# Campbell City Council, District 4

Compare records and positions simply between Joseph Guardado or Davis Fields for Campbell City Council, District 4 at VoteOrElse.com. On the November 3, 2026 California general election ballot. This person would represent District 4 on Campbell's five-member City Council. They vote on city laws, the budget, and land use. Campbell is in Santa Clara County and has about 44,000 residents. People call it The Orchard City. Council members are elected by district and serve staggered four-year terms. The council chooses the Mayor from its own members each year, not the voters. Districts 1 and 2 are not up again until 2028.

- Jurisdiction: City of Campbell
- Election: November 3, 2026 California general election
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- Sources last retrieved: August 31, 2026
- Source-objectivity score: 86 out of 100 (Strong), across 6 cited sources. This grades the mix of sources, not the candidates. Rubric: https://voteorelse.com/about#methodology

## On the ballot

- **Joseph Guardado**
- **Davis Fields**

A nonpartisan office: candidates do not run as Democrats or Republicans, and no party appears on the ballot.

Joseph Guardado faces Davis Fields on the November 3, 2026 ballot for Campbell's District 4 City Council seat, an open seat after incumbent Elliot Scozzola did not file for reelection. Whoever gets the most votes wins outright -- there is no primary or runoff.

This person would represent District 4 on Campbell's five-member City Council: city ordinances, the budget, and land use in this Santa Clara County city of about 44,000 residents, nicknamed "The Orchard City." Council members are elected by district to staggered four-year terms; the Mayor title is chosen by the council from among its own members each year, not elected separately by voters. Districts 1 and 2 aren't up again until 2028.

This seat is open because sitting councilmember Elliot Scozzola, elected to District 4 in 2022, never had nomination papers issued or returned for 2026 on the city's own candidate-status page -- he does not appear as a qualified candidate for this cycle. This dataset does not know and does not speculate on his reasons.

## Joseph Guardado

Joseph Guardado is a candidate for Campbell's open District 4 City Council seat who qualified for the November 2026 ballot on August 7, 2026, the close of the regular nomination period. Beyond their name, district, and filing dates on the city's own candidate-status page, this pass found no filed ballot designation, campaign website, campaign-finance record, or independent news coverage of them.

**Strengths:** A candidate for an open seat with no incumbent advantage on either side of the race.

**Trade-offs:** No independently confirmed background, platform, or financial information exists in this pass beyond their qualification for the ballot.

**Keep in mind:** With no ballot designation, website, or press coverage turned up in this pass, this is a genuinely thin public record to evaluate a candidate by -- worth researching directly closer to the election.

## Davis Fields

Davis Fields is a candidate for Campbell's open District 4 City Council seat who qualified for the November 2026 ballot on August 6, 2026. Beyond their name, district, and filing dates on the city's own candidate-status page, this pass found no filed ballot designation, campaign website, campaign-finance record, or independent news coverage of them.

**Strengths:** A candidate for an open seat with no incumbent advantage on either side of the race.

**Trade-offs:** No independently confirmed background, platform, or financial information exists in this pass beyond their qualification for the ballot.

**Keep in mind:** With no ballot designation, website, or press coverage turned up in this pass, this is a genuinely thin public record to evaluate a candidate by -- worth researching directly closer to the election.

## Sources

1. [City of Campbell -- official "Notice of Election" (published July 1, 2026, signed by City Clerk Andrea Sanders): confirms exactly three offices up in the November 3, 2026 General Municipal Election -- one City Council seat each for Districts 3, 4, and 5, each a full 4-year term -- and the July 13-August 7, 2026 nomination period.](https://www.campbellca.gov/DocumentCenter/View/29867/Notice-of-Election-Publish-2026)
2. [City of Campbell -- the city's own "November 3, 2026 General Municipal Election" page, hosting a live, city-clerk-maintained candidate qualification table (Form 501 filed / Nomination Papers Issued / Nomination Papers Returned / Qualified for Ballot, by name and district) for every 2026 filer: Daniel Furtado and Joseph Brenner (District 3); Joseph Guardado and Davis Fields (District 4, incumbent Elliot Scozzola never issued/returned papers); Daraius Sorabji and Joseph Ruggero (District 5, Ruggero never advanced past a March 2026 Form 501). This is this file's primary source for who is actually on the ballot.](https://www.campbellca.gov/1268/November-3-2026-General-Municipal-Electi)
3. [City of Campbell -- the "City Council" government page, naming the current five-member, by-district roster: Terry Hines (D1), Sergio Lopez (D2), Daniel E. Furtado (D3), Elliot Scozzola (D4), and Anne Bybee (D5) -- independent confirmation of which three seats' current holders line up with the 2026 election, and that Districts 1 and 2 aren't up this cycle.](https://www.campbellca.gov/189/City-Council)
4. [City of Campbell -- Councilmember Elliot Scozzola's own official bio page: confirms his 2022 election to District 4, a term expiring December 2026, his background teaching in local school districts, and his small-business ownership -- cited here only for context on why District 4 is an open seat, not as a source about any 2026 candidate.](https://www.campbellca.gov/1307/Elliot-Scozzola---Dist-4)
5. [City of Campbell -- the "Run for Office" elections page: confirms basic candidacy requirements, the July 13-August 7, 2026 nomination period, FPPC Form 501/410 filing obligations once a candidate accepts contributions or spends $2,000, and the optional $300 candidate-statement fee for the sample ballot -- process detail, not a candidate roster.](https://www.campbellca.gov/1269/Run-for-Office)
6. [Wikipedia's Campbell, California article: 2020 census population (43,959), the city's "Orchard City" nickname, and its council-manager form of government with a council-selected, rotating mayor -- general civic context, not election-specific.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campbell,_California)

## The rest of the ballot

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