Months of campaigning have come to an end, as results for Windsor’s next leaders on Town Council and School Board have been named.
When results began to roll in Tuesday night, candidates gathered with supporters to see where the numbers fell. As of Wednesday morning Incumbent Sam Salmon was leading the race for Windsor Town Council with 27.1 percent of the votes, Dominic Foppoli had 25.5 percent and Mark Millan had 23.7 percent.
“I want to thank all of you for your support, my family and friends know that this has been a childhood dream of mine to serve and be an elected official. This is huge for me and I love my town and where my parents raised me and I love the fact that I will get to lead here, thank you so much,” Foppoli said to his crowd of supporters as the early results came in Tuesday night.
Millan also hosted supporters at his office in Windsor on Election Night as early results came in.
“It was great walking Windsor, it was great to hear from different people. There is a lot of diversity in our town and it was nice to hear from all of those different folks,” said Millan. “We certainly have our work cut out for us, but I am looking forward to working with Sam and Dominic, it’s an honor to get to do this, to serve the community.”
The other two candidates saw their campaigns come to an end Tuesday. Evan Zelig finished the night with 12 percent, followed by Frank Di Massa with 11.5 percent.
“I send my congratulations to Sam Salmon, Dominic Foppoli and Mark Millan on their likely victories tonight, and their election to the Town Council. Your leadership on Town Council will help shape the character of our community for years to come; and I look forward to seeing, and being a part of, the progress of our wonderful town and all it has to offer,” said Zelig.
Other local races decided Tuesday night included the Windsor Unified School District Board.
Of the pool of five candidates, voters elected Eric Heitz, Incumbent Sandra Dobbins and William Forrest. In December, both Heitz and Dobbins will take their seats but Forrest is still waiting for confirmation that his spouse taking a job at Windsor Middle School is not a conflict of interest.
“There are several school board members in Santa Rosa that have spouses in their district,” said Forrest.
It is an opinion, not a law, that states the spouse has to be employed for a year or the board member needs to have served for five years to continue after their spouse enters the district. The conflict of interest law says that it is fine as long as the board member doesn’t vote on issues directly related to their spouse, Forrest explained.
While he has reached out to lawyers and sent a note to the Attorney General asking to help explain the opinion, Forrest is waiting for the final say from the District’s Superintendent.
“If I can sit on the board, I want to,” Forrest said who has already served on the school board for four years.
McGuire, Wood hold big leads in state races
Northern California has two new state legislators, both residents of Healdsburg, though the districts they won, each by landslide victories, cover the northwest portion of the state of California.
Mike McGuire and Jim Wood, widely considered the favorites for the north coast seats, handily won spots on the California State Senate and State Assembly, respectively.
In the Sonoma County Fourth District, where he represents Cloverdale, Healdsburg, Windsor and Geyserville on the Board of Supervisors, McGuire received nearly 75 percent of the votes.
McGuire faced Republican Lawrence Wiesner, a Certified Public Accountant from Santa Rosa. Districtwide, McGuire received 131,465 votes to Wiesner’s 59,880.
