El Cerrito voter guide

Every race and measure on the November 3, 2026 ballot in El Cerrito: 1 city race, county, state and federal races, and 14 ballot measures.

Key dates

Ballots mailed: From about Oct 5
Register by: Oct 19 · same-day in person after
Mail ballot: Postmarked by Nov 3

Citywide races · every El Cerrito voter

City Council (At-Large), El Cerrito

6 candidates

Gabe QuintoIncumbent
Incumbent
Carolyn Wysinger
City Councilmember/Educator
Forrest M. Lanning
Earthquake Resilience Engineer
Kimberly White
Executive Advisor
Mary Ann "Mj" Jawili
Accessibility Product Manager
Wally Nowinski
Clean Energy Marketer

County, state and federal · districts that include El Cerrito

FederalU.S. Representative, Congressional District 8John Garamendi (Incumbent)Rudy RecileAll of El Cerrito
StateAssembly District 14Buffy Wicks (Incumbent)Mark RendonAll of El Cerrito
StateBoard of Equalization Member, District 2Sally J. Lieber (Incumbent)John PimentelAll of El Cerrito
CountyCounty Board of Education, Contra Costa County
Certified candidate list not yet available.
All of El Cerrito
StateCalifornia Court of Appeal Justice · 11 seatsRetention: you vote yes or no on keeping each judge. All of El Cerrito.
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- Court of Appeal Justice, California Court of Appeal, First Appellate District, Division 1, Seat 2Charles A. Smiley
- Court of Appeal Justice, California Court of Appeal, First Appellate District, Division 1, Seat 3Kathleen M. Banke
- Court of Appeal Justice, California Court of Appeal, First Appellate District, Division 1, Seat 4Monique Langhorne Wilson
- Court of Appeal Justice, California Court of Appeal, First Appellate District, Division 2, Seat 1Therese M. Stewart
- Court of Appeal Justice, California Court of Appeal, First Appellate District, Division 2, Seat 4Tara M. Desautels
- Court of Appeal Justice, California Court of Appeal, First Appellate District, Division 3, Seat 2Ioana Petrou
- Court of Appeal Justice, California Court of Appeal, First Appellate District, Division 3, Seat 4Victor A. Rodriguez
- Court of Appeal Justice, California Court of Appeal, First Appellate District, Division 4, Seat 1Tracie L. Brown
- Court of Appeal Justice, California Court of Appeal, First Appellate District, Division 5, Seat 2Mark Simons
- Court of Appeal Justice, California Court of Appeal, First Appellate District, Division 5, Seat 3Danny Y. Chou
- Court of Appeal Justice, California Court of Appeal, First Appellate District, Division 5, Seat 4Gordon Burns

Statewide offices · on every California ballot

GovernorSteve HiltonXavier Becerra
Lieutenant GovernorFiona MaGloria Romero
Secretary of StateShirley N. Weber (Incumbent)Donald P. (Don) Wagner
State ControllerMalia M. Cohen (Incumbent)Herb W Morgan

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State TreasurerEleni KounalakisJennifer Hawks
Attorney GeneralRob Bonta (Incumbent)Michael E. Gates
Insurance CommissionerBen AllenJane Kim
Superintendent of Public InstructionRichard BarreraSonja Shaw
Associate Justice, California Supreme Court, Seat 3Kelli M. Evans (Incumbent)
Associate Justice, California Supreme Court, Seat 5Joshua Groban (Incumbent)

Ballot measures · 14

Statewide:Prop 1 Prop 2 Prop 3 Prop 4 Prop 5 Prop 37 Prop 38 Prop 39 Prop 40 Prop 41 Prop 42 Prop 43 Prop 44 Prop 45 All statewide propositions →

School and special-district measures depend on your address. Enter your address to see every measure on your ballot.

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