - 12/11/26

1

Vacant

Healdsburg Unified School District

4 yrs

12/13/24 - 12/8/28

3

Aracely Romo Flores,
Cristal Lopez Pardo,
Rosanna McCallister

Shoreline Unified School District,
Trustee Area #3

4 yrs

12/13/24 - 12/8/28

2

Kylee Lang,
George Flores

Sonoma Valley Unified School District,
Trustee Area #3

4 yrs

12/13/24 - 12/8/28

1

John Kelly

Sonoma Valley Unified School District,
Trustee Area #4

4 yrs

12/13/24 - 12/8/28

1

Troy Knox

Sonoma Valley Unified School District,
Trustee Area #5

4 yrs

12/13/24 - 12/8/28

1

Anne Ching

Windsor Unified School District

4 yrs

12/13/24 - 12/8/28

2

William Adams,
Malinalli Lopez
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High School District Governing Boards

Office/District/Area

Term Length

Term Dates

# of Seats

Incumbent
Officeholder(s)

City of Santa Rosa High School District,
Trustee Area #1

4 yrs

12/13/24 - 12/8/28

1

Ever Flores-Deras

City of Santa Rosa High School District,
Trustee Area #3

4 yrs

12/13/24 - 12/8/28

1

Alegria De La Cruz

City of Santa Rosa High School District,
Trustee Area #5

4 yrs

12/13/24 - 12/8/28

1

Ed Sheffield

City of Santa Rosa High School District,
Trustee Area #7

4 yrs

12/13/24 - 12/8/28

1

Jeremy De La Torre

Petaluma City (Elementary) and Petaluma
Joint Union High School Districts,
Trustee Area #1

4 yrs

12/13/24 - 12/8/28

1

Vacant†

Petaluma City (Elementary) and Petaluma
Joint Union High School Districts,
Trustee Area #4

4 yrs

12/13/24 - 12/8/28

1

Vacant†

Point Arena Joint Union High and Arena
Union School Districts, FULL TERM

4 yrs

12/13/24 - 12/8/28

3

Jessika Holguin,
Sigrid Hillscan,
Robert Gardiner

Point Arena Joint Union High and Arena
Union School Districts, SHORT TERM

2 yrs

12/13/24 - 12/11/26

2

Victor Aparicio,
Crysten Cole

West Sonoma County Union High School District,
Trustee Area #2

4 yrs

12/13/24 - 12/8/28

1

Vacant†

West Sonoma County Union High School District,
Trustee Area #4

4 yrs

12/13/24 - 12/8/28

1

Vacant†

†The Petaluma City (Elementary) and Petaluma Joint Union High School Districts and West Sonoma County Union High School District are transitioning from at-large to district-based elections. This is the first time that Petaluma Trustee Areas 1 and 4 and West Sonoma County Trustee Areas 2 and 4 will be elected. As a result, there are technically no incumbents currently holding those offices (hence why they are listed as vacant), which means the nomination period cannot go into extension.

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Elementary School District Governing Boards

Office/District/Area

Term Length

Term Dates

# of Seats

Incumbent
Officeholder(s)

