4 candidates vie for Sonoma County D2 supervisor seat long held by David Rabbitt

by Katy St. Clair, Bay City News May 17, 2026May 15, 2026

FILE: A Sonoma County drop-off ballot box at the Sonoma Valley Regional Library in Sonoma, Calif. on Nov. 5, 2022. (Sarah Stierch via Bay City News)

THE JUNE RACE to represent District 2 on the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors will fill the seat of a departing, long-serving supervisor and will continue governance over the county’s perennial push and pull between rural areas and urban growth.

District 2 covers Cotati, Petaluma, Penngrove, the county’s southern farm region, and part of Rohnert Park. A candidate would need to get at least 50% of the vote in the June 2 election to avoid a November runoff between the top two finishers.

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Katy St. Clair, Bay City News

Katy St. Clair got her start in journalism by working in the classifieds department at the East Bay Express during the height of alt weeklies, then sweet talked her way into becoming staff writer, submissions editor, and music editor. She has been a columnist in the East Bay Express, SF Weekly, and the San Francisco Examiner. Starting in 2015, she begrudgingly scaled the inverted pyramid at dailies such as the Vallejo Times-Herald, The Vacaville Reporter, and the Daily Republic. She has her own independent news site and blog that covers the delightfully dysfunctional town of Vallejo, California, where she also collaborates with the investigative team at Open Vallejo. A passionate advocate for people with developmental disabilities, she serves on both the Board of the Arc of Solano and the Arc of California. She lives in Vallejo.

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