# Brentwood City Council, District 2 Compare records and positions simply between Tammy Zickuhr, Kris Brand, or Vinoy Mereddy for Brentwood City Council, District 2 at VoteOrElse.com. On the November 3, 2026 California general election ballot. This person would hold one of Brentwood's four district-elected City Council seats. A separately, citywide-elected Mayor also sits on the council. An appointed City Manager runs day-to-day operations. They vote on city laws, the budget, and land use. Brentwood is one of eastern Contra Costa County's fastest-growing cities. The term is four years. Whichever candidate gets the most votes wins. Brentwood does not use ranked-choice voting or a June primary. - Jurisdiction: City of Brentwood - 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/brentwood-council-2 - 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 7, 2026 - Source-objectivity score: 87 out of 100 (Strong), across 16 cited sources. This grades the mix of sources, not the candidates. Rubric: https://voteorelse.com/about#methodology ## On the ballot - **Tammy Zickuhr** — Small Business Owner - **Kris Brand** — Technical Program Manager - **Vinoy Mereddy** — Senior Software Engineer A nonpartisan office: candidates do not run as Democrats or Republicans, and no party appears on the ballot. Vice Mayor Pa'tanisha Pierson did not file for reelection to Brentwood's District 2 council seat, leaving three newcomers -- small-business owner Tammy Zickuhr, Planning Commission Chair Kris Brand, and mosquito-district trustee Vinoy Mereddy -- to compete for the open seat. This person would hold one of Brentwood's four district-elected City Council seats, alongside a separately, citywide-elected Mayor, on a council-manager government with an appointed City Manager. They vote on city ordinances, the budget, and land use for one of eastern Contra Costa County's fastest-growing cities. The term is four years. Whichever candidate gets the most votes wins -- no ranked-choice voting or June primary is documented for Brentwood. Both of Brentwood's Nov. 2026 council races are open seats. Vice Mayor Pa'tanisha Pierson (District 2) and Councilmember Tony Oerlemans (District 4) -- the two incumbents whose terms expire this cycle -- did not file for reelection. Unlike neighboring Martinez, where two similarly unopposed seats were cancelled and filled by direct council appointment, Brentwood's non-incumbent filing period simply reopened for five additional days (through Aug. 12, 2026) and drew three candidates in each district, so both races appear on the ballot as genuinely contested elections. Brentwood's Mayor (Susannah Meyer, term expires Nov. 2028) and Districts 1 and 3 (Faye Maloney, Jovita Mendoza; both term expire Nov. 2028) are not up this cycle, and Brentwood has no elected City Clerk or City Treasurer. ## Tammy Zickuhr Her filed ballot designation is "Small Business Owner." Zickuhr owns Harry's Wine Depot and Tavern in downtown Brentwood and is a co-founder of Vasco Forever Helping Families, a group that has pushed Contra Costa County for safety improvements on Vasco Road, a stretch with a documented history of speeding and crashes. **Strengths:** two independently verifiable community roles -- a downtown small business and a road-safety group she co-founded. **Trade-offs:** no campaign website, forum, or news coverage of her candidacy itself -- everything found predates the 2026 filing. **Keep in mind:** no campaign-finance figures are on file for her; see the financial note below. ## Kris Brand His filed ballot designation is "Technical Program Manager." Brand is the sitting Chair of the Brentwood Planning Commission; in 2024 he cast the dissenting vote against a Popeye's conditional-use permit, on the record citing the density of nearby fast-food restaurants. **Strengths:** current, hands-on land-use experience as Planning Commission Chair, including votes and comments predating his candidacy. **Trade-offs:** a Contra Costa News editorial says he used an Aug. 2026 hearing on a county project "for his own campaign benefit" -- its characterization, not this dataset's. **Keep in mind:** no campaign-finance figures are on file for him; see the financial note below. ## Vinoy Mereddy Mereddy's filed ballot designation is "Senior Software Engineer." Mereddy has served on the Contra Costa Mosquito and