Alexander Valley Union School District

4 yrs

12/13/24 - 12/8/28

2

Joseph Stewart,
Yvonne Kreck

Bellevue Union School District, FULL TERM

4 yrs

12/13/24 - 12/8/28

2

Adele Walker,
Nikigiovonie Rogers

Bellevue Union School District, SHORT TERM

2 yrs

12/13/24 - 12/11/26

1

Irene Rosario

Bennett Valley Union School District

4 yrs

12/13/24 - 12/8/28

2

Melinda McKeon,
Jacob Kemnec

Cinnabar School District, FULL TERM

4 yrs

12/13/24 - 12/8/28

2

Jennifer Elu,
Cathy Thompson

Cinnabar School District, SHORT TERM

2 yrs

12/13/24 - 12/11/26

1

Patty Murch

Dunham School District

4 yrs

12/13/24 - 12/8/28

2

Lisa Clementino-Poncia,
Daniel Drummond

Forestville Union School District, FULL TERM

4 yrs

12/13/24 - 12/8/28

2

Donald Reha,
Jean Bullard

Forestville Union School District, SHORT TERM

2 yrs

12/13/24 - 12/11/26

1

Autumn Wheeler

Fort Ross School District

4 yrs

12/13/24 - 12/8/28

1

Michael Smallen

Gravenstein Union School District, FULL TERM

4 yrs

12/13/24 - 12/8/28

2

Maria De La Roz,
Jerri Renee McNeill

Gravenstein Union School District, SHORT TERM

2 yrs

12/13/24 - 12/11/26

1

Zachary Saltzberg

Guerneville School District

4 yrs

12/13/24 - 12/8/28

2

Laura Parent,
Sarah Cranke

Harmony Union School District

4 yrs

12/13/24 - 12/8/28

2

Amanda Solter,
Mariah Lander

Horicon School District, FULL TERM

4 yrs

12/13/24 - 12/8/28

2

Dmitry Paperny,
Susan Gilley

Horicon School District, SHORT TERM

2 yrs

12/13/24 - 12/11/26

3

Tina Kelly,
Deborah Kal,
Brenda Schildgen

Kashia School District

4 yrs

12/13/24 - 12/8/28

1

Charlene Pinola

Kenwood School District

4 yrs

12/13/24 - 12/8/28

2

Javier Tenorio,
Patricia Alexander

Laguna Joint School District

4 yrs

12/13/24 - 12/8/28

2

James Lanatti,
Diane Rowley

Liberty School District

4 yrs

12/13/24 - 12/8/28

2

Beldon Panter,
Jenna Leal

Mark West Union School District

4 yrs

12/13/24 - 12/8/28

2

Priscilla Jaworski-Quintanilla,
Victor McKnight

Monte Rio Union School District, FULL TERM

4 yrs

12/13/24 - 12/8/28

2

Vacant,
Vacant

Monte Rio Union School District, SHORT TERM

2 yrs

12/13/24 - 12/11/26

2

Margo Eachus,
Vacant

Montgomery School District

4 yrs

12/13/24 - 12/8/28

3

Ashley Parmeter,
Laurel Edwards,
Melinda Parmeter

Oak Grove Union School District

4 yrs

12/13/24 - 12/8/28

2

Erin Lagourgue,
Lesley Jones

Old Adobe Union School District

4 yrs

12/13/24 - 12/8/28

2

Peter Walsh,
Kimberly Shaver

Piner-Olivet Union School District

4 yrs

12/13/24 - 12/8/28

2

Thomas Flahive,
Vacant

Rincon Valley Union School District,
Trustee Area #1

4 yrs

12/13/24 - 12/8/28

1

Vacant†

Rincon Valley Union School District,
Trustee Area #4

4 yrs

12/13/24 - 12/8/28

1

Vacant†

Roseland School District

4 yrs

12/13/24 - 12/8/28

2

Patricia Krueger,
Tiffany Kampmann

Sebastopol Union School District

4 yrs

12/13/24 - 12/8/28

2

Colin Foulke,
Olivia Leon

Twin Hills Union School District, FULL TERM

4 yrs

12/13/24 - 12/8/28

2

Michael Ost,
Terry Beck

Twin Hills Union School District, SHORT TERM

2 yrs

12/13/24 - 12/11/26

1

Rebecca Houghton

Two Rock Union School District, FULL TERM

4 yrs

12/13/24 - 12/8/28

2

Gayleen Maas,
John Silvestrini

Two Rock Union School District, SHORT TERM

2 yrs

12/13/24 - 12/11/26

1

Nicolas Noyes

Waugh School District

4 yrs

12/13/24 - 12/8/28

2

Jarrett Baglietto,
Dominic Magnani

West Side Union School District

4 yrs

12/13/24 - 12/8/28

2

Emily Machi,
Janet Coleson

Wilmar Union School District, FULL TERM

4 yrs

12/13/24 - 12/8/28

3

Andrea Balf,
Harry Ohare,
Vacant

Wilmar Union School District, SHORT TERM

2 yrs

12/13/24 - 12/11/26

2

Lyn Romstad,
Andrea Christensen

Wright School District, FULL TERM

4 yrs

12/13/24 - 12/8/28

2

Steven Stiles,
Karen Joan Irwin

Wright School District, SHORT TERM

2 yrs

12/13/24 - 12/11/26

1

Analynjane Mapoy

†The Rincon Valley Union School District is transitioning from at-large to district-based elections. This is the first time that Trustee Areas 1 and 4 will be elected. As a result, there are technically no incumbents currently holding those offices (hence why they are listed as vacant), which means the nomination period cannot go into extension.

