Sonoma lawmaker fights back on video

for my attendance at Burning Man,” she said in the video.

The website’s purpose, she said in the video, was to get her to withdraw from the race, and “to make me afraid, to silence another strong female voice by scaring me out of this election and denying you the right to make a choice.”

Hundley was elected in 2014, and during a 2017 term as mayor, was profiled in the Washington Post as part of a new generation of Millennial politicians. She had already decided to seek re-election and had filed papers when she received the threatening email. Like the website, it was anonymous, signed only by “Sonoma Citizens for Peace and Cooperation.”

Hundley said she doesn’t know who assembled the website because the URL was acquired anonymously in April. The email advised Hundley to back out of the election and threatened to publicize the website and add more incriminating information.

Much of the information is fabricated, she said, and many of the photos, including one of a woman taking a hit from a bong, aren’t of her. She called the website “disgusting” and said she never really considered dropping out.

“This is a volunteer position, it takes a lot of time,” she said. “The website not only hurt me but hurt my family. I did consider the weight of it. But this is something I enjoy doing and want to do for another four years.” Michael Cabanatuan is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: mcabanatuan@sfchronicle. com Twitter: @ctuan