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November 8, 2022, General Election, Campaign Guide: Offices Up for Election

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This page is meant to provide basic, preliminary information for individuals interested in running for office in the November 8, 2022, General Election.

School Offices

County Boards of Education

Office/District/Area

Term

Term Dates

# Seats

Incumbent(s)

Max Stmt Cost

Sonoma County Board of Education, Trustee Area 2 (Southwest County)

4 yrs

12/9/22 - 12/11/26

1

Peter Kostas

$2,096

Sonoma County Board of Education, Trustee Area 4 (Northeast County)

4 yrs

12/9/22 - 12/11/26

1

Lisa Schaffner

$2,096

 

Community College Governing Boards

Office/District/Area

Term

Term Dates

# Seats

Incumbent(s)

Max Stmt Cost

Sonoma County Junior College District, Trustee Area 1 (East County)

4 yrs

12/9/22 - 12/11/26

1

Jeff Kunde

$1,684

Sonoma County Junior College District, Trustee Area 2 (South County)

4 yrs

12/9/22 - 12/11/26

1

Margaret Fishman

$1,684

Sonoma County Junior College District, Trustee Area 5 (Central Santa Rosa)

4 yrs

12/9/22 - 12/11/26

1

Dorothy Battenfeld

$1,684

Sonoma County Junior College District, Trustee Area 7 (West County)

4 yrs

12/9/22 - 12/11/26

1

Michael Valdovinos

$1,684

 

Unified School District Governing Boards

Office/District/Area

Term

Term Dates

# Seats

Incumbent(s)

Max Stmt Cost

Calistoga Joint Unified School District

4 yrs

12/9/22 - 12/11/26

2

Indira Lopez-Jones, Jeff Maxfield

$656

Cloverdale Unified School District

4 yrs

12/9/22 - 12/11/26

2

Brandon Axell, Jacque Garrison

$808

Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified School District, Trustee Area 1

4 yrs

12/9/22 - 12/11/26

1

No Incumbent (New Seat)

$804

Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified School District, Trustee Area 2

4 yrs

12/9/22 - 12/11/26

1

No Incumbent (New Seat)

$804

Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified School District, Trustee Area 4

4 yrs

12/9/22 - 12/11/26

1

No Incumbent (New Seat)

$804

Geyserville Unified School District, Full Term

4 yrs

12/9/22 - 12/11/26

2

Michael Johnson, Cheryl Marckx

$676

Geyserville Unified School District, Short Term

2 yrs

12/9/22 - 12/13/24

1

Linda Colliver

$676

Healdsburg Unified School District

4 yrs

12/9/22 - 12/11/26

2

Donna del Rey, Mike Potmesil

$904

Sonoma Valley Unified School District, Trustee Area 1

4 yrs

12/9/22 - 12/11/26

1

Melanie Blake

$764

Sonoma Valley Unified School District, Trustee Area 2

4 yrs

12/9/22 - 12/11/26

1

Cathy Coleman

$764

Windsor Unified School District

4 yrs

12/9/22 - 12/11/26

3

Stephanie Ahmad, Rich Carnation, Eric Heitz

$1,080

High School District Governing Boards

Office/District/Area

Term

Term Dates

# Seats

Incumbent(s)

Max Stmt Cost

City of Santa Rosa High School District, Trustee Area 2

4 yrs

12/9/22 - 12/11/26

1

Jill McCormick

$1,068

City of Santa Rosa High School District, Trustee Area 4

4 yrs

12/9/22 - 12/11/26

1

Omar Medina

$1,068

City of Santa Rosa High School District, Trustee Area 6

4 yrs

12/9/22 - 12/11/26

1

Stephanie Manieri

$1,068

Petaluma City (Elementary) and Petaluma Joint Union High School Districts, Trustee Area 2

4 yrs

12/9/22 - 12/11/26

1

No Incumbent (New Seat)

$884

Petaluma City (Elementary) and Petaluma Joint Union High School Districts, Trustee Area 3

4 yrs

12/9/22 - 12/11/26

1

No Incumbent (New Seat)

$880

Petaluma City (Elementary) and Petaluma Joint Union High School Districts, Trustee Area 5

4 yrs

12/9/22 - 12/11/26

1

No Incumbent (New Seat)

$884

Point Arena Joint Union High / Arena Union School District, Full Term

4 yrs

12/9/22 - 12/11/26

4

Cynthia R Cione, Salvador Martinez, Robert Shimon, Mary Visher

$676

Point Arena Joint Union High / Arena Union School District, Short Term

2 yrs

12/9/22 - 12/13/24

1

Vacant

$676

West Sonoma County Union High School District, At-Large, Short Term

2 yrs

12/9/22 - 12/13/24

1

D Patrick Nagle

$1,500

West Sonoma County Union High School District, Trustee Area 1

4 yrs

12/9/22 - 12/11/26

1

No Incumbent (New Seat)

