Conejo Recreation and Park District Division 4 residents vote Tuesday, Nov. 3, to fill a board seat. It is the first time the seat has been elected by division rather than at-large.

Results for this race are not yet available. This article will be updated as results are posted.

What's on the ballot

The CRPD board is electing three members this cycle, in Divisions 2, 3 and 4, according to a district board memo from May 2026. It is the second election since the board voted on Jan. 19, 2023, to switch from at-large elections to a by-division system.

Division 4 covers Wildwood, Central Thousand Oaks, Lynn Ranch, Rancho Conejo, Casa Conejo and Newbury Park, according to the CRPD Division Election Map. The race is nonpartisan.

The Ventura County Clerk-Recorder's office notes that former at-large CRPD board members are not considered incumbents for the newly formed by-division offices. The current board includes Chair Nellie Cusworth, Vice Chair Marissa Buss, and directors Chuck Huffer, Doug Nickles and Ashley Orozco, with Jim Friedl serving as general manager.

The candidates

Four candidates are on the Division 4 ballot: Amy Buss, Kerry Nelson, Tymaeur Orfanos and Daniel E. Twedt. Campaign information was publicly available only for Buss and Twedt.

Amy Buss describes herself as an educator, mom, veteran and longtime Conejo Valley resident, according to her campaign Facebook page. She says she is also a CRPD hula student. Buss says her campaign is grassroots and entirely word of mouth, according to a campaign video post. She is not fundraising and directs potential donors to Play Conejo or Charity Karaoke instead. The Ventura County Democratic Party has endorsed Buss.

Daniel E. Twedt is a 15-year resident of Thousand Oaks, as of 2024, and describes himself as a proponent of transhumanism, according to a Thousand Oaks Acorn candidate profile. He ran unsuccessfully for Thousand Oaks City Council in 2018, 2020, 2022 and 2024, according to the same profile.

Kerry Nelson and Tymaeur Orfanos are also on the ballot. No publicly available campaign profiles were found for either candidate.

What the district oversees

The park district serves more than 46,000 parcels, operates over 50 developed sites and shares in maintenance of 39 open space areas totaling 14,379 acres, according to the district's fiscal year 2026-27 engineer's report.

When and where to vote

Ventura County's 53 vote centers are open on Election Day from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m., The Acorn reported. Ballot drop boxes will be locked at 8 p.m. Anyone in line by 8 p.m. will be allowed to vote.

If no delays occur, Ventura County expects to release its first results between 8:30 and 9 p.m. Nov. 3, with updates between 10:30 and 11 p.m. and between 12:30 and 1 a.m. Nov. 4. A new state law, Senate Bill 884, could delay initial results if voting hours are extended anywhere in California.

Voters can find vote center locations and hours at vote.venturacounty.gov or call 805-654-2664. Official results will be posted on the Ventura County elections page.