November 8, 2022 Candidates

This page will provide information about the candidates that have filed paperwork to appear on the November 8, 2022 ballot for local offices. Candidate statements will be added when the statements have been typeset, translated and proofed. 

Contests on Ballot

State

Governor

• BRIAN DAHLE
• GAVIN NEWSOM

Lieutenant Governor

• ANGELA E. UNDERWOOD JACOBS
• ELENI KOUNALAKIS

Secretary of State

• ROB BERNOSKY
• SHIRLEY N. WEBER

Controller

• MALIA M. COHEN
• LANHEE J. CHEN

Treasurer

• FIONA MA
• JACK M. GUERRERO

Attorney General

• ROB BONTA
• NATHAN HOCHMAN

Insurance Commissioner

• ROBERT HOWELL
• RICARDO LARA

Member, State Board of Equalization 2nd District

• PETER COE VERBICA
• SALLY J. LIEBER

United States Senator

• ALEX PADILLA
• MARK P. MEUSER

United States Senator (Partial/Unexpired)

• ALEX PADILLA
• MARK P. MEUSER

U S Representative, 2nd District

• DOUGLAS BROWER
• JARED HUFFMAN

U S Representative, 4th District

• MATT BROCK
• MIKE THOMPSON

State Senator, 2nd District

• MIKE MCGUIRE
• GENE YOON

Member of Assembly, 2nd District

• JIM WOOD
• CHARLOTTE SVOLOS

Member of Assembly, 4th District

• BRYAN PRITCHARD
• CECILIA AGUIAR-CURRY

Member of Assembly, 12th District

• DAMON CONNOLLY
• SARA AMINZADEH

California Supreme Court

Chief Justice of California

• PATRICIA GUERRERO

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court

• MARTIN J. JENKINS

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court

• GOODWIN LIU

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court

• JOSHUA P. GROBAN

Assoc Justice, Ct Appeal, 1st Dist Div 2

• THERESE M. STEWART

Assoc Justice, Ct Appeal, 1st Dist Div 3

• ALISON M. TUCHER

Assoc Justice, Ct Appeal, 1st Dist Div 3

• VICTOR A. RODRIGUEZ

Pres Justice, Ct Appeal, 1st Dist Div 3

• CARIN T. FUJISAKI

Assoc Justice, Ct Appeal, 1st Dist Div 3

• IONA PETROU

Assoc Justice, Ct Appeal, 1st Dist Div 4

• TRACIE L. BROWN

Assoc Justice, Ct Appeal, 1st Dist Div 4

• JEREMY M. GOLDMAN

Assoc Justice, Ct Appeal, 1st Dist Div 5

• TERI L. JACKSON

Assoc Justice, Ct Appeal, 1st Dist Div 5

• GORDON B. BURNS

Schools

State Superintendent of Public Instruction

• LANCE RAY CHRISTENSEN
• TONY K. THURMOND

County Superintendent of Schools

• AMIE CARTER
• BRAD COSCARELLI

Calistoga Joint Unified, School District

• LAUREL RIOS (no candidate statement filed)
• MATTHEW S. REID (no candidate statement filed)
• INDIRA LOPEZ-JONES (no candidate statement filed)

Shoreline Unified School, District Area 1

• BUDDY FAURE (no candidate statement filed)
• HEIDI KOENIG (no candidate statement filed)
• TIMOTHY J. KEHOE (no candidate statement filed)

Sonoma Vly Unif Sch Dist, Trustee Area 2

• JACQUELYN TORRES
• CELESTE WINDERS
• JOE LEMAS

Windsor Unified School District

• STEPHANIE AHMAD
• RICH CARNATION
• PAUL COGORNO
• ERIC HEITZ

City of Santa Rosa High School District, Trustee Area 2

• ROXANNE MCNALLY
• DANIELLE MOLKENBUHR

City of Santa Rosa High School District, Trustee Area 4

• LISA BROWN
• OMAR MEDINA

West Sonoma County Union High School Dist., At-Large S/T

• DEBBIE RAMIREZ
• DAVID PATRICK NAGLE

Piner-Olivet Union School District F/T

• CINDY PRYOR
• MARC MCCARTY
• MATT HEATH
• JANAE FRANICEVIC

Rincon Valley Union School District

• DEBORAH TAPIA DE MARTIN
• SHELBY MOELLER
• JOLENE JOHNSON
• JEFF GOSPE

Roseland School District

• ANA DIAZ-GARCIA
• MARY GOE BALCERAK
• DELASHAY CARMONA-BENSON
• JANICE SIEBERT
• DIANA MONDRAGON REYES
• ANTHONY MENDOZA

