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City of Concord · Statewide General Election

Concord City Council, District 1

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 holds your district's seat on Concord's 5-member City Council: city ordinances, the budget, and land use, plus appointing the city manager who runs day-to-day government. Concord's council elects its own Mayor and Vice Mayor from among its five district members each year (a 1-year term) rather than voters choosing a separate citywide mayor -- there's no 'Mayor of Concord' contest on this ballot. Council seats are staggered: Districts 1, 3, and 5 are up this cycle; Districts 2 and 4 follow in 2028. A 4-year term.

Three candidates are running for Concord City Council District 1: incumbent Laura Hoffmeister faces challengers Maria Bagley and Trish Brazil. Whichever candidate gets the most votes on November 3 wins outright; there's no runoff.

This person holds District 1's seat on Concord's 5-member City Council: city ordinances, the budget, and land use, plus appointing the city manager who runs day-to-day government. Concord's council elects its own Mayor and Vice Mayor from among its five district members each year rather than voters choosing a separate citywide mayor. A 4-year term.

Hoffmeister is running as the incumbent on her filed designation of "City Council Member." Bagley, a government finance manager by trade, and Brazil, a business owner, are both first-time candidates for this seat; neither campaign could be independently characterized in this pass beyond each candidate's filed occupation.

Laura Hoffmeister

The incumbent, seeking re-election to District 1 on a filed ballot designation of "City Council Member." No campaign website, news coverage, or further biography was located for her in this pass despite a real search effort -- domain guesses, a Ballotpedia lookup, and repeated search-engine queries all failed to surface anything more.

Strengths

Not established by any source found in this pass beyond her sitting seat on the Council.

Trade-offs

No stated 2026 platform or independent evaluation of her record was reachable in this pass -- an honest gap, not a claim she lacks one.

Keep in mind

No Cal-Access or NetFile committee could be verified for her in this pass -- see Financial info.

Maria Bagley

The county's own candidate roster lists her occupation as "Government Finance Manager." No campaign website, news coverage, or further biography was located for her in this pass despite a real search effort -- domain guesses, a Ballotpedia lookup, and repeated search-engine queries all failed to surface anything more.

Strengths

Not established by any source found in this pass.

Trade-offs

No stated platform, prior public service, or news coverage was reachable in this pass -- an honest gap, not a claim she lacks one.

Keep in mind

No Cal-Access or NetFile committee could be verified for her in this pass -- see Financial info.

Trish Brazil

The county's own candidate roster lists her occupation as "Business Owner." No campaign website, news coverage, or further biography was located for her in this pass despite a real search effort -- domain guesses, a Ballotpedia lookup, and repeated search-engine queries all failed to surface anything more.

Strengths

Not established by any source found in this pass.

Trade-offs

No stated platform, prior public service, or news coverage was reachable in this pass -- an honest gap, not a claim she lacks one.

Keep in mind

No Cal-Access or NetFile committee could be verified for her in this pass -- see Financial info.

Source review: Very strong (95/100) · 6 cited sources

Official records anchor this contest, with multiple sources checked.

  • contracostavote.gov (opens in a new tab)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
  • cityofconcord.org (opens in a new tab)City of Concord -- "November 2026 Candidates" official roster (cityofconcord.org/1394): every qualified candidate for City Council Districts 1, 3, and 5 and City Treasurer, with filing and qualification dates and an incumbent flag -- Laura Hoffmeister*, Maria Bagley, and Trish Brazil for District 1; Don Seta, Robyn Kuslits, Dena Acosta Beere, and Douglas Lezameta for District 3; Laura Nakamura* and Aeysha Corio for District 5; Edith Patricia "Patti" Barsotti*, unopposed, for Treasurer
  • cityofconcord.org (opens in a new tab)City of Concord -- "Elections" page (cityofconcord.org/226): confirms the 5-member, district-elected City Council structure with staggered 4-year terms (three seats one cycle, two the next -- Districts 1, 3, 5 this cycle), that the Council chooses its own Mayor and Vice Mayor each year from among its five members (a 1-year term, no separate directly-elected mayoral contest), and that the City Treasurer is elected citywide for a 4-year term, paid $600 a month, and does not serve full-time
  • cityofconcord.org (opens in a new tab)City of Concord City Clerk -- individual "Candidate Information Packet" PDFs for all nine qualified Nov. 2026 candidates (cityofconcord.org/DocumentCenter/View/<id>/, linked from the candidates roster; parsed locally with pypdf): supplies each candidate's filed ballot designation -- Hoffmeister "City Council Member," Bagley "Government Finance Manager," Brazil "Business Owner," Seta "Retired Lt. Colonel," Kuslits "Substitute Teacher," Acosta Beere "Community Volunteer," Lezameta "Small Business Owner," Nakamura "City Council Member," Barsotti "Incumbent" -- and confirms none of the nine submitted the optional Candidate Statement of Qualifications
  • contracosta.news (opens in a new tab)Contra Costa News -- "November Ballot Taking Shape in Contra Costa County" (Aug. 7, 2026): independent local-news roundup of the county's own candidate filings, listing the same three-candidate Area 2 field, Mike Maxwell alone for Area 4, and Clyde Lewis, Jr. alone for Area 5
  • contracostavote.gov (opens in a new tab)Contra Costa County Elections Division -- "Positions Up for Election, November 3, 2026, General Election": lists Concord's four city-government contests (Treasurer, Districts 1/3/5) with no separate Mayor line

Last updated September 1, 2026.