# Belmont City Council, District 3 Sarah K.M. Delisle is running uncontested for Belmont City Council, District 3. Full ballot at VoteOrElse.com. On the November 3, 2026 California general election ballot. Belmont's City Council has four district seats plus a separately elected, citywide Mayor. Each councilmember represents one of the city's four districts. The term is four years. Only two of the four districts are up this cycle. - Jurisdiction: City of Belmont - Election: November 3, 2026 California general election - Publisher: Vote or Else (https://voteorelse.com) — a free, nonpartisan ballot guide for California voters. No endorsements. - Canonical page: https://voteorelse.com/2026/belmont-council-3 - Full ballot: this page covers one race. Every contest on a voter's own ballot, by address, with the same breakdown for each: https://voteorelse.com/ - Sources last retrieved: September 1, 2026 - Source-objectivity score: 73 out of 100 (Mixed), across 5 cited sources. This grades the mix of sources, not the candidates. Rubric: https://voteorelse.com/about#methodology ## On the ballot - **Sarah K.M. Delisle** — Mother / Business Owner A nonpartisan office: candidates do not run as Democrats or Republicans, and no party appears on the ballot. Sarah K.M. Delisle is running uncontested for the open District 3 seat; she was the only candidate who qualified by the filing deadline. Belmont's City Council has four district seats, each elected only by the voters of that district, plus the separately elected, citywide Mayor. Councilmembers serve staggered 4-year terms; only Districts 1 and 3 are up this cycle, alongside the Mayor's seat -- Districts 2 (Cathy Jordan) and 4 (Tom McCune) are not on this ballot. District 3 is currently held by Councilmember Robin Pang-Maganaris, who is not seeking reelection, making this an open seat rather than an incumbent's race. The county's own certified candidate roster and independent San Mateo Daily Journal reporting (Aug. 11, 2026) both confirm no one else filed for this seat this cycle. ## Sarah K.M. Delisle A first-time candidate for elected office and a Bay Area native who now lives in Belmont's District 3 with her spouse, Daniel Delisle (a Belmont native and Carlmont High School alumnus), their three children, and their dog. She holds a UC Santa Barbara degree in Environmental Studies and Portuguese, and by her own account began her public-service career with a Congressional internship before working on the House Appropriations Committee and, later, at the Center for Naval Analyses on energy and environmental-security research. She then spent roughly a decade in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations at the Pentagon and as Sustainability Director, then National Sustainability Director, for Naval Air Systems Command, managing energy development, environmental compliance, and readiness planning across military installations nationwide; she completed an MBA through the Naval Postgraduate School during that period. In 2020 she moved from federal service to the clean-energy company Swell Energy as Vice President of Government Affairs. Her stated local priorities are public safety, infrastructure, fiscal responsibility, community facilities, sustainability, and quality of life. **Strengths:** More than two decades of federal public service and policy experience, per her own account. That includes infrastructure and energy planning work relevant to a council seat. **Trade-offs:** She has held no prior elected or appointed local office. No independent news coverage of her candidacy was found. The Daily Journal briefly confirmed the seat is open and uncontested. **Keep in mind:** This is an open seat, not an incumbent's reelection. Robin Pang-Maganaris, the sitting District 3 representative, chose not to run again. So voters are ratifying Belmont's only District 3 filer. They are not choosing between an incumbent and a challenger. ## Review notes - Sarah Delisle for Belmont City Council -- 'About Sarah' page on her own campaign site: her professional background in federal public service, defense, and clean energy, and her stated local priorities. and Gina Latimerlo for Belmont City Council -- 'Districts/Voting' page on her own campaign site: names Belmont's four City Council districts and their current representatives (District 1: Latimerlo; District 2: Cathy Jordan; District 3: Robin Pang-Maganaris; District 4: Tom McCune) plus the citywide, at-large Mayor (Julia Mates). may have more bias because they are advocacy voter guides compared to other formal government and nonprofit journalism sources. ## Sources 1. [San Mateo County ACRE (Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder-Elections) -- Roster of Candidates, Qualified Candidates Only, November 3, 2026 General Election (CFMR009), dated 2026-08-25: confirms Belmont's Mayor, Council District 1, and Council District 3 are each 'On Ballot: Yes' with exactly one qualified candidate apiece (Julia Mates, Gina Latimerlo, Sarah K.M. Delisle)](https://smcacre.gov/system/files/2026-08/52_candidateroster0825.pdf) 2. [San Mateo Daily Journal -- "San Mateo County election races take shape across cities, schools" (Daily Journal staff report, published Aug. 11, 2026): independently confirms Mayor Julia Mates, Councilmember Gina Latimerlo (District 1), and Sarah Delisle (District 3) are each running unopposed/uncontested, and identifies District 3 as the seat currently held by Councilmember Robin Pang-Maganaris, who is not seeking reelection](https://www.smdailyjournal.com/news/local/san-mateo-county-election-races-take-shape-across-cities-schools/article_24177505-16a5-4574-87d6-842157cae5f6.html) 3. [Wikipedia -- "Belmont, California": used narrowly for the current-officeholder roster (Mayor Julia Mates; Vice Mayor Robin Pang-Maganaris; Councilmembers Tom McCune, Gina Latimerlo, Cathy Jordan), not for anything volatile](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belmont,_California) 4. [Gina Latimerlo for Belmont City Council -- 'Districts/Voting' page on her own campaign site: names Belmont's four City Council districts and their current representatives (District 1: Latimerlo; District 2: Cathy Jordan; District 3: Robin Pang-Maganaris; District 4: Tom McCune) plus the citywide, at-large Mayor (Julia Mates)](https://ginaforbelmont.org/districts) 5. [Sarah Delisle for Belmont City Council -- 'About Sarah' page on her own campaign site: her professional background in federal public service, defense, and clean energy, and her stated local priorities](https://www.sarahforbelmont.com/about) ## The rest of the ballot Belmont City Council, District 3 is one contest among the many a California voter decides on November 3, 2026 — Congress, the Legislature, county, city, and school board races differ by address. 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