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City of Piedmont

Piedmont City Council

This person would hold one of three at-large seats on Piedmont's City Council. These seats are up this cycle. The council has five members in all. Terms are four years and staggered, with a limit of two in a row. They vote on city laws, the budget, and land use. Piedmont is a charter city in Alameda County with about 11,000 residents. The Council picks one of its own members to serve as Mayor. An appointed City Administrator runs day-to-day operations.

Five candidates are running for three at-large seats on Piedmont's City Council. Incumbent Tom Ramsey faces four newcomers, Nancy Beninati, Sunny Bostrom-Fleming, Adam Hundt, and Bill Reichle.

Piedmont's City Council is a 5-member, entirely at-large body (no districts) elected to staggered 4-year terms, with a limit of two consecutive terms: city ordinances, the budget, and land use in this roughly 11,000-resident charter city in Alameda County. The Council selects one of its own members to serve as Mayor -- it is not a separately elected office -- and an appointed City Administrator runs day-to-day operations.

Ramsey is the only sitting officeholder in the field; the other two seats up this cycle are open, with no returning incumbent on the ballot. The City Clerk's own nomination rules extend the filing period to Aug. 12 only for a seat whose eligible incumbent does not file for reelection by the original Aug. 7 deadline -- consistent with two of the three seats drawing no incumbent.

Nancy A. Beninati

Nancy A. Beninati is a Supervising Deputy Attorney General with the California Department of Justice. They have spent more than 25 years in public service. Their work includes California's Racial and Identity Profiling Act. They also teach law and public policy at UC Berkeley. In Piedmont, they served six years on the Civil Service Commission. They now serve on the Recreation Commission. They are a past president of the League of Women Voters of Piedmont.

Sunny Bostrom-Fleming

Sunny Bostrom-Fleming is a lifelong Piedmont resident and a Piedmont High School graduate. She is 80 years old and describes her job as art curator and collector. She filed no ballot title with the county. Her statement credits roadway cameras at Piedmont's entrances for a police arrest. That arrest followed a home invasion robbery on March 24, 2026. She also cites decades of advocacy for swim education in Piedmont's schools.

Adam Hundt

Adam Hundt is a first-time candidate for Piedmont City Council. They spent over a decade in business development and operations management at Bay Area companies. Those companies included eBay and Cisco Systems. They then earned a Master of Public Policy from Johns Hopkins University in 2025. There, they studied the clean energy transition. They also hold an MBA and an MS in Industrial Engineering. Both degrees are from the University of Michigan. Their ballot title is "Businessman." Hundt and their wife moved to Piedmont in 2021. Their statement focuses on carrying out the Piedmont Climate Action Plan. That plan includes home and building electrification.

Tom Ramsey

Tom Ramsey is the only sitting incumbent in the race. They are seeking a second term after four years on the City Council. Before that, they served seven years on the Planning Commission. Their ballot title is "Architect, City Councilmember." They are a practicing architect with more than 30 years leading Bay Area design teams. Their statement cites cutting the ribbon on Piedmont's new Police and Fire Dispatch Center. Ramsey says their City Council colleagues, the current mayor, and former mayors endorse them.

Bill Reichle

Bill Reichle recently retired as Assistant Vice Chancellor at UC Berkeley. There, they worked on strategic plans, budgets, and policy for campus departments. They say those departments mirror Piedmont's own, including police, emergency management, and facilities. The list also includes human resources, disability access, sustainability, and capital projects. Their ballot title is "Retired University Administrator." Reichle and their wife have lived in Piedmont 26 years and raised their daughters there. They have served on the boards of the Piedmont Education Foundation and Camp Augusta. They have also served on the PHS Boosters board.

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