Novato City Council Race On Tuesday

NOVATO, CA — Seven candidates are vying for three Novato City Council seats in the city's first district elections Tuesday.

Jim Petray, 64, a certified public accountant, and Susan Wernick, 59, a community volunteer, are seeking the District 1 seat that represents northwestern Novato.

District 3 Councilman and Mayor Eric Lucan, 38, faces a challenge from Kevin Morrison, 59, who ran for City Council in 2017. Lucan is a chief marketing officer, and Morrison is an environmental and educational nonprofit consultant. The district represents northeast Novato including its downtown.

Three candidates are running for the District 5 seat in the Hamilton and southern Novato area: Marie Hoch, 63, a real estate agent; Melissa Galliani, 58, vice president of sales at KGO radio; and writer Amy Peele, 65, a retired director of transplants at University of California at
San Francisco.

The successful candidates will serve five-year terms, and elections in Districts 2 and 4 will be in 2022.

– Bay City News Service