Update on school and special district board seats to appear on Nov. 3 ballot

By Lake County News Reports | Sept. 29, 2020
LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Voters in Lake County will have numerous local offices to decide on when they vote for the Nov. 3 election.

School and special districts boards are among the seats up for election this fall.

That’s in addition to District 5 supervisorial runoff between Bill Kearney and Jessica Pyska.

The Lakeport and Clearlake city councils also have elections this November.

In Clearlake, on the ballot will be David Claffey and Joyce Overton, while in Lakeport candidates are Michael Froio, Michael Green, Nathan Maxman and Kenny Parlet.

While many positions will be on the ballot, in several cases where there are not enough candidates for seats or the same number of candidates as seats, those will not go on the ballot.

The following are the lists of seats for fire, school and special districts that will be filled by the fall election as well as those that have been filled and will not be on the ballot.

More information about the general election is available on the Lake County Registrar of Voters Office website.

SEATS THAT WILL APPEAR ON THE BALLOT

Callayomi County Water District

Rosemary Córdova, incumbent
Sandra Harris, retired administrative assistant
Roger Rosenthal, refrigeration controls technician

Kelseyville Unified School District

Beniakem D. Cromwell, appointed incumbent
Natalie Higley, labor advocate/mother
Mary Beth Mosko, mother
Gilbert Rangel, school literacy director

Konocti Unified School District

Susan C. Burton, incumbent
Michael “Mac” McMurtrey, assistant education director
Zabdy Neria, mental health specialist
Mary Silva, incumbent

Upper Lake Unified School District

Franklin Gudmundson, correctional deputy for the county of Lake
Don Meri, lead construction foreman
Claudine Pedroncelli incumbent

SEATS THAT WILL NOT APPEAR ON THE BALLOT

Buckingham Park Water District

Tom Brandon, incumbent
Shannon Maurer, appointed incumbent

Callayomi County Water District

James Rayburn, retired staff sergeant

Clearlake Oaks County Water District

James Burton, retired fire chief
Michael L. Herman, appointed incumbent
Mary M. Medeiros

Cobb Area County Water District

James “Jim” Agur, incumbent
Kees Winkelman, incumbent
Joshua Dixon, appointed incumbent (two-year unexpired term)

Konocti County Water District

Kirsten Priebe
Jeffrey Stanley, incumbent

Lake County Board of Education

Trustee Area No. 1: Melissa Nevin Kinsel, incumbent
Trustee Area No. 2: Mark A. Cooper, incumbent

Lakeport Unified School District

Dan Buffalo, incumbent
Philip Kirby, incumbent
Jeannie Markham, appointed incumbent

Lucerne Elementary School District

Stacia Fetzer, incumbent

Mendocino-Lake Community College District

Trustee Area No. 7 (Lake County): Temashio Anderson, appointed incumbent

Middletown Unified School District

Zoi Bracisco, retired program manager
Misha Grothe, incumbent

Upper Lake County Water District

Dawn R. Binns, incumbent
Valerie Duncan, incumbent
Allen Merriman, incumbent

Villa Blue Estates Water District

Donna Lynn Brooks
Ann Knudsen
Gary Pierce, incumbent

Yuba Community College District

Trustee Area No. 7: William Roderick, student services director