$820

West Sonoma County Union High School District, Trustee Area 3

4 yrs

12/9/22 - 12/11/26

1

No Incumbent (New Seat)

$820

West Sonoma County Union High School District, Trustee Area 5

4 yrs

12/9/22 - 12/11/26

1

No Incumbent (New Seat)

$820

Elementary School District Governing Boards

Office/District/Area

Term

Term Dates

# Seats

Incumbent(s)

Max Stmt Cost

Alexander Valley Union School District

4 yrs

12/9/22 - 12/11/26

3

Alison Doran, Laura Hawkes, Steve Smit

$660

Bellevue Union School District

4 yrs

12/9/22 - 12/11/26

3

Stephanie Merrida-Grant, Jamie Padilla, Lisa Reyes

$928

Bennett Valley Union School District, Full Term

4 yrs

12/9/22 - 12/11/26

3

Jeremy Brott, Deborah Bull, Steven Sharpe

$820

Bennett Valley Union School District, Short Term

2 yrs

12/9/22 - 12/13/24

1

Jacob Kemnec

$820

Cinnabar School District

4 yrs

12/9/22 - 12/11/26

3

Patty Murch, Richard O’Hare, Paul Sequeira

$688

Dunham School District

4 yrs

12/9/22 - 12/11/26

3

Spencer Crum, Rachael Zell, Vacant

$660

Forestville Union School District

4 yrs

12/9/22 - 12/11/26

3

Max Broome, Linda Strauss, Christopher Uebel

$768

Fort Ross School District

4 yrs

12/9/22 - 12/11/26

2

Tom Schmidt, Alison Trujillo

$660

Gravenstein Union School District, Full Term

4 yrs

12/9/22 - 12/11/26

3

Gregory Appling, Jennifer Koelemeijer, Patrick Lei

$748

Gravenstein Union School District, Short Term

2 yrs

12/9/22 - 12/13/24

1

Jerri McNeill

$748

Guerneville School District

4 yrs

12/9/22 - 12/11/26

3

Gay Guidotti, Isabel Klein, Howard Kornfeld

$732

Harmony Union School District

4 yrs

12/9/22 - 12/11/26

3

Yuri Koslen, Charlie Laird, Bradley Mills

$732

Horicon School District, Full Term

4 yrs

12/9/22 - 12/11/26

3

Barbara Forenti, William Riggs, Gordon Smith

$676

Horicon School District, Short Term

2 yrs

12/9/22 - 12/13/24

1

Dmitry Paperny

$676

Kashia School District

4 yrs

12/9/22 - 12/11/26

2

Gene Parrish, Vacant

$648

Kenwood School District

4 yrs

12/9/22 - 12/11/26

3

Cheryl Ghisla, Nathan Lamar, James Larson III

$732

Laguna Joint School District

4 yrs

12/9/22 - 12/11/26

2

Dan Hess, Sharon Hess

$648

Liberty School District

4 yrs

12/9/22 - 12/11/26

3

Bret Herman, Bob Koenitzer, Colleen Shoop

$680

Mark West Union School District

4 yrs

12/9/22 - 12/11/26

3

Sara Azat, Brian Burke,Brad Sherwood

$856

Monte Rio Union School District, Full Term

4 yrs

12/9/22 - 12/11/26

3

Roger Collins, Mary Cowan-Baker, Margot Eachus

$680

Monte Rio Union School District, Short Term

2 yrs

12/9/22 - 12/13/24

1

Zena Mello

$680

Montgomery School District, Full Term

4 yrs

12/9/22 - 12/11/26

2

Kimberly Gluch, Donald Strand

$668

Montgomery School District, Short Term

2 yrs

12/9/22 - 12/13/24

3

Laurel Edwards, Ashley Parmeter, Melinda Parmeter

$668

Oak Grove Union School District

4 yrs

12/9/22 - 12/11/26

3

Joseph Horak, Hannah Kallok, Stephen Smilie

$732

Old Adobe Union School District, Full Term

4 yrs

12/9/22 - 12/11/26

3

Patsy Knight, Kimberly Shaver, Martha Smith

$1,052

Old Adobe Union School District Short Term

2 yrs

12/9/22 - 12/13/24

2

Anna Dietrich, Doris Tolks

$1,052

Piner-Olivet Union School District, Full Term

4 yrs

12/9/22 - 12/11/26

3

Janae Franicevic, Mardi Hinton, Cindy Pryor

$900

Piner-Olivet Union School District, Short Term

2 yrs

12/9/22 - 12/13/24

1

Elizabeth Smith

$900

Rincon Valley Union School District

4 yrs

12/9/22 - 12/11/26

3

Cynthia Evers, Jeffrey Gospe, Shelby Moeller

$1,304

