# Campbell City Council, District 5 Daraius Sorabji is running uncontested for Campbell City Council, District 5. Full ballot at VoteOrElse.com. On the November 3, 2026 California general election ballot. This person would represent District 5 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 - Publisher: Vote or Else (https://voteorelse.com) — a free, nonpartisan ballot guide for California voters. No endorsements. - Canonical page: https://voteorelse.com/2026/campbell-council-district-5 - 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: 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 - **Daraius Sorabji** A nonpartisan office: candidates do not run as Democrats or Republicans, and no party appears on the ballot. Only one candidate, Daraius Sorabji, qualified for Campbell's District 5 City Council seat, so they run unopposed on the November 3, 2026 ballot. This person would represent District 5 on Campbell's five-member City Council. The council sets city ordinances, the budget, and land use. Campbell is a Santa Clara County city of about 44,000 residents. Its nickname is "The Orchard City." Council members are elected by district to staggered four-year terms. Each year the council picks one of its own members to hold the Mayor title. Voters do not elect the Mayor separately. Districts 1 and 2 aren't up again until 2028. This seat is open because sitting councilmember Anne Bybee did not file for reelection in 2026. She was first elected to District 5 in 2018 and re-elected in 2022. Her reasons are not known here. A second name, Joseph Ruggero, filed only an FPPC Form 501 candidate-intention statement on March 11, 2026. He never had nomination papers issued or returned on the city's candidate-status page. So he never became a qualified candidate. Sorabji qualified on July 31, 2026. That was before the regular nomination period 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 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:** They are the only candidate who cleared the qualification process for this seat. They did not have to run against an incumbent or another challenger. **Trade-offs:** No background, platform, or money details were found beyond their filing. An unopposed race also draws less public notice than a contested one. **Keep in mind:** Running unopposed does not mean their views match yours. No ballot title, website, or news coverage was found, so your own research before the election is worth doing. ## 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 -- 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.](https://www.campbellca.gov/193/Anne-Bybee---Dist-5) 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 Campbell City Council, District 5 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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