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Municipal Offices

Office/District/Area

Term Length

Term Dates

# of Seats

Incumbent
Officeholder(s)

Cloverdale City Council

4 yrs

*

2

Todd Lands,
Melanie Bagby

Cloverdale City Treasurer, SHORT TERM

2 yrs

*

1

Vacant

Cotati City Council

4 yrs

*

3

Laura Sparks,
Benjamin Ford,
Susan Harvey

Healdsburg City Council

4 yrs

*

3

David Hagele,
Ariel Kelley,
Ronald Edwards

Petaluma City Council,
District 4

4 yrs

*

1

Vacant†

Petaluma City Council,
District 5

4 yrs

*

1

Vacant†

Petaluma City Council,
District 6

4 yrs

*

1

Vacant†

Rohnert Park City Council,
District 1

4 yrs

*

1

Samantha Rodriguez

Rohnert Park City Council,
District 3

4 yrs

*

1

Gerard Giudice

Rohnert Park City Council,
District 4

4 yrs

*

1

Jackie Elward

Santa Rosa City Council,
District 1

4 yrs

*

1

Jose Alvarez

Santa Rosa City Council,
District 3

4 yrs

*

1

Dianna MacDonald

Santa Rosa City Council,
District 5

4 yrs

*

1

Chris Rogers

Santa Rosa City Council,
District 7

4 yrs

*

1

Natalie Rogers

Sebastopol City Council

4 yrs

*

2

Diana Rich,
Neysa Hinton

Sonoma City Council

4 yrs

*

2

Sandra Lowe,
Jack Ding

Windsor Town Mayor

2 yrs

*

1

Rosa Reynoza

Windsor Town Council,
District 2

4 yrs

*

1

Sam Salmon

Windsor Town Council,
District 3

4 yrs

*

1

Debora Fudge

*The date when a municipal term starts/ends varies depending on when the city/town holds its first council meeting after an election is certified by the Registrar of Voters. Typically this is sometime in early to mid December.

†The Petaluma City Council is transitioning from at-large to district-based elections. This is the first time that City Council Districts 4, 5, and 6 will be elected. As a result, there are technically no incumbents currently holding those offices (hence why they are listed as vacant), which means the nomination period cannot go into extension.

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Special District Offices

Community Services District Boards of Directors

Office/District/Area

Term Length

Term Dates

# of Seats

Incumbent
Officeholder(s)

Cazadero Community Services District

4 yrs

12/6/24-12/1/28

3

Daina De Beaune,
H S Griswold,
Paul Barry

Graton Community Services District

4 yrs

12/6/24-12/1/28

3

Maxwell Wilmarth,
Devin Drew,
Ravi Alimchandani
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Fire Protection District Boards of Directors

Office/District/Area

Term Length

Term Dates

# of Seats

Incumbent
Officeholder(s)