Roseland School District

4 yrs

12/9/22 - 12/11/26

3

Mary Balcerak, Rocio Reyes, Janice Siebert

$768

Sebastopol Union School District

4 yrs

12/9/22 - 12/11/26

3

Deborah Drehmel, Joseph Pogar, Elizabeth Smith

$860

Twin Hills Union School District

4 yrs

12/9/22 - 12/11/26

3

Melissa Bechtel, John Moise, Vacant

$756

Two Rock Union School District

4 yrs

12/9/22 - 12/11/26

3

John Martin, Ken Mazzetta, Kathy Wilson

$660

Waugh School District

4 yrs

12/9/22 - 12/11/26

3

Christine Pieper, Matthew Thomas, Vacant

$756

West Side Union School District

4 yrs

12/9/22 - 12/11/26

3

Kristen Brodrick, Allison Kosta, Elvia Vega-Gallardo

$660

Wilmar Union School District

4 yrs

12/9/22 - 12/11/26

2

Greg Gehrke, Doug Hecker

$708

Wright School District, Full Term

4 yrs

12/9/22 - 12/11/26

3

Carolyn Dixon, Stan Greenberg, Maria Larios

$876

Wright School District, Short Term

2 yrs

12/9/22 - 12/13/24

1

LaDonna Moore

$876

Municipal Offices

City Mayors, Councils, Etc.

Office/District/Area

Term

Term Dates

# Seats

Incumbent(s)

Max Stmt Cost

City of Cloverdale City Council

4 yrs

12/2/22 - 12/4/26

3

Marta Cruz, Joseph Palla Jr, Augustine Wolter

$776

City of Cloverdale City Treasurer

4 yrs

12/2/22 - 12/4/26

1

Michael Nixon

$776

City of Cotati City Council

4 yrs

12/2/22 - 12/4/26

2

Mark Landman, John Moore

$764

City of Healdsburg City Council, Full Term

4 yrs

12/2/22 - 12/4/26

2

Osvaldo Jimenez, Evelyn Mitchell

$820

City of Healdsburg City Council, Short Term

2 yrs

12/2/22 - 12/6/24

1

Vacant

$820

City of Petaluma Mayor

4 yrs

12/2/22 - 12/4/26

1

Teresa Barrett

$1,588

City of Petaluma City Council, District 1

4 yrs

12/2/22 - 12/4/26

1

No Incumbent (New Seat)

$804

City of Petaluma City Council, District 2

4 yrs

12/2/22 - 12/4/26

1

No Incumbent (New Seat)

$804

City of Petaluma City Council, District 3

4 yrs

12/2/22 - 12/4/26

1

No Incumbent (New Seat)

$804

City of Rohnert Park City Council, District 1, Short Term

2 yrs

12/2/22 - 12/6/24

1

Samantha Rodriguez

$772

City of Rohnert Park City Council, District 2

4 yrs

12/2/22 - 12/4/26

1

No Incumbent (New Seat)

$772

City of Rohnert Park City Council, District 5

4 yrs

12/2/22 - 12/4/26

1

No Incumbent (New Seat)

$772

City of Santa Rosa City Council, District 2

4 yrs

12/2/22 - 12/4/26

1

John Sawyer

$996

City of Santa Rosa City Council, District 3, Short Term

2 yrs

12/2/22 - 12/6/24

1

Dianna Macdonald

$996

City of Santa Rosa City Council, District 4

4 yrs

12/2/22 - 12/4/26

1

Victoria Fleming

$996

City of Santa Rosa City Council, District 6

4 yrs

12/2/22 - 12/4/26

1

Tom Schwedhelm

$996

City of Sebastopol City Council

4 yrs

12/2/22 - 12/4/26

3

Una Glass, Sarah Gurney, Patrick Slayter

$784

City of Sonoma City Council

4 yrs

12/2/22 - 12/4/26

3

Madolyn Agrimonti, Kelso Barnett IV, Robert Felder

$832

 

Town Mayors, Councils, Etc.

Office/District/Area

Term

Term Dates

# Seats

Incumbent(s)

Max Stmt Cost

Town of Windsor Mayor

2 yrs

12/2/22 - 12/6/24

1

Sam Salmon

$1,052

Town of Windsor Town Council, District 1

4 yrs

12/2/22 - 12/4/26

1

No Incumbent (New Seat)

$748

Town of Windsor Town Council, District 2, Short Term

2 yrs

12/2/22 - 12/6/24

1

No Incumbent (New Seat)

$748

Town of Windsor Town Council, District 4

4 yrs

12/2/22 - 12/4/26

1

No Incumbent (New Seat)

$748

Special District Offices

Community Services District Boards of Directors

Office/District/Area

Term

Term Dates

# Seats

Incumbent(s)

