School District · Statewide General Election
Shasta County Board of Education, Trustee Area 1
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On the ballot
- Nancy Walker
- Dawn M Willoughby
- Madison Zimmerman
- Dan Sloan
- Bruce Ross — Redding School District Board Member
- Michele Renee Tyson
Two trustees are elected from Area 1 to help govern the Shasta County Office of Education, including its budget, county-operated programs, and oversight responsibilities.
Shasta County Board of Education, Trustee Area 1 is published from the authoritative post-filing candidate roster. Every name below is included because the election authority identified that person as qualified for this ballot.
The office and selection rule are shown in the ballot record. The candidates’ official designations and incumbent status are reproduced only where the election authority supplied them.
Public information is uneven across this field. A shorter profile means the cited sources did not establish more—not that the candidate lacks experience, positions, support, or campaign activity.
Bruce Ross
Bruce Ross is a qualified candidate. The ballot designation is “Redding School District Board Member.” No additional biography or 2026 platform is inferred from unverified namesakes.
Strengths
The candidacy and ballot status are verified by the election authority.
Trade-offs
The available cited record does not support a fuller, independently reported 2026 platform summary.
Keep in mind
This information gap is a limitation of the published sources, not evidence for or against the candidate.
Dan Sloan
Dan Sloan is a qualified candidate. The official post-filing roster confirms this candidacy but supplies no ballot designation used here. No additional biography or 2026 platform is inferred from unverified namesakes.
Strengths
The candidacy and ballot status are verified by the election authority.
Trade-offs
The available cited record does not support a fuller, independently reported 2026 platform summary.
Keep in mind
This information gap is a limitation of the published sources, not evidence for or against the candidate.
Nancy Walker
Nancy Walker is a qualified candidate. The official post-filing roster confirms this candidacy but supplies no ballot designation used here. No additional biography or 2026 platform is inferred from unverified namesakes.
Strengths
The candidacy and ballot status are verified by the election authority.
Trade-offs
The available cited record does not support a fuller, independently reported 2026 platform summary.
Keep in mind
This information gap is a limitation of the published sources, not evidence for or against the candidate.
Michele Renee Tyson
Michele Renee Tyson is a qualified candidate. The official post-filing roster confirms this candidacy but supplies no ballot designation used here. No additional biography or 2026 platform is inferred from unverified namesakes.
Strengths
The candidacy and ballot status are verified by the election authority.
Trade-offs
The available cited record does not support a fuller, independently reported 2026 platform summary.
Keep in mind
This information gap is a limitation of the published sources, not evidence for or against the candidate.
Madison Zimmerman
Madison Zimmerman is a qualified candidate. The official post-filing roster confirms this candidacy but supplies no ballot designation used here. No additional biography or 2026 platform is inferred from unverified namesakes.
Strengths
The candidacy and ballot status are verified by the election authority.
Trade-offs
The available cited record does not support a fuller, independently reported 2026 platform summary.
Keep in mind
This information gap is a limitation of the published sources, not evidence for or against the candidate.
Dawn M Willoughby
Dawn M Willoughby is a qualified candidate. The official post-filing roster confirms this candidacy but supplies no ballot designation used here. No additional biography or 2026 platform is inferred from unverified namesakes.
Strengths
The candidacy and ballot status are verified by the election authority.
Trade-offs
The available cited record does not support a fuller, independently reported 2026 platform summary.
Keep in mind
This information gap is a limitation of the published sources, not evidence for or against the candidate.
Source review: Mixed (74/100) · 3 cited sources
Only procedural records are cited (candidate lists, results, finance filings); no source describes the candidates, so the score is capped.
Review note: No cited source describes the candidates; add descriptive coverage to lift the cap.
- elections.shastacounty.gov (opens in a new tab)Shasta County Elections -- "Final 2026 General Candidate Guide" PDF: lists Board of Supervisors, District 5 as the only county-section nonpartisan office up in November 2026, plus a compressed "Shasta County Board of Education (4 seats), Trustee Areas 1 and 2" line later resolved by the certified roster.
- elections.shastacounty.gov (opens in a new tab)Shasta County Elections -- "Final Qualified Candidate List" PDF (CFMR009, print date 8/25/2026 8:26:55AM): confirms Contest #2205, "Supervisor, District 5," On Ballot: Yes, Vote For: 1 -- Mike W. Gallagher ("City Councilmember Anderson") and Chris Kelstrom ("Incumbent Supervisor") -- and separately resolves the Board of Education ambiguity into Contest #1903 (Area 1, Vote For: 2, six candidates) and Contest #1905 (Area 2, Vote For: 2, four candidates).
- netfile.com (opens in a new tab)Shasta County NetFile public campaign-disclosure search (agency CSHA): candidate-name checks found a Nancy Ann Walker committee (ID 200782853) and Lisa Barry for Shasta County BOE TA2 (ID 217252491); no totals are inferred from the name-search results.
Last updated September 3, 2026.