Sebastopol Union School District

• DEBORAH E. DREHMEL
• LISA BAUMAN
• JOSEPH POGAR JR
• ELIZABETH SMITH

Waugh School District

• DENISE BUGBEE
• RACHEL H. VAN GORP
• CHRISTINE D. PIEPER
• MATTHEW THOMAS
• KRISTINE WEEKS

Cities

Member, City Council, Santa Rosa District 2

• MASON ROSSITER
• MARK STAPP

Member, City Council, Santa Rosa District 4

• TERRENCE "TERRY" SANDERS
• SCHEHERAZADE SHAMSAVARI
• HENRY HUANG
• VICTORIA FLEMING

Member, City Council, Santa Rosa District 6

• JEFF OKREPKIE
• VERONICA "RONI" JACOBI

Member, City Council, Santa Rosa District 3 S/T

• DIANNA MACDONALD

Member, City Council, Cloverdale

• "WALKER" J THOMAS RUGINO
• MARJORIE A MORGENSTERN
• GUS WOLTER
• BRIAN J. WHEELER
• NICOLE HINCHLIFFE (Qualified Write-In)

City Treasurer, Cloverdale

• VACANT

Member, City Council, Healdsburg

• LINDA CADE
• EVELYN L. MITCHELL
• CHRIS HERROD
• SUSAN GRAF

Member, City Council, Healdsburg S/T

• RONALD EDWARDS
• BRIGETTE MANSELL
• MATIAS LOPEZ JR.

Mayor, Petaluma

• KEVIN MCDONNELL
• D'LYNDA FISCHER
• PATRICK FLOWER
• SUSAN KIRKS

Member, City Council, Petaluma District 1

• JANICE CADER THOMPSON
• DYLAN LLOYD

Member, City Council, Petaluma District 2

• DAVID ADAMS
• JOHN SHRIBBS
• BOBB R. KOSOFF

Member, City Council, Petaluma District 3

• ROBERT CONKLIN
• KAREN NAU
• JOHN HANANIA

Member, City Council, Rohnert Park District 1 S/T

• SAMANTHA RODRIGUEZ
• DAVE SOLDAVINI

Member, City Council, Rohnert Park District 2

• JASON ATALLAH
• EMILY SANBORN
• TOM LEVIN

Member, City Council, Rohnert Park District 5

• SUSAN HOLLINGSWORTH ADAMS
• JOSEPH T. CALLINAN

Member, City Council, Sebastopol

• OLIVER DICK
• DENNIS COLTHURST
• SANDRA MAURER
• JILL MCLEWIS
• STEPHEN ZOLLMAN

Member, City Council, Sonoma

• THOMAS G. DEEGAN
• MICHAEL J NUGENT
• PATRICIA FARRAR RIVAS
• RON WELLANDER
• JOHN GURNEY

Mayor, Windsor

• ROSA REYNOZA
• ESTHER LEMUS

Member, Town Council, Windsor District 1

• GINA FORTINO DICKSON
• MIKE WALL

Member, Town Council, Windsor District 2 S/T

• SAM SALMON
• MAUREEN MERRILL

Member, Town Council, Windsor District 4

• TANYA POTTER
• KEVIN GONYO

Special Districts

Graton Fire Protection Dist F/T

• TIMOTHY DESANTIS (no candidate statement filed)
• BOB MADDOCKS (no candidate statement filed)
• JONATHAN DAVID SHIMODA HEBEL (no candidate statement filed)

