Ventura County Election Lineup
The following is a list of candidates who filed nomination papers by Friday’s deadline to run for county, city and school district seats (* denotes incumbents). In races where incumbents have not filed papers (marked **), the deadline is extended to Wednesday. The general election is scheduled for Nov. 8.
COUNTY RACES:
Ventura County Community College Board
(3 seats)
Area No. 1, representing Ventura, Saticoy, El Rio and north Oxnard
Karen M. Boone*
Jim Hibbs
John Tallman
Area No. 2, representing Oxnard Plain, Santa Rosa Valley and Thousand Oaks **
Annette Broersman Burrows
Donald W. Kingdon
Norman J. Nagel
Joseph Richey
Donald E. Stevens
Area No. 5, representing south Oxnard, Ocean View and Port Hueneme
Pete Tafoya*
Ventura County Board of Education
(3 seats)
Area No. 1, representing Ventura, Saticoy, El Rio and north Oxnard
Angela N. Miller
Jeffrey N. Moss
Juanita L. Sanchez-Valdez*
Area No. 2, representing Oxnard Plain, Santa Rosa Valley and Thousand Oaks
Marty Bates
Doylenne G. Johnson*
Area No. 4, representing Fillmore, Piru, Moorpark, Simi Valley and Oak Park
Daniel R. Gonzalez
Walt Madrid
Albert Rosen*
CITY COUNCIL RACES:
Camarillo
(3 seats)
Charlotte Craven*
Stanley J. Daley*
Charles (Ken) Gose*
Fillmore
(2 seats)
Evaristo H. Barajas
Linda Brewster*
Don Gunderson*
Moorpark
For mayor
Paul Lawrason*
For City Council
(two seats)
Bernardo Perez*
Michael Wesner
John E. Wozniak*
Ojai
(3 seats)
Joseph De Vito*
Richard A. Fernow
Suza Francina
Stan Greene
Steven K. Olsen*
Bruce Roland
Nina V. Shelley*
Oxnard
For mayor
Antonio A. De La Cerda
Manuel M. Lopez*
For City Council **
(two seats)
Deborah L. De Moss
Thomas Edward Holden*
Fred A. Judy
Oscar Karrin
Roy Lockwood
Fred Schwartz
William Clifford Winter
John C. Zaragoza
Port Hueneme
For City Council (3 seats) **
Ernest M. Brown
James Gilmer
Frank A. McElfish
Jon Sharkey
Robert Stovall
Robert Turner
Anthony C. Volante
Santa Paula
For City Council
(3 seats) **
Laura Espinosa
Don Johnson
Wayne D. Johnson*
John A. F. Melton*
Victor Salas Jr.
Flo Zakrajshek
Simi Valley
For mayor
Greg Stratton*
For City Council
(2 seats) **
Douglas Dubin
Ernest W. Federer
Michael S. McCaffrey
Paul Miller
Joseph R. Vesalga
Sandra J. (Sandi) Webb*
Thousand Oaks
For City Council
(3 seats) **
Greg Cole
Marshall Dixon
Andrew Fox
M. Ali Issari
Judy Lazar*
Mike Markey
Chuck Morsa
Jeanette Scovill
Bill Williams
Elois Zeanah*
SCHOOL DISTRICT RACES:
Conejo Valley Unified School District
(3 seats)
Cheryl Heitman
Mildred C. Lynch*
Elaine McKearn
Richard F. Newman*
Elroi Reimnitz
Barbara A. Sponsler
Robin Cohen Westmiller
Ellen H. Wilkins
Susan Herichsen Witting
Fillmore Unified School District
(3 seats) **
Mary Lou Escoto
Clark L. Johnson
Joanne R. King
Barbara Ann Mayfield*
Tony Prado
Jesus R. Rangel
Moorpark Unified School District
(2 seats)
Gary Cabriales*
Pamela Castro*
Theodore Green Sr.
David Pollock
Ojai Unified School District
(3 seats) **
Don Chisum
Vincent W. France*
Ella Graham
Rikki Horne
Muriel Sharkey Lavender
David A. Watson
Simi Valley Unified School District
(2 seats)**
Janice Difatta
Sharon Hushka
Carla Kurachi*
Jacquie Richardson
Norman Walker
Glenn Woodbury
Oxnard Union High School District
(3 seats)
Margaret Cortese
Jean Daily-Underwood* -
Carlos J. De Moss
Nanch Koch*
Janet Lindgren*
Robert Q. Valles
Santa Paula Union High School District
(3 seats) **
Shirley Hendren*
Terry Nelson
Al Sandoval
Robert J. Villa*
Briggs School District
(3 seats)
Elizabeth Ikeda*
Cynthia L. Kretzer
Karen L. MacConell*
Ralph Ramos*
Hueneme School District
(3 seats)
Darlene A. Bruno*
Elaine K. Garber*
Cheryl R. Hamilton*
Rick Mendoza -
Mesa Union High School District
(3 seats)
Fred J. Ferro*
Gerard J. Fontes*
Barbara Tweedy Patten*
Mupu School District
(2 seats)**
Elizabeth Q. Harvey
Douglas E. Hawkins
Robin Wigley Smith
Oxnard School District
(3 seats) **
Mary L. Barreto*
Francisco J. Dominguez
Arthur Joe Lopez
Thomas Christian Nielsen
Frank T. Rodriguez
James Suter*
Pleasant Valley School District
(3 seats) **
Bob Baker
H. G. (Hank) Kelley
Jeanette L. (Jan) McDonald*
D. V. Val Rains*
Rio School District
(3 seats)
Simon Ayala
Donald G. Barnes*
Jean Mattson*
George Perez
Judy Ann Ridenour*
Florence B. Young
Santa Clara School District
(1 seat, short term)
Deann K. Hobson*
(2 seats, regular terms) **
No candidates as of Friday
Santa Paula School District
(3 seats)
Joe Bravo*
Janet T. Grant*
Wannette Jauregui*
Dan Robles
Somis Union School District
(3 seats)
Jim Bushong*
Sue Klausner*
Mark Smith*
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