Voting In Rohnert Park-Cotati: Everything You Need To Know

ROHNERT PARK-COTATI, CA — Voters will decide Tuesday in Rohnert Park and Cotati on some local races and a sales-tax extension. There are contests for both the Rohnert Park City Council and Cotati City Council, and for a trustee seat on the Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified School District Governing Board.

Still need to cast your vote? Click here to find out where in Rohnert Park or Cotati to vote in person or drop off your mail ballot; or search this map from the Sonoma County Registrar of Voters to find a vote center or ballot drop box near you.

In Cotati, four candidates are vying for three seats Cotati City Council: incumbent Susan Harvey and challengers, Ben Ford, Brittany Murphy and Laura Sparks.

In Rohnert Park, two candidates are competing to represent Area 1 on the City Council: Walter "Willy" Linares and Dave Soldavini.

There were also two candidates for one seat as the Area 3 representative: Joseph T. Callinan and Gerard Giudice.

For Rohnert Park Area 4, Jake Mackenzie and Jackie Elward are competing to serve as the City Council representative.

In the race to serve as trustee for Area 5 of the Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified School District governing board the candidates are: Michelle Wing and Tim Nonn.

Cotati Measure S

Cotati voters also deciding on Measure S, the Cotati Fiscal Stability and Essential Services Extension Measure. A yes vote approves the tax extension, a no vote is against the tax extension.

Ballot Question: "To continue funding that cannot be taken by the State, to maintain/prevent cuts to 911 emergency dispatch/local public safety; domestic violence response; emergency/natural disaster preparedness; streets/pothole repair; parks; and other city services, shall the measure to extend Cotati’s existing, voter-approved 1¢ sales tax be adopted until ended by voters, providing $2,200,000 annually, with citizens’ oversight, audits, and no increase in tax rates?"

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