Cloverdale Fire Protection District, FULL TERM

4 yrs

12/6/24-12/1/28

3

Pamela Johnson,
Melanee Southard,
Carol Pigoni

Cloverdale Fire Protection District, SHORT TERM

2 yrs

12/6/24-12/4/26

1

Jeffrey Richardson

Gold Ridge Fire Protection District

4 yrs

12/6/24-12/1/28

3

Stacey Gambonini,
Charles Lachman,
Christopher Tachouet

Graton Fire Protection District

4 yrs

12/6/24-12/1/28

3

Carla Peterson,
Scott Fisher,
Rebecca Arvold

Kenwood Fire Protection District

4 yrs

12/6/24-12/1/28

2

Daymon Doss,
August Moretti

Monte Rio Fire Protection District

4 yrs

12/6/24-12/1/28

2

Sara Paul,
Vacant

North Sonoma Coast Fire Protection District

4 yrs

12/6/24-12/1/28

3

James Nybakken,
Martha Campbell,
Leslie Tittle

Northern Sonoma County Fire Protection District

4 yrs

12/6/24-12/1/28

2

Frederick Peterson,
Francis Abercrombie

Rancho Adobe Fire Protection District

4 yrs

12/6/24-12/1/28

4

Bret Herman,
Mark Hemmendinger,
Sage Howell,
Brian Proteau

Schell-Vista Fire Protection District

4 yrs

12/6/24-12/1/28

3

Ernie Loveless,
Kenneth Finn Jr.,
Hal Stober

Sonoma County Fire District

4 yrs

12/6/24-12/1/28

4

Jason Weaver,
Frank Treanor,
John Hamann,
Arnie Tognozzi

Sonoma Valley Fire District

4 yrs

12/6/24-12/1/28

4

John Atkinson,
Brian Brady,
Mark Emery,
William Norton

Timber Cove Fire Protection District

4 yrs

12/6/24-12/1/28

2

William Seymour,
Bethany McClave
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Health Care District Boards of Directors

Office/District/Area

Term Length

Term Dates

# of Seats

Incumbent
Officeholder(s)

Cloverdale Health Care District

4 yrs

12/6/24-12/1/28

2

Neena Hanchett,
Eugene Lile

Healthy Petaluma District,
Zone 2

4 yrs

12/6/24-12/1/28

1

Vacant†

Healthy Petaluma District,
Zone 4

4 yrs

12/6/24-12/1/28

1

Vacant†

Healthy Petaluma District,
Zone 5

4 yrs

12/6/24-12/1/28

1

Vacant†

North Sonoma County Healthcare District, FULL TERM

4 yrs

12/6/24-12/1/28

3

Erin Gore,
David Anderson,
James Nantell

North Sonoma County Healthcare District, SHORT TERM

2 yrs

12/6/24-12/4/26

1

Vacant

Sonoma Valley Health Care District

4 yrs

12/6/24-12/1/28

3

Judith Bjorndal,
Susan Idell,
William Boerum

†The Healthy Petaluma District (formerly Petaluma Health Care District) is transitioning from at-large to district-based elections. This is the first time that Zones 1, 4, and 5 will be elected. As a result, there are technically no incumbents currently holding those offices (hence why they are listed as vacant), which means the nomination period cannot go into extension.

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Life Support District Boards of Directors

Office/District/Area

Term Length

Term Dates

# of Seats

Incumbent
Officeholder(s)

Coast Life Support District, FULL TERM

4 yrs

12/6/24-12/1/28

4

Leslie Tittle,
Naomi Schwartz,
Geoffrey Beaty,
Carolyn André

Coast Life Support District, SHORT TERM

2 yrs

12/6/24-12/4/26

3

Vacant,
Vacant,
Vacant
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Recreation and Park District Boards of Directors

Office/District/Area

Term Length

Term Dates

# of Seats

Incumbent
Officeholder(s)

Camp Meeker Recreation and Park District, FULL TERM

4 yrs

12/6/24-12/1/28

2

Lynn Watson,
John Mc Daniel

Camp Meeker Recreation and Park District, SHORT TERM

2 yrs

12/6/24-12/4/26

1

Max Bell Alper
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Water District Boards of Directors

Office/District/Area

Term Length

Term Dates

# of Seats

Incumbent
Officeholder(s)

Forestville Water District

4 yrs

12/6/24-12/1/28

2

Stephen Griffith,
Benjamin Monroe

North Marin Water District,
Division 1

4 yrs

12/6/24-12/1/28

1

Ken Eichstaedt

Rains Creek/Hiatt Road County Water District

4 yrs

12/6/24-12/1/28

2

Paula Jorgensen,
Wanda Winkler

Sweetwater Springs Water District

4 yrs

12/6/24-12/1/28

2

Tim Lipinski,
Nance Jones

Valley of the Moon Water District

4 yrs

12/6/24-12/1/28

3

Steven Caniglia,
Gary Bryant,
Colleen Cowan
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