80 Candidates File for School Board Races

Eighty candidates, 35 of them incumbents, had filed for election to school boards around Ventura County by Friday.

The filing deadline will be extended to Wednesday in cases in which incumbents do not seek reelection.

In four districts--Fillmore, Hueneme, Santa Paula Union High and Somis--all incumbents filed for reelection unopposed. In two districts--Rio and Santa Clara--too few candidates filed to fill all the open seats.

Following are candidates that filed papers in contested races as of 5 p.m. Friday:

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Briggs School District: Incumbent Elizabeth Ikeda and challengers Charles Alvarez and Mindee Stekkinger are running for three open seats in the Santa Paula district. Incumbents Cynthia Kretzer and Karen Mac Conell had not filed for reelection.

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Conejo Valley Unified: Incumbents Mildred Lynch and Elaine McKearn and six challengers are seeking three open seats in the Thousand Oaks district. The challengers are Debbie Bavaro, Dwayne Cope, Mary Jo Delcampo, Lee Hess, Tim Stephens and R. Burton Ward. Incumbent Richard F. Newman had not filed for reelection.

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Mesa Union: Incumbent Gerard Fontes and challengers Mark Nelson, R. Alejandro Owens and Katherine Wilkinson are running for three open seats in the Somis district. Incumbents Fred Ferro and Barbara Patten had not filed for reelection.

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Moorpark Unified: Challenger Ted Green and incumbents Gary Cabriales and David Pollock are running for two open seats.

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Mupu: Challengers Leslie Reed, Tim Shield and Chuck Teague are seeking two open seats in the Santa Paula district. Incumbents Douglas Hawkins and Robin Smith had not filed for reelection.

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Oak Park Unified: Incumbent Robert Kahn and appointed incumbent Linda Seaman join former member Jeri Fox and challenger Cynthia Vinson in running for three open seats. Incumbent Wayne Blasman had not filed for reelection.

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Ojai Unified: Incumbents Vincent France and Rikki Horne join challengers Daniel Singer and Kathi Smith in running for three open seats. Incumbent Muriel Lavender had not filed for reelection.

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Oxnard: Challengers Roy Caffrey, Dorothie Sterling and William Thrasher are seeking three open seats. Incumbents Mary Barreto, Arthur Joe Lopez and James Suter had not filed for reelection.

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Oxnard Union High: Incumbents Nancy Koch and Robert Valles will face challengers Irene Pinkard and Kathy Raffaelli in the race for three open seats. Incumbent Jean Daily-Underwood had not filed for reelection.

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Pleasant Valley: Incumbent D.V. Rains and challengers Roger Lund, Thomas McCoy, Jennifer Miller and Ron Speakman are seeking three open seats in the Camarillo district. Incumbents Timothy Donahue and Jeanette McDonald had not filed for reelection.

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Rio: Incumbent Simon Ayala and challenger Ron Mosqueda are running for two of three open seats in the Oxnard district. Incumbents Jean Mattson and George Perez had not filed for reelection.

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Santa Clara: Incumbent Deann Hobson is seeking reelection to one of two open seats. Incumbent Lynne Peterson had not filed for reelection.

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Santa Paula: Incumbent Dan Robles and challengers William Graham, Patricia Harrison, Michelle Kolbeck and Anthony Perez are seeking three open seats. Incumbents Wannette Jauregui and Janet Grant had not filed for reelection.

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Simi Valley Unified: Incumbents Carla Kurachi and Norman Walker will face five challengers for two open seats. The challengers are John Childress, Steven Gould, Joe Granish, Michael Murphy and Lee Yalowiec.

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Ventura Community College District: Jane Advani of Ventura is challenging incumbent John Tallman, also of Ventura. Tom Parker is challenging incumbent Norman Nagel; both are from Thousand Oaks. Deshay Ford and Ben Guerrero of Oxnard are challenging Pete Tafoya of Port Hueneme.

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Ventura County Board of Education: Yvonne Bodle of Oxnard is running for the seat held by Angela Miller before she resigned. Peter Rogalsky of Camarillo is challenging incumbent Marty Bates of Thousand Oaks, and Kevin Desrosiers of Moorpark is challenging incumbent Albert Rosen of Simi Valley.