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