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City of Campbell · Statewide General Election

Campbell City Council, District 5

Draft candidate list — early preview until the state’s official list publishes on August 27, 2026.

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On the ballot

This person would represent District 5 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." A 4-year term. 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.

Only one candidate, Daraius Sorabji, qualified for Campbell's District 5 City Council seat, so he runs unopposed on the November 3, 2026 ballot.

This person would represent District 5 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." A 4-year term. 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 Anne Bybee, first elected to District 5 in 2018 and re-elected in 2022, did not file for reelection in 2026; this dataset does not know and does not speculate on her reasons. A second name, Joseph Ruggero, filed only an FPPC Form 501 candidate-intention statement back on March 11, 2026 and never had nomination papers issued or returned on the city's own candidate-status page, so he never became a qualified candidate. Sorabji himself qualified on July 31, 2026 -- before the regular nomination period even closed on August 7.

Daraius Sorabji

Daraius Sorabji is the sole qualified candidate for Campbell's District 5 City Council seat, qualifying for the November 2026 ballot on July 31, 2026. Beyond his 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 him.

Strengths

The only candidate to clear the qualification process for this seat, without needing to compete against an incumbent or another challenger.

Trade-offs

No independently confirmed background, platform, or finance information exists in this pass beyond his qualification -- an unopposed race also draws less public scrutiny than a contested one.

Keep in mind

Running unopposed doesn't guarantee a candidate's positions align with yours -- with no ballot designation, website, or press coverage found in this pass, direct research closer to the election is worth doing even without a rival on the ballot.

Source review: Strong (86/100) · 6 cited sources

Official records anchor this contest, with multiple sources checked.

  • campbellca.gov (opens in a new tab)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.
  • campbellca.gov (opens in a new tab)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.
  • campbellca.gov (opens in a new tab)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.
  • campbellca.gov (opens in a new tab)City of Campbell -- Vice Mayor Anne Bybee's own official bio page: confirms her original 2018 election and 2022 re-election to District 5, a term expiring December 2026, and her prior 30-year career as Campbell's own City Clerk -- cited here only for context on why District 5 is an open, unopposed seat, not as a source about any 2026 candidate.
  • campbellca.gov (opens in a new tab)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.
  • en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)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.

Last updated August 31, 2026.