Vector Control District's Board of Trustees since Oct. 2023 as Brentwood's appointee, on a term now running through Oct. 2029, and has been photographed as a participant at Brentwood's Diwali festival. **Strengths:** an existing appointed public role -- mosquito-and-vector-control trustee -- plus visible community engagement. **Trade-offs:** no campaign website, forum, or news coverage of Mereddy's candidacy itself; they qualified last, on the extension's final day. **Keep in mind:** no campaign-finance figures are on file for them; see the financial note below. ## Sources 1. [City of Brentwood -- City Clerk's own "2026 City Election Information" page (read via a dated Internet Archive Wayback Machine snapshot after brentwoodca.gov itself returned HTTP 403 (Akamai) to every direct fetch attempt in this pass): confirms the two seats up on the Nov. 3, 2026 ballot are Council Member District 2 and Council Member District 4, and names City Clerk Amanda McVey as the elections contact](https://web.archive.org/web/20260517205154/https://www.brentwoodca.gov/government/city-council/elections) 2. [City of Brentwood -- City Council's own roster page (same Internet Archive workaround, captured July 10, 2026): lists the full 5-member council with terms -- Mayor Susannah Meyer (elected at-large, term expires Nov. 2028), Vice Mayor Pa'tanisha Pierson (District 2, term expires Nov. 2026), Faye Maloney (District 1, term expires Nov. 2028), Jovita Mendoza (District 3, term expires Nov. 2028), and Tony Oerlemans (District 4, term expires Nov. 2026) -- and states the Mayor and Council Members are each directly elected to 4-year terms](https://web.archive.org/web/20260710090718/https://www.brentwoodca.gov/government/city-council) 3. [Contra Costa County Elections Division -- "Positions Up for Election, November 3, 2026, General Election": the only county-section contest in the document is County Board of Education Areas 2, 4, and 5 (under Schools) -- no Board of Supervisors, row office, or Superior Court seat appears anywhere, consistent with both Supervisor seats up this cycle (Districts 1 and 4) having been decided outright in the June 2026 primary](https://www.contracostavote.gov/wp-content/uploads/26Nov03_PositionsUpForElection.pdf) 4. [Contra Costa County Elections Division -- "Contest/Candidate Proof List" (8-27-26_candidatelist_detail_final.pdf), the county's post-certification ballot-order-proofing export: shows Area 2 as a 3-candidate contest (Sarah Butler, incumbent; Pamela West; Sibyl Minighini) with each candidate's filed ballot designation and qualification date -- this export omits single-filer contests entirely, which is why Areas 4 and 5 do not appear in it (see cc-candidate-summary-2026)](https://www.contracostavote.gov/wp-content/uploads/8-27-26_candidatelist_detail_final.pdf) 5. [Contra Costa County Elections Division -- "Candidate List" (8-14-26_candidatelist_summary_final.pdf), the county's complete qualified-candidate roster including single-filer contests: confirms Area 2 (Sarah Butler, Pamela West, Sibyl Minighini), Area 4 (Mike Maxwell, sole qualified candidate), and Area 5 (Clyde Henry Lewis, Jr., sole qualified candidate)](https://www.contracostavote.gov/wp-content/uploads/8-14-26_candidatelist_summary_final.pdf) 6. [Contra Costa News -- "November Ballot Taking Shape in Contra Costa County" (Aug. 7, 2026): independently reports that both Brentwood council races had their filing deadlines extended into the following week because their sitting incumbents did not seek reelection, naming the same non-incumbent candidates the county's own detail list later confirmed as qualified](https://contracosta.news/2026/08/07/november-ballot-taking-shape-in-contra-costa-county/) 7. [Contra Costa News -- "Editorial: Let the Contra Costa County Political Circus Begin" (Aug. 16, 2026, by-lined CC News): independently confirms both Brentwood council seats are open with "no incumbent safety blanket," and names all six qualified candidates by district](https://contracosta.news/2026/08/16/editorial-let-the-contra-costa-county-political-circus-begin/) 8. [Contra Costa News podcast -- "Vasco Forever Helping Families Seek Safer Vasco Road" (May 19, 2025): Tammy Zickuhr, identified as a co-founder of Vasco Forever Helping Families alongside Cynthia Loredo, discusses the group's advocacy for safety improvements on