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Danville residents can continue to file to join the Town Council race this fall while the San Ramon city elections are set in the wake of the initial candidate nomination deadline passing on Friday.
Six-term Danville Councilman Mike Doyle did not file for re-election this time around, triggering an extension of the nomination period for non-incumbents that lasts until this Wednesday at 5 p.m. Three seats are up for grabs, with the two other incumbents and one challenger joining the race so far.
In San Ramon, the candidate lists are set after both City Council incumbents filed for re-election, joined on the ballot by two challengers. Mayor Bill Clarkson has no opposition in his re-election bid. Because all incumbents joined the race by the initial deadline of 5 p.m. Friday, there was no extension.
Filing extensions were also granted for the governing boards of the Dublin San Ramon Services District, San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District and Diablo Community Services District.
The candidate lists are set for San Ramon Valley school board, Central Contra Costa Sanitary District and a local Contra Costa Community College District seat.
San Ramon Valley residents will also cast ballots this fall in runoff elections that pit candidates who advanced out of the June primary in races for county Board of Supervisors, State Assembly, State Senate and U.S. House of Representatives.
Danville Town Council
The Danville Town Council has three four-year terms up for election this November, seats currently held by Doyle, Councilman Newell Arnerich and Vice Mayor Renee Morgan.
Arnerich and Morgan filed for re-election but Doyle did not enter the race this year. Doyle could not be reached for comment as of Monday afternoon.
Wrapping up his sixth term this year, Doyle has served on the council since 1991. He also served five turns as mayor during his tenure, with the most recent coming last year when he was 85.
Arnerich, who was first elected in 1995, is seeking a sixth straight term on the council this fall. Morgan is completing her first term in office this year, having served since 2012.
The other candidate to file thus far is Lisa Blackwell, who is a member of Danville’s Parks and Leisure Services Commission.
No incumbent has ever lost a re-election bid for Danville Town Council.
Residents interested in joining the race have until this Wednesday at 5 p.m. to submit candidacy paperwork. To be eligible, a prospective candidate must live within the town limits and be a registered Danville voter.
There is no filing fee for nomination papers, but there is a $319 fee for the cost of printing the candidate’s statement of qualifications in the voter information guide, town officials said. Candidates must also file a statement of economic interests and certain campaign statements.
For more information or to set up an appointment to obtain necessary candidacy paperwork, call city clerk Marie Sunseri at 314-3401.
City of San Ramon
San Ramon City Council members Scott Perkins and Phil O’Loane will face two challengers this November, Susmita Nayak and Sabina Zafar, in the race for a pair of four-year terms.
Perkins has served on the council continuously since November 2003, and O’Loane was elected for the first time in November 2011. San Ramon used to hold city elections in odd years, until voters approved of switching to even-year elections three years ago.
Zafar, a business technology director, is seeking her first term on the council. She currently serves on the city’s Transportation Advisory Committee.
Nayak, an engineer who lives in San Ramon, is also competing for a first term and has no experience on city commissions or committees.
Clarkson faces no opposition in his bid for re-election as mayor. He has held the mayor’s seat since November 2011.
Other filing extensions
* Tri-Valley residents still have an extra few days to decide to run for a seat on the Board of Directors of the Dublin San Ramon Services District, which provides water and wastewater service to Dublin and parts of San Ramon as well as sewer service to Pleasanton by contract.
Three full, four-year term seats are up for election — seats currently belonging to board president D. L. “Pat” Howard, vice president Richard Halket and director Edward Duarte — as is one half term, a two-year term for the seat held by Madelyne Misheloff.
Halket and Duarte are seeking re-election to their four-year seats, but Howard and Misheloff are effectively seeking each other’s spots. Howard is running for the two-year term while Misheloff, who was appointed to the board to fill a vacancy late last year, is seeking a four-year seat.
Because Misheloff and Howard are running for seats other than their own, they are not considered incumbents so the candidate nomination period for DSRSD has been extended to Wednesday afternoon.
Howard, a licensed professional engineer who lives in Dublin, has been on the board since 2004. He said in an interview Friday that he liked the idea of a two-year term and that he still has goals he wants to help DSRSD realize, like increased water diversification.
“I thought I would try it for two more years and take it from there,” Howard said.
As of Monday afternoon, the four current board members were the only ones to formally file nomination papers. If no one else decides to run for DSRSD’s board by Wednesday, there will not be a need for an election.
DSRSD directors serve at-large, representing customers within the district’s boundaries that splits into parts of Alameda and Contra Costa counties in the Tri-Valley.
