CRA's Residents Candidates Forum

Save the Date - The 2026 Forum will be held
Tuesday September 15th at Carmel Woman's Club
doors open 5PM, program begins 5:30 PM

This years 2026 Forum details will take shape over the coming months - watch this page for updates. Paul Miller, owner and editor of the Carmel Pine Cone will moderate our pannel on September 15th.

HERE is a new CRA Webpage that track the Village Election Candidates, Issues and more

HERE, as of July 22, is the City of Carmel's list of Candidates that have officially started the process to run for office for the 2 City Council Seats and 1 Mayorial Seat, now including:

Jeff Baron - no longer running for City Council, although pulled papers, has subsequently withdrawn (see press article below)
Hans Buder - running for Mayor (is currently serving on City Council with 2 years remaining in his term) www.hansbuderforcarmel.com
Alissandra Dramov - (incumbent) running for City Council new 4 year term www.renewcarmel.com
Stefan Karapetkov - running for City Council (current Planning Commissioner) www.karapetkovforcarmel.com
Bobby Richards - running for City Council (former 8 year City Council Member) www.bobbyrichardscarmel.com

HERE is the 7/24/26 Carmel Pine Cone cover article " Baron won’t seek another term; Bobby Richards to join race"
HERE is the 7/21/26 Monterey Weekly article "Carmel Councilmember Jeff Baron announces he won't run for reelection after eight years in office."
HERE is the 6/19/26 Carmel Pine Cone article page 14, "Buder kicks off Mayoral Race"

HERE is the 4/10/26 Carmel Pine Cone cover article "Suddenly, everybody’s talking about race for mayor, council. Mayor, two council seats in play"
Hans Buder - announces he will run for Mayor, while he has 2+ years remaining in his current 4 year Council term.
Jeff Baron - announces, as an incombunant, he will run again to renew his 4 year term on Council.
Alissandra Dramov - announces, as an incombunant, she will run again to renew her 4 year term on Council.

HERE is a 5/1/26 update on #'s of registered Village voters as provide in Carmel Pine Cone - page 18 "State reports record voter registration in advance of June 2 primary" Quote "...people registered to vote as of the beginning of April, 2,432 live in Carmelby-the-Sea."

Below provides prior year's 2020, 2022 and 2024 Candidates Forum links plus

CRA's 2024 Forum was held - September 17th
Full details on this Candidates Forum can be found HERE.

December 9th at City Hall - Special New Village City Council - Swearing In Ceremonies!

This is where it becomes official for Dale Byrne as our new Mayor, and when Hans Buder & Bob Delves will join as new Council Members! Dale, Hans and Bob are joined by existing council members Jeff Baron and Alisandra Dramov. We welcome their new insights and contributions as we support them on their journey in the days ahead. Thanks again to all of those who ran for office and those who've served.
HERE is the official Agenda, and details
HERE is the YouTube Video of this Ceremony with comments from outgoing and incoming too!
HERE is the Carmel Pine Cone article fom their Dec 13th Issue - covering the swearing in.

Below is from the Monterey County Election results as of Dec 6 2024.

CRA's 2022 CANDIDATES Forum Was Held ....September 21st

Our Candidates Forum YouTube link is HERE
Our full event page with program and candidate details is HERE
The post-CRA Forum wrap-up Carmel Pine Cone Article as a PDF is HERE
The cover page election results in the Carmel Pine Cone Issue from November 11th 2022 is HERE

CRA’S 2020 CANDIDATES FORUM - Was Held Thursday October 1ST - Held Online only due to the Pandemic

Our full event page with CRA Fourm program and candidate details is available HERE.
The 2020 Forum YouTube VIDEO Link is available HERE.
The Carmel Pine Cone wrote a great follow-up article on our Forum and it is available HERE. See page 9.
The Carmel Pine Cone cover page election results are in this November 6th 2020 issue HERE.