Filing Period Underway For November 3, 2026 General Election
From the Contra Costa County Clerk-Recorder-Elections Department
On Monday, July 13th, 2026, the Candidate Filing Period for the November 3rd General Election will begin and nomination papers will be available for candidates running for office. The nomination period runs through 5:00 pm Friday, August 7, 2026.
A list of offices anticipated for the election can be found here: www.contracostavote.gov/wp-content/uploads/26Nov03_PositionsUpForElection.pdf. Offices on this list are subject to change as resolutions are still being filed.
Papers for offices that are up for election will be available at the Contra Costa Elections Office, 555 Escobar Street, Martinez. Papers for Municipal Offices will be available from the City Clerk’s office in the city the position represents.
For further information on the General Election and key dates, go to www.contracostavote.gov
“Our Candidate Services team is ready to work with Candidates who will be running in the November General Election,” said Kristin B. Connelly, Contra Costa Registrar of Voters. “Candidate Filing begins Monday July 13 and our office is here to help potential candidates.”
If an incumbent does not file to run for office by the August 7th deadline, the filing period for that office will extend until 5:00 pm on Wednesday, August 12, 2026. This rule does not apply to incumbents that have reached their term limit and are unable to run again.
Interested candidates can schedule an appointment by emailing candidate.services@vote.cccounty.us or by calling 925-335-7800. Walk-ins are accepted, but service is subject to the availability of staff. Appointments are available on weekdays from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. Filing documents and information will be provided to interested constituents at their appointment. The process takes approximately 20 minutes.
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The filing period is short. No time to waste. Gather your materials. Gather yourselves. You will need a sturdy bow and abrasives in paste. Look to picture frames and bunk wires for the bow. Wait for lights out and saw! Saw for freedom from tyranny!!
Vote wisely.
On Thursday, our president will apparently go on national TV to give an address about the 2020 election. That’s right, almost 6 years later and he continues with the lie that he won.
This time he will likely have “new evidence”, given to him by Kash Patel and his loyal investigators.
Clearly, it is unprecedented for a sitting president to use his vast forum to espouse invalidated conspiracy theories about an election he claims he won, yet he persists.
Imagine the reaction if Obama or Biden did this.
Vote wisely, our democracy depends on it.
Yes, democrats: now’s your chance to run some socialist- communist candidates like you are doing in other parts of the country.
– and boy, there are some real looloos they’ve came up with!
Looks like we have a case of pot/kettle syndrome here.