Elections 2012: Who's Running?

Election Day is less than three months away and Patch will be your go-to destination for local coverage.

In Fremont, there are some important races that we'll be following, including the mayoral, city council and school board races.

Here is a list of candidates in local races who filed with the Alameda County Registrar’s Office.

CITY RACES

Fremont Mayoral Race

• Aziz Akbari
• Steve Cho
• Bill Harrison
• Anu Natarajan
• Linda Susoev

Fremont City Council Race (two seats)

• Vinnie Bacon
• Suzanne "Sue" Chan (Incumbent)
• John Dutra
• Rick Jones
• Rakesh Sharma
• Mark L. Wadley

SCHOOL RACES

Fremont Unified School District (three seats)

• Desrie Y. Campbell
• Ann Crosbie
• Reshma Karipineni
• Lily Mei (Incumbent)
• Hiu Ng
• Yang Shao

Ohlone Community College

• Area 1, short term (one seat)
  • Vivien Larsen (Incumbent)
  • Area 2 (three seats)
    • Greg Bonaccorsi (Incumbent)
    • Kevin Bristow
    • Bob Brunton
    • Teresa Cox (Incumbent)

REGIONAL RACES

Alameda County Board of Supervisors, District 2, short-term (one seat)

• Mark Green
• Mary Hayashi
• Mark A. Turnquist
• Richard Valle (Incumbent)

15th Congressional District

• Pete Stark (Incumbent)
• Eric Swalwell

17th Congressional District

• Mike Honda (Incumbent)
• Evelyn Li

20th Assembly District

• Jennifer Ong
• Bill Quirk

25th Assembly District

• Arlyne Diamond
• Bob Wieckowski (Incumbent)

Check back on Fremont Patch for candidate interviews and profiles.