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St. Helena attorney and Napa Valley College Trustee Rafael Rios III and Yountville Mayor John Dunbar are the fifth and sixth people to announce they are running for Diane Dillonâs seat on the Napa County Board of Supervisors.
Rios and Dunbar join a growing field of contenders also made up of St. Helena City Councilmember Anna Chouteau, Napa County Planning Commissioner Anne Cottrell, grapegrower Cio Perez, and Napa Valley College Trustee Ines DeLuna.
Dillon announced in January that she would not run for a sixth term after representing the vast District 3 since 2002.
Rafael Rios
Rios came to the Napa Valley from Mexico in 1968 after his family was granted permanent residency based on a petition from his father, who was working in California under the Bracero Program. He graduated from St. Helena High School and earned a bachelorâs degree in landscape architecture at UC Davis, a law degree from Santa Clara University, and an MBA in wine business from Sonoma State Univers
St. Helena City Councilmember Anna Chouteau and Napa County Planning Commissioner Anne Cottrell plan to run for the District 3 supervisorial seat that will be vacated by Diane Dillon in 2022.
Chouteau and Cottrell filed 501 Candidate Intention Statements for District 3 last week, which is a precursor to filing for candidacy.
Dillon announced on Jan. 27 that she would not run for re-election. Chouteau and Cottrell, both St. Helena residents, are the first people to publicly announce plans to run for the seat.
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Chouteau is an organization development consultant who was elected to the St. Helena City Council in November 2018.