Graton Fire Protection District S/T

• CARLA PETERSON
• LINDA TRIPOLI
• SCOTT B. FISHER

Schell-Vista Fire Protection Dist

• MELINDA "MINDY" NEVES
• JON MATHIEU
• ROBERT KRULJAC

Timber Cove Fire Protection Dist F/T

• CAROLYNN ABST (no candidate statement filed)
• MARY ENTRIKEN (no candidate statement filed)
• WILLIAM SEYMOUR (no candidate statement filed)

Sonoma County Fire District

• ROBERT M. BRIARE (no candidate statement filed)
• JOE CONWAY
• GARY SO
• STEVE KLICK (no candidate statement filed)

Valley of the Moon Water District F/T

• STEVE ROGERS
• JON L. FOREMAN
• PAUL KANGAS

Contests Not on the Ballot - Appointed in Lieu of Election

Schools

Sonoma County Board of Education Area 2

• PETER S. KOSTAS

Sonoma County Board of Education Area 4

• STEVEN HERRINGTON

So Co Jr College Dist, West County

• MICHAEL VALDOVINOS

So Co Jr College Dist, Petaluma Area

• MARGARET "MAGGIE" FISHMAN

So Co Jr College Dist, N/E Santa Rosa

• DOROTHY BATTENFELD

So Co Jr College Dist, Sonoma Area

• EZRAH CHAABAN

Cloverdale Unified School District

• JENNY CANDELARIA-ORR
• JACQUE GARRISON

Cotati-Rohnert Park Unif, Trustee Area 1

• LEFFLER BROWN

Cotati-Rohnert Park Unif, Trustee Area 2

• CASSANDRA MAY ALBAUGH

Geyserville Unified School District F/T

• ROBIN DOHERTY

Geyserville Unified School District S/T

• ANNA BERNIER

Healdsburg Unified School District

• MIKE POTMESIL
• GUADALUPE J. LOPEZ JIMENEZ

Shoreline Unified School District Area 2

• JANE HEALY

Sonoma Vly Unif Sch Dist, Trustee Area 1

• CATARINA LANDRY

Petaluma Jt Un High Sch Dist, Trustee Area 2

• CAITLIN QUINN

Petaluma Jt Un High Sch Dist, Trustee Area 3

• MADY CLOUD

Petaluma Jt. Un High Sch Dist, Trustee Area 5

• JOANNA PAUN

Pt Arena Jt Un High Arena Union School Dist

• PATRICK BARNES
• MARY VISHER
• SAL MARTINEZ
• APARNA WILDER

Pt Arena Jt Un High, Arena Union School Dist S/T

• JESSIKA HOLGUIN

City of Santa Rosa High School District Trustee Area 6

• STEPHANIE MANIERI

West So Co Un High Sch Dist, Trustee Area 1

• SHAWN CHERNILA

West So Co Un High Sch Dist, Trustee Area 3

• JEANNE BASSETT FERNANDES

West So Co Un High Sch Dist, Trustee Area 5

• LEWIS BUCHNER

Alexander Valley Union School District

• ALISON GREEN DORAN
• STEVEN SMIT
• ISAUL MACIAS JR.

