A survey says a potential November 2024 ballot measure modifying the Measure T half-cent sales tax for Napa County roads has strong voter support, but could be vulnerable to opposition.
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
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Napa Countyâs two longest-tenured supervisors say they wonât run for reelection and potential candidates are emerging for races that will help decide the future of world-famous wine country.
Supervisors Brad Wageknecht and Diane Dillon will leave office in January 2023. The June 7, 2022 primary election will have no incumbents for the 1st District and 3rd District seats, the only ones on the ballot.
âIt is a huge-stakes election,â said David McCuan, a political science professor at Sonoma State University.
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The Board of Supervisors will lose more than 40 years of collective experience. New people will cast votes â possibly deciding votes â in the countyâs continuous, contentious debates on winery growth, watershed vineyard development, tourism, quality of life and other issues.
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