As Orange County prepares to head into its November 8th general election, ENE has compiled a list of candidates that will be seen on the congressional, council, and school board ballots for the cities of Los Al, La Palma, Cypress, Seal beach, and the special district of Rossmoor.
Qualified Candidate List for the 2022 Municipal Election
Cypress
Mayor Paulo Morales and Council Member Jon Peat will be terming out this upcoming election, while appointed Council Member Scott Minikus will be re-running for his seat. Thus leaving three open seats on the Cypress Council.
Seven candidates will appear on this year’s ballot, including: David Burke, Bonnie Peat, Rachel Strong, Scott Minikus (current appointed council member), Terry Miller, Carrie Hayashida, and Helen Le.
Los Alamitos
For the Los Alamitos election, which is using a by-districts election system, seats for District 4 and 5 will be up for grabs this year. According to the official Los Alamitos website, Mayor Shelley Hasselbrink, current representative for District 4, will have no competition as she re-runs for her jurisdiction this November. Meanwhile, for District 5 the two qualified candidates will be Randy W. Hill and Emily Hibar. Current incumbent Mark Chirco will not be running for re-election this year (see related story).
La Palma
The city of La Palma will have two open seats this year. As of now, three candidates have qualified for the open positions including: Janet Keo Conklin, Jonathan Dinwiddie and Nitesh P. Patel (incumbent).
The city plans on moving to by-districts elections in 2024.
Rossmoor
Moving forward, the unincorporated city of Rossmoor will have two open seats in their at-large election this year. The four qualifying candidates running are: Jeffrey Rips (incumbent), Carol Churchill, Jo Shade, and Michael Maynard.
Seal Beach
Ten candidates are poised to run in this year’s Seal Beach municipal election. Using a by-district voting system, candidates will be running for three seats within districts 1, 3, and 5.
One incumbent, Joe Kalmick, will be re-running for district 1, along with candidates Gregg Barton, and Christopher DeSanto.
Qualifying candidates for district 3 include: Stephanie Wade, Lisa Landau, and Fred Macksound.
For district 5 the candidates are Mariann Klinger, Michael McGrorty, Nathan Steele, and Jonathan Rich.
Qualified Candidate List for 2022 School Board Elections
Los Alamitos Unified
Trustee Areas 1 and 3 will have open spots in this year’s school board election. Trustee area 1 incumbent, Marlys Davidson, will be re-running against parent/business owner Colin Edwards.
Meanwhile for Trustee area 3, incumbent Diana D. Hill will be running against Rona Goldberg.
Cypress School Board of Trustees
Open positions for Trustee Area B and C have yielded four qualifying candidates. The incumbent for Trustee Area B, Bonnie Peat, is not running for re-election. She is instead running for a seat on the Cypress City Council.
Candidates running for her seat in Trustee Area B include her husband Jon Peat, who is a current Cypress City Council Member, and Troy Tanaka, parent and landlord of Cypress.
For Trustee Area C the candidates include incumbent, Sandra Lee, and public health statistician, Kyle Chang.
Anaheim Union HS District
The upcoming November 2022 election will be the first election for AUHSD to use a new district-based strategy. No status as an incumbent will be given this year since all current trustees were elected at-large. Area 1 is the only section to yield candidates this year.
Qualifying runners for Trustee Area 1 include Linda Martinez, parent, Bill Joe Wright, high school teacher and Jessica Guerrero, education policy advisor.