OROVILLE — Three members on the Butte County Board of Supervisors have terms ending next year, but only two will need to mount campaigns to return.
District 4’s Tod Kimmelshue and District 5’s Doug Teeter each drew a challenger for the March election. District 1’s Bill Connelly did not and will appear on the ballot unopposed.
Their colleagues, District 2’s Peter Durfee and District 3’s Tami Ritter, will be up for reelection in 2026.
Kimmelshue, in his first term representing a district that extends from west Chico to Gridley, faces Joanna Warrens, a farmer and teacher. Both are from Durham.
Teeter, whose district covers ridge communities and the eastern edge of Chico, faces Julie Threet, a retiree and community volunteer known for her advocacy against vaccine mandates. Teeter has served three terms and is from Paradise; Threet lives in Chico.
Connelly has represented Oroville and its neighboring communities since 2005. His lack of a challenger does not automatically hand him the seat, however. County Clerk-Recorder/Registrar Keaton Denlay said Connelly still must receive a majority of votes cast in District 1. (The ballot will include a write-in line.)
Supervisor elections occur during the primary every two years. The date for the next one is March 5; mail-in ballots will go out in February.
The March ballot also will include two local measures from the city of Chico — Measure O and Measure P — stemming from the referendum challenging Valley’s Edge, a plan for 1,448 acres in southeast Chico approved by the City Council. Voters within the city will answer two yes/no questions: whether the general plan amendment and whether the specific plan should be adopted.