Seven people have qualified to appear on the ballot for Arcata City Council’s three open seats this November. 

Everyone who pulled papers during the nomination period had turned them in and qualified as of 4:25 today, Arcata City Clerk Rhea Varley told the Outpost – although the filing period officially closed at 5 p.m.

All three incumbents – Stacy Atkins-Salazar, Sarah Schaefer and Alexandra Stillman – are running for reelection. 

Four others have also qualified. Their names are Gregory Daggett, Shea Freedomhowler, Dana Quillman and Genevieve Serna. 

Genevieve Serna, a member of Arcata’s Transportation Safety Committee, announced her candidacy back in March. The three campaign issues listed on her website are addressing housing solutions, enhancing transportation safety and unifying Cal Poly Humboldt and Arcata’s resident communities. 

It’ll be Dana Quillman’s third go for Arcata City Council. Quillman first ran in 2006, then gave it another go 15 years later in Arcata’s June 2022 special election and the November 2022 general election. From the looks of Quillman’s website – originally created to advertise her astrological service, it says – she is a COVID denier and believes that “the Gateway Area Plan is the worst thing that could happen to Arcata.”

Gregory Daggett, meanwhile, doesn’t appear to have a campaign website. That said, the Mad River Union points out that he is a frequent public commenter at Arcata City Council meetings who has closely scrutinized the Gateway Area Plan. 

Shea Freedomhowler doesn’t seem to have a campaign website up and running either, so we’ll just have to wait and see what it is Freedomhowler cares about.