With the candidate filing period now closed in Contra Costa County, many candidates are now elected without having to run a campaign for election.
Some cities like the City of Oakley and City of Pleasant Hill have already called for a special meeting to make appointments. Others, they will now have to run a campaign: Final: 2024 Contra Costa County Candidate List
Below is a rundown (sampling) of elected officials who have a free-ride to election and will automatically be declared winners over the next month or so. Back in the primary, Supervisors Diane Burgis and Candace Andersen both were re-elected due to no opponents. m
Cities:
Antioch City Clerk
- Melissa Rhodes
Discovery Bay
- Carolyn Graham
- Lesley Belcher
- Leonard Woren
Moraga City Council
- Graham Thiel
- Brian Dolan
- Lisa Maglio
Martinez City Council – District 2
- Satinder Malhi
Martinez City Treasurer
- Carolyn L. Robinson
Oakley City Council
- Aaron Meadows (District 1)
- Anissa Williams (District 3)
Pleasant Hill City Council
- Andrei Obolenskiy (District 2)
San Pablo City Council
- Abel Pineda
- Patricia Ponce
- Arturo Cruz
San Ramon
- Sridhar Verose (District 3)
School Board & Special Districts
Antioch Unified School District (Area 1)
- Antonio Hernandez
Bay Area Rapid Transit
- Matthew Rinn (District 1)
- Barnali Ghosh (District 3)
Brentwood Union School Board
- Victor Thonrhill
- Thuy Daeo Jensen
Contra Costa Water District
- Ernesto “Ernie” Avila (District 3)
- Antonio Martinez (District 4)
- Connstance Holdaway (District 5)
Diablo Water District
- Marilyn Tiernan (Ward 1)
- Joe Kovalick (Ward 5)
East Bay Regional Park District
- Elizabeth Echols (District 1)
John Sweet School Board (3)
- Marina Ramos
- Stephanie Tavis
- Barbara Vargen-Kotchevar
Knightsen School Board
- Zach Dietrerle
- Deborah Gold
- Jeremy Neisser
Lafayette School Board
- Jon Deane
- Alida Smit
Liberty Union High School District
- Yolanda Pena Mendrek (area 1)
- Tamela Hawley (area 2)
- Tamara Weber (area 4)
Martinez Unified School District
- Anne Horack Martin (area 2)
- Courtney Masella-O’Brien (area 4)
Mt. Diablo School District (Area 3)
- Keisha Nzewi
Oakley School Board
- Sherry Seat (area 1)
- Lynell Fuller (area 2)
Orinda School Board
- Vinita Anantavat
- Hilary Weiner
Pittsburg School Board (2)
- George Miller
- Taylor Sims
Walnut Creek School Board
- Sarah Talach
- Zetta Reicker
West Contra Costa School Board (Area 1)
- Jamela Smith-Folds
West Contra Costa School Board (Area 3)
- Cinthia Hernandez)
The following is a list of candidates by contest for the November 5, 2024 General Election.
- Runoff Candidate List(PDF document)(Opens in a new window)
- Candidate Summary List(PDF document)
- Candidate Detail List(PDF document) (Qualified and On Ballot)
- California State’s result of the Randomized Alphabet Drawing
- Contra Costa County’s results of the Local Randomized Alphabet Drawing(PDF document)
- Certified List of Write-In Candidates (Coming Late October)