Max Stmt Cost

Cazadero Community Services District, Full Term

4 yrs

12/2/22 - 12/4/26

2

Maureen Berry, Homer Canelis

$664

Cazadero Community Services District, Short Term

2 yrs

12/2/22 - 12/6/24

1

H S Griswold

$664

Graton Community Services District, Full Term

4 yrs

12/2/22 - 12/4/26

2

Jennifer Butler, David Upchurch

$672

Graton Community Services District, Short Term

2 yrs

12/2/22 - 12/6/24

3

Carol Benfell, Maxwell Wilmarth, Vacant

$672

Fire Protection District Boards of Directors

Office/District/Area

Term

Term Dates

# Seats

Incumbent(s)

Max Stmt Cost

Cloverdale Fire Protection District

4 yrs

12/2/22 - 12/4/26

2

Nancy Avansino, Robert Taylor

$808

Gold Ridge Fire Protection District

4 yrs

12/2/22 - 12/4/26

4

Domenico Carinalli Jr, Robert Gloeckner, Stephen Petrucci, David Warburg

$912

Graton Fire Protection District, Full Term

4 yrs

12/2/22 - 12/4/26

2

Mario Cesaretti, Bob Maddocks

$756

Graton Fire Protection District, Short Term

2 yrs

12/2/22 - 12/6/24

2

Scott Fisher, Carla Peterson

$756

Kenwood Fire Protection District

4 yrs

12/2/22 - 12/4/26

3

Jack Atkin Jr, John Cooper, Robert Uboldi

$676

Monte Rio Fire Protection District

4 yrs

12/2/22 - 12/4/26

3

Timothy Cahn, Dan Fein, Kari Morrissey

$680

North Sonoma Coast Fire Protection District

4 yrs

12/2/22 - 12/4/26

2

Lisa Colson, Jackie Gardener

$676

Northern Sonoma County Fire Protection District

4 yrs

12/2/22 - 12/4/26

3

Lawrence Heiges, Scott Newman, Edmund Stewart

$712

Rancho Adobe Fire Protection District

4 yrs

12/2/22 - 12/4/26

3

Michael Gadoua, Carla Grube, Raymond Peterson

$956

Schell-Vista Fire Protection District

4 yrs

12/2/22 - 12/4/26

2

Robert Kruljac, Melinda Neves

$712

Sonoma County Fire District

4 yrs

12/2/22 - 12/4/26

3

Bob Briare, Steve Klick, Gary So

$1,624

Sonoma Valley Fire District

4 yrs

12/2/22 - 12/4/26

3

Nicholas Greben, Mark Johnson, Terrance Leen

$972

Timber Cove Fire Protection District, Full Term

4 yrs

12/2/22 - 12/4/26

2

Carolynn Abst, Kathleen Rasmussen

$656

Timber Cove Fire Protection District, Short Term

2 yrs

12/2/22 - 12/6/24

1

Bethany McClave

$656

 

Health Care District Boards of Directors

Office/District/Area

Term

Term Dates

# Seats

Incumbent(s)

Max Stmt Cost

Cloverdale Health Care District

4 yrs

12/2/22 - 12/4/26

3

James De Martini, Alfred Delsid, Harry Martin

$808

North Sonoma County Healthcare District

4 yrs

12/2/22 - 12/4/26

2

Susan Campbell, Danielle Streb

$1,520

Petaluma Health Care District

4 yrs

12/2/22 - 12/4/26

2

Gabriella Ambrosi, Crista Nelson

$1,908

Sonoma Valley Health Care District

4 yrs

12/2/22 - 12/4/26

2

Michael Mainardi, Joshua Rymer

$1,216

Life Support District Boards of Directors

Office/District/Area

Term

Term Dates

# Seats

Incumbent(s)

Max Stmt Cost

Coast Life Support District

4 yrs

12/2/22 - 12/4/26

3

Julie Bower, Annan Paterson, Michael Tilles

$688

 

Water District Boards of Directors

Office/District/Area

Term

Term Dates

# Seats

Incumbent(s)

Max Stmt Cost

Forestville Water District

4 yrs

12/2/22 - 12/4/26

3

Heather Aldridge, Matthew McDermott, Bradley Stuart

$696

North Marin Water District, Division 5

4 yrs

12/2/22 - 12/4/26

1

Richard Fraites

$648

Sweetwater Springs Water District

4 yrs

12/2/22 - 12/4/26

3

Richard Holmer, Susan Robb-Wilder, Gaylord Schaap

$760

Valley of the Moon Water District, Full Term

4 yrs

12/2/22 - 12/4/26

2

Jon Foreman, Stephen Rogers

$940

Valley of the Moon Water District, Short Term

2 yrs

12/2/22 - 12/6/24

1

Brooke Harland

$940