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Election ballot choices revealed

  • Charles Doud
  • Aug 24, 2016
  • 2 min read

With the closing of filing for local offices Aug. 17, several candidates were left unopposed. They have won by default and most will not appear on the Nov. 8 ballot.

Others face opposition, and their names will appear on the Nov. 8 ballot, acccording to information from the office of Madera County Clerk-Recorder Rebecca Martinez, whose office supervises elections. These include:

  • Mayor of Madera — Businessman and District 2 Councilman Andrew Medellin was elected by default, but his name will appear on the ballot.

  • Madera City Council, District 2 — Businessmen Jim da Silva and Jose Rodriguez will face each other. The position is the one being vacated by Andrew Medellin, who was elected mayor by default.

  • Madera City Council District 4 — Derek Orlando Robinson, Sr., the incumbent, was elected to a second term by default. His name will, however, appear on the ballot.

  • Madera City Council, District 6 — Incumbent Donald E. Holley will face challenger Ron Montoya.

  • Madera Irrigation District director, Division 2 — Incumbent, farmer Rick Cosyns was elected by default.

  • Madera Irrigation District director, Division 4 — Incumbent, farmer and businessman Jim Erickson, was elected by default.

  • Madera Irrigation District director, Division 5 — Incumbent Carl Janzen will face challenger John Bese, a chief of operations maintenance.

  • Madera Unified School District Governing Board director, Area 1 — Incumbent, businessman and farmer Ray Seibert will face senior criminal investigator Sgt. Luis Carrillo.

  • Madera Unified School District Governing Board director, Area 3 — Retired police Sgt. Ruben Mendoza will face Sarah Stutler-Machado for the seat being vacated by incumbent Robert Garibay.

  • Madera Unified School District Governing Board director, Area 6 — Incumbent, Sales manager Ricardo “Ric” Arredondo will face challenger Lynn Cogdill, a personnel commissioner and former MUSD board member.

  • Golden Valley Unified School District Governing Board member, Area 3 — Businessman Warren Parr will face financial advisor Andy Wheeler for the seat being vacated by incumbent Michael Kelly.

  • Golden Valley Unified School District Governing Board member, Area 5 — Incumbent Steven Lewis will face challenger Mark Toole.

  • Madera County Board of Education members — Incumbents elected by default: Grant G. Sturm, Area 1; Nancy Prosperi, Area 4; Cathie Bustos, Area 5; and Bobby Thatcher, Area 7.

  • Chawanakee Unified School District Governing Board — Incumbents elected by default: Jessie Hutchens, Area 4; and Claudia Box, Area 5.

  • Yosemite Unified School Governing Board — Incumbents elected by default: Tammy Loveland, Area 3; and Joe Smith, Area 4.

  • Chowchilla Union High School District Governing Board — Incumbents elected by default: Steve H. Massaro, Area 1; and Brenton Tatom, Area 3.

  • Chowchilla School District Governing Board — Incumbent elected by default: Charlene V. Petitt, Area 1. Jan Crader, candidate for seat being vacated by Barbara Schnoor, was elected by default.

  • Chowchilla City Council — Elected by default: John Chavez, Dennis Haworth, Richard L. Walker and Ray Barragan, Jr.

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