Bellevue Union School District

• LISA A. REYES
• JAMIE PADILLA

Bennett Valley Union School District F/T

• JEREMY N. BROTT
• DEBORAH BULL
• STEVEN J. SHARPE

Bennett Valley Union School District S/T

• JACOB C. KEMNEC

Cinnabar School District

• KEN ISHIZU
• RICHARD C. O'HARE
• PAUL D. SEQUEIRA

Dunham School District

• SPENCER CRUM
• JOSEPH A. PETERSEN
• TAYLOR WITHRINGTON

Forestville Union School District

• MAX BROOME
• JAMIE STAPLETON
• LINDA THOMAS STRAUSS

Fort Ross School District

• TOM SCHMIDT

Gravenstein Union School District F/T

• GREGORY L. APPLING
• PATRICK LEI

Gravenstein Union School District S/T

• JERRI MCNEILL

Guerneville School District

• JOHN KORNFELD
• ISABEL R KLEIN
• GAY GUIDOTTI

Harmony Union School District

• ANDREW CONE
• CHARLIE LAIRD
• YURI SPRINGSTORM KOSLEN

Horicon School District F/T

• WILLIAM "BILLY" RIGGS

Kashia School District

• GLENDA ANTONE

Kenwood School District

• JAMES J. LARSON, III
• NATHAN LAMAR
• CHERYL GHISLA

Laguna Joint School District

• SAM DOLCINI
• SHARON HESS

Liberty School District

• RONALD K. EVENICH
• BRET T. HERMAN
• JAMIE NICOLE FOWLER

Mark West Union School District

• SARA AZAT
• BRIAN L BURKE
• AARON SMITH

Monte Rio Union School District F/T

• ROGER COLLINS
• ZENA MELLO

Monte Rio Union School District S/T

• MARGO EACHUS

Montgomery School District F/T

• DONALD STRAND
• KIMBERLY J. GLUCH

Montgomery School District S/T

• ASHLEY SOPHIA PARMETER
• MELINDA PARMETER
• LAUREL EDWARDS

Oak Grove Union School District

• ANITA M. ORTEGA
• CHRIS TOPHAM
• STEPHEN SMILIE

Old Adobe Union School District F/T

• ANNA M DIETRICH
• ADRIANA SMITH
• SCOTT MCKENNA

Old Adobe Union School District S/T

• KIMBERLY Z. SHAVER
• PETER WALSH

Piner-Olivet Union School District S/T

• ELIZABETH "TONI" SMITH

Twin Hills Union School District

• MELISSA BECHTEL
• JOHN MOISE

Wright School District F/T

• DARREN CRAWFORD
• LADONNA MOORE
• STAN GREENBERG

Wright School District S/T

• STEVEN STILES

Cities

Member, City Council, Cotati

• KATHLEEN RIVERS
• SYLVIA LEMUS

Special Districts

Cazadero Community Services Dist F/T

• MAUREEN BERRY
• HOMER CANELIS

Cazadero Community Services District S/T

• H. S. GRISWOLD

Graton Community Services District F/T

• JENNIFER S. BUTLER
• DAVID A. UPCHURCH

Graton Community Services District S/T

• DEVIN LEE DREW
• MAXWELL WILMARTH

Cloverdale Fire Protection Dist

• NANCY AVANSINO
• ROBERT TAYLOR

Northern Sonoma County Fire Protection Dist

• SCOTT W. NEWMAN
• E. ROBERT STEWART
• LAWRENCE E. HEIGES

Sonoma Valley Fire District

• TERRENCE P. LEEN
• MARK JAMES JOHNSON
• NICHOLAS GREBEN

Gold Ridge Fire Protection Dist

• DOMENICO J. CARINALLI, JR.
• STEVE PETRUCCI
• DAVID WARBURG
• ROBERT GLOECKNER

Kenwood Fire Protection Dist

• JACK C ATKIN
• JOHN COOPER
• ROBERT UBOLDI

Monte Rio Fire Protection Dist

• DAN FEIN

North Sonoma Coast Fire Protection District

• TRISTAN COLSON
• JACKIE GARDENER

Rancho Adobe Fire Protection Dist

• RAY PETERSON
• MICHAEL GADOUA

Timber Cove Fire Protection Dist S/T

• BETHANY MCCLAVE

Cloverdale Health Care District

• JAMES F. DEMARTINI
• AL DELSID

North Sonoma County Healthcare District

• SUE CAMPBELL
• DANIELLE STREB

Petaluma Health Care District

• CRISTA BARNETT NELSON
• CHERYL NEGRIN

Sonoma Valley Health Care District

• WENDY LEE MYATT
• DENISE M KALOS

Forestville Water District

• BRAD STUART
• MATTHEW PAUL MCDERMOTT

North Marin Water District Division 5

• JAMES GROSSI

Sweetwater Springs Water District

• SUSAN "SUKEY" ROBB-WILDER
• GAYLORD R. SCHAAP
• RICH HOLMER

Valley of the Moon Water District S/T

• STEVEN CANIGLIA