By John Flood

There will be plenty of local races for voters to consider come the Nov. 7 election.

Besides the news that Los Altos School District officials have put a $597 parcel tax renewal on the ballot (see related story, page 16), it’s all quiet on the schools front.

Because incumbent board members are running unopposed for the Mountain View-Los Altos Union High and the Mountain View-Whisman school districts, the slate will not appear on the ballot.

Los Altos resident Lynette Lee Eng is running for one of three seats on the Santa Clara County Board of Education.

John Vidovich is the only challenger to file for the Los Altos Hills City Council race this November. He will face incumbents Dean Warshawsky and Breene Kerr in competition for two seats on the five-member council.

In Mountain View, eight candidates, representing a spectrum of political views, are vying for three seats on the city council.

City planning commissioners Margaret Abe-Koga and Jac Siegel; parks and recreation commissioners Ronit Bryant and John M. Inks; human relations commissioners Kalwant S. Sandhu and Alicia J. Crank; Green Party supporter Tian Harter; and Libertarian John H. Webster have all filed.

In the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s race, a November runoff election between Dolores Carr and Karyn Sinunu will seat the first woman district attorney in Santa Clara County history. Carr edged Sinunu in the June primary election.

The 21st state Assembly District, which includes Los Altos, pits incumbent Democrat Ira Ruskin against Republican challenger Virginia Chang Kiraly of Palo Alto in the November election.

Assembly District 22, which includes Mountain View, features incumbent Sally Lieber running against Republican Roger Riffenburgh.

Three candidates are challenging Democratic incumbent Anna Eshoo for the 14th Congressional district: Carol L. (Shepard) Brouillet, a Green Party candidate from Palo Alto; Brian Holtz, a Libertarian candidate from Los Altos Hills; and Republican Rob Smith.