Rev 1.03
Santa Clara County November 3, 2026 General Election Voter Guide
Total offices: 77 Total candidates: 183
Generated September 26, 2026 04:37 PM Pacific Time
★ Most Aligned: the candidate whose positions are most closely aligned with biblical values among the choices in this race, or, in a race with three or more candidates, comparably aligned but more electable than another candidate who is also strongly aligned.
✙ Better Choice: the following offices are non-partisan. The candidates come from various political and religious backgrounds; through our own research, we believe these candidates best reflect biblical values and are the best fit for our community.
✔ on a measure: how we recommend you vote (Yes or No).
No Recommendation: either there were no good choices or we didn't have enough info to make a recommendation.
✙ Better Choice: the following offices are non-partisan. The candidates come from various political and religious backgrounds; through our own research, we believe these candidates best reflect biblical values and are the best fit for our community.
✔ on a measure: how we recommend you vote (Yes or No).
No Recommendation: either there were no good choices or we didn't have enough info to make a recommendation.
We recommend voting in person by feeding your vote-by-mail ballot directly into the voting machine. In a race where you may vote for more than a single candidate, only vote for the candidates marked Most Aligned or Better Choice — voting for additional unaligned candidates can cancel out the advantage of the aligned picks as it may push them above the aligned picks.
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| Candidate | Party | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| Steve Hilton | Republican | ★ |
| Xavier Becerra | Democratic |
| Candidate | Party | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| Gloria Romero | Republican | ★ |
| Fiona Ma | Democratic |
| Candidate | Party | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| Donald P. (Don) Wagner | Republican | ★ |
| Shirley N. Weber | Democratic |
| Candidate | Party | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| Herb W Morgan | Republican | ★ |
| Malia M. Cohen | Democratic |
| Candidate | Party | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| Jennifer Hawks | Republican | ★ |
| Eleni Kounalakis | Democratic |
| Candidate | Party | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| Michael E. Gates | Republican | ★ |
| Rob Bonta | Democratic |
| Candidate | Party | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| John Pimentel | Democratic | ★ |
| Sally J. Lieber | Democratic |
| Candidate | Party | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| Peter Sundin Soulé | Republican | ★ |
| Sam Liccardo | Democratic |
| Candidate | Party | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| Ritesh Tandon | Republican | ★ |
| Ro Khanna | Democratic |
| Candidate | Party | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| Shane Lewis | Republican | ★ |
| Zoe Lofgren | Democratic |
| Candidate | Party | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| Peter Coe Verbica | Republican | ★ |
| Jimmy Panetta | Democratic |
| Candidate | Party | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| Linda R. Price | Republican | ★ |
| Scott Sakakihara | Democratic |
| Candidate | Party | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| David G. Johnson | Republican | ★ |
| Marc Berman | Democratic |
| Candidate | Party | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| Max Hsia | Republican | ★ |
| Alex Lee | Democratic |
| Candidate | Party | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| Himat Singh Bainiwal | Republican | ★ |
| Ash Kalra | Democratic |
| Candidate | Party | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| Tim Gorsulowsky | Republican | ★ |
| Patrick Ahrens | Democratic |
| Candidate | Party | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| Carol Pefley | Republican | ★ |
| Gail Pellerin | Democratic |
| Candidate | Party | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| Dennis P. Sanchez | Republican | ★ |
| Robert Rivas | Democratic |
| Candidate | Party | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| Sonja Shaw | ✙ | |
| Richard Barrera |
| Candidate | Party | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| Liangfang "Liang" Chao | ✙ | |
| William "Bill" Wilson |
| Candidate | Party | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| Karen Martinez | ✙ | |
| Scott Hung Pham |
| Candidate | Party | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| Chris Norwood | ✙ | |
| Kelly Yip-Chuan | ||
| Anuradha Sankaran | ||
| Franchesca Lacanlale |
| Candidate | Party | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| Carson Dance | ✙ | |
| Tomara Hall | ||
| Jose Magana |
| Candidate | Party | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| Michael Melillo | ✙ | |
| Mary J. Grunthaner |
| Candidate | Party | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| Jason Lin | ✙ | |
| Rosa Kim |
| Candidate | Party | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| Ishaan Prasad | ✙ | |
| Sangeeta Balachandran Mallik |
