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Tuolumne County Board of Education, Trustee Area 1 (Short Term)

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On the ballot

This person would hold one of seven trustee-area seats on the Tuolumne County Board of Education, which sets policy for the Tuolumne County Office of Education -- the office that oversees local school district budgets, runs county-wide special-education and alternative-education programs, and hears expulsion and inter-district-transfer appeals from local school districts. This seat fills an unexpired term running through 2028, not a fresh 4-year term.

Tuolumne County's Board of Education has one candidate running unopposed for its Trustee Area 1 seat: Abby Sunday, an education program specialist.

The winner joins the 7-member County Board of Education, which sets policy for the Tuolumne County Office of Education -- the office that oversees local school district budgets, runs county-wide special-education and alternative-education programs, and hears expulsion and inter-district-transfer appeals from local school districts.

This seat fills an unexpired, "Short Term" running only through 2028 -- not a fresh 4-year term. The Tuolumne County Superintendent of Schools' own site confirms why: Trustee Area 1 has been vacant, and a spring-2026 appointment process (application deadline extended to May 2, 2026, board interviews scheduled for May 4) evidently did not fill the seat before it went to the November ballot instead.

Abby Sunday

Abby Sunday filed for the Trustee Area 1 seat on 8/4/2026 and qualified 8/7/2026, per the county's own certified candidate filing record, under the ballot designation "Education Program Specialist." No independent biography, campaign site, or news coverage of her candidacy was found this pass beyond that record and the county office of education's own confirmation that the seat she is running for has been vacant.

Strengths

An "Education Program Specialist" ballot designation, suggesting professional background directly relevant to the board's work.

Trade-offs

No campaign website, public statement, or news coverage was found this pass describing her employer, specific role, or platform beyond her ballot designation.

Keep in mind

Beyond her name, filing date, and ballot designation, this dataset found no independent information about her background or priorities -- an absence, not a judgment.

Source review: Strong (85/100) · 3 cited sources

Official records anchor this contest, with multiple sources checked.

  • tuolumnecounty.ca.gov (opens in a new tab)Tuolumne County Elections Department -- "Candidate Filing Report" (November 3, 2026 General Election; "As of: 8/12/2026 8:53:25AM"): names Juli Healy and incumbent Ryan P Campbell for Supervisor District 2, and Abby Sunday (unopposed) for Board of Education Trustee Area 1, Short Term.
  • tcsos.us (opens in a new tab)Tuolumne County Superintendent of Schools (tcsos.us) -- "Meet the Board": the office's own current trustee roster, stating Trustee Area 1 is vacant with a term expiring 2028, and naming the sitting member and 2026 term-expiration date for each other area, including the three flagged, zero-filer seats (4, 6, 7).
  • tcsos.us (opens in a new tab)Tuolumne County Superintendent of Schools (tcsos.us) newsroom -- "Board of Education Vacancies Now Open": a spring-2026 notice soliciting appointment applicants for Trustee Areas 1 and 6, application deadline extended to May 2, 2026, confirming Area 1's vacancy predates the November filing period.

Last updated September 2, 2026.