Here’s a List of Everyone Running for Election in Santa Monica

Wednesday was the final day for candidates to submit signatures to qualify for this fall’s municipal ballot in Santa Monica. Here’s a lot of all the candidates that submitted signatures in time to qualify. If their signatures were already verified or whether the clerk’s office still needs to verify all signatures are validated is noted after their names. Names are presented in alphabetical order.

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Santa Monica City Council

Three four-year seats are up for election.

Ryan Blomberg

Phil Brock, qualified

Lindsay Davis

Eli Gill, qualified

Daniel Ivanov, qualified

Wade Kelley, qualified

Ericka Lesley, qualified

Brett Morrow, qualified

Lana Negrete, qualified

Ashley Oelsen

Caroline Torosis, qualified

Derrick Townsend

Douglas Byron Trussler

Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Board of Education

Four four-year seats are up for election.

Harry Leshner

Laurie Lieberman, qualified

Alicia Mignano, qualified

Stacy J. Rouse,

Robert “Robbie” Staenberg, qualified

Rent Control Board

Three four-year seats are up for election.

Kurt Gonska, qualified

Sue Himmelrich, qualified

Soledad Marcial, qualified

Zoë Muntaner

Heather Thomason, qualified

Santa Monica College Board of Trustees

Four four-year seats are up for election.

Luis Barrera Castanon, qualified

Kera Blades-Snell, qualified

Oscar de la Torre

Thomas Peters, qualified

Sion Roy, qualified

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