The following Piedmonters have obtained papers to run for office in the 2022 General Municipal Election. The nomination period for candidates for Board of Education and City Council opened July 18, 2022. For City Council, it closed on August 12, 2022. For Board of Education, it closed on August 17, 2022. 

The City publishes the Guide to Nomination and Candidacy, which provides details about the nomination and candidacy process which prospective candidates should find useful.

Residents wishing to become write in candidates can obtain nomination paperwork from the City Clerk's Office between September 12, 2022 and October 25, 2022.

For candidates who qualified for the ballot, click on their name to read their candidate statement, which will appear in the Voter Information Guide. To view campaign finance filings, visit the Public Portal for Campaign Finance Disclosure. To see Statement of Economic Interests forms filed by candidates, visit the Statement of Economic Interests page and search by candidate name. 


City Council Candidates
3 Seats - 4 Year Term
 Name
Date
Form 501 Submitted
Date Nomination Papers 
Obtained
Date Nomination Papers
Returned 
Date Qualified
for Ballot
Code of Fair Campaign Practices
Betsy Smegal Andersen  07/18/2022 07/18/2022 08/11/2022 08/11/2022 Submitted
Sunny Bostrom-Fleming  07/19/2022 07/19/2022  08/12/2022 08/12/2022 Submitted
 Jennifer Long 07/19/2022 07/19/2022 08/08/2022 08/08/2022 Submitted
 Bridget McInerney Harris 08/05/2022 07/27/2022 08/05/2022 08/05/2022 Submitted
Tom Ramsey 07/18/2022 07/18/2022 08/02/2022 08/03/2022  Submitted
Jeanne Solnordal  08/03/2022 08/03/2022 08/09/2022 08/09/2022  Submitted
Avnish A. Patel    07/27/2022 Did Not Return Paperwork Prior to Deadline

Board of Education Candidates
2 Seats - 4 Year Term
 Name Date
Form 501 Submitted
Date Nomination Papers 
Obtained
Date Nomination Papers
Returned 
Date Qualified
for Ballot
Code of Fair Campaign Practices
Shirley Hooi 08/17/2022  08/12/2022 08/17/2022  08/17/2022 Submitted
Ruchi Medhekar 08/15/2022 08/04/2022 08/15/2022 08/16/2022 Submitted
Lindsay Thomasson 08/17/2022 08/09/2022 08/12/2022  08/12/2022 Submitted
 Avnish A. Patel   07/27/2022 Did Not Return Paperwork Prior to Deadline
 Christine M. Rennels 08/16/2022 08/16/2022 Did Not Return Paperwork Prior to Deadline