Auditorium Commission Election

At a glance

What: Council election to fill two vacancies on the Auditorium Commission, with terms expiring June 30, 2029 (file 26-134).
Where it stands: Resolved August 18, 2026. Ron Deal Jr. (29 votes) and Rick Rodriguez (23) were elected; Iman Khoshnaw received 17.
Nominators: Deal by Huffman, Khoshnaw by Suara, Rodriguez by Sepulveda.

The Rules, Confirmations, and Public Elections Committee recommended all three nominees after they appeared before it. On August 4 the committee had approved a re-referral of the nominees to the next meeting, and the election was held August 18.
Deal (29): Evans-Segall, Allen, Hill, Toombs, Gamble, Cortese, Parker, Capp, Hancock, Webb, Eslick, Evans, Bradford, Huffman, Gregg, Welsch, Cash, Kupin, Horton, Weiner, Druffel, Johnston, Nash, Benton, Rutherford, Styles, Lee, Ewing and Spain.
Rodriguez (23): Suara, Porterfield, Evans-Segall, Hill, Kimbrough, Toombs, Gamble, Evans, Bradford, Huffman, Welsch, Vo, Cash, Horton, Taylor, Druffel, Preptit, Ellis, Sepulveda, Rutherford, Styles, Lee and Spain.
Khoshnaw (17): Suara, Porterfield, Allen, Kimbrough, Cortese, Parker, Capp, Hancock, Webb, Gregg, Vo, Kupin, Taylor, Nash, Ellis, Sepulveda and Ewing.
Members could vote for up to two candidates, so the totals exceed the number of members present (41).
July 7: The President called for nominations to the two vacancies (terms to June 30, 2029) for an election at the August 4 meeting; none were submitted, so the item was deferred and nominations were to be taken July 21.
July 21: Nominations were made: Huffman nominated Ron Deal, Suara nominated Iman Khoshnaw and Sepulveda nominated Rick Rodriguez. Nominations were closed, with the election now set for August 18.