Your guide to Yolo County’s only contested Board of Supervisors race
Two seats on the Yolo County Board of Supervisors are on the ballot. In the 2nd District, which includes Winters, most of Davis and southwest Yolo County, incumbent Supervisor Lucas Frerichs is running unopposed.
In the 3rd District, which covers Woodland and part of West Sacramento, three candidates are running to replace outgoing Supervisor Mary Vixie Sandy.
The county faces a sizable budget deficit that may require layoffs. How each of the 3rd District candidates will navigate budget cuts is top of mind for voters. All three candidates promise to improve housing affordability, groundwater sustainability and preservation of farmland.
Where is the district?
The 3rd District includes Woodland, the Bryte and Broderick neighborhoods in West Sacramento and the Wild Wings community.
Who are the candidates?
Dotty Pritchard worked as a deputy in the 3rd District under three county supervisors and worked as a teacher for more than two decades. Pritchard is part of a longtime Woodland family and has made significant contributions to her community, including participating in the county’s point-in-time count, leading a school supply drive that has benefitted more than 20,000 students and chairing the county’s Women’s History Month committee.
Xochitl Rodriguez is a former Woodland councilmember and small business owner. Rodriguez was born in St. Helena and raised in Woodland before graduating from UC Davis as the first college graduate in her family. Rodriguez is an Army veteran with more than a decade of public sector experience as a legislative advisor on a variety of topics and as a deputy secretary at California’s Department of Veterans Affairs.
Mayra Vega is a Woodland councilmember, small business owner and executive coach with decades of experience in health care and the public sector. Vega’s family immigrated to California when she was five. She was raised in Napa and graduated from UC Davis. As a councilmember, Vega has prioritized expanding access to child care, strengthening public safety and promoting housing development for all income levels.
Who is funding the race?
Pritchard raised about $32,000 last year and another $5,000 this year so far.
Rodriguez raised about $22,000 last year and about $9,000 this year so far, including a $1,000 donation from local attorney Anh Phoong in March.
Vega raised about $22,000 last year and about $18,000 this year so far.
Who is supporting the candidates?
Pritchard is being supported by the Yolo County Business PAC, a political action coalition formed to “support pro-business candidates in Yolo County,” according to campaign finance records.
Rodriguez’s supporters include state Sen. Anna Caballero, D-Merced, and Assemblymember Mark Gonzalez, D-Los Angeles. She was also endorsed by four members of the county’s five-member Board of Education and three members of the Woodland school board.
Vega’s endorsements include Rep. Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena, and Assembly Majority Leader Cecilia Aguiar-Curry, D-Winters. She was endorsed by the California Democratic Party, the Yolo County Democratic Party and the Davis College Democrats. She was endorsed by Yolo Supervisors Angel Barajas, Sheila Allen and Lucas Frerichs. She was also endorsed by Woodland City Councilmembers Tania Garcia-Cadena and Rich Lansburgh, Davis Councilmember Gloria Partida, Winters Mayor Pro Tem Al Vallecillo, West Sacramento Mayor Marsha Guerrero and Dr. Garth Lewis, the county superintendent of schools.