| Candidate | Party | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| Andrés Quintero | ✙ | |
| Delia Oseguera |
| Candidate | Party | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| Línda Lo Chávez | ✙ | |
| Manisha Kand | ||
| Jenny Ludwig |
| Candidate | Party | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| Marc Cooper | ✙ | |
| Rudy J. Rodriguez | ||
| Gilbert Borrayo | ||
| Steven Sanchez |
| Candidate | Party | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| Victor A. Ramirez | ✙ | |
| Diego Martinez |
| Candidate | Party | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| Kaushik C. Joglekar | ✙ | |
| Sophie Freestone |
| Candidate | Party | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| Pradeep Kumar | ✙ | |
| Paul Chun | ||
| Casino Fajardo |
| Candidate | Party | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| Farnoush Drexel | ✙ | |
| Anna Goldberg | ✙ | |
| Eric Cao | ||
| Catalina Rupert | ||
| Vidya R. Vineet |
| Candidate | Party | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| Dan Furtado | ✙ | |
| Joseph "Joe" Brenner |
| Candidate | Party | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| Lynette Lee Eng | ✙ | |
| Anky van Deursen |
| Candidate | Party | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| Rob Stump | ✙ | |
| Mary Badame | ✙ | |
| Steve Raspe | ||
| Jeff Suzuki | ||
| Rob Moore | ||
| Heidi Owens |
| Candidate | Party | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| Jennie Ha Phan | ✙ | |
| Bill Chuan | ||
| Seema Kanani | ||
| Garry Barbadillo | ||
| Dipak Awasthi |
| Candidate | Party | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| Bryna Chang | ✙ | |
| Brian Hamachek | ✙ | |
| Henry Etzkowitz | ||
| Ed Lauing | ||
| Vicki Veenker | ||
| Yu "Yudy" Deng | ||
| Gary Gechlik | ||
| Raymond L. Goins |
| Candidate | Party | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| Bien Doan | ✙ | |
| Van Le |
| Candidate | Party | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| Genny Altwer | ✙ | |
| Gordon Chester |
| Candidate | Party | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| Karen Hardy | ✙ | |
| Mike Wiltberger | ||
| Armando "Gary" Ferraris | ||
| David Kertes | ||
| Kathy Watanabe | ||
| Kevin Park |
| Candidate | Party | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| Eric Crutchlow | ✙ | |
| Kyle Madej |
| Candidate | Party | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| Ping Li | ✙ | |
| Glenn K. Hendricks | ✙ | |
| Jeri Bromley | ||
| Bill Dalton |
| Candidate | Party | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| No | ✔ | |
| Yes |
BOND ALERT! Authorizes Sacramento to play mortgage banker with $11.25 billion of your tax dollars to spend on "affordable" housing.
| Candidate | Party | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| No | ✔ | |
| Yes |
Rainy Day fund jumps 10% to 20%, debt payments pushed from 2030 to 2040, allows backdoor funding with the "saved" money to pay off loans, including the $20-22 billion California owes the Feds for COVID unemployment payments.
| Candidate | Party | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| No | ✔ | |
| Yes |
Makes permanent a temporary higher tax rate levied on top 2% of earners. Was set to expire in 2031. For those already paying 50% of all income tax, gouges even further (up to +3% higher).
| Candidate | Party | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| No | ✔ | |
| Yes |
Your taxes would pay for DSA candidate campaign ads. What a deal.
| Candidate | Party | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| No | ✔ | |
| Yes |
Would ban using same recall election to also elect replacement state officer. Post-recall, Lt Governor would complete Governor's term, all other lower offices filled by yet another special election. Hands off our recall process!
| Candidate | Party | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| No | ✔ | |
| Yes |
BOND ALERT! State would offer low/no income residents "downpayment assistance" for high density housing loans using another $25 billion of YOUR money.
| Candidate | Party | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| No | ✔ | |
| Yes |
BOND alert! $8.4 billion in BONDS for medical research, half of which goes to CIII, an NGO affiliated with UCLA. Three billionaires sponsored this bill and are affiliates of CIII.
| Candidate | Party | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| Yes | ✔ | |
| No |
Bonta intentionally messed up title, but prohibits voting without valid ID. Main opposition argument is to "stop Trump from rigging our elections".
| Candidate | Party | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| No | ✔ | |
| Yes |
"Billionaire Tax" runs off more employers. Money allocation looks like an absolute rager. Proposition even taxes unrealized assets. Money grab won’t stop with billionaires.
| Candidate | Party | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| Yes | ✔ | |
| No |
Requires clean audit before special taxes can be levied on us.
| Candidate | Party | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| Yes | ✔ | |
| No |
Shh! Don't tell anyone but, if passed, this would offer a King's X stopping "Billionaire Tax" by disallowing new taxes on personal property.
