Coachella Valley mid-term election races finalized
Seven of the Coachella Valley’s nine cities will have elections this November. In Cathedral City and Indio’s case, this will be the first time both cities will have district elections.
The deadline to file was last Friday, but some cities had extensions until Wednesday of this week.
The cities of Coachella, Desert Hot Springs, and La Quinta will also be electing mayors. In Desert Hot Springs there are two measures that could change how the mayor seat, a revolving council or the Mayor with longer terms.
The only cities not having city-wide elections this fall is Palm Springs and Rancho Mirage.
Below are is an alphabetical list of the cities and their races:
Cathedral City:
District 3:
Mark Carnevale Juan Carlos Vizaga
District 4
Sergio Espericueta Ernesto Gutierrez John Rivera Enrique “Rick” Saldivar
District 5
Laura Ahmed Raymond Gregory
City Treasurer
Henry Chan
Coachella:
Mayor:
Steven A. Hernandez (I)
City Council Member (2 seats):
Victor Alcantara Steve Brown Josie Gonzalez Megan Beaman Jacinto Gilbert Ramirez, Jr. (former Council Member)
Desert Hot Springs:
Mayor
Stephen Giboney Scott Matas (I)
City Council (2 Seats)
Jim Fitzgerald Gary Gardner Jan Pye (I) Adam Sanchez Peter Tsachpinis
City Measures
Measure U – Mayor rotation measure. All council members begin rotating seat and elected to four-year terms Measure V – Have a directly elected mayor for a four-year term and only be allowed to serve two terms
Indian Wells:
City Council (2 seats)
Richard Balocco (I) Dana Reed (I)
Indio:
District 2
Michael H. Wilson (I) Waymond Fermon
District 3
Elaine Holmes (I)
District 4
Troy M. Strange Oscar Ortiz
City Treasurer
Balvina R. Ramirez
La Quinta
Mayor:
Linda Evans (I)
City Council (2 Seats):
Robert Radi Joseph Johnson John Peña Brian Hanrahan Dante Gomez
Palm Desert:
City Council (2 seats for the full term of four years)
Kenneth Doran Jan C. Harnik (I) Sabby Jonathan (I) Matt Monica Carlos Pineda
Measures:
Measure Q- Cannabis business tax measure
