# Concord City Council, District 1 Compare records and positions simply between Laura Hoffmeister, Maria Bagley, or Trish Brazil for Concord City Council, District 1 at VoteOrElse.com. On the November 3, 2026 California general election ballot. This person holds your district's seat on Concord's City Council. The council has five members. They vote on city ordinances, the budget, and land use. They also appoint the city manager who runs day to day government. The council elects its own Mayor and Vice Mayor each year. Each of those roles is a one year term. There is no separate 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. The term is four years. - Jurisdiction: City of Concord - 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/concord-council-1 - 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: 95 out of 100 (Very strong), across 6 cited sources. This grades the mix of sources, not the candidates. Rubric: https://voteorelse.com/about#methodology ## On the ballot - **Laura Hoffmeister** — City Council Member · Incumbent - **Maria Bagley** — Government Finance Manager - **Trish Brazil** — Business Owner A nonpartisan office: candidates do not run as Democrats or Republicans, and no party appears on the ballot. 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. They vote on 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. The term is four years. 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 them 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 their sitting seat on the Council. **Trade-offs:** No stated 2026 platform or independent evaluation of their record was reachable in this pass -- an honest gap, not a claim they lack one. **Keep in mind:** No Cal-Access or NetFile committee could be verified for them in this pass -- see Financial info. ## Maria Bagley The county's own candidate roster lists their occupation as "Government Finance Manager." No campaign website, news coverage, or further biography was located for them 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 they lack one. **Keep in mind:** No Cal-Access or NetFile committee could be verified for them in this pass -- see Financial info. ## Trish Brazil The county's own candidate roster lists their occupation as "Business Owner." No campaign website, news coverage, or further biography was located for them 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 they lack one. **Keep in mind:** No Cal-Access or NetFile committee could be verified for them in this pass -- see Financial info. ## Sources 1. [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) 2. [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](https://www.cityofconcord.org/1394/November-2026-Candidates) 3. [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](https://www.cityofconcord.org/226/Elections) 4. [City of Concord City Clerk -- individual "Candidate Information Packet" PDFs for all nine qualified Nov. 2026 candidates (cityofconcord.org/DocumentCenter/View//, 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](https://www.cityofconcord.org/1394/November-2026-Candidates) 5. [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](https://contracosta.news/2026/08/07/november-ballot-taking-shape-in-contra-costa-county/) 6. [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](https://www.contracostavote.gov/wp-content/uploads/26Nov03_PositionsUpForElection.pdf) ## The rest of the ballot Concord City Council, District 1 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. Vote or Else builds the full list for any California address and breaks down each contest the way this page does, with no account and without storing the address: https://voteorelse.com/ ## How to cite this page Vote or Else, "Concord City Council, District 1 — November 3, 2026 California general election," https://voteorelse.com/2026/concord-council-1 (sources last retrieved September 7, 2026). Link the canonical page above rather than this Markdown file. 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