Leaving city leadership won’t be in the stars for Mayor Becky Campo this fall, if she can help it.

Following a recent announcement that she would not seek re-election as mayor, Campo pulled candidate nomination papers from the Stanislaus County Clerk-Recorder’s Office on Wednesday, July 21, and officially announced her intention to run for one of three seats on the Del Puerto Health Care District board that will be on the ballot in the November election.

“I really think I could do something good for this board, considering the experience I’ve had as mayor and from other leadership positions in the city,” Campo said. “I would also like to see the community’s trust in how that board runs restored. The board needs to start making meetings more accessible and implementing a policy of releasing as much information to the public as possible — no matter if it’s good or bad.”

Though Campo admitted that she knows little about the medical field, she said her past experience as an administrator would give her a strong foundation while she learned the rest.

“I’m a fast learner,” she said. “I have no doubt that I could do well in that position.”

Campo, who is still serving the second of two terms as mayor, has been active in city leadership for more than a decade. After being appointed to the planning commission in 1993, she served on the City Council and was first elected as mayor in 2006. She owns and works at Patterson Financial. 

In November, three health district board seats will be up for grabs, as the terms for board members Ed Maring, Harold Hill and Evan Schut are scheduled to end in December.

Campo said she plans to start her campaign in mid-September.

• Contact Kendall Wright at 892-6187 or kendall@pattersonirrigator.com.