* There will be at least one new member of the San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District’s Board of Directors after November.
Current board members H. Jay Kerr and Matt Stamey filed for re-election but board member Gordon Dakin did not.
Shawn Robert Stark, a fire captain and paramedic, is also a candidate after submitting nomination paperwork Wednesday. Cheryl Lynn Domnitch, who listed no ballot designation, took out nomination papers but had not filed as of Monday afternoon.
* Incumbent Ray Brant and challenger Kathy Urbelis, whose ballot designation lists her as retired, are the only candidates who have filed for two board seats on the Diablo Community Services District. Incumbent Vince Chow did not file for the election.
Candidate lists set
* The San Ramon Valley school board saw only its two incumbents file for election this fall.
Current school board president Greg Marvel is seeking a fifth consecutive term, having served on the board since 2000.
Mark Jewett, board vice president this year, was first elected to the board in November 2012. He has the least tenure of the five sitting board members.
Local resident Marisol Rubio took out nomination papers for the school board race last Thursday but did not file any completed paperwork before the Friday afternoon deadline, according to county election officials.
* Three incumbents and one challenger filed for election to fill one of three at-large board seats for the Central Contra Costa Sanitary District (Central San), which provides sewer service to much of the San Ramon Valley.
Board members Tad. J. Pilecki, Paul H. Causey and James A. Nejedly are each seeking another term, and challenger Susan Noe Welsh, a business owner, aims to unseat one of those three.
A fifth person, Diddo Ruth Clark, pulled nomination papers but ultimately did not file.
* In the race to represent the San Ramon Valley on the BART Board of Directors, three-term incumbent Gail Murray faces a lone challenger, Debora Allen.
Murray has represented District 1 on the BART board since first being elected in 2004, and she is serving as board vice president this year. She is president of her own consulting firm specializing in public transit policy and planning, and she previously served as mayor, City Council member and planning commissioner in Walnut Creek.
Allen has a 25-year business career, including as a CEO, business owner, chief financial officer, tax manager and auditor, according to her campaign website. She ran for State Assembly in June to represent the 14th District, which extends northeast from Walnut Creek, but the Republican finished third in the four-person primary election.
District 1 includes Alamo, Danville, Blackhawk, San Ramon, Martinez, Lafayette, Concord, Walnut Creek, Pleasant Hill, Clayton and other unincorporated parts of Contra Costa County. It contains the Concord, Pleasant Hill, Walnut Creek and Lafayette BART stations.
* Incumbent Vicki Gordon was the only candidate to file for the Contra Costa Community College District board seat representing Ward 2, which includes Alamo.
The community college district’s Ward 5 seat, which does not include San Ramon Valley communities, is also up for election.
* The Contra Costa County Board of Education, East Bay Municipal Utility District board and East Bay Regional Park District board also have seats up for election in November, but those positions do not include San Ramon Valley communities.
To see the full list of candidates to file thus far, visit the county elections website.
Runoffs for local representatives
* Residents of Diablo, Blackhawk and the rest of District 3 will elect a new Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors member to replace retiring Supervisor Mary Piepho.
The race features the top two finishers from the six-candidate primary election in June: Brentwood City Councilman Steve Barr and Diane Burgis, who holds leadership roles on the Friends of the Marsh Creek Watershed and the East Bay Regional Park District’s board.
District 3 includes most of Antioch, Oakley and Brentwood as well as Discovery Bay, Diablo and Blackhawk.
* State Sen. Steve Glazer (D-Orinda) and Republican challenger Joseph A. Rubay advanced out of the June primary and will compete this fall to represent the 7th Senatorial District, which includes the San Ramon Valley.
* Freshman Assemblywoman Catharine Baker (R-San Ramon) and Democrat challenger Cheryl Cook-Kallio, a teacher and former Pleasanton City Council member, are vying to represent the San Ramon Valley and the rest of the 16th Assembly District.
* In the 15th Congressional District including San Ramon, two-term Congressman Eric Swalwell (D-Dublin) faces Republican challenger Danny R. Turner.
* First-term U.S. Rep. Mark DeSaulnier (D-Concord) and Republican challenger Roger Allen Petersen are competing for the 11th Congressional District, which includes Danville.
* There are also a variety of state and federal candidates — including U.S. president and senator — as well as state and regional ballot measures set to be decided in November.
Reporter Julia Reis contributed to this report.
Reporter Julia Reis contributed to this report.
Reporter Julia Reis contributed to this report.