Vasco Road, citing local speeding and crash data](https://contracosta.news/2025/05/19/podcast-vasco-forever-helping-families-seek-safer-vasco-road/) 9. [NBC Bay Area -- "Bay Area Residents Find Ways to Beat the Extreme Heat": quotes Tammy Zickuhr, identified as owner of Harry's Wine Depot and Tavern in downtown Brentwood, describing a sharp drop in weekend business during a 108-degree heat wave](https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/east-bay-residents-find-ways-to-beat-the-extreme-heat/2591156/) 10. [Contra Costa News -- "Brentwood Planning Commission Approves Popeye's in Split Vote" (Aug. 7, 2024): names Kristopher Brand as a Brentwood Planning Commissioner who voted against a fast-food conditional-use permit, on the record citing the density of nearby fast-food restaurants and arguing for more diverse business development](https://contracosta.news/2024/08/07/brentwood-planning-commission-approves-popeyes-in-split-vote/) 11. [Contra Costa News editorial, by-lined publisher Mike Burkholder -- "Brentwood Planning Commission Turns East County Services Center Into Political Theater" (Aug. 23, 2026): identifies Kristopher Brand as the Planning Commission's sitting Chair, describes his recorded objections to the county's proposed East County Services Center, and states on the record that Brand appeared to use the hearing "for his own campaign benefit" during his City Council run](https://contracosta.news/2026/08/23/editorial-brentwood-planning-commission-turns-east-county-services-center-into-political-theater/) 12. [Contra Costa Mosquito and Vector Control District -- "Board of Trustees" page: lists Vinoy Mereddy as the City of Brentwood's appointee, first appointed Oct. 10, 2023, current term running Oct. 10, 2025 through Oct. 10, 2029](https://www.contracostamosquito.gov/board-of-trustees) 13. [CC Spin (Contra Costa youth-journalism outlet) -- "Brentwood embraces Indian culture with Diwali celebration" (Dec. 2, 2024): a photo caption identifies Vinoy Mereddy as a festival-goer at Brentwood's Diwali celebration, organized by the United Indian Association at Heritage High School](https://ccspin.net/3752/news/brentwood-embraces-indian-culture-with-diwali-celebration/) 14. [Contra Costa County Elections Division -- "Positions Up for Election, November 3, 2026, General Election": lists Brentwood District 2 and District 4, one Councilmember each, as the city's only two offices with expiring terms this cycle.](https://www.contracostavote.gov/wp-content/uploads/26Nov03_PositionsUpForElection.pdf) 15. [Contra Costa County Elections Division -- "Contest/Candidate Proof List" (8-27-26_candidatelist_detail_final.pdf), the county's post-certification ON-BALLOT export: shows both Brentwood contests flagged '* Denotes Office Goes Into Extension,' lists incumbents Pa'tanisha Ena Davispierson (District 2) and Anthony Henricus Oerlemans (District 4) as absent from their own races' qualified-candidate lists, and gives each of the six qualified candidates' filed ballot designation and qualification date: District 2 -- Tammy Zickuhr (Small Business Owner, qualified 8/6/2026), Kris Brand (Technical Program Manager, qualified 8/7/2026), Vinoy Mereddy (Senior Software Engineer, qualified 8/12/2026); District 4 -- Stephanie Williams-Rogers (Healthcare Professional, qualified 7/31/2026), Sheree Shannon (Business Manager/Realtor, qualified 8/4/2026), Holley Bishop-Mello (Business Owner, qualified 8/7/2026). Every candidate shows a $0.00 filing fee with no committee/payment detail recorded.](https://www.contracostavote.gov/wp-content/uploads/8-27-26_candidatelist_detail_final.pdf) 16. [Contra Costa County Elections Division -- "Candidate List" (8-14-26_candidatelist_summary_final.pdf), the county's complete qualified-candidate roster: independently confirms the same six-candidate Brentwood field (three per district) as the later detail list, printed Aug. 14, 2026 -- before Vinoy Mereddy's Aug. 12 qualification had been folded into the same numbering as the other five, consistent with him qualifying on the very last day of the reopened window.](https://www.contracostavote.gov/wp-content/uploads/8-14-26_candidatelist_summary_final.pdf) ## The rest of the ballot Brentwood City Council, District 2 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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