| Candidate | Party | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| Yes | ✔ | |
| No |
Forces 2/3 voter approval on all special taxes (instead of simple majority). Would save Prop 13 from mob rule.
| Candidate | Party | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| No | ✔ | |
| Yes |
SEIU-UHW sponsored Proposition 44, in an attempt to force further unionization on healthcare clinic operators. They floated a similar, but failed, proposition last election cycle. Even CADEM opposes this!
| Candidate | Party | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| Yes | ✔ | |
| No |
Tames CEQA costs for housing construction. Forces meetings and threatens lawsuits, of questionable enforceability, but solid attempt to wrangle CEQA.
| Candidate | Party | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| No | ✔ | |
| Yes |
No more additional taxes for BART. Would generate another $1B for BART via additional 14 yr sales tax (0.5% in Santa Clara Co). Just buy an Uber for every rider and save money.
| Candidate | Party | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| No | ✔ | |
| Yes |
Takes away another chance for citizen oversight.
| Candidate | Party | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| No | ✔ | |
| Yes |
Sticks it to hotel visitors instead of fixing city's spending problem. Hotel tax rises from 9% to 13% as set by council.
| Candidate | Party | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| No | ✔ | |
| Yes |
Gives city council more power to award "Minor Projects" up to $250,000 (instead of up to $1,000), and "Major Projects" with shortened bid process.
| Candidate | Party | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| Yes | ✔ | |
| No |
Shifts more oversight to citizens. Would forbid council, without majority vote of citizens, to offload the ten City-owned Parking Plazas (excluding two already planned for affordable housing).
| Candidate | Party | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| No | ✔ | |
| Yes |
Updates charter to allow council extra time to fill vacancies, eliminates requirement to read ordinances & resolutions in full, gives council authority to establish qualifications over boards/commissions. Diminishes citizen oversight.
| Candidate | Party | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| No | ✔ | |
| Yes |
Sticks it to hotel visitors instead of fixing city's spending problem. Hotel tax rises from 10% to 15% as set by council.
| Candidate | Party | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| No | ✔ | |
| Yes |
Loosens contracting rules, gives council/staff more discretion with less oversight.
| Candidate | Party | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| No | ✔ | |
| Yes |
Increases lawsuit payout amount 5-fold, lessens citizen oversight. Shifts authorization for future increases to council instead of by citizen vote.
| Candidate | Party | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| No | ✔ | |
| Yes |
Allows longer service by appointed (unelected) individuals, plus incumbent edge in getting reelected.
| Candidate | Party | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| No | ✔ | |
| Yes |
Live within your means, this takes sales tax to 10.25%!
| Candidate | Party | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| No | ✔ | |
| Yes |
Increases taxes on most businesses, unfair to high-volume, low-margin businesses (retail/wholesale). Feeds general fund, won't necessarily be used for promised expenses.
| Candidate | Party | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| Yes | ✔ | |
| No |
Bans any attempt to rezone or proposal developing parklands for residential, commercial or industrial development without receiving two-thirds citizen vote. Power to the people!
| Candidate | Party | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| No | ✔ | |
| Yes |
BOND ALERT! $295,000,000 with bond interest about doubles the total cost. They're already spending about $22,000/pupil/year.
| Candidate | Party | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| No | ✔ | |
| Yes |
BOND ALERT! $321,000,000 extra large bond for district of this small. Bond interest about doubles total cost. They're already spending about $29,000/pupil/year.
| Candidate | Party | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| No | ✔ | |
| Yes |
With enrollment decreasing, replaces $214 parcel tax with $310 parcel tax, 30% increase. Funds students experiencing housing instability??? SEE MEASURE P!!!
| Candidate | Party | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| No | ✔ | |
| Yes |
BOND ALERT! $100M, as older bonds are paid down or retired, this adds new bond debt without pushing the combined rate above the level taxpayers are already paying. But with a shrinking district and closing schools, why add more debt? SEE MEASURE O!!!
| Candidate | Party | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| No | ✔ | |
| Yes |
Adds $148/parcel to prop tax bill. Seniors all vote YES as they're exempted. With annual inflation adjustments! Who gets to decide annual inflation???
| Candidate | Party | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| No | ✔ | |
| Yes |
Adds $89 to residential prop tax bill and up to $7,500 for non-residential buildings. Seniors all vote YES as they're exempted. OSD already spending about $23,000/pupil/year.
| Candidate | Party | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| Yes | ||
| No |
Current directors have served 19, 6, 14, 12, and 8 years, all also serve on El Camino Hospital Board. There is a cost associated with this bylaw update.
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